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GRAND BLANC The Grand Blanc girls’ basketball team (18-6) won the Div. 1 district title at Grand Blanc after beating Oxford 60-38 last Friday. It’s the team’s first district title under coach Bob Taylor. In Monday’s regional semifinals, Grand Blanc beat Howell 44-39. Malaya Brown and DeMaya Hartwick each had 10 points, Chelsea Bishop put up nine and Parc Liggins […]

NFL free agency has sports world buzzing

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The sports world is buzzing, especially the football world as NFL free agency is on the clock. The NFL teams were allowed to negotiate starting Monday at noon and had to officially sign by Wednesday at 4 p.m. Eastern time. (After my deadline). There are so many deals, and I will try to hit on as many key ones as […]

March means college basketball!

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Can it be the month of March already? I can tell you, the weather feels more like the month of May. I have never seen winter weather like this before in my lifetime to be honest. I know we are all enjoying it! Let’s get back to some sports talk. The month of March means the bouncing of the orange […]

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DAVISON The Davison wrestling team had six members place in the top eight at the Div. 1 state meet at Ford Field Saturday. Justin Gates was crowned champ at 144 lbs., Steve Vaughn was champ at 106, Kyle Jelinek was third at 150, Brandon Shanks fifth at 157 and Alexander Holmes fifth at 285. Julius Pacheco was sixth at 138 […]

Can MSU basketball continue their NCAA tournament streak?

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The Michigan State Spartans on Sunday lost a basketball game to the Ohio State “Yukeyes” 60-57 putting them in jeopardy of missing the NCAA Tournament. I wrote last week they would make the tournament easily, but now I am not so sure. I did not think MSU would lose to both Iowa and Ohio State at home! I am like, […]

IN SPORTS

DAVISON The Davison’ boys basketball team faced off against Holly in the Division 1 district semifinals at Grand Blanc on Wednesday. The district finals are Friday at 7 p.m. at Grand Blanc. Davison wrestling was handed a 37-31 loss to Hartland in the Division 1 team state semifinals on Saturday. Davison had defeated Brighton 34-33 in the state quarterfinal on […]

A playoff spot looks promising for the Red Wings

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The Fat Guy typing an article on his 60th birthday (Monday) while watching the Red Wing hockey game is true dedication I say! I am happy to say the Red Wings are playing a nice hockey game and won the game in overtime 4-3. The Red Wings West Coast trip saw them go 2-2 on the four game trip. I […]

IN SPORTS

DAVISON Congrats to the Davison Wrestling team on winning the team Regional Championship and punching their ticket once again to head to the team State Finals in K-Zoo! Davison beat Grand Blanc 68-9 and Midland 51-26 Feb. 14 at Davison. SWARTZ CREEK Hayden Pletscher finished third at 138 lbs. in the Division 1 individual wresting regional at Saginaw Heritage on […]

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NATIONAL SIGNING DAY Wednesday Feb. 7 was National Signing Day, and the local schools filled their gymnasiums and media centers to honor a very large class of signees. Grand Blanc celebrated 21 athletes, Davison had nine, and Flushing had six. Grand Blanc: Nathan Fidelino, Michigan State, baseball; Chelsea Bishop, Alabamam A & M, basketball; Derek McIntosh, Clark Atlanta, football; Riyad […]

Super Bowl win secures Chiefs as NFL dynasty in the making

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The Kansas City Chiefs are back-to-back Super Bowl Champions after a thrilling overtime victory 25-22 in Super Bowl LVIII. I received some texts about how boring the first half was in this Super Bowl. I personally did not see it as boring but to the casual fan it probably was. The second half was not boring as both these football […]


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