Sports
Harper chosen Top Male Athlete
IMLAY CITY — Imlay City’s Joe Harper, a two-sport standout, was announced as the recipient of his school’s Top Male Athlete Award recently. He started his successful senior campaign as a member of the Imlay City football team. It was there Harper put up solid...
Nowhere to Race, held here!
Imlay City running club hosts half and full marathons IMLAY CITY — So how do you react when you are halfway through training for an upcoming marathon, only to halve the event cancelled due to COVID-19? If you are a member of the Imlay City Running Club, you adapt to...
MHSAA updates timeline for safe return to sports
TRI-CITY AREA — The Michigan High School Athletic Association submitted to its member schools a series of updated timelines and recommendations to guide the return to sports, which has been suspended since mid-March due to the potential spread of COVID-19, last...
Football OTAs are on hold for now
Gov. Whitmer extends stay at home, delays organized high school fall sports training TRI-CITY AREA — All things appear to be on hold, or at least that is how it seems, as high school football organized team activities (OTAs) were slated to get underway this Monday....
Seeding changes in store for sports
EAST LANSING — The addition of seeding at the regional level in ice hockey and adjustment to providing byes for top-seeded teams in basketball and soccer were among the most notable actions taken by the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic...
Teagan Norman to take her track and cross country skills to Lansing
DRYDEN — Dryden standout Teagan Norman signed a letter of intent to run on the Lansing Community College cross country and track teams recently. This past fall she got their attention when she provided a 21:28 time en route to a 15th during a Division 4 regional...
Bobowski plays well for Harvard
ALMONT — Macomb’s Lauren Bobowski, a Dakota High School graduate, finished her debut campaign with the Harvard University women’s softball team recently. The freshman out- fielder wound up with eight hits in 28 official trips to the plate, leaving her with a batting...
Keller steps down as Frankenmuth coach
Capac grad guides team to 240 wins CAPAC — Tom Keller, a 1992 graduate of Capac High School, wrapped up a lengthy run as the Frankenmuth varsity girls’ basketball coach recently. He stepped down from the post after spending 14 years in the position following the...
Hausmann chosen for All-Star Game
ALMONT — The 38th Annual East-West All-Star Football game which was slated for June at Saginaw Valley State University has been called off, but a list of the players who would have competed has now been released. That list includes Almont’s Jacob Hausmann, who appears...
CYBL cancels its 2020 campaign
CAPAC — Like Imlay City did the previous week and Almont did last week, Capac has determined their youth baseball league will not go on as planned this season. “It is with a very heavy heart that we have determined that the 2020 CYBL season is canceled,” Capac Youth...
