Michigan Center vs. Hanover-Horton Boys Video Highlights
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Napoleon at Manchester Girls Basketball – Photo Gallery
Napoleon moves to 12-0 overall and 9-0 in the Cascades with a 55-30 road win over Manchester. Click here to view photos from the game
Now, and later
Western wrestling team in good shape for this season and beyond By Mike Moore Staff Writer Parma – Where the desire to compete now, in the conference and in the state tournament is, the Western wrestling team has pieces at the ready. Where there’s a desire to build the program up for the future, well, the same can be said. Needless to say, coach Greg Hoffman is in a good spot with his Panthers right now. “We’ve got a nice lineup, with some young kids and some great veteran leaders,” Hoffman said Thursday night. “We’ve had a lot to deal with this year, from health and injuries and so on. But we’re doing all right.” Western was 19-9 entering the weekend, and that comes with a lineup that features eight freshmen and sophomores. But Hoffman refused to even consider the word “rebuild.” “Because we came into the season with too high of expectations to look at it that way,” he explained. And many of those expectations had to do with some key guys at the top of the totem pole. Senior Chase Veydt placed second in the state a year…
SAU alum Nathan Martin U.S. Olympic Trials bound
SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – On February 13, former Spring Arbor University student-athlete Nathan Martin (’13 / Three Rivers, MI) will be competing against the nation’s top marathoners at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Los Angeles, California for a chance to represent his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Martin qualified for the trials back in October 2014 by hitting the U.S. Marathon “B” Qualifying Standard at the USA Track & Field Marathon Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He finished sixth in the event with a time of 2:15:47 – narrowly missing the “A” standard of 2:15:00 which provides athletes funding support. The top three women and men in the trials are named to the U.S. Olympic Marathon team. The fourth finisher is considered the alternate, and is named to the team if one of the top three finishers withdraws before the race with injury. The upcoming U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials will mark just the third marathon Martin has run in his life. His first came at the 2013 NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships where the Three Rivers, Michigan native finished the 26.2-mile race in 2:19:18. His time smashed the previous national record – which…
Michigan Center’s Connor Pelham Postgame Interview
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Michigan Center vs Hanover Horton Boys Basketball – Photo Gallery
Photos from Michigan Center vs Hanover Horton Boys Basketball, Photos by Ryan Kerwin, JTV Sports.
Clash of the unbeatens
First place on the line as Michigan Center heads to Hanover-Horton By Mike Moore Staff Writer A rivalry game with potential conference implications. Another meeting of two of the best teams in the Cascades Conference. Unbeaten against unbeaten? What else could one need for a Thursday night in January? “It’s a real big game,” Hanover-Horton boys basketball coach Chad Mortimer said of his team’s home date at 7 p.m. tonight with Michigan Center. “Being a conference game with two undefeated teams, and it’s on us to protect home court. We don’t want to fall behind knowing we still have to go there. It’s a big one.” “You cant put too much pressure on one game this early, but it’s a great gauge of where we’re at, especially when we’re the last two unbeatens,” Center coach Travis Gaddy said. “So, for confidence, sure, this is a huge game.” Hanover comes into tonight’s action with a 6-1 overall record and a 4-0 mark in the Cascades. Center is 5-2 overall, and 3-0 in the conference. One thing is certain, not much is going to come easy. Both teams are solid on the defensive…
Constructing a program
Birch’s goal for Hanover girls is a sustained winner for years to come By Mike Moore Staff Writer Horton – The loss Tuesday night was convincing, a 33-point setback on the road against Grass Lake. After starting the season 6-1, the Hanover-Horton girls basketball team is 6-4. And this, if you look back on the past handful of years, is a gigantic step in the right direction. “If you would have asked me in our first 10 games to be 6-4, I’d take it,” coach Andrew Birch said. “I think we were capable of this, but not too many people expected it.” Birch is in his second season as the sideline general at Hanover, and to put into even further perspective as to how far the Comets have come, the six wins so far equal the most a single team has had since the 2010-11 team finished 6-14. “Right now, the focus is on establishing a winning mentality,” Birch said when asked how he hopes to transform the program. “All these girls are competitive and play competitive sports. That’s what you have to instill in them. Having the heart. Playing feisty defense. They…
Vandercook Lake vs. Jackson Christian Boys Video Highlights
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