By Jason WesseldykSports Editor KALAMAZOO—The Allegan girls bowling team entered its showdown with Comstock at Continental Lanes undefeated.And the Tigers left the match the same way, improving to 11-0 with a 24-6 win.The Allegan boys also won, claiming the 26-4 victory to up their record to 9-1-1.The match started a bit slowly for the Allegan Read More…
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Three Rivers notches two conference wins,
wins Marcellus Invitational
THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers’ wrestling team had a successful week on the mats, taking home two conference victories and winning the Marcellus Invitational on Sunday.On Thursday, Jan. 19, the ‘Cats earned wins over Vicksburg 61-16 and Paw Paw 52-26 on the road in Vicksburg. Earning two victories on the day for the Wildcats were Read More…
McBain boys extend winning streak
By John Raffel McBain Northern Michigan Christian’s boys basketball team goes into its home game on Thursday of this week against Roscommon with a four-game win streak.NMC is 6-3 in the Hghland Conference and 8-3 overall.Coach Kyle Benthem’s team beat visiting Western Michigan Christian on Friday and topped Beal City 61-56 on Tuesday of this Read More…
Harrison gets knocked down by Farwell Bowling
by Grace Davis Harrison and Farwell’s girls and boys bowling teams met at the Riverwood Bowling Alley this past Saturday to compete in a conference match. The Lady Eagles took the win over the Hornets, Kameren Osborn bowled a 182 and Emily Hall bowled a 148. For Harrison, Mikkemmely Shea bowled a 149 and Brittany Read More…
Area basketball teams closing out January, Mattawan now 10-0
by Ben MurphySports Writer Lady Red Wolves play to win over rival Otsego The Paw Paw girls basketball team was able to get the better of rival Otsego on Friday. The Lady Red Wolves, playing on the road in the Wolverine Conference battle, were able to come away with a 48-38 victory.“Big win against our Read More…
KOC to Hold Free Throw Contest
The Paw Paw Knights of Columbus will hold a basketball free throw contest, Sunday, Jan. 29, at 1 p.m. at the Paw Paw High School gymnasium. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m.The event is open to all boys and girls ages 9 to 14, as of Jan. 1, 2023. Birth certificates must be provided at time Read More…
Allegan earns win over visiting Fennville
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor Fennville’s Lila Rosema poured in a game-best 24 points against host Allegan during this SAC girls basketball contest on Friday, Jan. 17.The was the bad news for the Tigers. The good news was that they limited the rest of the Fennville roster to 11 combined points and picked up the 48-35 Read More…
Otsego girls fall to Paw Paw after beating Sturgis
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor OTSEGO—Three of the four quarters in the Wolverine Conference clash between the girls basketball teams from Otsego and Paw Paw on Friday, Jan. 20, were nip-and-tuck.The teams each scored six points in the first quarter, while Otsego held a three-point edge in the second stanza and the Red Wolves had a Read More…
JV Rebels earn state runners-up title
By Katie McElvy The Chambers Academy JV Boys Basketball Team played as the number three seed in the AA JV State Invitational Tournament over the weekend. Nine teams were invited to participate. In the first game, Chambers faced the #2 Patrician JV Saints. Hunter Andrews kicked things off with a pair of free throws to Read More…
Slow start fails to deter Clare, win easily over Harrison
by Ben MurphySports Writer The Clare boys basketball team played well early on in their non-conference game at Big Rapids on Tuesday. The Pioneers couldn’t keep the good times going in the second half however, fand this led to them coming up short in the game, falling 65-53.“We played a really good first half, we Read More…