Entries for 'Frankenmuth'

Vicksburg’s runs to back-to-back District titles – and the Division 2 championship game last spring – were keyed by a productive offense, including contributions by a pair who are seniors this spring. Click below to learn about their successes and the...

When Shafer Webb and his classmates were middle schoolers, they watched the high school student section turn into a party at every Frankenmuth home game. Webb's older brother Brennan led the 2012 section that won the inaugural MHSAA Battle of the Fans. And, of course, ...

The best Michigan high school student cheering sections have shown us their best over the last four weeks. Now it's your turn to tell us which of those final five has earned the title Battle of the Fans VI champion.

In a section of stands nearest the door to welcome all who enter Frankenmuth’s gym, the first Battle of the Fans champion was born five years ago. The seventh graders that winter of 2012 are seniors now. And the Eagles on Friday were seeking to add the title of f...

Last year’s champion is back. So is the first to hoist a Battle of the Fans banner. And sticking with the familiar, two more past contenders are looking to take the final step and be named Michigan’s best high school student cheering section. But watch out ...

Tom Keller is willing to talk about the streak if you ask him. He’s starting to get used to it. “It’s funny; it seems like a lot of people are bringing it up lately,” said the Frankenmuth girls basketball coach, who has led his team to 97 straig...

Hundreds of Michigan's top high school athletes will compete Saturday at seven MHSAA Track & Field championship meets taking place either in the Grand Rapids area or Kingsford in the Upper Peninsula.  While some of the favorites in the boys meets are familiar ...

A pair of twos were wild Saturday afternoon at Forest Akers East golf course. Twos as in two straight Lower Peninsula Division 4 girls golf titles for Kalamazoo Hackett and two straight individual medalist honors for Maple City Glen Lake junior Nichole Cox. 

It should have been one of the happiest moments in Leigha Morse's young life, but she couldn't keep from breaking down in tears. Morse apologized several times for crying while talking about her two-homer performance in Wayland's 11-0 victory over Frankenmuth in the M...

Senioritis always weighs on a spring coach’s mind. It can drain the potential from the best of MHSAA championship contenders. Frankenmuth softball coach Brad Walraven discussed that possibility once with his team, which includes seven recent graduates. And then ...

Most teams journeying to Secchia Stadium at Michigan State University this weekend will be doing so for the first time, as this is only the second season MSU has hosted MHSAA Softball Finals weekend. But for Caledonia, Carleton Airport, St. Clair and Montague, the trip...

Pewamo-Westphalia girls track coach Scott Werner has a saying he believes applies to his track program: “Tradition doesn’t graduate.” On Saturday, a team mixed with youth and experience won the Lower Peninsula Division 3 track and field championship f...

Few things are guaranteed during this, the busiest weekend of the high school sports calendar in Michigan. But here’s something to count on – attend an MHSAA Girls Track & Field Final, and you’re sure to see at least one record-setting talent if n...

The MHSAA and its Student Advisory Council will kick of this winter's Battle of the Fans IV on Friday with a visit to reigning champion Beaverton.  In advance, let's recall what earned our first three champions -- Frankenmuth in 2012, Buchanan in 2013 and Beaverto...

Our games have moved inside, and student fan sections have followed. Gyms are jammed, cheers fill the air, and all is merry and bright.   It's that Battle of the Fans time of year, and the MHSAA's Student Advisory Council is again preparing to reward the top high ...

The North Branch volleyball team defeated Frankenmuth 3-0 in a Class B District game Wednesday. Click below for MHSAA.tv highlights and a link to watch the match in full.

Amber Crouse finished her girls lacrosse career by helping Hartland to its third straight MHSAA Semifinal this spring after also playing a big part in her team’s run to a Division 1 runner-up finish in 2012. Along the way, Crouse also built one of the most impres...

After coming up short in its bid to repeat as MHSAA champions at last year’s Lower Peninsula Division 3 Girls Track and Field Finals, Frankenmuth was determined to not be denied this time. With a squad that featured six top seeds and balance on the track and in t...

Allen Park Inter-City Baptist's Evan Kraatz will graduate this spring as the most accomplished passer in MHSAA history.  And that's not just because of Kraatz' publicized accomplishment this winter.

Softball season is on the verge of starting as the snow continues to melt and fields dry out this week. And as games begin, we’ll be keeping an eye on a pair of standouts carrying two of the longest hitting streaks in MHSAA history – including one chasing t...