Just 7% of high school athletes earn an opportunity to play a varsity sport in college — and only 2% compete for NCAA Division 1 schools, according to scholarshipstats.com. Joined by their proud families and coaches, 15 odds-defiers who are seniors at Canton High School congregated in a hallway of the Phase III facility Wednesday […]
The last thing David Gallagher remembers about the 54th annual Belle Isle New Year’s Eve Run/Walk is chatting with running buddies and Jeanne Bocci, the woman who began the run with her friends Read More
A Wayne County educator known for having an open door and creating a safe space for students has been honored with an Excellence In Education award from the Michigan Lottery. The award winner, Rosanna Goodwin, Read More
Watching Ivan Ankwatsa walk through his 10,000-square-foot Canton business that is equipped with state-of-the-art physical-therapy and fitness equipment, it’s hard to fathom that not too long ago he was a resident of war-torn Uganda, Read More
As a 5-foot-5, 120-pound freshman, B. Artis White carried modest expectations into Canton High School’s 2015 basketball tryouts. “I was so small , I told the coaches I wanted to try out for junior varsity,” White Read More
One of the beautiful things about high school athletics is you never know who you’ll cross paths with in a game. For instance, during my senior football season for Lansing Harry Hill High School (Read More
The horrible stomach pains, biopsies and other hospital procedures he endured when he was 4 years old are seared into Jacob Efthemiou’s memory. The Shelby Township boy was diagnosed in 2020 with Henoch-Schonlein purpura, or HSP, Read More
The daughter of a high school art teacher, Lia Pinkosky knows how to use a gymnastics mat as a palette to paint eye-catching scores. A gymnast since the age of 5 when she was introduced to Read More
It was only appropriate that on a snowy, blustery January night, Canton boys assistant basketball coach/scorekeeper Scott Thomas reached an incredible endurance- and resilience-related milestone — in, of all places, Howell, which is over an Read More
Winning a $4 million prize playing the Michigan Lottery’s VIP Millions instant game means less stress for an Oakland County man and his family. The 67-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous, bought his winning Read More
