Brandon junior Jill Perry and her varsity softball teammates started off district competition with a bang May 31. Perry threw a no-hitter and struck out 11 batters to improve to 17-4 on the season as the Blackhawks defeated the Mustangs 2-0 at Brandon High School. Brandon (27-9-1) advanced to take on Auburn Hills Avondale in […]
Brandon’s girls track team got ready for the June 4 state meet by wrapping up the Flint Metro League championship. The Blackhawks won the May 25 league meet, finishing with 123-1/2 points, well ahead of second-place Fenton’s 85 points. Brandon clinched the league championship with the win. ‘The entire team came up real big and […]
It was a clean sweep for the Goodrich boys and girls track teams. Both squads dominated the Genesee Area Conference Red Division track meet May 25, taking first place at the meet and clinching league championships in the process. The Martians? boys team earned 167 points, outdistancing second-place Montrose (102). Goodrich, which finished 11-0 in […]
The Goodrich baseball team outhit Flint Kearsley 9-3 in the first round of district action May 31 at Kearsley. However, Kearsley put their hits together at the right time. As a result, they eliminated the Martians from district action with a 3-2 win, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on […]
After nine years as a youth pastor, John Scally decided he wanted to be part of a growing congregation. As a result, Scally is now the youth pastor at Atlas Community Baptist Church, 6396 S. Gale Road, Atlas Township. He started his new position May 1. Prior to taking the job at Atlas, Scally was […]
Les Altermatt recently closed the book on one career and is about to reenter another one. The congregation at Lakeview Community Church, 10023 South State Road, Goodrich, will be the beneficiaries of that career change. Altermatt and wife Lucia recently made the move from California when he accepted the pastor’s position at Lakeview. Altermatt had […]
Brandon’s varsity softball team dominated its opponents at the Tawas City Tournament ? until the championship game, that is. The Blackhawks won their first three games at the May 21 tournament before losing a 4-2 contest to Hemlock in the title game. Brandon’s record is now 21-8-1 overall. Brandon’s familiar one-two pitching punch of junior […]
Goodrich’s varsity baseball team dominated its competition in Genesee Area Conference action this year. However, the Martians could not quite get past their neighbors from Brandon, losing a May 18 doubleheader 10-9 (in eight innings) and 3-2 to the host Blackhawks. Goodrich is now 26-5 overall. In the opener, Brandon took an early 3-0 lead […]
Brandon’s varsity girls golf team won’t be making the trip to the state finals, but junior Laura Kwiatkowski will. The Blackhawks finished ninth out of 16 teams in Division 2 regional action May 19 at Indian Springs Golf Course, compiling a team score of 408. Birmingham Seaholm finished first with a team score of 347, […]
Things are finally starting to turn around for the Brandon varsity girls soccer program. In their most recent contest May 23 against visiting Lapeer West, the Blackhawks earned a 2-0 shutout victory, their fourth straight victory. Amanda Loeffler scored the first Brandon goal, on an assist from Kylie Knight. Jacqueline Back followed up with the […]