It was a good day for the local high school girls tennis teams. At the Goodrich Invitational Sept. 20, the Brandon tennis squad took first place with a total of 56 points, beating out second-place Flint Kearsley, which had 39 points. Goodrich was right behind Kearsley, finishing third with 38 points. The Blackhawks took first […]
The Goodrich basketball team left nothing to chance against host Mt. Morris Sept. 23. The Martians jumped out to a 23-2 lead after one quarter and never looked back on their way to a 61-23 win in Genesee Area Conference Red Division action. Goodrich improved to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the GAC Red. Marybeth […]
In their pursuit of the Genesee Area Conference title, the Goodrich boys golf team stopped to pick up a bit of hardware. The Martians won the Division III-IV portion of the 25th annual Genesee County Tournament Sept. 22. Goodrich tied with LakeVille for first place, with each team shooting 332. However, the Martians won the […]
The Brandon High School freshman girls basketball team earned a 48-42 win against visiting Waterford Mott Sept. 23. The Blackhawks improved to 5-4 with the win. Katie Haas led the Blackhawks with 17 points and added five steals. Jamila Richardson added 11 points and 12 rebounds, while Kylie Knight added six points and five steals […]
It was a night Brandon boys soccer coach Nathan Hunter and the Blackhawks would rather forget. Brandon was shut out Sept. 29 by host Lapeer East 5-0, as the Blackhawks fell to 4-7-2 overall and 2-4-1 in Flint Metro League play. “It was basically a nightmare,” Hunter said of the team’s performance. “Our kids went […]
Brandon’s girls tennis team is heading toward the home stretch of its season and hanging tough in its meets. At the Flint Metro League meet Sept. 30, Brandon placed third overall with nine points. Holly finished first with 23 points, while Fenton finished second with 15. On Sept. 25, Davison defeated the Blackhawks 5-3. Brandon […]
It’s all but official. The Goodrich girls cross country team clinched at least a share of the Genesee Area Conference title for the fifth straight year by defeating New Lothrop 15-52 and Lake Fenton 16-44 in a Sept. 30 meet. The win improved the Martians’ league record to 8-0 with only the league meet remaining […]
Kayla Doan and Kelsey Carmean helped make it a good weekend for the Brandon girls cross country team. Doan and Carmean placed second and third, respectively, for the Blackhawks in the Brandon Invitational Sept. 26. Brandon tied with Harper Woods Regina for second place overall with 70 points apiece. Stoney Creek won the invite with […]
Junior Brad Lawrence once again anchored the Brandon boys cross country team at the Brandon Invitational Sept. 26. Lawrence finished ninth out of 62 competitors in the invite, finishing with a time of 18:57. As a team, Brandon finished in seventh place with 163 points. Oxford won the invitational with 24 points, while Warren De […]
For a half, it looked like Holly would spoil Brandon’s Homecoming game Sept. 26. However, Brandon senior quarterback Devin White, playing in relief of starter Andrew Burch, sparked the Blackhawks to a stirring comeback as Brandon defeated Holly 29-22 for its first win of the season. Holly led 22-7 at the half, but Brandon roared […]