Every morning for the past five months, Casey Bess has hit the ground running — and driving and, most importantly, hustling. When you live and teach in Battle Creek, and take over the reins of a Division 1 high school football team 90-some miles away, there is little time to chill. The challenges that come […]
The National Hockey League’s iconic Stanley Cup will be making an appearance in Canton later this summer — courtesy of Paul Cotter, a member of the NHL champion Las Vegas Golden Knights. A treasured NHL Read More
Of the close to 200 Division 4 high school baseball teams that competed in Michigan this spring, only one finished higher than Plymouth Christian Academy. But. Just. Barely. Beal City took advantage of two sixth-inning fielding miscues Read More
Introduced to golf in her 50s by her late husband, Elaine Lorenz still embraces a love for the sport several years later in the wake of a severe stroke that curtailed her playing days. To Read More
Like most 21st Century basketball love stories, Ryan Peters’ passion for hoops started as a toddler with a Little Tikes basket and a Nerf Hoop. Fifteen years — and countless hours of honing his roundball skills Read More
Voted by NCAA baseball fans in 2022 as the nation’s best program, Mississippi State University rarely spreads its recruiting blanket as far north as Michigan. With just one player on its 2023 roster who hails from Read More
There have been track and field meets during the past two years when a member of Northville’s record-producing 3,200-meter relay team has felt less than 100% — and the ill feelings have been reflected in their Read More
Canton sophomore goal-keeper Campbell Appert played like Superwoman during the first 98 minutes and 35 seconds of Thursday night’s Division 1 regional final against Saline at Woodhaven High School. On multiple occasions, she extinguished scoring chances by Read More
Somehow, some way — while excelling in three sports, carving out a 3.6 grade-point average and working at Lifetime Fitness — Evan Cosgrove managed to find time to sleep during his senior year at Plymouth High School. Looking Read More
Getting a runner to third base was a chore for the Northville baseball team’s pair of Division 1 district opponents Saturday afternoon. Reaching home proved to be impossible. Bolstered by outstanding pitching, air-tight defense and Read More
