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Joseph Miller of Jackson College delivers a pitch during a home contest Thursday against Macomb Community College.  Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports    College Athletic Events  Baseball Macomb Community College 8, Jackson College 5: The Jets scored five times in the third inning but gave up six runs in the last three innings of the home contest. Max Bowers and Zach Grinde each finished with one hit and one RBI in the contest for JC. Jackson College fell to 10-11 with the loss. The Jets travel to St. Clair County Community College Saturday for a nine-inning game beginning at 1 p.m.

Blake Borkhardt College Athletic Events Baseball Jackson College 12, Bryant & Stratton of Ohio 2: The Jets won the home contest in five innings. Blake Borkhardt hit a home run finishing with two hits and three RBIs. Rashad Franklin also had two hits and three RBIs, Maxwell Bowers had two hits, and Sebastian Nelson collected a pair of hits for the Jets. Brenden Cole, Jack Tury, and Dylan Berrios combined for a four-hitter for JC (10-10 overall). Jackson hosts Macomb Community College Thursday beginning at 3 p.m.  Softball Saint Francis 4, Spring Arbor 0: Taylor Cark had the only hit in the game for Spring Arbor. Saint Francis 8, Spring Arbor 4: Elaina Walker finished with two hits in the contest for SAU. Brooke Meeker and Sarah Stewart each had a hit and RBI. Tennis Spring Arbor 5, Calvin 2: The men’s team at SAU earned the win on the road in tennis. Jaume Riera Galindo, Daniel Rodriguez Fortes, Sebastian Smith, and Fernando Espinosa won singles matches for Spring Arbor (9-9 overall).

Emilee Underwood of Spring Arbor University pitched a shutout Friday against Huntington at home.  Photo by John Lucas Jr., JTV Sports   March 21 Events College Athletics  Baseball Spring Arbor 21, Marian 6: The Cougars scored 11 times in the fourth inning blowing open the game. Ryan Gozalez finished with three hits and knocked in two runs and Braydon Gregory collected two hits and knocked in five runs for SAU. Marian 14, Spring Arbor 4: Joey Tessmer and Landon Raczkowski each finished with two hits in the contest for SAU. Softball Spring Arbor 5, Huntington 0: Emily Underwood pitched the complete game shutout striking out 10 batters in the process. Cerroni Matajia collected three hits and knocked in one run and Megan Bondy knocked in a pair of runs for SAU. Huntington 9. Spring Arbor 2: Huntington scored eight runs in the final two innings of the contest. Brooke Meeker finished with two hits and Summer Ambler knocked in two hits for Spring Arbor. Golf Spring Arbor at Purgatory Intercollegiate: Spring Arbor was sixth after the first round scoring 328. Brady Krohn shot an 81 to lead SAU. March 22 Events College Athletics Baseball Marian 5, Spring Arbor 0: Jake Zeeb…

Spring Arbor University won the 2025 NAIA Women's Bowling National Championship to claim the first Red Banner in program history at 5 Star Lanes in Sterling Heights, Michigan on Saturday. The Cougars came out on top in a back-and-forth championship match against Concordia University after a dominant win in the seventh, and deciding, game where SAU posted an incredible 268 – winning the match 268-180 – to capture the title. Kayla Tafanelli and Devon Thomas were named to the NAIA Women's Bowling All-Tournament Team while Tafanelli was also named the tournament's Most Valuable Player for her outstanding performance throughout the event. The tournament kicked off Thursday with the 12 teams bowling six Baker sets each to determine the seeding for bracket play. The Cougars collected 4645 pins to earn the No. 8-seed and would be matched up with a familiar foe in Round 1 of head-to-head play – fellow Crossroads League member, and No. 9-seeded, Marian University. Spring Arbor made quick work of Marian, defeating the Knights 4-1, and advanced to Round 2 where the No. 1-seed SCAD awaited. Day two of the tournament began with Spring Arbor facing off against SCAD. The Cougars cruised in the first three games of the best-of-seven…

Cieara Barrett of Concord High School drives toward the basket during the MHSAA Division 4 state semifinal Thursday at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.  Photo by Karson Durocher, JTV Sports  Girls Basketball MHSAA State Semifinals D4 MHSAA Semifinal - Ewen-Trout Creek 34, Concord 24: Concord High School lost to Ewen-Trout Creek 34-24 in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 4 semifinal Thursday afternoon at the Jack Breslin Student Events Center. Cieara Barrett led Concord with  nine points. ETC advance to the D-4 final Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University. Track and Field Jackson at Lincoln High School: Jackson High School finished seventh in both the boys’ and girls’ indoor meets at Lincoln. Jackson won the boys 800-meter relay in 1:32.96 with a team of Jaff Harvey, Abayomi Earl, Jaiden Ramirez, and Adbou Diene; Harvey was second in the 200-meter dash (22.76); and Kylin Davis was third in the high jump (5-10) and the long jump (20-5) for the Vikings. In the girls meet, Everette Drummond won the 200-meter dash (27.24) and was second in the 400-meter dash (1:00.79); Jackson won the 800-meter relay (1:53.38) with a team of Kenadi…