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Farwell girls basketball falls to Beaverton, Lakeview, wins against Harrison
The Farwell girls basketball team lost their game against Beaverton on Jan. 31 with a final score of 55-29. They also won their game against Harrison on Feb. 2 with a final score of 39-35. Lastly, they lost their game…
Marion wins home invitational
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – Marion hosted its final competitive cheer invitational on Feb. 6 and won its four-team division.In Division 3 for varsity Shepherd scored 600 to win. For the middle school, scores were: Shepherd 400; Marion 388.8; Evart…
Saugatuck cruises to wins
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorRollin’ along.That’s exactly what the Saugatuck girls basketball team is doing, as the Trailblazers ran their winning streak to seven with a 57-30 victory over Howardsville Christian on Monday, Feb. 5.Saugatuck improved to 12-1 overall.The Simpson sisters…
Plainwell swim & dive gets past Otsego
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor OTSEGO—In a battle of the top two teams in the Southwest and Central Swim Conference, Plainwell bested Otsego by a score of 99-86 on Thursday, Feb. 1.Otsego actually won seven of the 12 events, but Plainwell…
Allegan bowling competes three days in a row
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor SOUTH HAVEN—Competing for the third straight day, the Allegan bowling teams secured wins over Saugatuck on Thursday, Feb. 1.The 30-0 win by the Allegan boys kept that team unbeaten at 11-0 in the SAC Lakeshore and…
Lady Rebels basketball earn way to final four
By Katie McElvy Varsity BoysThe Chambers Academy Varsity Boys’ season came to an end last Tuesday as they hosted the Hooper Academy Colts in a playoff game. Offensively, the Rebels struggled with the Colt press. Defensively, they were outmanned under…
Paw Paw boys defeat Bridgman
By John RaffelCorrespondent PAW PAW — Paw Paw beat 52-32 Bridgman at the Loy Norrix Love & Basketball Showcase last week.Paw Paw had quarter leads of 11-8, 23-15 and 39-27.Being the second game in two days, the Red Wolves came…
Boys’ Basketball Roundup TR upended by Niles, blown out by Portage Northern
THREE RIVERS — The losing skid for Three Rivers’ boys’ basketball team continued this past week, losing 68-48 to Niles on Friday, and nearly being doubled up by Portage Northern on the road Tuesday 71-36.Against Niles, Luis Warmack had 21…
Marion boys sneak past Pentwater
By John RaffelCorrespondent MARION – Marion’s boys basketball team got the job done on Tuesday with a 54-44 West Michigan D League victory over Pentwater.The game was tied 11-11 after the first quarter and Marion led 18-13 at halftime and…
Clare boys basketball bounced by Meridian, take down Shepherd
The Clare boys basketball team lost their game against Sanford Meridian on Jan. 25 with a final score of 55-30. They also won their game against Shepherd on Jan. 30 with a final score of 56-44.In a Hudl highlights video…
Gilliam let go as Three Rivers football coach
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers High School’s varsity football team will be in search of a new head coach for the 2024 season. TRHS Athletic Director Matt Stofer confirmed in an email to the Commercial-News Thursday that…
Saugatuck gets defensive in victory
By Jason WesseldykSports EditorIn the first half of its SAC contest against Gobles on Friday, Jan. 26, the Saugatuck girls basketball team played a smothering brand of defense.And the Trailblazers were even better in the second half.Saugatuck limited the Tigers…
Otsego girls bowling takes third at P.N. Invite
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor KALAMAZOO—The Otsego girls bowling team posted a third-place finish at the Portage Northern Invitational on Sunday, Jan. 28.Seeded first after two regular games and eight baker games, the Bulldogs baker-game scores of 187 and 159 to…
Allegan boys bowling continues winning ways
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor WAYLAND—It was a battle between two of the top boys bowling teams in the SAC when Allegan and Martin met in a doubleheader on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Rock and Bowl in Wayland.And it was the…
Paw Paw wrestlers beat Lakeshore
By John RaffelCorrespondent PAW PAW – Paw Paw’s wrestling team beat Lakeshore 48-21 in wrestling action on Jan. 24.Winners for Paw Paw were Kainan Teske, Tyler Perkkio, Ethan Edsberg, Preston Akers, Alex Burgess, Joose Garcia, Dominic Hernandez, Gavin Turk, Anthony…
Bulldogs score two wins, but can’t handle archrival Valley
By Pamela Whitlow The Dog Palace was packed to capacity last Friday night as the hometown LaFayette Bulldogs and the Valley Rams played in their final meeting of the season. It was standing room only and the atmosphere was very…
Boys’ Basketball RoundupSturgis gets first win of season over Three Rivers
THREE RIVERS — The Sturgis Trojans picked up their first win of the season on Friday, beating longtime rival Three Rivers, 48-33. A stout defense and 18 points from Sturgis’ Grady Miller led the way in the victory.Gavyn Moore put…
NMC girls fall to Beal City
By John RaffelCorrespondent MCBAIN – Beal City defeated McBain Northern Michigan Christian 46-21 on Tuesday in Highland Conference action.Beal City had quarter leads of 15-6 and 20-12 and outscored NMC 24-0 in the third quarter.“We played a good first half…
Clare girls basketball wins against Harrison, Ithaca
By Kaitlyn CampbellThe Clare girls basketball team won their game against Harrison on Jan. 11 with a final score of 54-6. They also won their game against Ithaca on Jan. 16 with a final score of 51-36.In the game against…
Yellowjackets rout Spartans, Wingfield gets 1,000th career point
By Bill MullalyContributing Writer The huge battle on Wednesday night between Big 8 Conference rivals Springport and Concordwas a crucial mid-season contest played in the Yellowjacket home gym. The game was postponed oneday due to the bitter cold weather in…
