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Sandusky wins first regional title since 1999

SANDUSKY — Sandusky had been there before. Since 1999, the Wolves have been to the regionals 17 times. At the beginning of the 2022-23 season, Sandusky had battled with Cass City, and last Tuesday, the Wolves won a game that game down to the final seconds against Otisville- LakeVille in the regional semifinals. So, on Thursday night, in the regional […]

Pioneer Power

Cros-Lex defense leads way to third-straight title

NORTH BRANCH — Defense wins championships. An outdated sports adage, perhaps, but at Croswell-Lexington its tried and true. The Pioneers leaned on their defense early, before pulling away late in the Division 2 district finals on Friday, defeating Imlay City, 46-35. “It’s a senior-laden team and I’m pretty sure when they were in sixth, seventh, eighth grade, they were saying, […]

Right Place, Right Time

Lieblang delivers game-winner for Peck in district finals

CASEVILLE — All season, the message has been the same for Peck coach Jeremy Abrego to his players – work hard and stay the course. So, when Ubly’s Brayden Franzel put the Bearcats ahead in the Division 4 district finals with just five seconds to play against the Pirates on Friday night, the message was again the same. “First of […]

BOYS DISTRICT BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Tigers top Caseville, fall in semis CASEVILLE — Despite losing to Caseville twice during the regular season, Carsonville-Port Sanilac was able to come away with a 30-29, opening round win against the Eagles, in last week’s Division 4 district tournament. Quinton Pinfield-Wells scored a game-high 17 points for the Tigers, while Tristan Pritchett added nine. Mikey Jasso and Brendan Porter […]

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The Legion high school hockey team donated a portion of the gate proceeds from the 3/18 Armed Forces Cup game against Tawas to Sanilac County Veterans Affairs. Legion captains (from left) Kendall Dumaw, Caleb Lentner and Tyler Lamm are shown here presenting the check to Sanilac County Veterans Affairs Director Shannon Kreger. (Submitted photo)

2022-23 GIRLS BASKETBALL GREATER THUMB WEST ALL-CONFERENCE

2022-23 GIRLS BASKETBALL GREATER THUMB EAST ALL-CONFERENCE

Back-to-Back for Bennett

Marlette wrestler finishes career with third state title

DETROIT — After winning his third state individual wrestling state title on Saturday afternoon, Manus Bennett, for perhaps the first time in his career, showed a bit of emotion. He flexed for the crowd, before shaking hands with his opponent, the officials and the coaches. “It feels pretty good,” Bennett said. “I’m sure you guys saw me celebrating at the […]

Wolves win 28th district title in program history

Sandusky set to host regionals this week

CAPAC — In its two regular season matchups with Memphis this season, Sandusky had defeated the Yellowjackets by a combined score of 92-23. But going into Saturday’s district final matchup, the Wolves and head coach Al DeMott were not taking anything for granted. “With the start of districts, it is a brand new season,” DeMott said. “Everybody is 0-0 and […]

THE Greater Thumb East Conference champions

Brown City wraps up title, sets school’s win record

BROWN CITY — Heading into last week’s matchup with Sandusky, Brown City had already clinched at least a share of the Greater Thumb East Conference title. But the Green Devils were looking for more. “The word of the day for us was ‘The,’” said Brown City head coach Robert Hatten. “We won a share the of the conference title last […]


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