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CONSTANTINE — Seven wrestlers, including Three Rivers freshman 160-pounder Jeremiah Detwiler, earned a trip to this weekend’s individual state finals following standout performances in Saturday’s Division 3 regional meet at Constantine.
Detwiler finished fourth after losing 7-2 in the consolation...
BRIDGMAN — Schoolcraft minimized turnovers and made timely runs to beat Niles Brandywine 56-38 Saturday for a Division 3 district title at Bridgman.
Schoolcraft (16-1) meets Lawton (7-8) today at 7 p.m. in a regional semifinal in Bronson. The other matchup pits Centreville (12-2) against...
CENTREVILLE — Centreville assistant boys’ basketball coach Paul Swanwick was a player in 1995 the last time the Bulldogs’ won a distict championship.
On Saturday, Paul’s son Tyler, a junior forward, and his Bulldogs teammates topped Reading 65-56 at home to end a long drought with a Division 3...
CONSTANTINE — Logan Kee knew he needed a win to extend Constantine’s wrestling season beyond Wednesday’s Division 3 team regional finals match.
Kee, the Falcons’ starter at 119-pounds, took the mat with his team trailing South Haven 36-35. The freshman found himself tied 2-2 with the Rams’ Rick...
THREE RIVERS — Some harsh words from her head coach four years ago in her freshman year helped Three Rivers senior Shantel Blyly to become a better softball player and person.
Blyly’s hard work on and off the field and in the classroom paid off Friday, March 19 with her signing a national letter to...
DOWAGIAC — Friday’s Division 2 girls basketball district final between Three Rivers and Edwardsburg was a typical battle between the two Wolverine Conference rivals.
The two teams battled back and forth for nearly before Edwardsburg took control in the final three minutes of the contest and...
PAW PAW — Three Rivers hit the floor full of energy for Thursday’s Division 2 boys’ district semifinal basketball clash with Parchment.
Brian Burg’s Wildcats, however, could only maintain that spark for one quarter in an eventual 39-35 loss to the Panthers.
Parchment (13-3) advances to today’s...
DOWAGIAC — Three Rivers withstood a second-half rally by Niles and survived to post a eventual 60-56 win in overtime in Wednesday’s Division 2 girls basketball semifinals at Dowagiac.
In the other semifinal, Edwardsburg beat Constantine 69-42.
Three Rivers (12-2) and Edwardsburg (10-3) square...
BRIDGMAN — Beating Bridgman on the basketball court is a tough task, in itself, but to pull off the feat on the Bees’ homecourt is another story.
Marcellus accomplished just that by knocking the host school out of the Division 3 district tournament Tuesday with a 53-47 win.
Marcellus (11-6)...
PAW PAW — Parchment’s basketball team drained 14 three-pointers and buried Constantine 87-50 in a Division 3 boys’ basketball opener Tuesday at Paw Paw.
Parchment advances to Thursday’s 7 p.m. semifinal to face Three Rivers (8-3). Vicksburg takes on Paw Paw in the opener at 5 p.m. The finals...