courtesy OurMidland.com   For middle defender Lindsey Lee and the Dow High soccer team, winning alone isn’t necessarily enough. Shutting opponents out has become the Chargers’ badge of honor. For the 12th time in as many games this season, Dow blanked the opposition on Wednesday evening with a 4-0 Saginaw Valley League victory over Bay City Western at the Chargers’ field. Dow improved to 11-0-1 overall and 5-0 in the SVL. “It’s someth ...

  Heritage 8  -  Essexville Garber  0   Singles   1.  Priya Jaswal (Heritage) def. Kathryn VanWormer (Essexville Garber) 6-2, 6-2   2.  Kate Hurtig (Heritage) def. Alyssa Long (Essexville Garber) 6-3, 6-4   3.  Katherine Flegnheimer (Heritage) def. Rachel Kazmierski (Essexville Garber) 6-1, 6-1   4.  Alexandria McAnelly (Heritage) ...

  Nouvel Catholic 6  -  Frankenmuth  2     Singles   1.  Mary Curtiss (Nouvel Catholic) def. Madison Mertz (Frankenmuth) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4   2.  Ann Marie Barrett (Frankenmuth) def. Callie Hagen (Nouvel Catholic)  6-3, 6-3   3.  Emma Patrick (Nouvel Catholic)  def. Erica Robishaw (Frankenmuth) 6-2, 6-3   4.  Kristina Barrett (Frankenmuth  def. Katie Grover (Nou ...

courtesy Mlive.com by James Gensterblum   Game 1: Saginaw 13, Flint Northwestern 5 Game 2: Flint Northwestern 12, Saginaw 7     Saginaw had back-to-back six-run innings to take Game 1 of a doubleheader against Flint Northwestern, the team's first win of the season.   Northwestern, which bounced back with a Game 2 win, was led by Alonna Tipton's four hits, and Bonnisha Bell added two singles and a double for the Wildcats. &nbs ...

Michigan Lutheran Seminary 67  -  Valley Lutheran  61   Discus 1      Austin Head ( Michigan Lutheran Seminary) 108'7   Shot Put 1      Evan Howard ( Valley Lutheran) 43'3   High Jump 1      Todd Brassow (Michigan Lutheran Seminary) 6'2   Long Jump 1      Wes Towne (Michigan Lutheran Seminary) 19'9   3,200m Relay 1 &nbs ...

  Michigan Lutheran Seminary 71  -  Valley Lutheran 57       Discus 1      Madison Diehl (Valley Lutheran) 93'11   Shot Put 1      Katie Hackman ( Valley Lutheran) 29'6   High Jump 1      Samantha Shafer (Valley Lutheran) 5'0   Long Jump 1      Samantha Shafer (Valley Lutheran) 14'5   3,200m Relay ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Grant Stoye      Lake Orion scored six goals in the second half.    "The lead changed a couple of times, it was a back and fourth game," Heritage coach Andrew Cohen said. "We turned the ball over with about a minute to go in the game, and they capitalized. Both teams played very well and put in a great effort."   Saginaw Heritage's Katie Martin scored four goals and assisted on one. Tea ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Grant Stoye     Hemlock's Ellice Sollner scored a hat trick. Teammates Kelly Clark and Kearsten Beyersdorf each had two assists.    Hemlock goalkeeper Michelle Shepherd allowed three goals and made 22 saves.    "Shepard made some fantastic saves," Hemlock coach Joel Bauer said. "Swan Valley had a couple opportunities where they were in all alone and she stopped them. Swan valley did a fantas ...

courtesy OurMidland.com     The Midland High soccer team posted a 5-0 Saginaw Valley League victory over visiting Bay City Central on Tuesday at Midland Stadium. The Chemics (7-2-2 overall, 4-1 in the SVL) led 3-0 at halftime.   “We played nicely today,” Chemics’ coach Dick Campbell said. “We had nice ball movement and formation. We had good interaction throughout the team. It was a good team effort and we were able to get e ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Steve Ungrey     Saginaw Valley Lutheran held a 6-0 lead at halftime and tacked on two insurance goals in the second half.   Kaelin Martlock had three goals for Saginaw Valley Lutheran, and Faith Palmreuter and Marissa Cisneros added two goals each. The other goal came from Kendra Spencer.   Palmreuter and Spencer had assists, as did Chelsey Klein (two), Kierra Wolverton, Krista Volton, Justyne White and Jenna Jahnke. ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Taylor Hooper     Tamera Bowen led Northern with two goals and an assist.  Tyra Rushing added a goal for Northern and keeper Jelisa Blair made three saves.   "They scored the first goal about 20 minutes into the game," Northern coach Shawn Rowser said. "We came back about five minutes later and got another one right before hafltime. We have a lot of athletes who are starting to understand the game a little be ...

courtesy OurMidland.com     ESSEXVILLE — Dow High won the third Saginaw Valley League Golf Jamboree of the season on Tuesday with a team score of 308 at the Bay County Golf Course. Midland High placed second at the six-team event with a 319. Mount Pleasant and Saginaw Heritage both ended up at 331, with the Oilers winning a playoff to finish third. Bay City Western was fifth at 342 and Bay City Central was sixth at 345.   Austin Deiters shot ...

by Alex Wassel     MIDLAND, MI - Following a two-hour and 12-minute rain delay, the Great Lakes Loons upended the visiting Kane County Cougars by the score of 6-1 Monday morning for School Kids Day at Dow Diamond, winning the three-game series 2-1.   The Loons totaled 13 hits on the day and scored their first run in the fourth inning. Second baseman Kevin Taylor connected on a double to left field that scored two runs. In the fifth, Pedro Guerrero led-off wi ...

courtesy mlive.com   by Joe Liefbroer   Game 1: Bay City John Glenn 5, Saginaw Swan Valley 1 Game 2: Bay City John Glenn 21, Saginaw Swan Valley 0       Bay City John Glenn's Zach Olszewski threw a complete in game 1 striking out four batters and only allowing one earned run as John Glenn grabbed the opener.   In the nightcap John Glenn scored 10 runs in the first and third innings as they got the three inning victo ...

  Team Scores   Midland............................................. 111 Flint Southwestern........................... 37 Bay City Central .................................27       Discus 1      Zach Pennington (Midland) 138'5   Pole Vault 1      Riley Andridge (Midland) 12'6   Shot Put 1      Joe Vieau (Midland) 46'1.5   ...

  Team Scores   Midland .................................96.5 Bay City Central ..................57.5 Flint Southwestern............ 18   Individual Results   Discus 1    Sarah Ivan (Midland) 102'11   Pole Vault 1    Brenna Leahy (Bay City Central) 8'7   Shot Put 1    Brandi Thomas (Bay City Central) 33'7.5   High Jump 1   &nbs ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Jake Gerard   Game 1: Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 5, St. Charles 1 Game 2: St. Charles 4, Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 1   "The games mirrored each other," MLS coach David Lecker said. "We played better the first game hit the ball better, and they out hit us in the second game." Lutheran Seminary's Mike Greenwood earned the win in Game 1, pitching all seven innings and six strikeouts. Teamm ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Shawn Liverance   Game 1: Saginaw Swan Valley15, Alma 0 Game 2: Saginaw Swan Valley 11, Alma 1       Saginaw Swan Valley remained undefeated with the doubleheader sweep.   Mackenzie Boehler fanned 12 and allowed one hit in earning the Game 1 win for Swan Valley.   Boehler and Elizabeth Addy had three hits each for Swan Valley in the opener and Regan Flattery and Hannah Meatte had two each. ...

courtesy OurMidland.com by Dan Chalk       Not only will the Saginaw Valley League be expanding its membership next fall, but the addition of five schools will also enable the SVL to add girls’ and boys’ lacrosse as league sports. Currently, the Midland girls’ and boys’ cooperative lacrosse teams and others do not compete in a league.   Girls’ lacrosse teams in the SVL will include Midland, Saginaw Heritag ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Jonathan Van Zytveld     Marissa Cisneros led Saginaw Valley Lutheran with two goals and one assist. Teammate Kaelin Martlock also scored two goals and Faith Palmreuter had three assists.   "We had a nice offensive game," Saginaw Valley coach Doug Guenther said. "We did a nice job on the offensive end; that is something that we have been working on. We've been playing really solid defense and wanted to get that of ...