Brooke Schaefer is the latest Brandon High School varsity girls basketball player to join the Brandon-to-Oakland Community College pipeline. Schaefer, a senior, signed a letter of intent to play women’s basketball at OCC Wednesday, April 26 at the Brandon High School Media Center, 1025 S. Ortonville Road, Ortonville. She joins Patrice Andre, Lauhnna Waybrant and […]
Brandon varsity baseball coach Ron Wagner, his staff and players will present a baseball camp for boys and girls ages 7-14. The camp will take place from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 13 at Brandon High School, 1025 S. Ortonville Road, Ortonville. Sign in and registration takes place at 8:30 a.m., with drills and instruction […]
With the National Football League draft taking place the previous two days, it was easy to mistake the May 1 Goodrich-Durand baseball score for a football result. Nonetheless, Goodrich came up on the winning end of a slugfest against Durand, defeating the Railroaders 16-10 in Genesee Area Conference play. The Martians are now 6-2 in […]
Matt Lentz may be making the transition from the maize and blue to Big Blue. In a telephone conversation May 1, Lentz, a Brandon High School graduate and former offensive lineman with the University of Michigan football team, said he will be signing a free agent contract with the National Football League’s New York Giants. […]
The Blackhawks gave a good accounting of themselves at the Flushing Invitational Saturday, April 29. However, Brandon, and every other team, was unable to overcome the host Raiders, who won six of eight flights on their way to winning the invitational with 23 points. Midland finished second with 12 points, while Redford Thurston was third […]
A grand slam home run by senior Andy Harding helped the Brandon varsity baseball team split a doubleheader with visiting Linden May 1. Harding’s grand slam, which came as part of a seven-run second inning, powered the Blackhawks to a 11-4 win against the Eagles in the nightcap of a twin bill between the two […]
Goodrich’s varsity softball team is continuing to make life difficult for their Genesee Area Conference foes. In their most recent action May 1 against Durand, the Martians won both ends of a twin bill, taking the opener 13-2 and the nightcap 12-2, with the latter game lasting five innings. The Blackhawks are now 17-2-1 on […]
As a student at Goodrich High School, Nick Oertel set school records in several sports that stand to this day. Today, as a senior at Michigan State University and a member of the Spartans? men’s cross country and track teams, Oertel is continuing to lead both on the track and in the classroom. After battling […]
Brandon’s varsity girls track team proved to be too much for Oxford to handle in their April 25 meet at Brandon. The Blackhawks dominated the Wildcats 84-53, remaining undefeated in the Flint Metro League at 3-0. Oxford fell to 0-3 in the league. Brandon was dominant in the field events, sweeping all five contests. Sarah […]
Goodrich’s varsity baseball team came from behind in an April 24 game and remained undefeated in Genesee Area Conference play. The Martians defeated visiting Bentley 6-5 in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader to improve to 8-2 overall and 5-0 in the GAC. The second game was called after four innings with Goodrich leading […]