April 16, 2025

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Articles for author: Mike Williamson

Milan Cross Country Teams Host Puddle Jumper Invite 

The Milan cross country teams hosted its annual Puddle Jumper Invitational and had some strong finishes at the race.  The girls earned a second-place finish with 39 points. Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard won the vent with 20 points.  The Big Reds had three runners place in the top ten, led by the fourth-place finish ...

Chelsea Soccer Splits Pair to Open Season 

The Chelsea soccer team made it two straight wins to improve to 2-1 to start the season after a 4-0 shutout of Tecumseh Monday. The Bulldogs opened SEC White play in strong fashion by controlling the match with a lock down defense that kept the Indians off the scoreboard. Gus Wehrly, Kai Ziolkowski, and Maddox ...

Chelsea Golfers Off to Strong Start 

The Chelsea girls’ golf team kicked off its season with a strong fourth-place finish at the Dan Young Invite at Pheasant Run Golf Course August 20.  The Bulldogs tied for fourth with Plymouth for the fourth spot with a score of 392. South Lyon won the event with 345.  Junior’s Avery Olaveson and Emma Ruszkiewicz ...

Milan Soccer Rolls Past Tecumseh

The Milan soccer team used a big day from Fred Brown to roll to an 8-0 win over Tecumseh last week. Brown recorded a hat trick of three goals as the Big Reds cruised past the Indians. Milan jumped on top 2-0 with a pair of goals by Brown and made it 3-0 just before ...

Dexter Volleyball Claims Hartland Invite Title 

The Dexter volleyball team kicked off its season in a big way with an 8-0-1 opening week, including a Hartland Invitational title Saturday.  The Dreadnaughts rolled to 2-0 wins over Howell, Trenton, Livonia Franklin, and Flat Rock to earn a rematch with Hartland in the finals.  Hartland had a set point in the opening set, ...

Milan Volleyball Claims Chelsea Invite Title

Photos provided by Phil Lozen Coming off a record breaking 2023 season that saw the Milan volleyball team reach the state semifinals for the first time, the Big Reds recorded another first Saturday by claiming the Chelsea Invitational title. The tournament title was the first during the regular season in over a decade for the ...

Cross Country Teams Hosts Saline Invite

The Saline cross country teams opened their seasons by hosting the Saline Invitational Thursday. The Hornets dominated the boy’s race with Saline taking the top 15 spots. Sophomore Jacob Szalay led the way with by taking the top spot with a time of 16:41.1. Brennan LaRusso was second in 17:04.9 and Wesley Rogan third in ...

Milan Cross Country Teams Open at Saline Invite

The Milan cross country teams opened their season at the Saline Invitational Thursday and came home with some strong individual efforts. Dylan Penzien led the boys with an 16th-place finish, just eight seconds off of his PR. Cameron Garcia was 24th and Aiden McLean 25th, while Hank Bobicz was 30th. The girls had a strong ...

Saline Water Polo Off to Quick Start

It didn’t take long for the Saline boys’ water polo team to surpass the three wins the Hornets earned in 2023. The Hornets opened the season by going 4-0 at the Grand Haven Invite and have already passed last seasons win total with a 3-19-2 overall record. Saline kicked off the season by beating host ...

Dexter Golfers Off to Red-Hot Start

Expectations are high for the Dexter girls’ golf team in 2024 and with a hot start, the Dreadnaughts have their sights set on an improvement of last season’s seventh place finish at the D2 state finals. The Dreadnaughts opened SEC play by dominating a home tri-meet at Hudson Mills Golf Course Thursday. Dexter fired a ...

Dexter Tennis Off to Fast Start

The Dexter boys’ tennis team kicked off 2024 with a bang this week by winning four of five matches to start the season. The Dreadnaughts have high hopes for another D2 state tournament run and if the first week of the season is a sign of things to come then the Dreads will be in ...