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SIMPSON TO PLAY IN MHSSCA ALL-STAR GAME

SIMPSON TO PLAY IN MHSSCA ALL-STAR GAME

SIMPSON TO PLAY IN MHSSCA ALL-STAR GAME

All-conference/all-district/all-region/all-stater Grace Simpson, who graduated in May, is still finding ways to put in work on the softball field. She is representing Beaverton Jr./Sr. High School in the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association All-Star Game on July 19, 10 a.m.
Dog’s aggression is a worry

Dog’s aggression is a worry

Dog’s aggression is a worry

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I have a small, mixed-breed, mostly terrier named Cookie. He’s a darling to me and my son, but to anyone else, he’s a terror. He is a rescue, so I don’t know what his early life was like or if he was properly socialized.
Linwood American Legion Post 239 finishes second in Ultimate Strike Zone Tourney

Linwood American Legion Post 239 finishes second in Ultimate Strike Zone Tourney

Linwood American Legion Post 239 finishes second in Ultimate Strike Zone Tourney

GLADWIN COUNTY Linwood American Legion Post 239 Baseball Team finished second in the 19th Annual Ultimate Strike Zone Tournament. Post 239 finished 3-1 in games against Palacios Tailors, Midland Berryhill, Means Stamping, Saginaw Sugar Beets.
Lucas Mead, Gladwin High School 2023 Graduate will be playing for Saginaw Valley State University this coming season, hits a single and makes it safely to first base. Mead, playing on the Linwood Post 239 team with Head Coach Terry Brokoff, Gladwin. Linwood won the game against Blissfield Post 325 with a score of 9-1. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LEON LANGRIDGE

Lucas Mead, Gladwin High School 2023 Graduate will be playing for Saginaw Valley State University this coming season, hits a single and makes it safely to first base. Mead, playing on the Linwood Post 239 team with Head Coach Terry Brokoff, Gladwin. Linwood won the game against Blissfield Post 325 with a score of 9-1. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LEON LANGRIDGE

American Legion Baseball at annual Gabby Mills Tourney

MIDLAND The Linwood American Legion Post 239 baseball team 18 and under played in the 43rd Annual Gabby Mills July 4th Invitational. The tournament was held at Gerace Baseball Stadium, Northwoods University this past Friday, June 30, 2023.
On June 28, Lucas Mead played in the 42nd annual East-West All-Star Classic playing for the West team. The East team ended up winning the game 7-3. Mead played four innings, twice at right, and one inning each at left and center field with two at bats. He went 0-1 with a walk. Mead says he was honored and proud to represent the Gladwin Flying G’s and the Jack Pine Conference.

On June 28, Lucas Mead played in the 42nd annual East-West All-Star Classic playing for the West team. The East team ended up winning the game 7-3. Mead played four innings, twice at right, and one inning each at left and center field with two at bats. He went 0-1 with a walk. Mead says he was honored and proud to represent the Gladwin Flying G’s and the Jack Pine Conference.

EAST-WEST ALL-STAR LUCAS MEAD

On June 28, Lucas Mead played in the 42nd annual East-West All-Star Classic playing for the West team. The East team ended up winning the game 7-3. Mead played four innings, twice at right, and one inning each at left and center field with two at bats. He went 0-1 with a walk.
Terry thinks he and his coaches have put a pretty good team together this season, he hopes it works out that way. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LEON LANGRIDGE

Terry thinks he and his coaches have put a pretty good team together this season, he hopes it works out that way. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LEON LANGRIDGE

Where’s Gladwin Baseball

GLADWIN COUNTY Scott Brokoff, one of the coaches from Gladwin American Legion Post 171 Baseball Team 2022, and I had met last year during the summer baseball season.

Gladwin Junior High School Boys Track Finals

The Gladwin Junior High Boys Track Team’s final meet of the season was on May 31. They had eight individuals compete at the Megastars Meet in Shepherd. There were 140 schools at this meet, making it the largest middle school meet in the country.