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HOWARDSVILLE — Two Howardsville Christian boys’ basketball players received First-Team All-Conference Honors from the BCS Conference earlier this month.Seniors Kaden Sparks and John Paul Rose received the honor, while Sparks was runner-up for the conference’s Player of the Year award.For…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CENTREVILLE — Glen Oaks Community College’s athletic director says there are plans in progress for athletic contests while a renovation to the gym area is completed next academic year.In a presentation to the GOCC Board of…

By John RaffelCorrespondent HARRISON —Harrison’s track and field teams competed at the Central Michigan University High School Invitational on Friday.Placing for the Harrison boys were:Daniel Stewart 33rd in the 60-meter dash (7.78 seconds) and 23rd in the 200-meter dash (25.12),…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorGRANDVILLE—All things, no matter how good, must eventually come to an end.For the Saugatuck girls basketball team, the end came in a Division 3 regional semifinal on Monday, March 10.Taking on top-ranked and unbeaten Pewamo-Westphalia, the Trailblazers…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor YPSILANTI—People collect all sorts of things, like baseball cards, stamps, coins and rocks.Otsego junior Liam Smith? He collects state championships.In the Division 3 Boys Swim & Dive State Finals on Saturday, March 15, Smith won both…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor ALLEGANAfter the Allegan softball team saw its 2024 season ended early due to a lack of healthy players, the Tigers are back for the 2025 campaign.And coach Luis Perez has some high hopes for this year’s…

By John RaffelCorrespondent GOBLES — Three Gobles players received all-conference honors this season.Picking up first-team honors were junior Jayden Otis who averaged 14 points and 8.5 rebounds a game and Aden Newberry who was at 11 points and nine boards…

By Steve Eldridge CONCORD —It was a tough finish to the season for the Mendon girls after winning a district championship last week. The Lady Hornets traveled to Concord Monday night, squaring off against the Reading Rangers in their regional…

By John RaffelCorrespondent FARWELL — Farwell’s powerlifting team had several place finishers over the weekend at the state finals.Coach Owen Murphy said Ivy Frisch placed seventh, Lindsay Esterline was 10th along with Anna VanBuskirk, Chloe Miller was 13th, Allena Wunderlich…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorBatman and Robin. Mario and Luigi. Snoopy and Charlie Brown. Those are some iconic duos.The Saugatuck girls basketball team has a terrific tandem of its own in junior guard Tali Laskowski and sophomore guard Mylah Simpson.The pair…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor SOUTH HAVEN–Brooke Smalldon and Tessa Prough.That proved to be a winning combination for the Otsego girls basketball team in its Division 2 district semifinal against host South Haven on Wednesday, March 5.With 17 seconds remaining in…

By John RaffelCorrespondent PAW PAW — The Southwest Conference has announced its 2025 postseason wrestling awards.All-conference local wrestlers were as follows for boys:120, first team, Aiden Munoz, Bangor, 8th at state, 31-13 record.126, first team, Austin Garcia, Lawton, second at…

By Steve Eldridge MENDON — Ten missed free throws proved costly for the Lady Bobcats, as the Mendon Hornets came back to stop Burr Oak last Friday night, winning a district championship by the score of 38-33. The Lady Hornets trailed…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director SCHOOLCRAFT — There aren’t a whole lot of things better in sports than winning a playoff game at home. When it’s winning a regional championship at home, like Schoolcraft’s boys’ basketball team did for the first…

By John RaffelCorrespondent FARWELL — Farwell’s girls bowling team was sixth among 10 schools in the Division 4 regional 29 tournament this season while the boys took 12th place.“It’s been a rough year for Eagle bowling with only six athletes,”Farwell…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorIt was a case of David vs. Goliath when Division 3 Saugatuck hosted Division 1 Loy Norrix in a girls basketball clash on Thursday, Feb. 27.And as happened in the original battle, David earned a convincing victory.Led…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor OTSEGO—During the regular season, the Plainwell boys swim & dive team used its superior depth to rack up a perfect 7-0 record in the Southwest and Central Michigan Swim Conference.That depth was on full display at…

By John RaffelCorrespondent Coach Brad Adamson had several talented wrestlers this season as South Haven and provides various comments on each one.Senior- Jocelyn Saucedo “wrapped up her high school wrestling career this weekend as a three time state qualifier, two…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director DETROIT — A total of 25 local wrestlers competed in the MHSAA Individual Wrestling State Finals this weekend at Ford Field in Detroit, with the majority of them having solid performances. Out of those 25, 15…

THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers’ boys’ basketball season cam e to an end Monday night, losing in the opening round of Division 2 District 48 play to Vicksburg at home 58-28, their third loss to Vicksburg this season.Vicksburg took a…