Senior Zeke Grounds and junior Aaron Hyde went to the Palace of Auburn Hills March 8 to represent the Brandon Blackhawks at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 Lower Peninsula Individual Wrestling Finals. ‘It was kind of intimidating walking into the Palace,? said Grounds. ‘Your eyes are huge, looking around at everything.? Grounds, […]
The Brandon High School Varsity Competitive Cheer team traveled to Grand Rapids to compete at the Delta Plex for the state cheerleading competition March 8. The girls placed seventh at their first ever state competition beating out St. Joseph, St. Clair, and Portage Northern. Gibraltar Carlson came in first place with a total of 777.280 […]
The Goodrich Varsity Competitive Cheer team ended the season with a sixth place finish in regional competition at Goodrich High School on March 1. A total of 17 teams challenged, with the top two spots competing in the Michigan State Finals. ‘We were a little disappointed because we didn’t execute our round three like we […]
On Dec. 15 the Martian bowlers defeated New Lothrop. The Goodrich girls won both matches with Kaylee Marston bowling a 157 and 108, Tara Bentley had 130 and 158, Ashley Hockin 121, Brit Thiel bowled a 114, Tonya Bentley bowled a 167 and 146, Andrea Rivera had a131, and Kaitlin Holbrook had a 66. The […]
The Goodrich girls varsity basketball team stopped Lakeville on Dec. 13 with a 53-29 win. Kortni Elseworth and Lyndsay Bergquist both scored ten points. Brittany Bertrand also contributed seven points, six steals, and five assists. Alisha Fischer also had six steals for the Martians. The girls record is now 3-1, and 2-0 for the Genesee […]
When the dust settled on Tuesday night, Dec.11, just two points separated the Goodrich Martians and the New Lothrop Hornets, who hadn’t lost in 39 games. The Martians lost 54-52. The Martians showed New Lothrop some heart in the third quarter, cutting an 11-point deficit with 6:30 left. The Martians started the fourth quarter down […]
The Goodrich Martians hockey team were defeated by Linden on Dec. 5 by a score of 5-2. Mitchell Syrowik tallied for Goodrich and assisted Chris Easton with the second goal. Joe Zito also had two assists, and Kyle Arwood had one. Martian netminder Michael Underwood turned away 21 shots. On Dec. 8 the Martians won […]
The Brandon boys basketball team took its second loss of the season on Dec. 7 to Fenton. The Blackhawks walked off their home court with a 46-43 loss. Tate McNally had 13 points and ten rebounds, James McCoy had 11 points and eight boards, and Dustin DeShais had ten points for the Blackhawks.
Lady Blackhawk Danielle Kwasiborski hit the winning shot on Dec. 7 as the Brandon Blackhawks slipped past Fenton in an overtime thriller 50-48. Kwasiborski scored with just 0.5 seconds remaining in the first overtime and contributed five points in the fourth quarter. Kwasiborski held their all-state player Christiana Rivette to 10 points, she was averaging […]
The Goodrich Martians girls basketball team opened the season with a 58-22 win against Atherton High School Dec. 5. Leading the girls was Brittany Bertrand with 13 points, five rebounds, and three assists. Closely following Bertrand was Kortni Elsworth with 10 points, six steals, and four assists. Jolynn Zirnhelt also had six points and five […]