During his first season with the Brandon varsity wrestling team in 2003-04, Travis Murphy did not have a win the entire year. Now, Murphy, a senior at Brandon, is heading to the state individual wrestling finals. Murphy will have the opportunity to cap his high school wrestling career at the finals, scheduled for Mar. 9-11 […]
Goodrich’s varsity volleyball team faced ? and triumphed against ? a familiar foe in their Mar. 1 district opener. The host Martians advanced with a 25-14, 25-10, 25-20 win against Genesee Area Conference Red Division foe Montrose. Goodrich advanced to take on Mt. Morris in a scheduled district semifinal matchup Saturday, Mar. 4, with the […]
Although Brandon’s varsity volleyball team lost their final two Flint Metro League games of the regular season, they still finished better in league play than they have in several years. At Linden, the Blackhawks lost to Lapeer East 19-25, 19-25, 19-25, and Lapeer West 25-21, 18-25, 21-25, 18-25. The Blackhawks went 7-7 in league play […]
Brandon’s varsity hockey team scored two third-period goals to hold on for a 4-3 win against Linden in pre-regional action Tuesday, Feb. 28 at Hartland Sports Center. The Blackhawks (17-8) were scheduled to take on Lake Fenton in the pre-regional final Thursday, Mar. 2. After the Eagles took a 1-0 lead in the first period, […]
With one regular-season game left before the start of districts, the Brandon varsity basketball team is hoping to shake that losing feeling. The Blackhawks lost two games within a week’s span, including a 66-58 loss to host Haslett, ranked fourth in Class B, in a Feb. 28 game. The loss dropped the Blackhawks to 15-4 […]
After stepping down as Brandon’s volleyball coach following the 1996 season, Brad Skauge decided he liked volleyball too much to give it up altogether. That is how Skauge, who has taught in the Brandon district for 31 years, became an active volleyball official. Although he has been a registered official with the Michigan High School […]
A quality season for Brandon’s varsity boys basketball team ended at the hands of Swartz Creek in Class A district semifinal action Wednesday, Mar. 8. Galen Stone scored 20 points and Will Hanson added 13 points as the Dragons defeated the Blackhawks 65-52. Adrian Harges scored 13 points to lead the Blackhawks, while Adam Howard […]
Brandon’s varsity hockey team still can’t quite get past the state quarterfinal barrier. In a Division 3 state quarterfinal at Allen Park, Dearborn Divine Child defeated the Blackhawks 5-0, as Brandon ended their season with a 19-9 record. It was the fourth straight year the Blackhawks lost in the Division 3 state quarterfinals. The Blackhawks […]
It was a bittersweet moment for Jennifer Sweet. On the one hand, the Goodrich track and cross country coach was recently recognized by the Michigan Interscholastic School Track Coaches Association as the state’s Coach of the Year for helping the Martians win the state Division 3 girls track championship last season, as well as the […]
Goodrich resident Brandon Duff recently achieved a significant milestone for the University of Michigan’s men’s golf program. Duff, an alumnus of Powers Catholic High School in Flint and a senior at U-M, was named the Big Ten Conference’s Player of the Week Feb. 16, the first U-M golfer to do so since Michael Harris earned […]