Sports
Almont set to open with Clawson
ALMONT — When the 2021 edition of the high school football playoffs begin in just a couple days from now there will be one Tri-City football team battling it out for a possible state title. Almont, which tied Armada and North Branch for second place in the final Blue...
Raiders inch closer to playoffs
ALMONT — The Almont varsity football team inched that much closer to a likely Division 6 state playoff appearance, accomplishing the feat with a 39-29 road triumph against host and Blue Water Area Conference counterpart Richmond last Friday night. With the result,...
Imlay City ends Almont’s season
IMLAY CITY — Sixth-ranked Imlay City earned a 10-0 win against visiting Almont in a Division 3 district semifinal boys’ soccer confrontation Monday afternoon. With the outcome, Imlay City improves to 20-3-1 overall. Jose Salcedo (set up by Giovani Torres), Torres...
Almont 16th at golf finals
ALMONT — The Almont girls’ golf team claimed a 16th-place finish at the Division 4 state finals this past week. Play was contested last Friday and Saturday at Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing. “The girls completed an amazing year with their trip to the...
Sam Bussone reaches state quarterfinals
ALMONT — The Almont boys’ tennis team, represented by Sam Bussone, netted a six-way tie for 15th place last Friday and Saturday at the Division 4 state finals in Ann Arbor. Traverse City St. Francis won the title with 26 points. They were followed by Grosse Pointe...
Imlay City bests Almont
TRI-CITY AREA — Imlay City earned a 25-15, 28-30, 25-23, 25-17 win against host Almont in a Blue Water Area Conference varsity volleyball battle last Thursday night. Jaya Forti was Imlay City’s offensive catalyst. She finished with 33 set assists. Hope Schriber...
Imlay City claims a BWAC title
IMLAY CITY — The Imlay City boys’ soccer team put the finishing touches on a 12-0-0 Blue Water Area Conference campaign with a 5-0 road triumph against Cros-Lex on Monday, October 11. It marked the fifth straight year that Imlay City, which improves to 18-3-1 overall,...
Spartans drop a road game to Yale
IMLAY CITY — Imlay City dropped a 31-6 verdict to host Yale in a Blue Water Area Conference varsity football game last Friday night. With the outcome, Yale raises their mark to 2-5 and 1-5. Imlay City watches their record fall to 1-6 and 1-5. “Offensively we need to...
Bussone qualifies for states
TRI-CITY AREA — The Almont and Imlay City boys’ tennis squads took fifth and ninth, respectively, last at a Division 4 regional hosted by Grosse Pointe Liggett last Wednesday. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (32 points), Marine City (19) and Armada (13) held...
Almont startles unbeaten Armada
ALMONT — Host Almont saw it they would prevail, earning a 14-7 victory over previously unbeaten Armada (listed tied for 10th with Kingsford among Division 5 squads statewide according to the Associated Press) in a Blue Water Area Conference varsity football...
