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Beaverton’s Sean Doyle chases down a Pinconning running back during Friday night’s Homecoming victory over the Spartans.

Beaverton’s Sean Doyle chases down a Pinconning running back during Friday night’s Homecoming victory over the Spartans.

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Parade of big plays lifts Beavers to Homecoming win

Scott Salowich
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
BEAVERTONOnce in awhile, your football team wins a game with a big play, or maybe a couple of big plays that made all the difference.Beaverton beat visiting Pinconning Friday night with a Homecoming parade of big plays and marched to a 54-8 victory.“We were fortunate to have some explosive plays in...
Gladwin’s MJ McDonald looks for running room. MINDY STOKOSZYNSKI

Gladwin’s MJ McDonald looks for running room. MINDY STOKOSZYNSKI

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Creek rises, sinks Gladwin

Scott Salowich
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
MIDLANDThat old saying about how things will be fine, “Lord willing and the creek don’t rise,” took its toll on the Gladwin football team Friday night.The Creek did rise.
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Gladwin boys win regional preview

Scott Salowich
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
DECKERVILLEApreview of the Division 3 regional was a smash hit for the Gladwin boys’ cross country team.The Flying G’s were in Deckerville Saturday for the 17-team Wagener Park Invitational and came out at the head of the class, winning the team title with 61 points on the course that will host the...
Sports Quiz

Sports Quiz

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Sports Quiz

News Staff
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
1. Which Brooklyn Dodgers catcher suffered a broken neck and paralysis in a 1958 auto accident that ended his Hall of Fame career?2. In 2012, Australia’s Rhein Gibson set a Guinness World Record for the lowest 18-hole round of golf with what score?3.
Gladwin and Beaverton faced off last month in the first Jack Pine Conference match of the season. The two teams are currently battling for conference and division titles at the midpoint of the campaign.

Gladwin and Beaverton faced off last month in the first Jack Pine Conference match of the season. The two teams are currently battling for conference and division titles at the midpoint of the campaign.

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Volleyball teams reach middle of the road

Scott Salowich
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
WEST BRANCHThe Jack Pine Conference volleyball season has reached its midpoint and there is still a lot of business to be settled.Gladwin, St. Louis and Ogemaw Heights all headed into this week with perfect 5-0 records that won’t last forever as the three contenders have, obviously, not played each...
Phil Aman and the Gladwin junior varsity football team made it two wins in a row Thursday night with a win over Bullock Creek.

Phil Aman and the Gladwin junior varsity football team made it two wins in a row Thursday night with a win over Bullock Creek.

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Gladwin JV makes it two in a row

Scott Salowich
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
GLADWINThings were looking rough when the Gladwin junior varsity football team opened the season with four straight losses, but the Flying G’s continued their trip down the comeback trail Thursday with a muddy 20-14 victory over Bullock Creek, that was their second in a row.“The game was exactly...
Beaverton’s junior varsity football team took the field for a fourth straight win Thursday over visiting Farwell.

Beaverton’s junior varsity football team took the field for a fourth straight win Thursday over visiting Farwell.

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Beaverton JV wins fourth straight

Scott Salowich
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
BEAVERTONThe undefeated season rolls on for the Beaverton junior varsity football team.After battling Evart to a scoreless tie in the season opener, the Beavers have won four in a row, the latest a 32-0 romp over visiting Farwell on Thursday night.Greyson McGourty and Cole Grzesiak led the defense...
Beaverton quarterback Jace Mishler scored a touchdown in the first quarter to tie the game, but that was it for the Beavers in a loss at Farwell Friday night.

Beaverton quarterback Jace Mishler scored a touchdown in the first quarter to tie the game, but that was it for the Beavers in a loss at Farwell Friday night.

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Beavers fall to Farwell in return

Scott Salowich
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
FARWELLReturning to the field after taking a week off due to injury issues was no easy task for the Beaverton football team.The Beavers were in Farwell Friday night and, after playing the first quarter to a draw, gave up 20 points in the second and wound up on the wrong side of a 40-8...
Gladwin’s MJ McDonald runs away from a leaping Clare defender during Friday night’s 14-13 victory that left the Flying G’s alone atop the Jack Pine conference standings with a 3-0 record.

Gladwin’s MJ McDonald runs away from a leaping Clare defender during Friday night’s 14-13 victory that left the Flying G’s alone atop the Jack Pine conference standings with a 3-0 record.

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Gladwin tops Clare in a wild one

Scott Salowich
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
GLADWINIn a battle of halves and halves not, the Gladwin football team rallied for an exciting 14-13 victory over visiting Clare Friday night.The win, coupled with an Ogemaw Heights loss at Shepherd that night, left the Flying G’s alone atop the Jack Pine Conference standings with a perfect 3-0...
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