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CENTREVILLE — The Centreville football team and coaching staff were busy making final preparations for its Division 8 state semifinal game Thursday afternoon.
The No. 2-ranked Bulldogs were scheduled to meet No. 4 Clarkston Everest Collegiate Academy in a semifinal game at the Legacy Center in...
KALAMAZOO — Grand Rapids Calvin Christian had no answer to Schoolcraft’s front-row dominance in Tuesday’s Division 3 state volleyball quarterfinal inside Kalamazoo Loy-Norrix’s gymnasium.
The No. 2-ranked Lady Eagles (36-3) disposed easily of unranked Calvin Christian (27-10) to advance to...
CONSTANTINE — Sports fans in Constantine showed appreciation for nearly 60 years of service to the athletic program by Dr. Charles Zimont, at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday with a drive-by parade, in front of Dr. Charles and Joelene Zimont's home on Water Street. Cars in the drive-by assembled at Eastside...
PORTAGE — Schoolcraft’s football team put an end to one of the state’s most impressive streaks at Portage Central’s McCamely Field on Saturday.
The No. 4-ranked Eagles handed perennial state power Jackson Lumen Christi a 29-22 loss in a Division 7 regional championship contest.
Schoolcraft (9-1)...
RICHLAND — Except for a couple penalties, Shawn Griffith, Constantine’s football coach, was pleased with the script Saturday’s Division 6, Region 3 championship game followed.
Griffith’s game-plan to control the clock with his Wing-T offense took a toll on the Michigan Center as the No. 8-ranked...
PORTAGE — For 48 minutes Saturday, No. 2-ranked Centreville and No. 5 Sand Creek slugged it out in a defensive war on the artificial surface at Portage Central’s McCamley Field.
Centreville (9-0) advances to the state semifinals against No. 4 Clarkston Everest Collegiate (10-0) at 6 p.m. Friday...
PORTAGE — It didn’t take long Saturday for three area football teams to shake off the rust from a 54-day pause in the season due to the coronavirus.
Centreville, Constantine and Schoolcraft all won their respective regional championship games to advance to this weekend’s state semifinal round....
RICHLAND — Constantine’s Ty Dumm and Boe Eckman and Schoolcraft’s Alex Thole and Connor Webb will all play prominent roles today for their respective football teams as both schools try to win a regional title.
Dumm, Constantine’s senior fullback, and Eckman, defensive lineman, along with their...
KALAMAZOO — Erin Onken and her Schoolcraft girls’ volleyball team head to northern Michigan before the start of every season.
“Each August we go up north on a team retreat. We bond as a group, set team goals, talk about strategy and build trust in one another,” said Onken, Schoolcraft’s ninth-year...
THREE RIVERS — The Michigan High School Football Coaches Association recently selected their 2020 Academic All-State Football Team.
Six seniors from Three Rivers were selected to receive that honor after each individual compiled a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher.
Receiving the honor for...