By Matt Mackinder Clarkston News Goodrich— The Lake Fenton/Goodrich boys varsity lacrosse team has played well in its first three games of the 2022 season, but has just an 0-3 record thus far. The team opened the season April 8 with an 11-7 loss to Saginaw Heritage before dropping a tight 9-8 game to Davison […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich — The Martians and More Martians are Houston bound. On Monday night the Goodrich School Board OK’d the out of state travel of the robotics team for the FIRST World Championship in Houston April 19-24. The event is at the 1.2 million square-feet George R. Brown Convention Center. Down the […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp. — It’s been six years but Truck Town Thunder are on their way back to the World Championship. On April 8 and 9 Brandon High School robotics team, Truck Town Thunder, traveled to Saginaw Valley State University to compete at the Michigan State Championships. After a long day of […]
By David Fleet Editor Myrtle Beach S.C. — On March 29-30, high school athletes from all across the country, including Goodrich traveled to the Grand Strand for the USA Powerlifting High School Nationals competition. The competition features 700 athletes that compete in heavy lifting squats, bench press, and deadlift. The athlete that lifts the most […]
By David Fleet Editor Goodrich — The Goodrich High School robotics teams are off to the best start in the history of the teams, and neither team has finished lower than second place during the 2023 season. Of the 480 robotics teams in Michigan, Martian Team #494 is ranked 11 and Martian Team #70 ranked […]
By David Fleet Editor Brandon Twp. —On March 25 the Truck Town Thunder Team #68, Brandon High School Robotics Team traveled to Troy Athens High School to compete at their second competition of the year. They finished qualification matches in fifth place out of 42 teams and made it through two rounds of playoffs with The Steel Armadillos Team #818, from Warren and The FEDS Team # […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon — During the regular Monday night meeting, the Brandon Board of Education awarded a contract for custodial services to ABM Janitorial. “As you know, we went out for bids several weeks ago. It was a long process, we had 9 vendors bid,” said Jan Ziesel, chief financial officer for […]
By Shelby Stewart-Soldan Staff Writer Brandon Twp. — During the Monday night meeting, the Brandon Board of Education approved the purchase of three lathes and a four-sided molder/planer for the high school wood shop. The purchase of three lathes was previously approved last year, but the purchase was put on hold due needing different equipment […]
By David Fleet Editor East Lansing— The Lady Martians quest for a state title ended in the high school girls state semifinals on March 17. The Frankenmuth Eagles defeated the Goodrich Martians 37-30 in the Division 2 MHSAA State Semifinals at the Jack Breslin Event Center on the campus of Michigan State University. A defensive […]
By David Fleet Editor Lake Orion —A fourth quarter rally was not enough for the Goodrich Martians Boys Varsity Basketball team (22-5) as the Ferndale Eagles (19-8) took the Division 2 quarter-final meeting at Lake Orion High School 71-66 “We played well enough to win the game,” said Martian Veteran Head Coach Gary Barns following the game. “I’m […]