August 30th - Onsted September 6th - Vandercook Lake September 13th - Grass Lake September 20th - Hanover-Horton September 27th - Napoleon October 4th - East Jackson October 11th - Addison October 18th - Manchester October 25th - TBD
August 30th - Buchanan September 6th - Jackson September 13th - Western September 20th - Charlotte September 27th - Northwest October 4th - Mason October 11th - Waverly October 18th - Eaton Rapids October 25th - Howell
August 30th - West Bloomfield September 6th - Lumen Christi September 13th - East Lansing September 20th - Sexton September 27th - Grand Ledge October 4th - Okemos October 11th - Lansing Eastern October 18th - Holt October 25th - Everett
August 30th - Concord September 6th - East Jackson September 13th - Addison September 20th - Michigan Center September 27th - Manchester October 4th - Vandercook Lake October 11th - Napoleon October 18th - Grass Lake October 25th - TBD
August 30th - Dansville September 6th - Hanover-Horton September 13th - Hillsdale September 20th - Napoleon September 27th - Vandercook Lake October 4th - Michigan Center October 11th - Manchester October 18th - Addison October 25th - TBD
August 30th - Napoleon September 6th - Ionia September 13th - Hillsdale September 20th - Onsted September 27th - Blissfield October 4th - Erie Mason October 11th - Dundee October 18th - Ida October 25th - Hudson
August 30th - Hanover-Horton September 6th - Quincy September 13th - Union City September 20th - Homer September 27th - Jonesville October 4th - Reading October 11th - Athens October 18th - Springport October 25th - TBD
The Concord girls softball team will face Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett Tuesday at Adrian College at 5 p.m. The winner will face the Ubly/Portland St. Patrick winner on June 14th at 1:30 p.m. at Bailey Park in Battle Creek in a state semifinal. The Concord boys baseball team is making its second straight trip to the quarterfinals. The boys will also play Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett at Adrian College at 5 p.m. According to Concord Athletic Director Matt Lehman, fans only need one ticket for both games and there is a hill between the fields to watch both games.
By Larry JacobsonJTV SportsTo write an article about Jackson High Senior Cierra Pryor – the athlete – doesn’t do her justice and, frankly, it’s not much of a challenge. Google her name and the list of athletic accomplishments is amazing. Watch her run around the track at the James R. Selby Track & Field Classic, where she is now an unprecedented four-time winner of the Outstanding Female Performer Award and it’s breathtaking. She is that fluid, that smooth, that impressive… Cierra doesn’t enter track meets – she dominates them. And when faced with an obstacle (or a hurdle to use a track term) she clears it. Cierra’s right foot is her ‘jump foot,’ meaning when she runs the long jump (in which she holds the state record) she goes airborne off that right foot. During the basketball season this winter she severely sprained the ligaments in her right ankle, making it difficult to get that dynamic lift. Undaunted, Cierra simply started jumping off her left foot. It’s a change that the untrained eye would never notice, but to an athlete it’s significant. To Cierra, it was simply an obstacle that needed to be overcome. ‘Bad right foot? Use the left…
The Northwest Mounties varsity softball team took both ends of a doubleheader this morning at home, downing Leslie 8-7 and 9-5. Game 1 featured a dramatic comeback for the win. The Mounties scored 2 runs in the bottom of the seventh to claim victory. Today was "1988 Day", honoring the Mountie softball squad for their appearance in the State Class B Championship game 25 years ago. During a special ceremony, the team was honored between the games.