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2024 Michigan high school softball final brackets, with scores
The Michigan high school softball season is down to its final day. Eight teams remain in contention for four state championships in Division 1, 2,3 and 4 Saturday at Michigan State University. Division 1 is at 10 a.m., Division 2 is at 12:30 p.m., Division 3 is at 3 p.m....
$873K in Clinton County school funding at stake
In August, voters in Clinton County will vote on a proposed special education millage that, if not passed, would lose the Clinton County Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) $873,448 in funding and force local school districts to use large amounts of funding intended for general education and programming to fill the gaps.
PHOTOS: Flint Powers Catholic overcome with emotion in first state championship since 1980
EAST LANSING, MI –– After 44 years, Flint Powers Catholic is back on top. The Chargers defeated Spring Lake 11-0 to win the MHSAA D2 baseball state championship on Saturday, June 15. After five innings, the 10-run mercy rule went into place which ended the game. Eastern Michigan...
Jackson Lumen Christi girls soccer wins first ever state championship
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - In previous years, the Jackson Lumen Christi girls soccer team had come close to a state championship. But couldn’t break through. Friday afternoon, after giving up a 1-0 lead less than three minutes into the second half, neither team scored again. The game stayed...
Whiteford softball falls to Evart in Division 3 state title game
EAST LANSING, Mich. — In a pitcher’s duel, Whiteford could not muster a run in the seventh with two runners in scoring position in Saturday’s Division 3 state championship game against Evart at Michigan State University’s Secchia Stadium. For the second straight season, Whiteford lost the state final by a score of 1-0. Whiteford senior pitcher and North Dakota recruit Unity Nelson was lights out once again, throwing a no-hitter into the sixth inning. But Evart, which captured its first state title, scored the game’s lone run in the bottom of the sixth. Fourth-year coach Matt VanBrandt and Whiteford (30-6-1) made their third consecutive finals appearance, but have walked away from each of them without a title.
DeWitt junior wins national songwriting competition, goes to New York for concert
Gwendellyn Doerfler, a senior at DeWitt High School, is already making waves in the competitive world of songwriting. This weekend, she was among seven national winners in the National Endowment for the Arts and National Alliance for Musical Theatre songwriting competition. At 7 p.m. Monday, the song she wrote will...
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