UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. – The Saginaw Valley State University men's basketball team fell to Tiffin University tonight (Jan. 26), 84-77. The loss drops the Cardinals to 9-9 on the season and 5-6 in the GLIAC, while the Dragons improve to 9-11 overall and 4-9 in the conference.   The Cardinal found themselves in an early 23-10 hole before Meijer "Player of the Game" George Goodman (Saginaw, Mich./Buena Vista HS) connected from t ...

      WINDSOR, ONTARIO - The Saginaw Spirit made the trip down to Windsor to take on the Spitfires on Thursday night and after falling behind 3-0 in the first period, came all the way back to defeat the Spitfires 5-4 in a shootout.  Scoring for the Spirit were Brandon Saad, Vince Trocheck, Eric Locke, and Michael Fine.  Clint Windsor made 36 saves in net for Saginaw.   The first period did not get started the way the Spirit wanted as just 33 s ...

      FREELAND -  Freeland High School is seeking a junior varsity coach for the up-coming 2011-12 season.   The deadline to apply is Feb. 8. Anyone interested should contact athletic director Jeff Bell at BellJ@freeland.k12.mi.us. ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Geoff Mott     SAGINAW TWP. -- Helping lift the Heritage boys cross country program to the state's elite level, Evan Chiplock's name is one that will be remembered at the high school for a very long time.   Gatorade is making sure of it.   The 17-year-old senior shook off a disappointing 38th-place finish at the Division 1 state meet in Brooklyn last fall by placing sixth at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional. His ...

courtesy Freep.com by Vince Ellis     The Pistons fought, scratched and clawed Wednesday night.   They hustled and dived for loose balls and challenged many shots.   The Pistons even found Austin Daye, who has been missing -- literally and figuratively -- all season.   They still weren't good enough to beat the Miami Heat (13-5).   The Pistons averted the massive beating most were expecting when the NBA champion ...

courtesy MSUspartans.com     EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP)--Earlier in the week, Tom Izzo downplayed what his 400th victory would mean to him.   When the Michigan State coach reached the milestone, though, he was overcome with emotion.   Draymond Green had 22 points, 14 rebounds and six assists to help the 10th-ranked Spartans beat Minnesota 68-52 Wednesday night for Izzo's 400th win.   Michigan State (17-4, 6-2 Big Ten) moved into a ...

courtesy Freep.com by Helene St James     MONTREAL -- Nicklas Lidstrom spent the game in his hotel room, sick with the flu. His Red Wings teammates looked ill, too -- but they were healthy enough to show up at Bell Centre.   Despite cautions from their coach, the Wings, as coach Mike Babcock likes to put it, "got beat like a rented mule" Wednesday by the Canadiens, a struggling Eastern Conference opponent that looked like a Stanley Cup contende ...

  Saginaw, MI – The Sting’s opposition will be getting a double-dose of Hibler when they take on Saginaw starting March 18th at Draper Auto Field inside The Dow Event Center.  Today marks the signing of Jamar & Jamaal Hibler, twin brothers and Saginaw High standouts, to the Sting Football organization. “I’ve had the opportunity to coach against both of these great athletic individuals when they were in high school and watch them grow throughou ...

courtesy MgoBLUE.com     WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The University of Michigan men's basketball team (No. 20 AP, No. 22 ESPN/USA Today) withstood a 20-6 run by Purdue in the second half and rallied to overcome the Boilermakers, 66-64, Tuesday night (Jan. 24) inside Mackey Arena. The Wolverines shot 54 percent (27-of-50) from the floor, including 43 percent (6-of-14) from behind the arc, in the game.   Sophomore guard Tim Hardaway Jr. (Miami, Fla./Palmetto S ...

Freeland SportsZone Director: The Freeland SportsZone Operations Committee is seeking a qualified person to direct all operations of the facility; including business management, facility management, board management, personnel management, recreational programming knowledge and understanding of the local community.  Resumes will be accepted until January 26, at 4:30 p.m. and should be emailed to bkisch@freelandmi.net.    Operations Committee Rick Hayes ...