By Jeff Patrus Sports Writer In a back-and-forth contest, it was the Richmond Blue Devils that had enough firepower to defeat the Goodrich varsity football team. The Blue Devils scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns and added a safety to earn a come-from-behind 29-28 victory against the host Martians in the season-opening game for both teams Aug. […]
Goodrich’s varsity girls basketball team welcomed back a familiar face in its first game of the regular season. The Martians defeated visiting Davison 68-36 on Tuesday, Aug. 29, as junior Kortni Elsworth scored 13 points to lead the Martians to the victory. The game featured the return of Amy Gall, a former teacher and assistant […]
Brandon’s varsity football team had their chances to defeat visiting Linden in their Aug. 25 season opener. However, the Blackhawks faced an uphill climb throughout the second half, and the Eagles put the capper on the game when senior Dustin Mayner scored on a three-yard touchdown run, with under a minute left, to clinch a […]
Wayne Thompson is going ‘back to the future? this year as the new coach for the Brandon varsity boys golf team. Thompson, in his 23rd year as a teacher in the Brandon school system, was hired in August to fill the spot vacated when former coach John Ubbing stepped down following the 2005-06 school year. […]
Brandon varsity girls basketball coach Bryan Ray hopes a combination of youth and experience will be a winning formula for the Blackhawks this season. The Blackhawks return six players from a team that went 14-6 last year and finished in a tie for third in the Flint Metro League. Among those returning are two starters, […]
Alex Hotchkiss can now count himself among the best of the best at his age in the nation at motocross racing. Hotchkiss, 17, a senior at Brandon High School, competed in the Loretta Lynn’s Amateur Motocross Championships Aug. 3 in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. He competed in two different classes, 125 B Stock and 250 Open […]
Brandon’s varsity golf team is not off to the start it had hoped for. The Blackhawks, who won the Flint Metro League championship last season, finished sixth out of nine teams at the Flint Metro League preseason tournament Monday, Aug. 21 at Sugarbush Golf Course in Davison. The Blackhawks finished with a team score of […]
Brandon edged Romeo 57-55 to win the eight team Brandon/Lapeer Invitational Thursday, Aug. 17. Hanna Hubbard’s decisive three set win in the final at #3 singles clinched it for Brandon. Brittany Barber won the #2 singles flight while Rachel Hartwig won the #4 flight in her first varsity action. Jessica DeVoogd came in fourth at […]
Evan Huizenga may be the new head coach for the Goodrich varsity boys soccer team, but he is no stranger to the Martians? program. Huizenga, 27, is in his fifth year with the Goodrich boys? team, having spent the past two years as an assistant to former coach Josh Watson, who moved to the west […]
Goodrich’s boys golf team has established themselves early on as a team to be reckoned with in the Genesee Area Conference. The Martians finished first among GAC teams at the Shannabrok Invitational Monday, Aug. 22 at Hunter’s Ridge Golf Course in Howell. The tournament also doubled as the GAC preseason opener. Goodrich shot a team […]