Sports

Barker looks for spot on GVSU track team
CAPAC — Capac’s Hank Barker will attempt to make the Grand Valley State University men’s track team as a walk-on prospect during the 2020-21 campaign. He entered his senior year coming off a strong junior season with the Capac boys’ track team. In the 110-meter...

Almont Attack posts a 4-2 mark
TRI-CITY AREA — Almont Attack gave a good account of themselves, fashioning a 4-2 mark at the All Sanction 12U World Series this past week. Columbus, Ohio hosted the tournament which ran from Thursday through Sunday. The squad opened tournament action Friday...

Young Guns 17U squad claim leagues’ top finish
TRI- CITY AREA — The Michigan Young Guns 17U baseball team wrapped up their season as Greater Flint Baseball League champions, sweeping the Grand Blanc Gladiators 17U squad by 11-4 and 4-1 scores. The doubleheader was contested Tuesday, July 28 at Grand Blanc...

Phased-in practices, competition eyed
MHSAA Council affirms lower-risk sports will keep traditional start dates TRI-CITY AREA — The Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Representative Council approved the next steps in returning member schools last Wednesday, adopting a plan to phase in competition...

Jaya Forti helps Oilers to second
IMLAY CITY — The Foster Oilers 16U softball team, which counts Imlay City’s Jaya Forti among their ranks, registered a second-place finish at the In the Net July Jamboree Tournament this past weekend. Palmrya, Pennsylvania is where the action unfolded. The...

Outrage 16U are tourney champs
TRI-CITY AREA — Outrage’s 16U softball team claimed a first-place finish at the FAAST Summer Showdown Southeast Michigan Tournament. Play was contested Saturday at Memorial Park in Royal Oak and Sunday at Hickory Glen Park in Commerce Township. The squad opened...

Ross wins colt in national competition
IMLAY CITY — Madison Ross, who will be a senior at Imlay City High School this upcoming school year, won a two-year-old Rodney Yost Broadaxe Ranch Colt in a national competition earlier this year. Rodney Yost, of Rodney Yost Horsemanship and Broadaxe Ranch, sponsors...

Fall sports to go on as planned
TRI-CITY AREA — Following months of speculation, a decision has finally been made. Michigan High School Athletic Association member schools will begin the 2020-21 school year playing fall sports as traditionally scheduled, but with contingency concepts in place...

Attack 16U second at Potterville
TRI-CITY AREA — The Attack softball squad pulled up second at the NSA Potterville Tournament this past weekend. The team got their tournament stint underway Saturday with a 3-0 win against Michigan Rebels 16U. That was followed by an 8-0 victory over Line Drive...

Almont Attack 12U claims a title
TRI-CITY AREA — The Almont Attack 12U softball team registered a first-place finish at the USSSA Border Battle Championship in Macomb this past weekend. The team started things off Saturday with a 12-4 win against the Michigan Bulldogs. Later that day, Almont Attack...