After nine years as a youth pastor, John Scally decided he wanted to be part of a growing congregation. As a result, Scally is now the youth pastor at Atlas Community Baptist Church, 6396 S. Gale Road, Atlas Township. He started his new position May 1. Prior to taking the job at Atlas, Scally was […]
Les Altermatt recently closed the book on one career and is about to reenter another one. The congregation at Lakeview Community Church, 10023 South State Road, Goodrich, will be the beneficiaries of that career change. Altermatt and wife Lucia recently made the move from California when he accepted the pastor’s position at Lakeview. Altermatt had […]
Brandon’s varsity softball team dominated its opponents at the Tawas City Tournament ? until the championship game, that is. The Blackhawks won their first three games at the May 21 tournament before losing a 4-2 contest to Hemlock in the title game. Brandon’s record is now 21-8-1 overall. Brandon’s familiar one-two pitching punch of junior […]
Goodrich’s varsity baseball team dominated its competition in Genesee Area Conference action this year. However, the Martians could not quite get past their neighbors from Brandon, losing a May 18 doubleheader 10-9 (in eight innings) and 3-2 to the host Blackhawks. Goodrich is now 26-5 overall. In the opener, Brandon took an early 3-0 lead […]
Brandon’s varsity girls golf team won’t be making the trip to the state finals, but junior Laura Kwiatkowski will. The Blackhawks finished ninth out of 16 teams in Division 2 regional action May 19 at Indian Springs Golf Course, compiling a team score of 408. Birmingham Seaholm finished first with a team score of 347, […]
Things are finally starting to turn around for the Brandon varsity girls soccer program. In their most recent contest May 23 against visiting Lapeer West, the Blackhawks earned a 2-0 shutout victory, their fourth straight victory. Amanda Loeffler scored the first Brandon goal, on an assist from Kylie Knight. Jacqueline Back followed up with the […]
The Goodrich varsity softball team put an exclamation point on a flawless league season. In their final Genesee Area Conference Red Division doubleheader of the campaign May 19, the visiting Martians swept Flint Hamady, taking the opener 16-0 and the nightcap 17-0. The Martians are now 32-2 overall and 16-0 in league play, wrapping up […]
Goodrich’s girls soccer team is heading into district action on a winning note. The host Martians routed Essexville Garber 9-1 in a May 23 contest, improving their season record to 11-2. Goodrich was scheduled to play two more regular season games ? May 25 against Holly and May 26 against LakeVille, both at home ? […]
The Goodrich boys track team can now experience what the girls team did last year ? a trip to the state track finals. Both the Martians? boys and girls track teams took first place in Division 3 regional action May 21 to earn their way to the state finals June 4. The boys team had […]
Despite not making it to the state finals as a team, several Brandon girls track team members will do the Blackhawks proud at the individual state finals. The Blackhawks finished second in Division 2 regional action May 20., compiling 83.75 points. Kearsley qualified for the team state track meet May 28 by finishing first with […]