July 2012
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Carl Charon Unplugged
When thinking of the start of Gladwin’s football playoff run that began in 1998 and didn’t end until Gladwin’s 2004 season, one can’t help but bring to mind the coach who brought them there the first year, (Carl Charon).
Coach Charon was a physical education teacher at Gladwin for 33 years and spent 27 of those years as the head football coach. He was inducted into the Michigan High School...
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Sanford's Post 443 outlasts Post 171
By: Clint Kern
SANFORD – With the temperatures entering the triple digits the American Legion summer baseball thrived. Gladwin Post 171 and Sanford Post 443 added another chapter to their rivalry. Baseball was insanely wildly intense between these two mid-Michigan all-star squadrons on July 3rd the eve of America’s birthday. Sanford prevailed making a couple more stellar plays to upend...
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Rosco versus Houghton Lake Alumni Football Fiasco...
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Gold Rush Rampage
Michigan Gold Rush 4th at ASA State
As the summer heats ups, the 14U Michigan Gold Rush (MGR) are slugging away at the competition. The end of June found the team battling in the 18U Midland League and playing their way to 4th at ASA states in Mt. Pleasant.
In Wednesday league action the team took on the 16U Saginaw River Dawgs. In game one, the Dawgs defeated the gold rush 4-3. MGR was...
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JPC Female's Top 10 Athletes: #6 Clare's Lindsay...
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JPC Female's Top 10 Athletes: #7 Meridian's...
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JPC Female's Top 10 Athletes: #8 Clare's Melissa...
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JPC Female's Top 10 Athletes: #9 Meridian's Ali...
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JPC Female's Top 10 Athletes: #10, Houghton Lake's...
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Beaverton's Taylor Hayes: Jay's Sporting Goods...
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Recognizing the STARBURST
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Line Drive heat wave
By Clint Kern
MOUNT PLEASANT – With one quick swing of the bat, the talent laden Mt. Pleasant Drillers had 1-0 lead off a deep dinger from a skillful Chippewa Hills ballplayer. Line Drive Express coach’s Chad Haberland and Big Daddy Stroup told their ladies to shake it off and refocus. That’s exactly what pitcher Heather McNett and her maroon clad defenseman did. Line Drive rolled to route the...
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Cody spreading the love-vibes
For many, this article will be redundant, for others it will come to a surprise that I packed up the Red Wing boots, loaded up the old cut-off blue jeans and punched my ticket to rebuild Palestinian homes in Israel/Palestine.
Some have been following my work overseas since I started back in 2005, working on the ground in Hebron, Palestine with the Christian Peacemaker Teams, while a large...
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Jr Lady G's split with West-town
In their last home game of the year, The Gladwin team Elliot’s Crystal flash went up against Westtown’s softball squad. Gladwin played their other team earlier in the season and did well, so coach Fennell got his team geared up for another scorcher in the Gladwin heat.[[MORE]]
Conley started out well on the mound, with one strikeout and one walk, and caused Westtown to hit into two grounders,...
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Another NSA State Championship for LDE
Coach Jamie Smith and Dave Ruckle, two of the area’s weathered and gnarled softball gurus, garnered the state trophy despite losing one of the top pitchers in the state in Sarah Appold due to an injury. But the Express girls gritted their teeth, hit the ball when they needed to, rode the Sam Willman work-horse through the tournament in her punishing pitching to regain state bragging...
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Jay's Sporting Goods Good Citizen: Clare's Brandon...
Most teenagers can’t wait to hear the final bells ring to end the school year so they can severe responsibilities, Brandon and chris have worked tirelessly at the 515 gallery trying to help Mrs. K and enhance their futures.[[MORE]]
“Chris Ortwine is a natural leader, he’s not afraid to go up to adults, shake hands and facilitate, he catches on fast to new concepts. Chris is the president of the...
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Sanford's Post 443 sweeps Riverdale
Coach Mike Smock and Terry Walter’s American Legion Sanford Post 443 Baseball squad had another fantastic week of play. They swept the men’s league team out of Gratiot County League, which is based just west of Alma, called Riverdale, 8-0 and 3-2.[[MORE]]
The pride and joy of the Merrill Vandals, elite moundsmen, Brandon Mudry slung the initial three innings with great poise and command of the...
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Seige of the Beavers
The Beaverton All-Star battleship, captained by General Jeff Johnston and his savvy crew of young sailors weathered the stormy waters of Ross Lake by shooting over the bow of Sanford cruise ship, then taking siege of Coleman’s carrier in their second round of war fare. Johnston’s band of crazed Beavers then sank a couple of cannonballs into hull of the Pirates of Budd Lake, beating the Harrison...
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Gold Rush rolls
The Gold Rush 14U team had an up and down weekend up north, finishing 3-2 – at one moment looking indestructible like in their 11-0 win over the Grizzle White squad, but looking mortal in their 1-4 lose to the Edwardsburg Flash 10-4. [[MORE]]
The Gold Rush opened up the weekend hot, toppling the Grizzlies 11-0 by jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first when Grace Staley stayed poised in the...
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Post 171 Ups and Downs
Brokoff’s boys found themselves in an abosolute barn burner against last year’s national championship palamino team, CM Stars, a team composed almost exclusively of gnarled and veteran ballers. Despite CM Stars having a veteran laden squad, the Post 171 boys had them toppled with a 11-10 lead heading into the bottom of the 9th, but a bases loaded home run by Ron Sandars gave the Stars the 14-11...
