Chippewa Hills junior preparing for Division 2 final at Bedford Valley Golf Course REMUS — James Wilson is a relatively quiet kid by nature, Chippewa Hills golf coach Steve Darnell remarked. Wilson, however, would like to make some noise this weekend during the Division 2 state golf finals today and Saturday at Bedford Valley Golf Course [...]
Former MSU standout golfer has family ties to Big Rapids ARDMORE, Penn. — Steve Harmon has the perfect Father’s Day gift in mind that his son, Matt, can deliver to him this weekend at Merion Golf Club. Steve Harmon, a 1977 graduate of Big Rapids High School, is hoping he and a number of family [...]
HAPPY CAMPERS: It was a busy week for the 138 participants in the annual Mohawk Basketball Camp hosted at Morley Stanwood High School. The camp ran two sessions which ends today for kindergarten through fifth grade students and sixth through eighth grade students. The camp helped young players learn and develop basketball fundamentals and compete [...]
Seniors, timely hitting keys in Chippewa Hills’ postseason MOUNT PLEASANT — After losing several key seniors from last year’s regional championship team, not many people thought the Chippewa Hills baseball team could duplicate that success this season. The Warriors gladly proved those people wrong on Tuesday with a 6-5 walkoff victory over Mount Pleasant in [...]
Chippewa Hills rallies to top Mount Pleasant in quarterfinal, 6-5 MOUNT PLEASANT — After the heroics the Chippewa Hills baseball team displayed in its regional final win against Cheboygan on Saturday, the Warriors surely didn’t have any magic left for Tuesday’s Division 2 quarterfinal against Mount Pleasant. Apparently, Tyler Kelsey thought otherwise. After the Warriors [...]
Early inning struggles end Pine River’s season in 9-4 loss to Calvin Christian in state quarterfinal EAST LANSING – Calvin Christian’s three-run first inning was too much for Pine River to overcome in a 9-4 victory for the Squires over the Bucks Tuesday in a Division 3 quarterfinal at Michigan State University. Calvin Christian plays [...]
Chippewa Hills prepares for state quarterfinals after clinching regional title CADILLAC — It was a celebration that had a little bit of everything: A dramatic finish, a haircut and a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday.” While it was a bit unorthodox, the celebration also was unprecedented as the Chippewa Hills baseball team won its second [...]
Bucks’ Erickson, Ruppert help team reach quarters LEROY — Erickson and Ruppert. That might sound like a good name for an attorneys’ firm or a doctor’s office. At Pine River, it’s a good name for the one-two pitching punch of Lincoln Erickson and Devin Ruppert. The two senior righthanders remain a formidable mound combination in [...]
REED CITY — An Osceola County native has been named one of the top 100 custom golf fitters in the United States by Golf Digest. Adrianne Danzeisen Clor and her husband Kenneth own Clor’s Outpost in Osseo and she is one of three in Michigan to make the list. “It’s pretty exciting. It’s the highest [...]
Denslow’s homer lifts Chippewa Hills to second straight regional title CADILLAC — It was a moment every kid dreams about growing up playing baseball and it was everything Hayden Denslow had hoped it would be. With Chippewa Hills trailing Cheboygan 1-0 in the top of the sixth inning during Saturday’s Division 2 regional at Cadillac, [...]