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Almont defeats Armada, 5-1
ALMONT — Almont picked up a 5-1 victory over visiting Armada in a Blue Water Area Conference varsity girls’ soccer confrontation last Wednesday. Lola Battaglia (set up by Jesse Kautz), Battaglia (assisted by Natalie Radisavljevic), Kautz (assisted by Battaglia),...

Spartans stopped twice by Broncos
IMLAY CITY — The Imlay City varsity softball team was downed twice by North Branch in a Blue Water Area Conference varsity softball doubleheader it hosted last Wednesday. In the opener, North Branch obtained a 10-0 win against Imlay City. Reese Schmidt (a single)...

Almont wins BWAC golf match at home
ALMONT — Cam Bourdeau shot a 38 over nine holes as did Manny Goldstein, helping Almont to a first-place finish last Friday at a BWAC match it hosted. Almont’s winning total was a 163. They were followed by North Branch (178), Cros-Lex (183), Yale (199), Richmond (200)...

Raiders win Invitational title
TRI-CITY AREA — The Almont boys’ track team (115 points) outscored Bad Axe (95), Unionville Sebewaing (81), Brown City (73.5), Cass City (50), Marlette (46), Reese (44.5), Mayville (39), Laker (30), Capac, Dryden and Vassar (22 each) along with Harbor Beach (20) en...

Almont, Dryden go 2-3 at Marlette
TRI-CITY AREA — The Almont, Dryden and Capac girls’ track squads earned respective finishes of second, third and 13th last Friday at the Marlette Invitational. Reese (120 points) paced the field assembled. They were followed by Almont (88.33 points), Dryden (81),...

Almont, Imlay City play to 3-3 decision
TRI-CITY AREA — Almont tied visiting Imlay City, 3-3, in a Blue Water Area Conference girls’ soccer battle last Wednesday afternoon. Natalia Radisavljevic (set up by Jesse Kautz), Lola Battaglia (assisted by Radisavljevic) and Battaglia (set up by Kautz) supplied...

Chiefs upend Cards twice
TRI-CITY AREA — Capac bested host Dryden, 13-9 and 10-4, in a non-league varsity baseball doubleheader last Thursday. With the outcomes, Capac moves to 6-2 overall. Dryden slips to 2-4 this season. In the opener, Capac finished with 17 hits en route to the favorable...

Raiders split with Bulldogs
ALMONT — The Almont varsity baseball team split a pair of contests with Blue Water Area Conference rival Yale this past week. Almont opened that two-game stretch with an 8-4 road loss to Yale on Monday, April 10. Luke Winkler paced Almont with three singles The...

Dryden places second at Brown City Invitational
TRI-CITY AREA — The Dryden girls’ track team collected 82 points on the way to a second and Capac generated 25 for 10th last Friday at the Brown City Invitational. Reese topped the team standings with 82 points that day. Olivia Stickler, 100 (13.08 seconds) and 400...

Capac girls take a doubleheader from Dryden
TRI-CITY AREA — Capac downed host Dryden, 15-0 and 16-0, in a non-league varsity softball doubleheader last Friday. Madalyn Roberson (a single and a triple), Julia Schaefer (two singles), Skielar Tesnow (a home run), Nevaeh Mason and Robin Owens (a single each)...