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BATTLE CREEK – A new All- American Hockey League team, the Lapeer Professional Hockey Club, was accepted by the AAHL Board of Governors on August 22. The expansion team, that will be named either the Lapeer Loggers or the Lapeer Chiefs after the online voting is completed next week, will begin playing this winter at the 1,200-seat Polar Palace. More ... EAST LANSING — Just when it looked like he would finally see starting time as part of the Michigan State football team, the bad luck, timing is everything bug struck North Branch grad Zach Hueter. The junior offensive guard, who was redshirted his freshman season, had shoulder surgery on Aug. 17 and likely will miss all or most of the season. More ... AREAWIDE — Perani Arena and Event Center and the Polar Palace Arena of Lapeer will house new Play It Again Sports storefronts. The Perani Arena site will sell tickets, sports wear and other items for the new NAHL Michigan Warriors hockey team, and will ser ve as its pro shop for all hockey related services. Both sites will sell spor ts gear of all sorts. More ... CAPAC — The Chiefs are looking for a head junior high Cheer coach. Previous coaching experience is preferred. Send letter of interest and resume to athletic director Arnie Vandemark. Details: 541 North Glassford, Capac 48014 or avandemark@ capac.k12.mi.us. — E.H. More ... IMLAY CITY — The Wednesday Night Sundowners Ladies League at Cedar Lanes is looking for bowlers. The season will begin on Sept. 8 and start at 6:30 p.m. Details: Call Peggy at 810-796-2177 or Cedar Lanes at 810-724-6285. — E.H. More ... LAPEER—The Splash Pad at the Lapeer Community Center is open free of charge during the annual maintenance shutdown period from August 30 – September 8. The Splash Pad will be open Monday–Friday from 11:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. and anyone that wants to enjoy it may enter through north gate of the splash pad. More ... LAPEER—A reminder that fall registration continues at the City of Lapeer Community Center for the following programs: Lifeguard training, water safety instructor, aquacise, American Red Cross Learn-to-Swim classes, diving, competitive swim camp, Lapeer “splash” swim club, soccer, Little Kickers, flag football, flag football cheer, Ecology in the Parks, Art @ Gallery 194, and More ... LAPEER — Because it now has commitments from 17 interested players for the upcoming winter season, the Lapeer East athletic department has withdrawn paperwork it filed with the Michigan High School Athletic Association. With tr youts not slated until Nov. 1, the team still has time to get any incoming freshmen or upperclassmen involved in tryouts. More ... LAPEER — The Lapeer Outlaws Baseball Club will host tryouts for the 9U and 10U teams on Sunday, Sept. 12 from 11 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. at Rowden Park. Interested players should show up with appropriate gear. — L.P. More ... NORTH BRANCH — The North Branch Lightning 12U and 14U girls fast pitch softball teams will host tryouts on Sept. 12. Pitchers and catchers will tr yout from 2-3 p.m. and all other positions from 3-5 p.m. Tryouts take place at the summer rec fields. Girls must be 11-14 years old as of Jan. 1, 2011. — E.H. More ... FLINT — The public is invited to a rare opportunity to watch the new NAHL Michigan Warrirors training camp invitees vie for spots on the final roster. The training camp, free and open to the public, takes place Monday, Sept. 6 at Perani Arena from 2-3:30 p.m. More ... FLINT — The Michigan Warriors, the new NAHL Jr. team at Perani Arena is offering season ticket packages for all 27 home games. Tickets are $7 and includes $2 in Arena Bucks redeemable for concessions and merchandise at each game. The Warriors' first home game is Friday, Sept. 24 against the Springfield Jr. Blues. More ... All scores for varsity competitions are due as soon after the contest as possible. Tuesday scores should reach us by 9 a.m. Wedneday to make the Thursday paper. FAX: 810-667-6309, e-mail lpaine@mihomepaper. com — L.P. More ... FLINT — The Crim Festival of Races continues to grow in numbers and popularity every single year, and 2010 was absolutely no different, as thousands pounded the pavement Saturday morning in downtown Flint. More ... The Michigan Wolverines have struggled the last two seasons. This is a fact and there isn’t any way to sugar coat it, but for the first six games of the 2010 season the Wolverines will not be able to struggle as they are some of the biggest must wins in recent Wolverine history. More ... LAPEER — The Eagles travelled to Fenton to participate in the Metro Madness Soccer tournament on Saturday. The games are against league opponents, but count as nonleague games. East first drew Clio and defeated them 4-0. East's Alex Podolski opened the scoring after finishing a cross ball from Cullen Turczyn. Justin Henderson then scored assisted by Spencer Worden. More ... Cardinals improved to 2-0 with a 4-3 victory over the Imlay City JV on Friday. Dryden led 2-0 at halftime, then fought off a comeback by the Spartans, who tied the game at 2-2, and again at 3-3. Joe Sturza and Andrew Kunz each scored twice for Dryden, with one assist apiece. Adam Hiben and Aaron Roediger also assisted on goals, and Mathew Kunz made seven saves to preserve the win. More ... In a Greater Thumb Conference crossover contest, the Green Devils hosted EPBP Monday, losing, 5-0, after going into halftime down, 2-0. Splitting time in goal for Brown City was Raymond Bandemere and McKenzie with five and seven saves. More ... In Blue Water Area Conference competition, the Spartans hosted Armada Monday, winning, 5-1. Getting things started for Imlay City at the 12:43 mark was Tyler Michels on the Jake Berry assist, which Jovan Cardenas followed at 13:18 on a pass from RJ See. More ... The Panthers were shut out, 3-0, by Goodrich last Thursday. “Although we lost the game, we took a lot of positives from the game, we had scoring opportunities but couldn’t finish. We even missed a penalty kick in the first half. In total we had four shot on goal to Goodrich’s eight shots,” said West coach Kenny Uzoigwe. — L.P. More ... In Tri Valley Conference-East competition, the Broncos made the trip over to Millington Monday, tying, 3- 3, as Cody Schwartz scored twice and Garrett Washington added a goal. Despite going into halftime down, 2-1, North Branch also got strong play from goaltenders Luke Smith and Donley Spencer with six and nine saves, respectively. More ... The Red Raiders played a very good Harbor Beach team and fell 1-0 on Aug. 25. The game was backand forth from the beginning with both defenses controlling the game. Derik Platte, Brandon Lucik, Chad Walker and Casey Johnson led the Marlette defense. The Red Raiders had their chances on offense but couldn’t capitalize. More ... BROWN CITY Volleyball The Lady Green Devils hosted Deckerville Tuesday with Deckerville wining the first game, 25-17. However, Brown City came back to win three straight games, 25-15, 25-14,25-21. More ... Lutheran North 188, Imlay City 200 Imlay City Janaye Powers 44 Amanda Keeley 48 Casey Thompson 54 Amy Smith 54 Hannah Campbell 57 Alisha Lowe 58 — D.N. More ... Imlay City Doubles invitational 8-26-10 1. Marysville 15; 2. Lapeer East 14; 3. East Detroit 12; 4. Imlay City 7. No. 1 Doubles Hopkins and Lesniak def. Lapeer East 6-1, 6-2; def. Marysville 6-1, 6-4 def. by East Detroit 3-6, 1-6 No. 2 Doubles Randall and Duquette More ... The baseball season is heading into the best month of the year, the month of September. Numerous baseball teams will have October dreams crushed and burned into flames. While on the other side of the coin, teams like Cincinnati, who have not been in a pennant race in a decade, have a city on a baseball high. More ... LAPEER COUNTY — It’s early September, and while it is still pretty warm you can catch a lot of fish by using top water lures. There are many different types of these surface baits and here are a few. More ... STATEWIDE -- A near-record crop of Canada geese that has been estimated by state biologists to be right around 300,000 could give hunters a dream season. The 3000,000 population is second most ever recorded in the state. More ... |
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