Author: dougdonnelly

Manchester High School boys basketball coach Mike Ahrens will host the PKD Basketball Coaches Clinic Oct. 9. The clinic will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and features a lineup of speakers who have accumulated nearly 1,000 career wins, talking on post-play, defense, the transition game and one-on-one sets. The speaker lineup includes Carrie … Continue reading Manchester hosting basketball coaches clinic October 9

CROSS COUNTRY While the conditions were a little wet for spectating, they were perfect for competing! At last night’s first conference meet of the season (vs Michigan Center and Hanover Horton), most of the boys and girls team ran season or personal best times! The girls ran first, clinching wins against both Center and Hanover. … Continue reading Sept. 21 Scoreboard

SOCCER Michigan Center beat Quincy at home 8-0. Carter Kosmet lead the way with 2 goals and 2 assists. Nikolas Kosmet, Jaiden Tilford, and Joe Poynter scored goals. Riley Withers, Daylen Hinkle, and goal keeper Michael Van Riper each had a goal and an assist. Van Riper was playing the field for his score, and had 4 saves … Continue reading Sept. 20 Scoreboard

After a big Cascades Conference win over Michigan Center Friday, the Addison Panthers have moved up to No. 2 in the latest Associated Press Division 8 football poll. Hudson received all five first-place votes to come in with 50 points while Addison is right behind them with 43. Michigan Center remained in the Division 6 … Continue reading Addison moves up to No. 2 in AP Football Poll

VOLLEYBALLThe Napoleon Varsity volleyball team took 3rd place in the Western Invitational.  Momo Hampton was named to the All-Tournament team with five aces, 26 digs and 48 assists. Alyssa Budd had 25 kills, Sam Conaway 22 and Emme VanPoppel 15. Bailey Vickery hadded 24 digs while Kaitlyn Pequet and Budd had 23 apiece. VanPoppel had … Continue reading Sept. 18 Results

Manchester 35, East Jackson 7 East Jackson;7;0;0;0;--7 Manchester;7;0;21;7;--35 Scoring Summary First Quarter M – Aiden Kelly interception return (Max Edwards kick), 10:04 E – Braedon Desy 22 pass from Austin McKessy (Joe Patrick kick), 4:13 Third Quarter M – Wyatt Carson 5 run (Edwards kick), 8:16 M – Jaxon McGuigan 23 pass from Kannon Duffing … Continue reading Friday Night Football: Week 4

Addison scored a touchdown inside of four minutes remaining Friday, then converted the two-point conversion to squeak past Michigan Center, 36-35. Michigan Center took a 35-28 lead with 6:49 left in the game before the Panthers mounted the game-winning drive, capped off by a 46-yard run by Keelan Mullin and a successful two-point conversion by … Continue reading Late Addison touchdown propels Panthers to win over Michigan Center

By DOUG DONNELLY Sometimes it is hard to tell how good a 3-0 football team because there isn’t enough body of work to tell after three games. That’s not the case with the Michigan Center team that Addison will host Friday. The Cardinals are 3-0 and haven’t given up a point on defense. “They are … Continue reading Michigan Center-Addison key Cascades Conference clash

SOCCER Grass Lake traveled to Clinton and posted an impressive 4-0 win in a District Final rematch from last year. The scoring was once again spread out with Gus Vitale, Wesley Good, Henry Black and Tyler Chizek all tallying goals. Ryan Kraus and Zeke Dubiel each added assists along with Good and Black. VOLLEYBALL The … Continue reading Sept. 16 Scoreboard

SOCCER Michigan Center won at Columbia Central 5-1. Carter Kosmet had 2 goals and an assist, Nikolas Kosmet had 2 goals, and Jaiden Tilford scored on a header. Reid Scaife, Spencer Berkeypyle, and Michael Van Riper had assists. Michael Van Riper made 8 saves. VOLLEYBALL Napoleon lost a hard fought battle vs. Chelsea 11-25, 28-30, … Continue reading Sept. 15 Scoreboard

The Grass Lake Varsity volleyball team traveled to Manchester and came home with a four set victory (25-19,23-25,25-16,25-19)! Manchester couldn’t stop Senior Ruby Johnson. Johnson had a team high of 16 kills. Sophomore, Monique Diehl was big at the net with five blocks. Catherine Cottle had 30 assists and dug up 13 balls. Libero, Abby … Continue reading Sept. 14 Scoreboard

Three Cascades Conference teams are ranked among the top 10 in their respective divisions today in the first Michigan Associated Press prep football poll of the 2021 season – and two of them play each other this week. Addison comes in at No. 3 in Division 8 while Michigan Center is No. 4 in Division … Continue reading Addison, Michigan Center, Napoleon make first AP football poll of season