Senior Justin Tripp has emerged as an anchor for this year’s Brandon wrestling team. Fresh off a 5-0 performance at the Brandon Invitational Jan. 17, Tripp captured first place in the 189-lb. division at the Avondale Invitational Saturday, Jan. 24. As a team, the Blackhawks placed ninth out of 13 teams with 64 points. Napoleon […]
Despite Kyle Jackson’s stellar performance against Waterford Kettering Saturday, Jan. 24, the Brandon hockey team had to settle for a tie. The two teams traded the lead during the course of the game and battled for a 4-4 tie. Brandon’s record is now 8-3-2 overall. Jackson scored an unassisted goal only 1:17 into the game […]
The visiting Blackhawks had their chances against the Metro League-leading Lapeer West Panthers Jan. 23, but ultimately dropped a 45-40 contest. The Blackhawks came within two points as senior Gjon Nicaj sank a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left to cut the Panthers? lead to 42-40. After West made a free throw to […]
Host Flint Hamady showed the visiting Martians why they’re one of the top teams in Class C. On Jan. 24, the third-ranked Hawks soundly defeated the visiting Martians 68-42, marking their seventh win in eight tries against the Martians. Hamady improved to 8-0 on the season and 5-0 in the Genesee Area Conference Blue Division, […]
Despite mixed results in Goodrich’s Jan. 21 meet, three Martian wrestlers stepped it up. Eric Fernelius (152 lbs.) and Barrett Johnson (215) won both their matches for the Martians, who lost to New Lothrop 48-18 before defeating LakeVille 54-30. Garrett Higdon (103) also won both his matches that day, though one of his wins was […]
The Brandon-Oxford ski squad had a mixed bag of results when they competed in a tri-meet against Flushing and Holly Jan. 22. Both the boys and girls ski teams defeated Holly in the slalom and giant slalom, but Flushing defeated the Brandon-Oxford team in three of four events, with the locals winning only the boys […]
Even though he played for another school this season, Chad Rabideau has done the Brandon football program proud. Rabideau, a former captain for the Blackhawks, has earned a football scholarship to Northwood University in Midland, Mich. The senior running back/defensive end transferred from Brandon before the start of the 2003 season due to his father’s […]
The Goodrich volleyball team is still in the hunt to repeat as Genesee Area Conference Red Division champions. The host Martians took sole possession of second place in the GAC Red with a 15-0, 15-2 defeat of Genesee, improving Goodrich’s mark to 11-16-2 overall and 4-2 in the league. Ellen Nothhelfer led the Martians by […]
The Brandon-Oxford girls ski team had better luck against Saginaw Heritage Feb. 2 than their male counterparts. The girls team earned a 26-46 win against Heritage, while the boys team dropped a 20-58 contest. Karen Offer led the girls team in the slalom with a time of 56.15, followed by Grace Auchterlonie at 57.58 and […]
After a big win against Bendle Jan. 30, the Goodrich basketball team suffered a letdown against Genesee Feb. 3. The host Martians mounted a comeback in the fourth quarter, but ultimately fell 42-41 to the Wolves, who play in the Genesee Area Conference Blue Division. Goodrich fell to 7-5 overall. ‘To be honest, I’m not […]