UPDATED: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 The 25th annual Caseville Walleye Tournament yielded record catches this year. "Limits were taken in no time," said Mike Walsh of Walsh Bait & Tackle. "There were an unbelievable amount of eaters caught."
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 I have had an interest in photography for more than 20 years. Over the past eight years or so, I have had the opportunity to photograph for the Huron County Press. During that time I have photographed community events, high school sports and the Governor's recent visit to Huron County.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 After 19 years of being on the coaching staff at USA, Gary VanSumeren has decided to step down as head coach. Despite a .776 winning percentage, three trips to the State Finals (two state titles), winning Regional Coach of the Year in 2005 and being selected as an All State Coach of the Year - Honorable Mention, VanSumeren is leaving the program.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 On Saturday, August 2nd at 1:00 p.m., all Laker supporters, boosters, former players, current players and their families are being invited to participate in a four-person scramble at Century Oaks Golf Club in Elkton (the team's home course) to raise money for the golf team.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Organizers announce a new adult Co-Ed softball league is forming in Port Austin with games to start in July and played on weekday evenings at Gallup Park, Port Austin.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Harbor Beach - The Harbor Beach Hospital Foundation's Annual Golf Outing was conducted on Wednesday, June 18 at the Ubly Heights Golf & Country Club. Registration and lunch began at noon, and golfers teed off at 1 p.m. to a shot-gun start to begin the 18 Hole Scramble.
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 On June 24 the women golfers at Scenic Golf and Country Club played 6-6-6 as game of the day. That is six holes of Scramble, six of Alternate Shot and six holes of Best Ball. Edna Dutcher and Loretta Rollo scored 71 to take first place. Second went to Naomie Wichert and Karan Garner with 73. The 74 shot by Millie Schuette and Jan Snyder was good for third place. Past president Kathy Kingsrud presided at the regular monthly meeting in the absence of the current officers. Several up-coming events were announced. The annual Handicap tournament, which is match play begins on Tuesday, July 1. Interclub guest day is Tuesday, July 8.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 About 80 golfers participated in the Huron County Community Foundation's second annual golf outing, held May 28 at Verona Hills Golf Club. The event also included a silent auction this year. A total of $7,272 was raised to assist the foundation with its annual operating expenses.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Ever since USA won their second straight D3 state title in 2007, fans have clamored for a championship match-up between the Pats and back-to-back D4 state champion Allen Park Cabrini. After a year of waiting, this post-season "dream match" finally took place, last Friday in the semifinals, with Cabrini edging out the Patriots 2-1 to advance.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 SEBEWAING -- It took almost an entire school year of training and two weeks of careful planning, but the Unionville Sebewaing Area Schools Advanced Physical Education and Strength-Training students reached their goal.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Since USA finished the 2007 season with their second straight state title in D3, their goal for the 2008 campaign has been clear... to win a third straight state crown. The Patriots took another step towards a three-peat with a 5-0 win over Hemlock and a 4-3 win over Freeland in regionals at Reese last Saturday.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 In 2007, the EPBP soccer team won their second regional title ever and first since 2002. But the dreams of back-to-back regional crowns ended last Friday, as the Lakers lost 2-0 to Marine City Cardinal Mooney.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 After winning back-to-back D3 state titles, expectations were high for another amazing season for the USA softball team. While the regular season was another successful campaign, there were a few hiccups along the way, including a pair of losses to Reese, which cost the Patriots a shot at the GTW title.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 For most of the season, the Harbor Beach girls' track team has been trying to prove they are amongst the top teams in the area. Having demonstrated that with victories at the GTE league meet at Brown City and the D4 Regionals at USA, the Pirates were looking to take the next step... and prove they were amongst the top division four teams in the state.
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 The EPBP soccer team finished 21-3 overall in 2007 and made a run to the state semi-finals where they lost to Ann Arbor Greenhills. The Laker's took the first step in another post-season run last Saturday, when they beat host Bad Axe for the district title.
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Over the last eight years, the EPBP soccer program has proven to be one of the best in the entire Thumb. In that time, 14 Lakers (10 males and four females) have gone on to play that sport at the collegiate level. EPBP senior Brittany Albrecht will join that list in the fall, as she recently signed to play soccer at Hesston College, which is in central Kansas.
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Like most young boys, 2003 USA graduate Stephen Cramer loved basketball growing up and even dreamed of being a professional athlete in the NBA.
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 REESE-The USA girls continued their dominance in track as they won their third straight league title, beating out host Reese 102-84 to secure the championship. This is the sixth league title in seven years for the Patriots.
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 DRYDEN - The Port Hope girls made history last week, as they edged out Kingston 99-98 to win the NCTL title for the first time in school history. The Bluestars used one first place finish and seven seconds to pull off the upset over the favored Cardinals.
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 While no area team finished first at last week's D3 Regionals at Bad Axe (the Hatchet girls did finish second to Hamady 113-72), many athletes qualified for the state meet on Saturday, May 31.
UPDATED: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 BROWN CITY- During the 2007 track season, as Ubly racked up another triple crown (league, regional and state titles), it was apparent that another team was emerging to challenge them for the seat on the throne.
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Monday, May 5 Bad Axe 8, Sandusky 0
The Hatchet offense exploded against the Redskins, with Mandy McCracken leading the way with a hat trick and Sarah Thoms adding a pair of scores. Jackie Rochefort added a goal and two assists, Jennifer Morneau a goal and an assist, Katie Essian with a goal, Hanna Pankratz with two assists and Sami Rochefort with one assist.
Allyson Mattice had four saves in net for Bad Axe.
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Bad Axe's Eric Glaza shot 38, while Cam and Cody Streussnig added rounds of 41 to help lead the Hatchets to the top finish at Friday's Laker Invitational, which was held at Scenic Golf and Country Club.
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 The Hatchets picked up the win in the opener as Aaron Manenti allowed four runs in 6 1/3 innings and struck out 10 to earn the win, while Ethan Sisco picked up the save with 2/3 innings of relief work.
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 The Ubly girls had little trouble picking up the win in a tri-meet last week, beating out second place USA 81-71, while the Cass City girls were a distant third (16). The Cass City boys cruised to a win with 74.5 points, while the Ubly boys were second (53.5) and the USA boys third (44).
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