The search is on once again to fill the Brandon varsity hockey coaching position. At the Aug. 8 Brandon Board of Education meeting, the board announced the resignation of Kevin Hess, who was hired in July as a science teacher and varsity hockey coach at Brandon High School. Hess was an assistant coach at Orchard […]
When he arrived at Michigan from Brandon in 2001, Matt Lentz was looking to the veterans on the Wolverines? football team for guidance. Now, the roles are reversed, and Lentz, a fifth-year senior, will be the guy called upon to set an example for the youngsters. ‘The coaches will be looking to me to help […]
Derek Foyt’s encore performance at Comerica Park wasn’t quite the follow-up he had hoped for. Foyt, a 2005 Brandon High School graduate and first team Division 2 All-State selection, participated in the High School All-Star Invitational Aug. 4 at Comerica Park in Detroit, a part of the Detroit Tigers? tribute to the Negro Leagues during […]
Justin Barger’s wrestling career may be on hold, but later this month, fans will have a chance to see the Ortonville native in action. Barger said his friend Anthony Nick has arranged for a film lasting 1 to 1-1/2 hours to be shown at the Oxford 7 Cinema around 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31. The […]
Practices for all varsity football programs in the state of Michigan, including Brandon and Goodrich, were scheduled to start Monday, Aug. 8. However, both the Blackhawks and Martians have put in plenty of work during the offseason to get in shape. With the season scheduled to get underway later this month, both programs will fine-tune […]
Recently graduated Brandon High School varsity baseball player Derek Foyt has made his college choice. Foyt has accepted an offer to attend Saginaw Valley State University, a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, as a preferred walk-on player for the 2005-06 school year. SVSU head baseball coach Walt Head, in his 23rd year […]
The National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships proved to be very beneficial for Goodrich residents Jeff Decator and Michelle Elliott. In Decator’s case, it helped him land an opportunity to compete in the decathlon for the University of Minnesota. Decator finished eighth in the decathlon out of 26 competitors, and Elliott placed 13th out […]
Scott Sawyer figures what works in DeWitt can work in Brandon. Sawyer, a teacher and football coach at Brandon High School, is the coach liasion for the newly formed Brandon Touchdown Club, a group of Brandon football parents whose purpose is to support the Brandon football program. He got the idea while attending a football […]
Groveland Township’s Keith Blakely is officially hooked on the Buick Open Pro-Am experience. Blakely and his team, which was comprised of Professional Golfers Association (PGA) golfer Hank Kuehne and amateurs Richard Sly, Dave Isbell, and George Dass, shot 15 under par to finish fifth out of 53 teams at the Pro-Am, held July 27 at […]
After a rainy start to the day, the weather cooperated quite nicely for Keith Blakely and the rest of the Buick Open Pro-Am players. With sunny skies and temperatures in the low 70’s, Blakely, a Groveland Township resident, teamed up with Professional Golfers Association (PGA) golfer Hank Kuehne and three other amateurs at the Buick […]