Last year, Kirk Elsworth got his first taste of college football as a freshman running back at Western Michigan. This year, he’s hoping to play a bigger role on the Broncos, and perhaps even claim the first-string running back spot. Elsworth will be part of a retooled offense that lost two starters to the National […]
David Garrard is living proof that someone with Crohn’s disease can still achieve their life goals. Garrard, 28, a quarterback for the National Football League’s Jacksonville Jaguars, spoke to an audience of about 120 campers and camp counselors at the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America’s (CCFA) Camp Oasis Thursday, July 20 at Camp Tamarack […]
Goodrich student Alex King is taking part in a international amateur athletic event later this summer. King, 15, who will be a sophomore at Goodrich High School this coming year, is scheduled to take part in the skeet shooting competition at the CANUSA Games Aug. 11-13 in Flint. The games are alternated each year between […]
Goodrich student Alex King is taking part in a international amateur athletic event later this summer. King, 15, who will be a sophomore at Goodrich High School this coming year, is scheduled to take part in the skeet shooting competition at the CANUSA Games Aug. 11-13 in Flint. The games are alternated each year between […]
Although Don Pumphrey is taking a break from this year’s Buick Open, the longtime Goodrich Country Club member has plenty of fond memories of the tournament. Pumphrey, a Davison resident, has volunteered in several capacities for both incarnations of the Buick Open, first as a scorekeeper and more recently in the communications department. A member […]
Matt Lentz is on the verge of his first National Football League training camp. Lentz, 23, a Brandon High School and University of Michigan graduate, will report to the New York Giants? training camp in Albany, N.Y. Thursday, July 27. A two-time All-Big Ten selection as an offensive guard at Michigan, he signed with the […]
About 400 Goodrich-area youngsters are digging out their bats and mitts every Tuesday and Thursday this summer and heading for local diamonds. The Goodrich school district’s Community Education Department sponsors local youth recreational baseball programs, beginning with practices in May. The leagues officially begin in June and continue for a six-week period through August. The […]
As one of the captains for the 2006 Brandon varsity football team, Ian Williams has experience dealing with balancing athletics and academics. Williams, who will be a senior during the 2006-07 season, believes Brandon’s new athletic eligibility policy will help student-athletes maintain a tighter focus on the academic side of the equation. The policy, passed […]
Chris Sobeck can appreciate firsthand what it takes to make Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club look good. Sobeck, 29, an Ortonville resident, is working at the club, located at G-9057 S. Saginaw Blvd., Grand Blanc, as part of an internship through Michigan State University, where he is majoring in turf grass management with the […]
A familiar face to many of the Goodrich hockey players will be their new coach next season. Brian Tangney, who has helped coach the Martians? I-69 league entry the past three seasons, will be the team’s coach for the 2006-07 season. Tangney’s wife, Chrys, has been the team manager for three seasons under previous coach […]