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THREE RIVERS — The Three Rivers varsity volleyball team won Monday’s home quad.
Lauren Cholometes’ Lady Cats defeated Colon 25-12, 25-11; Kalamazoo Central 25-12, 25-20 and Berrien Springs 25-12, 25-12.
Abbie Thompson had 17 kills, two blocks and three aces. Allie McGlothlen added 14 kills, two...
OTSEGO — Drew McClain rushed for 283 yards on 23 carries and scored three touchdowns for Three Rivers in a 30-6 win at Otsego Thursday in Wolverine Conference JV football action.
“We had a great job by our offensive line and defense in this game,” said Three Rivers JV coach Jeff Awe.
McClain...
MENDON — Fennville became the latest team to find out the level of destruction that Mendon’s football team is capable of inflicting its opponent.
The Hornets’ physicality and size up front was overwhelming in a decisive 64-20 Southwestern Michigan 8-Man Footbal League Tier 1 win at home over the...
THREE RIVERS — For a while it appeared the team to have the ball last would win Friday’s Wolverine Conference football battle at Armstrong Field between host Three Rivers and Otsego.
After a wild first half that saw the two teams combine for 54 points and head to the locker room tied at 27-27,...
SAUGATUCK — The Constantine boys’ soccer team dropped a 4-2 decision Wednesday at Saugatuck.
Scoring the Falcons’ goals were Jack Larink and AJ Ortiz-Soto.
Junior goal keeper James Hendrix had three first-half saves and Austin Forrester added four in the second half.
Constantine trailed...
THREE RIVERS — A late come back in the second half fell short for the Three Rivers boys’ soccer team in a 3-2 Wolverine Conference loss at home Wednesday to Plainwell.
Three Rivers trailed Plainwell 2-0 with just over 10 minutes left in the second half.
Ryan Lubienecki scored the first goal for...
THREE RIVERS — Our local prep football prognosticators are feeling a bit better about their skills after seeing improvement during Week 2.
Ollie The Optimist finished a perfect 11-0 followed by Slim Pickens and Willie B. Wrong who both ended the week 10-1.
In the overall standings, Ollie is...
THREE RIVERS — The mentality among the Three Rivers Wildcats’ football team is to shrug off last week’s loss at Edwardsburg and concentrate on each of the remaining seven games one at a time.
Three Rivers, now 1-1, meets Otsego (0-2) on the home turf at Armstrong Field on Friday at 7 p.m.
Three...
THREE RIVERS — Ginger Crespo has given us a great lead-in to my column, this week. On September 4, she wrote:
Sauganash Ladies had a tight race going into playoff night, with only one point between first and a two-way tie for second. When the dust settled, the team of Ginger and Celeste Crespo...
THREE RIVERS — After a strong run that ended with a loss in the Division 3 district championship, the Three Rivers boys’ soccer team is ready for more success in 2021.
Travis Shubnell begins his fourth season as head coach after a 6-8-1 finish.
Although the Wildcats lose a few good players...