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GirlsThree Rivers ends season in district semifinalsVICKSBURG — Three Rivers’ girls’ basketball season ended on Wednesday, March 1 in Vicksburg with a loss in the Division 2 district semifinals to Olivet, 55-28.Gabby Charvat led the Wildcats with 12 points, while…

By Grace Davis Sports Writer After taking two pretty hard losses to Pinconning during the regular season, 56-39 and then 52-30, the Eagles came back for vengeance during their first round of district play. Farwell won a very close game…

By John Raffel Correspondent MCBAIN – McBain Northern Michigan Christian’s girl basketball seasons came to an end on Tuesday, March 7, with a loss to Maple City Glen Lake 61-14 in the Division 4 regional semifinalists. Last week in district…

Intelligent power management company Eaton announced that Alicia Smith, design manager, Engine Air Management, Eaton’s Vehicle Group, is a 2023 inductee into the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.Smith, who has served 20 years at Eaton, received…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor DETROIT—When she stepped onto the mat for her first match at the Division 2 girls individual wrestling state finals on Friday, March 3, Plainwell freshman sensation Madison Nieuwenhuis couldn’t help but feel some butterflies in her…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor FENNVILLE—The season has come to a close for Saugatuck boys basketball team.Taking on Wyoming Potter’s House in the opening round of the Division 3 district hosted by Fennville, the Trailblazers fell behind 49-18 at halftime and…

By Katie McElvy Chambers Softball 1, Edgewood 10The Lady Rebels kept things close throughout the first three innings as they traveled to Edgewood Academy to face the Lady Wildcats. Chambers’ Carly Forbus and Mckenzie Gilliland were able to get hits…

By John BriceCorrespondent Valley High School’s Boys Basketball team claimed the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 5A championship title in their 54-50 victory against Charles Henderson HS from Troy on Saturday March 4th, 2023.Capping off their undefeated 33-0 winning…

BATTLE CREEK — Both of Three Rivers’ bowling teams, as well as three individual bowlers, will be rolling into the state finals this weekend in Jackson.Competing on Saturday, Feb. 25 at M-66 Bowl in Battle Creek, the Wildcats’ girls’ team…

By Grace Davis Sports Writer The Lady Eagles kicked off their District tournament on Tuesday night against Leroy Pine River in Evart. After a tough loss to Meridian on Friday night, 63-37, the girls took second in the conference and…

By John Raffel Correspondent MARION – Marion’s competitive cheer season ended on the weekend at regionals. We did not do as well as we had hoped for this weekend,” coach Danyel Prielipp said. “We finished eighth but are already looking…

by Ben MurphySports Writer Mattawan boys outlast St. Joseph to win SMAC WestThe Mattawan boys basketball team hosted St. Joseph on Saturday, in a game that would decide the Southwest Michigan Athletic Conference West Division championship. The Wildcats were able…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor For the second time in recent months, the Shaffer family was able to celebrate a return to the basketball court.Jurian Shaffer, a sophomore at Otsego High School, was in the starting lineup for the Bulldogs’ JV…

After posting an unbeaten dual-meet record for the first time in school history, the Otsego boys swim & dive team took care of business at the Southwest and Central Swim Conference meet by taking top honors.Plainwell finished runner-up at the…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor PAW PAW—The Otsego girls basketball team got Aly Aldrich and Addi Milheim back for the game with Paw Paw on Friday, Feb. 24, after pair had missed time with injuries.That was the good news for the…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor HOLLAND—It would be fair to say the girls basketball game between Saugatuck and Holland Black River didn’t start exactly the way Trailblazers coach Kevin Tringali had been hoping.Saugatuck fell behind 7-2 and one quarter and were…

By Jason WesseldykSports Editor FENNVILLE—Talk about getting defensive.In its showdown with Allegan County rival Fennville on Friday, Feb. 24, the Allegan girls basketball team held the Blackhawks to six points or less in each quarter.The result was a 42-16 victory…

By Robert TomlinsonNews Director KALAMAZOO — In one of the most unusual endings to a match possible, Constantine’s wrestling team is off to the semifinals after their opponents from Clinton were disqualified. The Falcons were down 23-18 to the Red…

BoysBrown scores 41 for TR in win over Paw PawPAW PAW — Andrew Brown had yet another high-scoring game for Three Rivers as the Wildcats’ boys’ basketball team defeated Paw Paw Friday, Feb. 17, 68-57.Brown dropped 41 points on the…