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The Allegan Girls Swimming and Diving team finished ahead of conference rival Otsego Tuesday, Sept. 17, by a 99-81 margin.The win moved the Tigers to 2-0 in the conference duals.Individual winners for Allegan included Bella Festerling in the 200-yard IM,…

By Katie McElvy The Chambers Academy Rebels took to the road for the fourth game this season this time to face Bessemer Academy. Luke Tarver didn’t hesitate to find the end zone on the opening drive, and Cameron Gooden picked…

by Jeff Steers Contributing Writer The Jug will stay at Napoleon High School following a rivalry win over Columbia Central last Friday. Napoleon claimed the Jug – which the winner posts the score on – with a 22-13 win over…

MASON — The Lady Trojans swim and dive team participated in the Mason Invitational last week, and came away with a second place finish.Host Mason placed first with a score of 532, followed by the Trojans, who recorded 419 points.Sturgis’…

By John RaffelCorrespondent FARWELL – “Some huge mistakes in the 2nd quarter led to the game getting away from us,” Farwell coach Travis Waddell said after his team’s Friday 48-10 loss to Beaverton.Beaverton scored first on a QB run that…

By Pamela WhitlowThe Bulldogs competed in their second consecutive regional game of the season last Friday night against the Loachapoka Indians on the road. LaFayette had a rough go, losing 25-6.The Indians who recently made the move from division 1A…

By John RaffelCorrespondent SOUTH HAVEN – South Haven’s football team proved to be too much for Coloma with a 48-28 victory on Friday.South Haven had a 48-28 advantage in first downs, and 271-85 in rushing yards.South Haven led in total…

By John RaffelCorrespondent GOBLES – Saturday, the Tigers traveled to Mendon’s home cross country course at Feek County Park in Leonidas, MI to compete in a wooded course that twists and turns wind through the Mendon countryside.The boys finished seventh.…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorThe rivalry game between the boys soccer teams from Saugatuck and Fennville on Monday, Sept. 16, was a nail-biter that was dominated by defenseIn the end, it was the Blackhawks who prevailed by a 2-1 final score.“The…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Allegan boys tennis team welcomed five teams—including Holland Christian, the top-ranked team in Division 4—to town on Saturday, Sept. 14, for the Allegan Invitational.The tournament was played using a blind-group-draw format, and the Tigers finished…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor STURGIS—A dominant showing in doubles helped propel the Otsego boys tennis team past Wolverine Conference rival Sturgis on Monday, Sept. 16.The Bulldogs swept the four doubles flights to go with one singles win to give them…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director SCHOOLCRAFT — There is a saying that Constantine head coach Shawn Griffith tells his players when it comes to their rivalry with Schoolcraft. “There’s only one thing more special than beating Schoolcraft, and that’s beating Schoolcraft…

NILES — Three Rivers’ boys’ soccer team was shut out twice this past week, losing 8-0 to Niles on Wednesday, Sept. 4 and 4-0 to Harper Creek Thursday, Sept. 5.The losses move the Wildcats to 1-4 on the season. Constantine…

ADRIAN — In what was a battle between two stingy defenses, Adrian came out on top over visiting Three Rivers Friday, Sept. 6, by a final of 10-7.Both teams would get on the board with back-to-back scores in the first…

By John RaffelCorrespondent CLARE – Clare High School is slated to introduce its 2024 Hall of Fame inductees this week including Tim Gibson, who graduated in 78, and was school record holder in the long jump and was on the…

By Jason WesseldykSports EditorLAKEVIEW—How would the Saugatuck football respond?That was the question following the Trailblazers’ season-opening loss to Buchanan.As it turned out, coach Bill Dunn’s squad responded quite well.Three Saugatuck players rushed for at least 84 yards—with two of those…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor The Otsego boys tennis team evened its Wolverine Conference record at 1-1 thanks to a 7-1 win over visiting Niles on Monday, Sept. 9.The Bulldogs swept the singles matches, led by a 6-1, 6-4 victory by…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor With a youthful roster that includes two freshmen, four sophomores and only one senior, Allegan volleyball coach Jake Kaylor knows his team will experience some growing pains, especially early in the season.“Given how young we are,…

By John RaffelCorrespondent PAW PAW – Sturgis and Paw Paw tied other in boys tennis action last week
Singles:
No. 1 – George Ebert, Sturgis def. Terrance Fisher, Paw Paw, 6-0 , 6-2 
No. 2 – Wyatt Miller, Sturgis def. Jalen Cole,…

STURGIS — It was nearly perfect weather in Sturgis Thursday evening, as the Trojans kicked off their 2024 varsity football season. Unfortunately, the visiting Coldwater Cardinals put a damper on the night’s festivities, stopping Sturgis, 35-8 in the 99th meeting…