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Prep baseball/softball leaders (through May 15)
(Minimum 40 at-bats) Name/School AB H AVG RBI Katelyn Pnacek, Coleman 56 35 .625 38 Maddy Miller, Coleman 55 31 .564 25 Alexis Grove, Beaverton 73 41 .561 24 Grace Simpson, Beaverton 61 34 .557 22 Taylor Huschke, Dow 65 36 .554 7 Delaney Belding, Dow 43 22 .512 22 Kayla Newman, Beaverton 65 33 .507 20 Morgan Williams, Midland 64 32 .500 43 Nevaeh Chaffee, Coleman 68 30 .441 14 Sawyer Gerow,… → Read More
MHS's Haring, Berg named SVL Scholar Athlete award winners
Midland High seniors Kiley Haring and Daniel Berg have been named recipients of the... → Read More
Midland-Dow runs into formidable foe in Country Day
Midland-Dow boys’ lacrosse coach Joe Stadelmaier was expecting a tough match from... → Read More
St. John's track athletes place at state
Members of the St. John's Lutheran School track team who placed recently at the Lutheran Schools State Championship meet were (from left) Lena Smazenka, Kelly Derusha, Gloria Stark, and Mckenzie Derusha. photo provided The St. John's Lutheran School track and field team qualified four student-athletes for the Lutheran Schools State Championships recently, and all four of them placed in the state… → Read More
Dow boys overwhelmed by Oilers
Mount Pleasant improves to 5-6 and advances to Saturday’s 7 p.m. final against the host Chemics, while Dow ends at 5-11. “We were in a really tough spot. We hadn’t played in 12 days. We have three guys who have all been starters for us at some point in the season all out, two of them post players," noted Dow coach Mark Dickerson. " … Our legs were not back underneath us after the quarantine… → Read More
Monday's prep sports roundup
Ethan Swartzendruber scored a hat trick to lift Dow High to an 8-0 victory over visiting Mount Pleasant in Saginaw Valley League boys' soccer on Monday. Due to the mercy rule, the game was called off with about 6:30 to play. The Chargers led 1-0 at the half. Swartzendruber missed the last three games with an injury and came back to score on a penalty kick and two unassisted goals. Jeb Snead,… → Read More
Sanford's Burdick family raises whopping $30,000 via 'Sanford Strong' shirt sales
After seeing what flooding did to his hometown, Sanford's John Burdick just wanted to help out in some small way. Several hundred T-shirt sales later, there is nothing small about what he has been able to do for his community. With the help of his family and friends, Burdick raised approximately $30,000 through the sale of custom-designed T-shirts to benefit both the Sanford Youth League, which… → Read More
Midland's Jordan Patty back on mound for TC summer league team
Jordan Patty didn't really have his best stuff on the mound Wednesday night, but he sure wasn't complaining afterward - not after being away from the thrill of competition for over three months. Patty, a former Midland High standout and current pitcher for Central Michigan University's baseball team, is competing this summer in the Northwoods League - a summer league for collegiate players - for… → Read More
Kelly: Return to softball action was awesome
This past weekend, I had the joyful opportunity to experience something which I didn't think I'd be able to experience all summer. As I told numerous people Saturday, I didn't think that that day was going to come. After months of speculation and uncertainty, the travel softball team for which I'm an assistant coach (the Midland Lady Explorers 18U team) finally got to play an actual game of… → Read More
Minor League Baseball cancels 2020 season
In a move which is not particularly surprising but certainly disappointing, Minor League Baseball (MiLB) announced Tuesday afternoon that its 2020 season has been canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The announcement was posted on milb.com around 5 p.m. Tuesday, noting that Major League Baseball (MLB) will not be providing its affiliated minor league teams with players for the 2020… → Read More
Kelly: Top 10 Sports Entities I've Lost Interest In
Note: Following is a list of the top 10 sports entities which I once followed passionately but now, for one reason or another, no longer pay much attention to. With that said, it sure was a blast following these teams/leagues while my interest in them lasted. These days, I'm much more interested in the local high school and college athletes that I cover on a regular basis. F.K. 10. Atlanta… → Read More
'Big' opportunity: Dow, Midland to play at Michigan Stadium
Talk about starting your coaching career off with a bang. And in new Dow High football coach Matt Peterson's case, it's a "Big" bang. Peterson's first game as the Chargers' head coach will be at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor as part of the 2020 Battle at the Big House, a series of prep games held at the University of Michigan to kick off the season. Midland High will also participate in the… → Read More
Midland's Lippoldt, Deiters make cut at Michigan Amateur
Midland natives Cam Lippoldt and Austin Deiters both made the cut at the 109th Michigan Amateur Championship this week before eventually falling in bracket play on Wednesday. The event was held on the Heather Course at Boyne Highlands Resort in Harbor Springs. Lippoldt actually led the tournament after the first round of stroke play Monday, firing a tidy 67 to put himself in good position… → Read More
Donors stepping up to get Northwood recovery off to good start
Northwood University Athletics Director Dave Marsh will be the first to admit that the school has a long way to go in recovering from last month's flooding. At the same time, he is very optimistic about the direction which NU's initial fundraising and recovery efforts are taking. The school launched a "Rapid Relief" fundraising campaign recently, with the goal of garnering at least $250,000 in… → Read More
Car crashes through front of Marathon gas station in Midland
Marathon manager Teri Garlow appreciates all the customers she's welcomed to her gas station over the past 18 years. But she'd much prefer they walk through her front door rather than drive through it. Garlow and her staff received the surprise of their lives late Wednesday morning when a vehicle driven by an elderly woman crashed through the glass front doors of the Marathon/Next Door Food… → Read More
Lady Explorers kick off 23U season with tourney win
Four local 23U travel softball teams competed in a four-team round-robin tournament at Auburn City Park on Saturday to kick off their summer seasons. Midland Lady Explorers-Keeley won the event with a 3-0 record, while Gatorade - a team consisting mostly of Northwood University players - took second with a 2-1 record, Midland Lady Explorers-Kristin finished third at 1-2, and V.E. Shock was… → Read More
Dow's Jensen takes 3rd in national rowing finals
Midland's Anna Jensen hadn't been in a scull on the water in nearly a year. That didn't stop her from surprising herself with an impressive third-place finish in a national rowing event recently. Jensen, who graduated from Dow High this spring and will be rowing for the University of Texas next school year, took third in the Women's U19 division in the USRowing Virtual Youth National… → Read More
A step forward: High school sports resuming workouts
After three months of hanging in limbo due to the coronavirus pandemic, high school sports are back - sort of. Several school districts are now allowing their student-athletes to gather for practices or workouts out of doors, provided that specific safety regulations are followed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Among those districts are Midland Public Schools (MPS), Bullock Creek Public… → Read More
Local softball players excited to be back on field after canceled spring season
For high school senior student-athletes, nothing can make up for the loss of their final spring season. But for some, the opportunity to play summer sports is proving to be a dose of much-needed therapy - and fun. Among them are recently-graduated senior softball players Krista Moe, Jillian Krawczak, and Markie Hooton, all of whom saw their final prep season canceled due to the coronavirus… → Read More
Life after COVID: Local woman shares story of recovery
When you're young and healthy, it's easy to take little things for granted. But after surviving COVID-19, Freeland's Alli Shea is counting her considerable blessings these days. Shea, 21, was quarantined in her mother's basement for two weeks in early April after contracting the coronavirus but has since made a full recovery. And she couldn't be happier to be feeling healthy and doing normal,… → Read More