By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — Four athletic standouts from Three Rivers High School’s history were inducted into the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame during a ceremony following the Wildcats’ girls’ basketball game Friday. Amy Newell (Class of 2011), Drew Shutes (Class of 2010), Michael Peterson (Class of 1997) and Kirk Mason (Class of Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director JACKSON — Three Rivers’ wrestling team will have a shot at a team state title next week. On Wednesday night, the Wildcats won their first team regional championship since 2001, defeating Jackson Northwest by a final of 59-13 in the MHSAA Division 2 team regional finals. This followed a 45-27 win Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor EDWARDSBURG—The Otsego girls basketball team fell behind early in its Wolverine Conference clash with Edwardsburg on Friday, Feb. 9, and never fully recovered.The Bulldogs fell behind 15-8 after one quarter and eventually fell by a 50-28 final score.“As the final score shows, points were hard for us to come by,” Otsego Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor MARTIN—On Friday, Feb. 9, the Saugatuck girls basketball team had the opportunity to avenge its lone loss of the season.The Trailblazers did just that.Getting a combined 33 points from senior Brook Simpson and junior Kennedy Gustafson, Saugatuck earned the 47-36 road win over Martin.The victory was the ninth straight for the Read More…
By Jason WesseldykSports Editor BRONSON—Following the two baker games in its SAC non-divisional match against Burr Oak on Monday, Feb. 12, the situation appeared pretty dire for the Allegan boys bowling team.After all, the Tigers dropped both bakers—135-122 and 168-152—to fall behind 10-0.But as is so often the case, appearances were deceiving.Allegan bounced back to Read More…
By Pamela Whitlow The LaFayette Bulldogs hosted a post season sub-regional playoff game last Saturday against the Fyffe Red Devils at the Dog Palace in LaFayette.LaFayette advanced to the sub regionals after defeating county rival Lanett 51-38 in the Class 2A Area 6 finals last Tuesday night.The Fyffe Red-Devils came in as a formidable opponent Read More…
By John RaffelCorrespondent MATTAWAN – Dom Vezeau is a junior center who is also a key player for Mattawan’s hockey team, said his team’s season so far “is not going the way we would like but I think we’re turning out toward the end of the year and are finishing strong.”This is Vezeau’s second varsity Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director ANN ARBOR — No matter what their roles were, whether they were big or small, there are only so many people that can lay claim to being part of a national championship college football team. With this year’s Michigan Wolverines squad, which won the College Football Playoff National Championship on Jan. Read More…
By Robert TomlinsonNews Director THREE RIVERS — It’s been a season of historical happenings for Three Rivers’ wrestling team. Last week, the team won its first Wolverine Conference title since 2004 with a dominating performance at the conference tournament in Niles. This week, more history was made as the Wildcats won their first Division 2 Read More…
THREE RIVERS — Three Rivers’ boys’ basketball team finally got off the schnide in Wolverine Conference play, winning their first conference game of the year Monday against Plainwell 35-34.The win, however, was sandwiched between a couple of losses: a 44-26 loss to Edwardsburg on Friday, Feb. 2, and a 56-48 loss against Dowagiac Tuesday.Monday’s win Read More…