Brandon varsity football coach Ron Gill is hoping the 2005 campaign will go as well as the team’s offseason program. Gill, in his third year as the Blackhawks? head man, leads a team that returns between 15-20 seniors, including about 10 starters, from a team that went 3-6 overall and 2-4 in the Flint Metro […]
The Crim Festival of Races, scheduled for Aug. 27 in Flint, is within driving distance of residents in The Citizen’s coverage area. So, it stands to reason that many Ortonville and Goodrich residents will be taking part. In fact, many people are making the event a family affair and bringing their spouses, children, siblings, and […]
Last year, Kirk Elsworth was the big man on campus at Goodrich, sporting the familiar #5 jersey each Friday night during football season. This year, he’s starting from scratch as a freshman running back on the Western Michigan University football team, and he is trying to learn the ropes at the Division I level. He […]
While most people were sound asleep early July 31, a group of fishermen made their way to Metro Beach, off of Lake St. Clair. The reason for the early morning gathering was to participate in the Seventh Annual Customer Appreciation Invitational Two-man Team Bass Tournament, hosted by Jan’s Sport Shop, 7285 State Road, Goodrich. All […]
The search is on once again to fill the Brandon varsity hockey coaching position. At the Aug. 8 Brandon Board of Education meeting, the board announced the resignation of Kevin Hess, who was hired in July as a science teacher and varsity hockey coach at Brandon High School. Hess was an assistant coach at Orchard […]
When he arrived at Michigan from Brandon in 2001, Matt Lentz was looking to the veterans on the Wolverines? football team for guidance. Now, the roles are reversed, and Lentz, a fifth-year senior, will be the guy called upon to set an example for the youngsters. ‘The coaches will be looking to me to help […]
Derek Foyt’s encore performance at Comerica Park wasn’t quite the follow-up he had hoped for. Foyt, a 2005 Brandon High School graduate and first team Division 2 All-State selection, participated in the High School All-Star Invitational Aug. 4 at Comerica Park in Detroit, a part of the Detroit Tigers? tribute to the Negro Leagues during […]
Justin Barger’s wrestling career may be on hold, but later this month, fans will have a chance to see the Ortonville native in action. Barger said his friend Anthony Nick has arranged for a film lasting 1 to 1-1/2 hours to be shown at the Oxford 7 Cinema around 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31. The […]
Practices for all varsity football programs in the state of Michigan, including Brandon and Goodrich, were scheduled to start Monday, Aug. 8. However, both the Blackhawks and Martians have put in plenty of work during the offseason to get in shape. With the season scheduled to get underway later this month, both programs will fine-tune […]
Recently graduated Brandon High School varsity baseball player Derek Foyt has made his college choice. Foyt has accepted an offer to attend Saginaw Valley State University, a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, as a preferred walk-on player for the 2005-06 school year. SVSU head baseball coach Walt Head, in his 23rd year […]