At 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, the grounds of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 270 Grange Hall Road, Ortonville, is scheduled to become a baseball field. No, it’s not the movie ‘Field of Dreams? come to life ? rather, it’s an ‘old-time? baseball game exhibition, which will be played between the Ortonville Townsmen and the […]
By Jeff Patrus Sports Writer Janelle Gutzeit is making the move from coaching middle school track to leading a defending league champion cross country team. Gutzeit, in her sixth year as an advanced algebra and geometry teacher at Brandon High School, 1025 S. Ortonville Road, Ortonville, has taken the reins of the Blackhawk girls? varsity […]
Wanted: local actors to appear in a film about professional wrestling with Sweetooth and Shark Boy. Brandon High School graduate Justin Barger, a budding professional wrestler, will be a part of the movie ‘OHW Returns,? currently in production. Barger goes by the moniker of Sweetooth(TM) during his wrestling appearances. One of the people appearing in […]
Brandon Twp.-National Football League fans of all ages dream of managing teams with star players such as Peyton Manning and Brett Favre on their roster. Local teenagers will soon have the opportunity to draft players for their own team. The Brandon Township Library, 304 South St., Ortonville, is the site for a scheduled Teen Pro […]
By Jeff Patrus Sports Writer In a back-and-forth contest, it was the Richmond Blue Devils that had enough firepower to defeat the Goodrich varsity football team. The Blue Devils scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns and added a safety to earn a come-from-behind 29-28 victory against the host Martians in the season-opening game for both teams Aug. […]
Goodrich’s varsity girls basketball team welcomed back a familiar face in its first game of the regular season. The Martians defeated visiting Davison 68-36 on Tuesday, Aug. 29, as junior Kortni Elsworth scored 13 points to lead the Martians to the victory. The game featured the return of Amy Gall, a former teacher and assistant […]
Brandon’s varsity football team had their chances to defeat visiting Linden in their Aug. 25 season opener. However, the Blackhawks faced an uphill climb throughout the second half, and the Eagles put the capper on the game when senior Dustin Mayner scored on a three-yard touchdown run, with under a minute left, to clinch a […]
Wayne Thompson is going ‘back to the future? this year as the new coach for the Brandon varsity boys golf team. Thompson, in his 23rd year as a teacher in the Brandon school system, was hired in August to fill the spot vacated when former coach John Ubbing stepped down following the 2005-06 school year. […]
Brandon varsity girls basketball coach Bryan Ray hopes a combination of youth and experience will be a winning formula for the Blackhawks this season. The Blackhawks return six players from a team that went 14-6 last year and finished in a tie for third in the Flint Metro League. Among those returning are two starters, […]
Alex Hotchkiss can now count himself among the best of the best at his age in the nation at motocross racing. Hotchkiss, 17, a senior at Brandon High School, competed in the Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Motocross Championships Aug. 3 in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. He competed in two different classes, 125 B Stock and 250 Open […]