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Fennville football falls to New Buffalo
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Saugatuck cross country teams place second at Holly
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorHOLLY—Under the leadership of the husband/wife team of Rick and Angelina Bauer, the Saugatuck cross country team has never shied away from tough competition.Case in point: the Trailblazers moved up a Division at the Holly Duane Raffin…
Allegan soccer ties Hackett
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor KALAMAZOO—A back-and-forth battle ended in a 2-2 tie when the Allegan boys soccer team traveled to Kalamazoo to face Hackett on Monday, Sept. 15.Allegan opened the scoring when LJ Dial scored off an assist from Sawyer…
Gobles improves to 3-0
By John RaffelCorrespondent GOBLES — The Gobles Tigers put together a complete performance on both sides of the ball Friday night, rolling to a 44-0 victory over Marcellus, coach Greg Eichler said.The Tigers racked up 396 total yards of offense…
Schoolcraft’s high-flying offense downs Constantine
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director CONSTANTINE — In the 79th meeting between U.S. 131 football rivals Constantine and Schoolcraft, Constantine has led the series 43-35 prior to Friday night’s contest, including a double-overtime win in the 2024 meeting in Schoolcraft. However,…
Tennis Roundup TR tennis defeats Plainwell, loses to Brandywine
THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers’ boys’ tennis team split their two matches this week, defeating Plainwell Monday 7-1 and losing to Brandywine Tuesday 7-1.Against Plainwell, Three Rivers won matches at all but No. 1 doubles. Alex Nowak defeated Plainwell’s Kevin…
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