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Paw Paw soccer blanks Buchanan

Editorial StaffOct 8, 20251 min read

By John RaffelCorrespondent PAW PAW — The Paw Paw Red Wolves soccer team traveled to Buchanan for its final regular season game on Monday and won 6-0.“The boys dominated the game maintaining possession throughout,” Wolves coach Mike Lounsbury said.Scoring for…

Tennis Roundup Sturgis sweeps Three Rivers, swept by East Grand Rapids

Editorial StaffOct 3, 20254 min read

THREE RIVERS — The Sturgis boys tennis team went to Three Rivers last week, and picked up an 8-0 victory over the Wildcats. At No. 1 singles, Simon Phillips beat Alex Nowak, 6-2, 6-1, while at second singles, Carter Oswald…

Volleyball Roundup TR swept by Vicksburg, makes finals at home invite, sweep St. Joe

Editorial StaffOct 3, 20257 min read

THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers’ volleyball team had a down-and-up week, losing in a sweep to Vicksburg Thursday, Sept. 25, making it to the finals of their home invite Saturday, and sweeping St. Joseph at home Monday.Against Vicksburg, the Wildcats…

Clare runners are second

Editorial StaffOct 3, 20252 min read

By John RaffelCorrespondent CLARE — Clare’s boys and girls cross country teams wee both second on Wednesday in Jack Pine Conference action at Ogemaw HeightsShepherd won both meets.For the Clare boys:Clayton Peacock was ninth (17:17.42). Connor Schmidt 10th (17:29.18) Sutton…

Saugatuck soccer falls on road to Black River

Editorial StaffOct 1, 20251 min read

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorHOLLAND—In its showdown with host Holland Black River on Wednesday, Sept. 24, the Saugatuck boys soccer team surrendered a pair of first-half goals to fall behind 2-0 at halftime.And that turned out to be the final score,…

Fennville football falls to New Buffalo

Editorial StaffOct 1, 20251 min read

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor FENNVILLE—Trinity Solis scored a rushing touchdown and Carter Thompson threw for a TD for the Fennville football team in the third quarter of the game with New Buffalo on Friday, Sept. 26.That was the good news…

Allegan swim & dive plays host to Otsego and Wayland

Editorial StaffOct 1, 20252 min read

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Allegan girls swim & dive team hosted Wayland and Otsego on Tuesday, Sept. 23, and it was the Wildcats who had the best showing.Wayland won 10 of the 12 events to post victories over the…

Paw Paw tennis falls to Three Rivers

Editorial StaffOct 1, 20252 min read

By John RaffelCorrespondent PAW PAW — After a rainout before the 1st ball was struck the night before, Paw Paw played host to Three Rivers last week indoors at West Hills.Paw Paw took the early lead with a decisive win…

Vicksburg football reclaims Swine Bone with close win over Three Rivers

Vicksburg football reclaims Swine Bone with close win over Three Rivers

Robert TomlinsonSep 29, 20258 min read

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — The Swine Bone rivalry has been hotly contested the last couple of years, with the rivalry trophy trading hands the last three seasons, and Three Rivers owning it following a 14-11 win last…

Tennis Roundup Sturgis defeats Otsego, goes 2-1 in quad, beats Plainwell

Editorial StaffSep 26, 20254 min read

STURGIS — Sturgis defeated Otsego 6-2 in boys tennis, in what coach George Earl called “a very well-played match.” He stated that “the singles were very strong as usual, and gave up very few games.” Earl went on to say…

Soccer Roundup Sturgis defeats Paw Paw, loses close match to Mason

Editorial StaffSep 26, 20251 min read

STURGIS — The Sturgis varsity soccer team hosted Paw Paw this week, and sent the Red Wolves home with a 5-1 loss.Giared Lopez had the hat trick, netting three goals, while teammate Osiel Magana came up with two. Adrian Correa…

Farwell football team bows to St. Louis

Editorial StaffSep 26, 20252 min read

By John RaffelCorrespondent FARWELL — Farwell’s football fell to St. Louis 28-12 on Friday in Jack Pine Conference football actionSt. Louis started the game by scoring on a 9 play 55 yard drive to make it 6-0.Farwell would respond on…

Saugatuck volleyball team drops pair of tough matches

Editorial StaffSep 24, 20252 min read

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorThe volleyball match between Saugatuck and Lawton on Thursday, Sept. 18, started well enough for the host Trailblazers.Saugatuck took the opening set 25-20.Unfortunately for the Trailblazers, they weren’t able to sustain that momentum and dropped the next…

Plainwell cross country teams perform well at Bangor Invite

Editorial StaffSep 24, 20252 min read

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor BANGOR—The boys cross country teams from Plainwell and Paw Paw had quite the battle for the top spot at the Bangor Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 20.And despite putting all five of their scoring runners in the…

Allegan boys tennis team hosts stacked tourney

Editorial StaffSep 24, 20253 min read

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the record, Allegan was not hosting the Division 4 Boys Tennis State Finals on Saturday, Sept. 20.But based on the level of talent on hand at the Gary Ellis Courts, it had the feel of…

Gobles volleyball team win

Editorial StaffSep 24, 20251 min read

By John RaffelCorrespondent GOBLES — The Gobles varsity volleyball team won a hard-fought five-set battle against Saugatuck, with scores of 17-25, 25-12, 17-25, 25-22, and 18-16. Kylee led the team with 18 digs and seven aces, while Ellie Wood added…

Second-half scores, stifling defense lead TR to homecoming win over Plainwell

Second-half scores, stifling defense lead TR to homecoming win over Plainwell

Robert TomlinsonSep 21, 20256 min read

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — In football, like in life, sometimes something unanticipated comes at you, and you need to learn to adapt on the fly in order to succeed. After a scoreless first half in Friday’s Three…

Soccer Roundup: Three Rivers shut out by Plainwell

Editorial StaffSep 19, 20252 min read

PLAINWELL — Three Rivers’ boys’ soccer team had a tough time at Plainwell Thursday, Sept. 11, getting shut out by the Trojans 7-0.No stats were reported for the match.With the loss, Three Rivers goes to 1-4-1. Constantine earns first win…

Tennis Roundup Three Rivers loses to Vicksburg, narrowly beat Niles

Editorial StaffSep 19, 20254 min read

VICKSBURG — Three Rivers’ boys’ tennis team traveled to Vicksburg Thursday, Sept. 11, and came away with a 6-2 loss to the host Bulldogs.Winning for the Wildcats were the No. 1 doubles duo of Parker Bingaman/Todd Wadsworth, who defeated Mason…

Clare golfers first at Shepherd

Editorial StaffSep 19, 20251 min read

By John RaffelCorrespondent CLARE — Clare’s golf team was first at Shepherd on Monday at Pleasant Hills Golf Course.Itwas a nine-hole tournament with Clare at 210, Shepherd at 224, Saginaw Heritage 232 and Clare No. 2 team at 238.For the…