A fine season for the Goodrich girls soccer team ended in the district finals. The Martians lost 3-0 to Flint Powers Catholic on Saturday, June 4. Powers (9-8-2) advanced to take on DeWitt in Division 3 regional action, while Goodrich’s season ended at 19-4-2. Goodrich advanced to the district final with an 8-1 win against […]
Normally, when spring comes around, high school seniors? attention is focused on prom, graduation, and all sorts of other distractions. However, three Brandon High School varsity baseball seniors ? Derek Foyt, Andrew Burch, and Mark Butzu ? proved to be key members of the Blackhawks this season, despite the team’s subpar 15-20 record this season. […]
Laura Kwiatkowski blazed a new trail for the Brandon girls golf program at the Division 2 state meet June 3. Kwiatkowski, a junior, was the first Brandon High School girls golfer in the three-year history of the BHS program to compete at the state meet, held at Forest Akers West in East Lansing. She finished […]
Brandon senior Adam Hyde highlighted the list of Blackhawk competitors at the Division 2 state track meet Saturday, June 4. Hyde, who will be attending Grand Valley State University in 2005-06 on a track scholarship, played third in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 39.92, earning All-State honors in the process. Another Brandon […]
A key mistake by the Brandon varsity baseball team ruined a valiant pitching effort by senior Derek Foyt and ultimately led to the Blackhawks? downfall. In the Blackhawks? May 31 district game against Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, the Eaglets broke open a 1-1 game with five runs in the top of the eighth inning, earning […]
A stellar season for the Goodrich varsity softball team ended on a down note. The Martians could not quite overtake Flint Kearsley in their opening district game May 31 at Kearsley, losing a 5-4 contest. Goodrich ended their season with a 37-3 record. Both teams scored two runs in the first inning, but Kearsley scored […]
Brandon junior Jill Perry and her varsity softball teammates started off district competition with a bang May 31. Perry threw a no-hitter and struck out 11 batters to improve to 17-4 on the season as the Blackhawks defeated the Mustangs 2-0 at Brandon High School. Brandon (27-9-1) advanced to take on Auburn Hills Avondale in […]
Brandon’s girls track team got ready for the June 4 state meet by wrapping up the Flint Metro League championship. The Blackhawks won the May 25 league meet, finishing with 123-1/2 points, well ahead of second-place Fenton’s 85 points. Brandon clinched the league championship with the win. ‘The entire team came up real big and […]
It was a clean sweep for the Goodrich boys and girls track teams. Both squads dominated the Genesee Area Conference Red Division track meet May 25, taking first place at the meet and clinching league championships in the process. The Martians? boys team earned 167 points, outdistancing second-place Montrose (102). Goodrich, which finished 11-0 in […]
The Goodrich baseball team outhit Flint Kearsley 9-3 in the first round of district action May 31 at Kearsley. However, Kearsley put their hits together at the right time. As a result, they eliminated the Martians from district action with a 3-2 win, scoring the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on […]