New Brandon varsity football coach Ron Gill and his staff recently had a chance to look at some potential future Blackhawks. A total of 23 participants signed up for Brandon’s football camp June 13-14 at Brandon High School. The campers signed up to learn one of three positions ? quarterback, running back or wide receiver. […]
Goodrich High School senior pitcher Michael McCormick has achieved a first in school history. McCormick, who will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall on a baseball scholarship, took part in the 22nd annual East-West All-Star game June 16 at Comerica Park. He pitched the first two innings for the West team and […]
Nathan Hunter has coached at nearly every level of soccer in his 19 years in the profession. He is anxious to put his roots in the Brandon community and bring his knowledge to the Brandon High School program. Hunter, most recently the boys and girls soccer coach at Walled Lake Central High School for eight […]
Time flies when you’re having fun. That time-honored saying definitely applies to the first few months here as sports reporter at The Citizen. The spring sports season only lasted about a couple of months, and it definitely went by quickly. However, it was an action-packed couple of months. All the coaches and players have been […]
A group of athletes pushed themselves to the limit at the Big Fish Lake State Recreational Area in Hadley Township June 21. The group 3 Disciplines Racing sponsored a triathlon and duathlon at the park, with about 200 people participating in the race, according to their Web site, www.3disciplines.com. The triathlon consisted of a 1000 […]
Gypsy moths have caused tree damage throughout Oakland County, but Brandon Township has escaped relatively unscathed from the problem. Township treasurer Linda Owen, the township’s gypsy moth liaison for Oakland County, said there hasn’t been a gypsy moth problem in the township for about 4-5 years, although there have been scatters of moths ‘here and […]
The school year has recently concluded, but several Brandon-area students are getting an education in their favorite sports. The Brandon High School Athletic Department conducted four camps last week: volleyball, coed basketball, coed tennis and softball. The camps were held at Brandon High School and Brandon Middle School, and largely geared toward elementary and middle […]
After a year under Brandon varsity cheerleading coach Gwen Trahan’s tutelage, Jamie Kapp is assuming the reins of the program. Kapp, who is in her first year as a history and art teacher at Brandon High School, was appointed in May by the BHS Athletic Department to head up the squad. She spent this past […]
The computer business MisterTech is just getting going in Ortonville, but owner Jason Mateyak hopes it will stick around for some time. ‘We’re just starting right now and still getting going, but we’ve consistently had customers,? Mateyak said of MisterTech, located at 1221 M-15 in Ortonville. Mateyak worked at Bank One for about six years, […]
Each day, Sandy Gay witnesses the activity surrounding Ortonville’s new Skate Park. The Clarkston resident, 56, works as a babysitter in a home near the park at the corner of Ball and Cedar Streets in downtown Ortonville, and sees kids test their skateboarding skills. Gay said the youngsters using the park have been cooperative and […]