By David Fleet Editor The Goodrich Martians punched their ticket to the State Quarter finals on last weekend with a 47-15 win over Lake Fenton. The #3 Goodrich Martians (29-2) will take on #6 Mason (32-3) and tallied their fifth trip over the past seven seasons to the state competition. The state finals begin on […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Wrtier The Brandon Learn from Home program will not be available next year. Students who wish to continue with online instruction would have to participate in the Summit Virtual program through the district. “Because we had the majority returning to in-person instruction, the numbers for Brandon Learn from Home went down,” […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer On Feb. 4, schools across the state designated their basketball games as Oxford Night, including Brandon. So far, the districts have raised around $250,000 for the Oxford School shooting victims. “Primarily this is t-shirt sales,” said Brian Gordon, Athletic Director of Royal Oak schools. “They’re going to utilize those funds […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Earlier this month the Brandon School District recognized two teachers in the district as Teachers of the Year. Christy Polasek was honored as Elementary Teacher of the Year, and Russ McMartin was honored as the Secondary Education Teacher of the Year. Polasek has taught special education in Brandon for 22 […]
By David Fleet Editor On Friday night Riley Abney drew a crowd. On Friday night BHS Sophomore Guard Abney, the Blackhawks leading scorer, set a pair of new school records with 33 points and eight three pointers. The previous records were 29 points in a game and six three point shots. The Blackhawks defeated Owosso […]
By David Fleet Editor In late January the Goodrich Martians Varsity Wrestling team won the Flint Metro League defeating Lake Fenton in a dual meet with Holly and Kearsley. In addition, for the second consecutive year Martian Head Coach Ken Sirignano was named Flint Metro League Coach of the Year Sirignano, 46, is a 1994 […]
By Sheby Stewart Staff Writer Brandon School District is implementing a new COVID-19 testing program to keep students in school. “Right now we’re really, really lucky, we have hardly any COVID cases in our district,” said acting superintendent Dan Stevens. “We’re implementing the Brandon School District quarantine test-to-stay program, we’re really excited about this.” The […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer Due to school closures, the Brandon High School theater department has rescheduled their fall play performances to Dec. 15 and 16 at 7 p.m. “We will have a moment of silence and every performance is dedicated to our Oxford community and the victims and survivors of the tragic event of […]
By Shelby Stewart Staff Writer After a two year hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Brandon High School theater department is putting on a show. At 7 p.m., on Dec. 1-3, BHS will present ,“Pirates of the Cafeteria.” The one act play follows a group of pirates who try to take over the Brandon […]
By David Fleet Editor In 1952, Harry Truman was president, gasoline cost 52 cents and a loaf of bread was 19 cents. That same year Ortonville and Goodrich played football. While plenty has changed since facemask-less leather helmets ruled —today the Brandon-Goodrich game is a yearly event as the Martians are now part of the […]