Bob Oppenheim, Author at Leader Publications
High school softball
Bridgman softball coach Erin Weber thought about intentionally walking Brandywine's Michaela Hartline in the bottom of the seventh inning of Saturday's Division III district final.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Saturday, June 4, 2016 10:59 pm
High school baseball
Buchanan baseball coach Lonnie Hoover liked the way his team was hitting at the end of the regular season.
Hoover saw those bats come alive again ...
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by Bob Oppenheim, Saturday, June 4, 2016 10:55 pm
High school baseball
In a busy stretch of eight games in five days, the Niles baseball team had some fun in its doubleheader Thursday against Cassopolis.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Tuesday, May 31, 2016 6:26 am
High school baseball
The Niles baseball team snapped an eight-game losing streak in game one of a doubleheader Wednesday against Wolverine Conference champion Edwardsburg. The Vikings won the ...
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by Bob Oppenheim, Friday, May 27, 2016 6:37 am
High school softball
Edwardsburg’s Ali Strycker and Buchanan’s Sammi Luzadre made an impact on the mound and at the plate in Tuesday’s softball doubleheader between the Eddies and ...
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by Bob Oppenheim, Thursday, May 26, 2016 7:27 am
Brandywine tennis
Despite already wrapping up the Division 4 outright regional title on Saturday, Brandywine girls tennis coach Joe Marazita wasn’t satisfied.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Tuesday, May 24, 2016 7:47 am
Brandywine tennis
The regionals seem to bring out the best in the Brandywine girls tennis program.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Saturday, May 21, 2016 6:07 pm
High school softball
Led by the Hartline sisters, Brandywine’s softball team beat Comstock, 10-5, in game two Tuesday of a BCS Athletic Conference doubleheader.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Thursday, May 19, 2016 11:25 am
high school soccer
Katie Czirr knows that hard work produces positive results on a soccer field.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Tuesday, May 3, 2016 8:59 am
high school soccer
Niles first-year girl soccer coach Katie Czirr saw some good things from her team in the second half Friday in a 5-0 loss to Sturgis.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Monday, May 2, 2016 7:49 am
Dowagiac
The Edwardsburg girls tennis team kept its focus and didn’t overlook a struggling Dowagiac squad in Wolverine Conference South Division action on Wednesday.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Friday, April 29, 2016 8:44 am
High school track
A shorthanded Niles boys track team posted an 84-79 win over Lakeshore in Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference action on Wednesday.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Friday, April 22, 2016 9:11 am
High school baseball
Even when he was struggling with his hitting, Bryce Lake’s attitude remained the same as a baseball player at Niles High School.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 7:02 am
RSS Twitter
It drew attention when freshman Searra Inman was a girl wrestling on the varsity team for Brandywine High School. How she did on the mat ...
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by Bob Oppenheim, Tuesday, April 19, 2016 9:06 am
Brandywine HS
SOUTH BEND — Hot bats carried the Niles baseball team to an ugly 13-7 win over Shaker Heights (Ohio) at Four Winds Field Friday. What ...
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by Bob Oppenheim, Monday, April 18, 2016 10:06 am
Four Winds Field
Hot bats carried the Niles baseball team to an ugly 13-7 win over Shaker Heights (Ohio) at Four Winds Field Friday.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Saturday, April 16, 2016 9:52 pm
Brandywine Education
The Brandywine girls soccer team bounced back after a tough loss on Monday and blanked Berrien Springs, 8-0, in BCS Athletic Conference Red Division action ...
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by Bob Oppenheim, Friday, April 15, 2016 8:56 am
High school baseball
There’s great anticipation to a first game of a baseball season.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Friday, April 1, 2016 8:32 am
Brandywine Education
The Niles baseball team played solid defense and its pitchers threw strikes for seven innings in Wednesday's season opener against Brandywine.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Thursday, March 31, 2016 12:44 pm
Brandywine Education
Nothing would stop the Brandywine boys basketball team Friday in its quest to win the school's first district title since 2001.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Saturday, March 12, 2016 8:08 am
Brandywine Education
The Brandywine boys basketball team needed some tough love Wednesday from coach Nathan Knapp in its 78-55 Class C district semifinal win over Eau Claire.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Thursday, March 10, 2016 6:45 am
Class B District
Spectators came to see Benton Harbor senior girls basketball player Kysre Gondrezick in the Tigers Class B district semifinal game Wednesday against Dowagiac.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Thursday, March 3, 2016 8:27 am
High school basketball
It was a tale of two halves Friday for Niles boys basketball player Gavin Rasler against St. Joseph.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Saturday, February 20, 2016 10:14 am
Brandywine Education
A bright spot emerged for the Brandywine boys basketball team in its 85-73 loss to Bridgman on Feb. 5.
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by Bob Oppenheim, Tuesday, February 16, 2016 11:04 pm
Brandywine Education
Lakeshore’s girls basketball team looked uncomfortable Saturday going against Brandywine’s fullcourt pressure defense. The Bobcats limited the Lancers to 29-percent shooting (13-of-44) and forced 27 ...
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by Bob Oppenheim, Sunday, February 14, 2016 8:09 am
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