UPDATED: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 BEIJING -- At one end of the Olympic spectrum -- measured in terms of fame and fortune -- you have the U.S. men's basketball team, swimmer Michael Phelps and handful of others across a range of sports.
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 LAPEER -- In an effort to give back to the community that supports them, the Kiwanis Club of Lapeer has challenged the Rotary Club of Lapeer to a 'Battle of the Service Clubs' softball game at 6:30 p.m. August 25 at Lapeer's Rowden Park.
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 LAPEER -- A Lapeer businessman who'd planned to run 24 hours during Lapeer Days to raise money for a free clinic only made it halfway, but ran farther at one time than he had ever run before and raised $1,700 for the clinic.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 17, 2008 BOWLING GREEN, Ohio -- After a stellar freshman season at Bowling Green State University which concluded with her being named the BGSU volleyball Rookie of the Year; North Branch native Samantha Fish is back with the Falcons for her sophomore season. The 5-9 setter will be looking to build upon her impressive debut for Bowling Green, where she played in all 31 matches a year ago, including starting in 26 of those matches.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 17, 2008 GOODRICH -- If the Goodrich soccer team wants to surpass last season's regional finals appearance, it's going to have a tough road to get there.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 17, 2008 LAPEER -- It's hard to blame Lapeer East cross country coach Duane Machesney for feeling optimistic about his team's upcoming season.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 17, 2008 MARLETTE -- Back when Dennis Lester was a student at Marlette High School, he never thought that one day he would not only be the head varsity football coach but the school's Athletic Director as well.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 17, 2008 LAPEER -- A local business owner went to great lengths this weekend to help raise money for Loving Hands Clinic during Lapeer Days.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 17, 2008 RICH TWP. -- Recently there seems to be a rash of rabid bat encounters here in Lapeer County. Several people have been bitten by bats, which have tested positive for rabies, a horse which showed rabies symptoms was euthanized along with several un-vaccinated family pets that came in contact with the rabid bats.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 17, 2008 BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Kyle Busch has more victories. Jimmie Johnson has more championships. Dale Earnhardt Jr. has more fans.
UPDATED: Friday, August 15, 2008 LAPEER -- Eighteen area high school golf teams will converge upon Lapeer today as Lapeer West High School will play host for the Second Annual Lapeer Summer Tune-up golf tournament. The event will take place at the Lapeer Country Club.
UPDATED: Friday, August 15, 2008 LAPEER -- National Bowling Week 2008 kicks off on Saturday, August 23, at Gerlach's Bowling Center in Lapeer. To launch the celebration, Gerlach's Bowling Center will host special events during the week from August 23-30, that include free coaching clinics, free game passes, quick and easy league sign-up and special offers in the pro shop.
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 ALMONT -- The Lapeer County Lions' coach Dan Pilgrim said before Saturday's game against the Genesee County Patriots that after three straight losses, the one thing his team really needed was a win.
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 EAST LANSING -- Over 200 teams representing over 170 schools have been selected to be recognized for displaying outstanding sportsmanship during selected spring Michigan High School Athletic Association postseason tournament competitions through the Good Sports Are Winners! Program, and all will receive awards ranging from framed certificates to commemorative banners and crystal trophies from MEEMIC Insurance, the Association's corporate partner in sportsmanship efforts.
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 LAPEER -- With the 2008 high school sports season just right around the corner, Dustin Jenkins knows that he has his work cut out for him.
UPDATED: Monday, August 11, 2008 NORTH BRANCH -- Two years after North Branch Wesleyan Academy closed its doors, Dale Jenkins is coaching high school football again.
UPDATED: Monday, August 11, 2008 HADLEY TWP -- Tim Morrison can be found most days balancing his college books or the trays he carries as an Applebee's waiter in Lapeer -- but on weekends he bounces opponents out of the ring.
UPDATED: Monday, August 11, 2008 BLOOMFIELD TWP. -- Approaching the 17th tee on Sunday Padraig Harrington felt like he was going to win the PGA Championship. "I didn't feel that way on the 16th. Well, I was trying to convince myself of that, but I wasn't too sure about it," Harrington said.
UPDATED: Friday, August 8, 2008 Of local interest
The news that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was being ordered to jail drew staff from the Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau to TVs in the Media Center.
UPDATED: Friday, August 8, 2008 LAPEER -- Registration for the Fall Soccer League that is run by the City of Lapeer Parks and Recreation Department has begun.
UPDATED: Friday, August 8, 2008 LAPEER -- The Lapeer Junior Golf Program wrapped up its summer by holding a tournament at the Lapeer Country Club on August 1. The boys and girls who participated in the summer-long program competed in the one-day tournament, and there were four winners from each the boys and the girls who ended up winning in separate categories on the day.
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 In 2005 the Michigan High School Athletic Association introduced a new rule restricting contact between High School coaches and their players during the summer. The "no contact rule" is a two week period during the summer where coaches are to have no contact at all with their players.
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 GOODRICH -- Of all the races that Erin O'Mara competes in each year, it's doubtful that any hold as much importance to her as the one she participated in last Saturday.
UPDATED: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 METAMORA -- A local boy clinched one of the 1,386 qualifying positions to compete in 27th Annual Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn's Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. that ran through Aug. 3.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 3, 2008 MT. PLEASANT -- When the Central Michigan University football team opens its 2008 season on August 28, up to three football players from the Lapeer County area could be starting for the Chippewas.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 3, 2008 LAPEER -- Local accountant Clark Kent comes by his competitiveness honestly. His father was a competition canoeist in the 1950s and '60s.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 3, 2008 EAST LANSING -- The sounds of summer will soon change to the sounds of autumn when preparations for the 2008-09 fall sports season begin next week for over 110,000 students in eight sports at member schools of the Michigan High School Athletic Association.
UPDATED: Sunday, August 3, 2008 ALLEN PARK -- The Lions placed recently-signed linebacker Teddy Lehman on injured reserve-minor Monday, making it unlikely Lehman will play for them this year.
UPDATED: Friday, August 1, 2008 CLEVELAND -- Maybe the Tigers will do better this weekend in Tampa against the best team -- at least so far this season -- in the tough American League East.
UPDATED: Friday, August 1, 2008 CLEVELAND -- The Tigers placed relief pitcher Todd Jones on the 15-day disabled list Thursday because of inflammation in his right and throwing shoulder.
UPDATED: Friday, August 1, 2008 ALLEN PARK -- Lions coach Rod Marinelli does not expect to gain any more insight on his team from Saturday's controlled scrimmage than he would a normal practice.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 STERLING HEIGHTS -- Lapeer resident Crystal Eckel recently competed in in the Pepsi USBC Youth Bowling National Finals, which were held at Sunnybrook Lanes in Sterling Heights, Michigan, from July 14-16. Eckel finished in third place nationally in the Division 1 ranks, winning a $1,500 scholarship due to her placing in the National tournament.Ê
UPDATED: Monday, July 28, 2008 ALLEN PARK -- Gosder Cherilus' first practice as a Lion ended the same way it started: with an impromptu autograph session.
UPDATED: Sunday, July 20, 2008 LAPEER -- I was reminded of my distaste for fishing on busy, crowded waterways recently when I read of a near-tragic boating accident on Holloway Reservoir.
UPDATED: Sunday, July 13, 2008 MARLETTE -- One of the greatest female high school athletic careers in the Lapeer County area history will come to a complete and fitting end in the next four weeks.
