Greater Flint is home to some of Michigan’s most driven, talented and inspiring student-athletes – and this year’s standout seniors and rising stars have proven that hard work, leadership and passion yield powerful results. As the 2024-2025 high school athletics schedules wrapped up for the year, we invited Genesee County high schools to choose two
Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley became mesmerized by the enthralling events and sheer spectacle of the Midwest Invitational Rodeo as he watched it unfold one year at the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Belleville. The two-day event celebrates more than a century of the African American cowboy’s impact which has often been overlooked by history books and
Duncan Beagle and Tom Saxton share a deep affection and appreciation for Flint’s venerable Atwood Stadium, the site of countless memorable sporting events and other community happenings for nearly a century. The list of athletic, entertainment and political icons who have appeared at Atwood is staggering, including baseball legends Jackie Robinson and Ted Williams, four-time
The 2023-24 team matched the 2012 state champs by finishing the regular season unbeaten before falling to eventual state champion Detroit Edison in the state quarterfinals. Photo courtesy of Goodrich High School Athletics. While taking part in a phone interview as some of his players work the concession stand during a middle school football game,
As the final lap of the Olympic men’s 5,000 meter race at raucous Stade de France in Paris began to unfold, Grant Fisher was summoning everything his body had left to give. American distance running history, after all, was there for the taking. Having already captured a 10,000 meters bronze medal eight days earlier, the
The Powers Catholic High School Chargers finished with a school-record 37 wins and just six losses, winning 19 of their final 20 games, including a victory over eventual Division 1 State Champion, Northville. Coach Tom Dutkowski (far left) was named the 2024 Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year. With unmistakable enthusiasm
If you build it, they will come … Genesee County will soon have its own field of dreams! It all began more than a decade ago as the idea of a Grand Blanc High School senior. Brian Caine had made it his mission to bring Miracle League baseball to Genesee County where children and adults,
Under sunny skies dotted with a few clouds not far from the Atlantic Ocean, an array of emotions began flooding over Kamryn Johnston on the morning of May 21. The 24-year-old Mott Community College freshman stepped to the first tee to commence round one of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division 1 Championships at
As the 2023-2024 high school athletics schedules wrapped up for the year, we invited the 25 Genesee County high schools to choose two athletes – one each from their men’s and women’s sports teams – who excelled in both athletics and academics. The responding schools took care in selecting young people who worked hard throughout
Diante Lyles and E.J. Williams are eternally grateful for their decades-long friendship which began blossoming in elementary school through a shared passion for basketball. As their bond grew ever stronger – even as Lyles excelled for Beecher High School and Williams for rival Flint Southwestern – there was no way either could ever have fathomed
Under the gaze of Detroit boxing luminaries like five-division champ Thomas Hearns and legendary manager of world titlists Jackie Kallan, unbeaten junior middleweight prospect Ardreal “Bossman” Holmes made his way to the ring at Wayne State University’s Fieldhouse on February 20. The lanky Flint native stands six feet-two inches and fights in a division with
Doug Towler tried tuning out the chatter, even as it grew more deafening. The head coach of the Genesee County Generals – a cooperative team of players from Davison, Goodrich and Flushing high schools – Towler began this season a mere eight victories away from becoming Michigan’s all-time winningest high school hockey coach.
