During his first season with the Brandon varsity wrestling team in 2003-04, Travis Murphy did not have a win the entire year. Now, Murphy, a senior at Brandon, is heading to the state individual wrestling finals. Murphy will have the opportunity to cap his high school wrestling career at the finals, scheduled for Mar. 9-11 […]
Goodrich’s varsity volleyball team faced ? and triumphed against ? a familiar foe in their Mar. 1 district opener. The host Martians advanced with a 25-14, 25-10, 25-20 win against Genesee Area Conference Red Division foe Montrose. Goodrich advanced to take on Mt. Morris in a scheduled district semifinal matchup Saturday, Mar. 4, with the […]
Although Brandon’s varsity volleyball team lost their final two Flint Metro League games of the regular season, they still finished better in league play than they have in several years. At Linden, the Blackhawks lost to Lapeer East 19-25, 19-25, 19-25, and Lapeer West 25-21, 18-25, 21-25, 18-25. The Blackhawks went 7-7 in league play […]
Brandon’s varsity hockey team scored two third-period goals to hold on for a 4-3 win against Linden in pre-regional action Tuesday, Feb. 28 at Hartland Sports Center. The Blackhawks (17-8) were scheduled to take on Lake Fenton in the pre-regional final Thursday, Mar. 2. After the Eagles took a 1-0 lead in the first period, […]
With one regular-season game left before the start of districts, the Brandon varsity basketball team is hoping to shake that losing feeling. The Blackhawks lost two games within a week’s span, including a 66-58 loss to host Haslett, ranked fourth in Class B, in a Feb. 28 game. The loss dropped the Blackhawks to 15-4 […]
The Oxford Wildcats have been the one nemesis the Brandon varsity boys basketball team cannot shake this season. The Wildcats, who trailed the Blackhawks 56-53 with about two minutes left in the game, defeated the Blackhawks 60-56 in a Feb. 21 game at Oxford. Oxford has handed Brandon their only two losses of the year, […]
Mark Weber didn’t let one loss slow him down in his quest to win another state championship. The Goodrich sophomore, who lost his first match of the season in team districts earlier in the week, won the 112-lb. championship in individual district action Saturday, Feb. 18 at Goodrich. Weber (49-1) defeated Madison Heights Lamphere’s Brandon […]
Although the Brandon varsity wrestling team’s season is over, two of their wrestlers are still going strong. The Blackhawks? Travis Murphy and Andrew Hyde, by virtue of their finish in Division 2 individual district action Saturday, Feb. 18 at Linden, advanced to Division 2 individual regional competition Saturday, Feb. 25 at Owosso. Murphy (103), a […]
First the joy, then the heartbreak. The Goodrich varsity basketball team lost a Feb. 16 Genesee Area Conference game to visiting Lake Fenton 57-55 when Lake Fenton’s Ridge Warren hit a layup as time expired before a raucous crowd at Goodrich High School. The Lake Fenton fans stormed the court in excitement while Coach Gary […]
The Boyne Highlands Ski Resort in Boyne City has become quite a familiar hangout for Karen Offer. Offer, a senior at Oxford High School, will be making her third straight trip to the state finals, held at Boyne Highlands, as a result of her performance in the Southeast Michigan Ski League (SEMSL) regional meet Wednesday, […]