The Goodrich girls soccer team’s season ended June 3 at the hands of the best in the state. The Martians lost to defending Division III state champion Madison Heights Bishop Foley 6-1 in regional semifinal action at Macomb-Lutheran North. Amanda Bishop scored Goodrich’s lone goal in the game. The loss ends the Martians? season with […]
Goodrich’s girls track team earned a couple of places at the Division III state track meet May 31 ? and broke two school records in the process. The 3,200 meter relay team of Samantha Minkler, Jill Zirnhelt, Kristen Poulos and Janee? Jones took home a sixth place finish, setting a new school record. Jones set […]
Goodrich-Bus driver Loretta Hovis has put the bus in the parking lot for good. Hovis, 62, has retired after 33 years driving buses for students in grades K-12 in Goodrich. A reception for Hovis and four other outgoing school employees was held June 13 at Atlas Valley Country Club in Atlas Township. She has seen […]
Jonathan Schechter knows critters and critters have come to know him. ‘There’s more of a chance of someone getting in an accident while talking on a cell phone than there is of someone finding a rattlesnake,? said Schechter, an Ortonville naturalist and part-time employee with the Brandon Township Fire Department. At the department’s headquarters June […]
Three Brandon Township Board officials are moving on to other phases in their lives. At their June 16 meeting, the board accepted the resignations of Becky Gilpin, recording secretary for the Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals; Deea Emmons, recording secretary for the Brandon Township Board, Village of Ortonville and Brandon Township Fire […]
The Goodrich baseball team’s dream season ended just short of their ultimate objective. Three errors cost the Martians in their Division III state semifinal game against second-ranked Morley Stanwood June 13 at Bailey Park in Battle Creek. Although they had their chances in the latter part of the game, Goodrich fell to Morley Stanwood 4-3, […]
New Brandon varsity football coach Ron Gill and his staff recently had a chance to look at some potential future Blackhawks. A total of 23 participants signed up for Brandon’s football camp June 13-14 at Brandon High School. The campers signed up to learn one of three positions ? quarterback, running back or wide receiver. […]
Goodrich High School senior pitcher Michael McCormick has achieved a first in school history. McCormick, who will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall on a baseball scholarship, took part in the 22nd annual East-West All-Star game June 16 at Comerica Park. He pitched the first two innings for the West team and […]
Nathan Hunter has coached at nearly every level of soccer in his 19 years in the profession. He is anxious to put his roots in the Brandon community and bring his knowledge to the Brandon High School program. Hunter, most recently the boys and girls soccer coach at Walled Lake Central High School for eight […]
Time flies when you’re having fun. That time-honored saying definitely applies to the first few months here as sports reporter at The Citizen. The spring sports season only lasted about a couple of months, and it definitely went by quickly. However, it was an action-packed couple of months. All the coaches and players have been […]