Goodrich native Kirk Elsworth and the Western Michigan Broncos will be making a part of college football bowl history. The Broncos have accepted an invitation to play in the first-ever International Bowl, scheduled for noon on Jan. 6, 2007 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, according to the Broncos? Web site, wmubroncos.com. The game is […]
The old saying that you need a program to identify the players may very well apply to this year’s Brandon varsity boys basketball team. The Blackhawks lost about four-fifths of their offense from last year’s team, which went 16-6 overall and won the Flint Metro League with a 13-3 record. Among those graduated players are […]
Goodrich’s varsity girls basketball team is one win away from a trip to the Class B ‘elite eight.? The Martians advanced to a Class B regional final matchup by defeating Williamston 67-42 in regional semifinal action Monday, Nov. 20 at Yale. Goodrich (21-2) was scheduled to take on St. Clair, ranked third in the state […]
Tim Pizzala is ready to lead Brandon varsity football players who will represent the Blackhawks with pride on and off the field. That is the main objective for Pizzala, 30, who was hired Nov. 14 as the new Brandon varsity football coach after spending the past four seasons as an assistant under former Coach Ron […]
Two sets of local brothers are hoping to contribute their part to their extended family known as the Brandon varsity hockey team. Ryan and Sean Doyle, as well as Jeff and Doug Hammond, say they are getting to know each other better as teammates for the Blackhawks, who opened their season with a 7-4 win […]
Brandon senior Kelsey Carmean is now the second Blackhawk in as many years to join Oakland University’s women’s cross country and track teams. Carmean signed a letter of intent with Oakland to compete in the two sports for the Golden Grizzlies. She joins former Brandon teammate Kayla Doan, now a freshman with Oakland’s women’s cross […]
A combination of athletic excellence and student achievement have paid off for Steve Harlow. Harlow, a senior at Goodrich High School, was recently selected by the Kiwanis Club of Flint as their Student-Athlete of the Month for October. A three-year member of the Goodrich varsity boys soccer team, Harlow tallied 18 goals and 15 assists […]
Brandon’s varsity girls basketball team had a district championship within their sights after leading Grand Blanc in the first quarter of their Nov. 17 title game. Unfortunately for the Blackhawks, the Bobcats? star player, Pam Wilson, emerged in the final three quarters, and that led toward the end of the Blackhawks? season. Wilson, who will […]
A gardener and a giver. That’s how Ed Duda of Goodrich described his father, Frank, of Ortonville, who died Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006 at Genesys Hospice Care Center. He was 89. ‘He just enjoyed working outside on everything and anything,? Ed said. ‘He loved to share and was free with helping other people. He loved […]
Familiarity bred a successful result for the Brandon varsity girls basketball team in their Nov. 15 district semifinal game. Brandon senior Savannah Stedman scored a game-high 17 points as the Blackhawks defeated Flint Metro League rival Fenton 39-29 in a Nov. 15 Class A district semifinal game on the Tigers? home court. It was the […]