By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Atlas Twp. —The Goodrich Martians extended their winning streak to 10 and tallied their third consecutive district championship on Nov. 8 with a 27-21 win over the visiting Freeland Falcons. The Martians rolled up 367 yards of offense with only 60 in the air. The Falcons tallied 297 yards of total […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Goodrich — On Nov. 1 the Goodrich Martians (8-1) handed the Brandon Blackhawks (6-3) an early exit from the 2024 Michigan High School Athletic Association playoffs with a dominating 49-7 victory at Goodrich. In the first quarter BHS Luke Hanson opened the scoring with a 27 yard rush for the first […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Sheperd — The Goodrich Boys Cross Country team competed at the Region 15-2 championship Oct 25 at Sheperd High School. The Goodrich boys were predicted to finish eighth overall in this region and finished sixth with excellent, smart and determined running. Sophomore Vincent Pattison 15:47 finished sixth overall and first for […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Atlas Twp. — The Flint Metro League Champion Brandon Blackhawks Soccer team lost on Saturday to the Mason Bulldogs 3-1 in the Regional Championship game at Goodrich. The Blackhawks scored lone goal was on a corner kick in the second half at about 63 minutes in to cut the Bulldogs lead […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Sheperd — The Ortonville Brandon Cross Country teams concluded their 2024 cross country season at the MHSAA regional championship on the phenomenal Shepherd Cross Country course. “On a beautiful fall day perfect for distance running the Brandon Blackhawks fought hard and many ran lifetime bests,” said Head Coach Wiener/ The men’s […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Atlas Twp. — Goodrich Cross Country Girls Regional Repeat Times Four Goodrich Girls Cross Country continued their stellar season with a Region 15-2 championship Oct 25 at Sheperd High School. The win was the fourth consecutive championship at three different locations, Lake Fenton, Hess Hathaway Park, and twice at Shepherd. “The […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Fenton — The Fenton Tigers had no answers for a dominate Goodrich Martian ground game on Saturday night tallying 386 yards on 56 carries to take home a Metro League Championship 42-3 at Fenton High School. The 2022 Metro League champion Martians (7-1) had the ball six times, and scored touchdowns […]
Lake Fenton — On Oct. 16 the Lady Martians completed the sweep of three Flint Metro League Jamborees this season at Lake Fenton. “There is no secret to their success, they love each other, they respect each other, they work hard together and rarely miss practice,” said Head Coach Al Warden. “All 14 of them […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Swartz Creek — Brandon Blackhawk Damian Watton set the pace with 188 yards of offense and 3 TDs behind stellar offensive-line play en route to a 35-19 win at Swartz Creek on Oct. 18. The win marked the Blackhawks ninth consecutive trip to the playoffs. The Blackhawks took a 22-19 lead […]
By David Fleet dfleet@mihomepaper.com Brandon Twp. — Brandon Blackhawk #7 Nolan Wood was taken down in the box on an obvious scoring opportunity and Goodrich was given a red card with just over 15 minutes left in the game. Blackhawk #4 Senior Colin McKinney kept a cool head and capitalized on the penalty kick, securing […]