Brandon’s varsity baseball team hopes to combine an influx of talent with some familiar faces to produce an exciting team this season. The Blackhawks seek to put last season’s record of 15-20 (including a 4-8 Flint Metro League record) in the past, and this year’s team will feature eight returning players and six newcomers. Brandon […]
Youth will be served with this year’s Goodrich varsity baseball team. The Martians lost six seniors to graduation, and junior pitcher Basil Wilson moved to Georgia. This year, there will be only three seniors on the team, including Matt Hughes, who will transfer back to Goodrich in April after spending much of the year in […]
Brandon’s girls track team more than held their own as the lone Division 2 team in the Oakland County Indoor Track Meet Tuesday, Mar. 21. A total of eight Brandon girls won medals at the meet, including Sarah Bond, who placed fourth in the shot put, but still set a new school record with a […]
After stepping down as Brandon’s volleyball coach following the 1996 season, Brad Skauge decided he liked volleyball too much to give it up altogether. That is how Skauge, who has taught in the Brandon district for 31 years, became an active volleyball official. Although he has been a registered official with the Michigan High School […]
A quality season for Brandon’s varsity boys basketball team ended at the hands of Swartz Creek in Class A district semifinal action Wednesday, Mar. 8. Galen Stone scored 20 points and Will Hanson added 13 points as the Dragons defeated the Blackhawks 65-52. Adrian Harges scored 13 points to lead the Blackhawks, while Adam Howard […]
Brandon’s varsity hockey team still can’t quite get past the state quarterfinal barrier. In a Division 3 state quarterfinal at Allen Park, Dearborn Divine Child defeated the Blackhawks 5-0, as Brandon ended their season with a 19-9 record. It was the fourth straight year the Blackhawks lost in the Division 3 state quarterfinals. The Blackhawks […]
It was a bittersweet moment for Jennifer Sweet. On the one hand, the Goodrich track and cross country coach was recently recognized by the Michigan Interscholastic School Track Coaches Association as the state’s Coach of the Year for helping the Martians win the state Division 3 girls track championship last season, as well as the […]
Goodrich resident Brandon Duff recently achieved a significant milestone for the University of Michigan’s men’s golf program. Duff, an alumnus of Powers Catholic High School in Flint and a senior at U-M, was named the Big Ten Conference’s Player of the Week Feb. 16, the first U-M golfer to do so since Michael Harris earned […]
Brandon’s varsity volleyball team hung tough in district semifinal action Mar. 4 against North Branch. However, in the end, the Broncos pulled away for a 20-25, 12-15, 15-25 victory, ending the Blackhawks? season. Brandon finished with an overall record of 19-19-8. Sandra Oliver, a two-time team Most Valuable Player and second team Fint Metro League […]
Goodrich’s varsity volleyball season came to an end at the hand of Flint Powers, but it was still a season of significant accomplishments for the Martians. The host Martians reached the district finals Saturday, Mar. 4 before losing to the Chargers in three games, 25-13, 25-13, 25-16. The Martians finished the season 28-18-6. After a […]