The National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships proved to be very beneficial for Goodrich residents Jeff Decator and Michelle Elliott. In Decator’s case, it helped him land an opportunity to compete in the decathlon for the University of Minnesota. Decator finished eighth in the decathlon out of 26 competitors, and Elliott placed 13th out […]
Scott Sawyer figures what works in DeWitt can work in Brandon. Sawyer, a teacher and football coach at Brandon High School, is the coach liasion for the newly formed Brandon Touchdown Club, a group of Brandon football parents whose purpose is to support the Brandon football program. He got the idea while attending a football […]
Groveland Township’s Keith Blakely is officially hooked on the Buick Open Pro-Am experience. Blakely and his team, which was comprised of Professional Golfers Association (PGA) golfer Hank Kuehne and amateurs Richard Sly, Dave Isbell, and George Dass, shot 15 under par to finish fifth out of 53 teams at the Pro-Am, held July 27 at […]
After a rainy start to the day, the weather cooperated quite nicely for Keith Blakely and the rest of the Buick Open Pro-Am players. With sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70’s, Blakely, a Groveland Township resident, teamed up with Professional Golfers Association (PGA) golfer Hank Kuehne and three other amateurs at the Buick […]
Alex Martin knows what it’s like to deal with soccer officials, having played on the Goodrich varsity boys soccer team for three years. However, he also knows firsthand what it’s like to be a referee. Martin, 18, has officiated soccer for six years through the Goodrich Soccer club, officiating age groups ranging from U-8 through […]
Whether as a teacher or a coach in the Goodrich school district, Fritz Wolff has always felt a need to ‘pay it forward.? ‘I believe you have to help others be successful,? said Wolff, who retired this summer as a teacher after 42 years in the Goodrich school district, most recently at Goodrich High School. […]
Whenever the Buick Open arrives in nearby Grand Blanc, two local golf courses usually reap the benefits. The annual Professional Golf Association event was slated for July 27-31 at Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club in Grand Blanc. Officials at Goodrich Country Club and Atlas Valley Country Club said business definitely improves when the Open […]
Considering they’re relative newcomers to the decathlon and heptathlon, Jeff Decator and Michelle Elliott, respectively, have done well for themselves. The two recently graduated Goodrich High School students will be competing in the National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships July 26-31 at Michael A. Carroll Track & Soccer Stadium in Indianapolis. They both took […]
Kevin Hess knows what it’s like to be a state champion. Now Brandon hopes he can bring some of that same good fortune to their hockey program. Brandon Athletic Director Larry Lamphere said July 18 that Hess, an assistant coach with the Division 3 state champion Orchard Lake St. Mary’s hockey team, has been hired […]
As a player and coach, Joel Dohm has found sports to be a good way to build leadership abilities. Dohm, 27, a former player on the Saginaw Valley State University baseball team, will bring that experience to Brandon High School in the 2005-06 year. Dohm will teach United States History at BHS. Before coming to […]