MHSAA member schools continue rebound in sports participation in 2022-23

EAST LANSING Participation in Michigan High School Athletic Association-sponsored sports increased for the second-straight school year in 2022-23, continuing its recovery from a COVID-related decline and despite another decrease in school enrollment among the MHSAA’s 750 member high schools.

GHS Dance Team Bottle Drive

GLADWIN On Saturday, July 29, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sunday, July 30, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., the Gladwin High School Dance team will be having a bottle drive. Proceeds from the returned cans and bottles will go towards replacing the team’s nine plus year old uniforms to get new, matching uniforms.

Fall registration for Gladwin County Youth Soccer

GLADWIN The Gladwin County Youth Soccer Association is open for registration for fall soccer until July 31 with no late fee, or from August 1-5 with a $15 late fee.

Gladwin Youth Football Fundraiser

GLADWIN On August 12, at Piper’s Pub, located at 238 W. Cedar Avenue, there will be a Corn hole Tournament fundraiser benefiting Gladwin Youth Football. To enter your team there will be a cost of $50. The event will begin at 2 p.m. and will have prizes.

BEAVERTON JR./SR.HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS CALENDER

HS/MS Cross Country ■ Aug. 7-Aug. 11, Rifle River, XC Camp ■ Aug.18, Under the Lights Invite, St. Johns HS, 9:30 p.m. ■ Aug. 31, Dwayne Rau Memorial Invite, Ogemaw Heights HS, 4 p.m. ■ Sept. 6, John Bruder Classic, Shepherd HS, 5 p.m., MS race ■ Sept.

GLADWIN MS/HS ATHLETICS CALENDER

VARSITY FOOTBALL ■ Aug. 25, 7 p.m., vs. Ogemaw ■ Aug. 31, 7 p.m., vs. Harrison ■ Sept. 8, 7 p.m., at Shepherd ■ Sept. 15, 7 p.m., at Clare ■ Sept. 22, 7 p.m., at Meridian ■ Sept. 29, 7 p.m., at Pinconning ■ Oct. 6, 7 p.m., vs. Notre Dame Prep (Homecoming) ■ Oct. 13, 7 p.m., vs.

The joy of minor league baseball

The Portland Sea Dogs won, but that’s not why, fundamentally, the fans went home happy.

Linwood Post 239 finishes second in Great Lakes Bay Classic USZ Tourney

Linwood American Legion Post 239 Baseball Team finished second in the 2023 Great Lakes Bay Classic Ultimate Strike Zone Tournament. Post 239 finished three in games against Detroit Prospects – Rice, Michigan Select, Utility Travel, Saginaw Sugar Beets.

HOLE-IN-ONE

Jeremy Lender of Lapeer aced the eighth hole “The Knob”, while golfing with his cousins from Gladwin, at Devil’s Knob on June 26, 2023. Jeremy used his 9 iron and an orange Nitro ball he had borrowed from the group in front of them to accomplish this feat.