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College football

PHOTO STORY: Notre Dame wins home opener over Tennessee State

The Fighting Irish kicked off the home portion of its 2023 schedule with a 56-3 rout of Tennessee State before a full house on a ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Sunday, September 3, 2023 5:56 am

Edwardsburg

PHOTO GALLERY: Edwardsburg Memorial Day Parade

The Village of Edwardsburg held its annual memorial Parade Monday morning. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Monday, May 29, 2023 2:05 pm

College football

PHOTO GALLERY: Notre Dame upset by Thundering Herd

Visiting Marshall pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Notre Dame Stadium history with a 26-21 over the Fighting Irish Saturday afternoon. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Monday, September 12, 2022 10:45 am

High school football

PHOTO GALLERY: Edwardsburg wins second straight Division 4 Regional crown

For the sixth time in the past eight seasons, the Edwardsburg Eddies are a regional champion. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Friday, November 12, 2021 11:17 pm

Cassopolis HS

PHOTO GALLERY: Tracy Baker Memorial Tournament

The host Cassopolis Rangers opened up their 2021 season by hosting the Tracy Baker Memorial Volleyball Tournament Saturday. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Monday, August 23, 2021 9:47 am

triathlon

PHOTO GALLERY: Eagle Lake Triathlon returns

The Eagle Lake Triathlon returned after a year’s absence due to COVID-19 Saturday. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, August 7, 2021 9:55 pm

High school softball

PHOTO GALLERY: Buchanan falls to Richmond in Division 3 title game

A pair of bloom hits in a four-run sixth inning helped No. 4-ranked Richmond rally to beat Buchanan 2-1 in the Division 3 softball state ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Sunday, June 20, 2021 11:13 am

High school softball

PHOTO GALLERY: Buchanan advances to Division 3 state finals

The unranked Buchanan softball team will play for the Division 3 state softball championship today at Michigan State University after defeating Standish-Sterling 9-4 in the ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, June 19, 2021 9:19 am

High school track

PHOTO GALLERY: Buchanan at Niles track

Visiting Buchanan swept its BSC Athletic Conference track meet with Niles on Wednesday. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Thursday, April 29, 2021 5:19 pm

High school sports

GALLERY: A busy weekend of sports in Dowagiac

The Dowagiac baseball, softball and soccer teams were all in action on Saturday as they hosted the Bryan Frazier Memorial and the Chieftain Invitationals. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Tuesday, April 20, 2021 9:58 am

High school basketball

PHOTO GALLERY: Brandywine falls in Division 3 District finals

With a handful of freshmen, a junior and a senior, the Brandywine girls basketball team tried to capture yet another Division 3 District championship Friday ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Friday, March 26, 2021 9:59 pm

High school basketball

PHOTO GALLERY: Rangers split Southwest 10 games with Marcellus

The Ranger girls and boys basketball teams split a pair of Southwest 10 Conference basketball games with visiting Marcellus Friday night. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, February 20, 2021 9:27 am

High school basketball

PHOTO GALLERY: Eddies opens season with big win

The Edwardsburg boys basketball team rolled to an easy 60-34 win over visiting Allegan in its season opener Wednesday night. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10:30 pm

High school football

GALLERY: Division 4 state football semifinals

A pair of second-half touchdowns led visiting Cadillac to a 28-26 upset of No. 1-ranked Edwardsburg at Leo Hoffman Field Saturday afternoon. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, January 16, 2021 7:23 pm

high school volleyball

GALLERY: Division 2 state quarterfinals

Two-time defending state champion Grand Rapids Christian swept Edwardsburg 3-0 to advance to the Division 2 semifinals on Friday in Battle Creek as it defeated ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:59 pm

Professional motocross

GALLERY: RedBud National II

There was a shakeup at the top of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship 250cc stands after a pair of races at iconic RedBud MX ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:10 am

Education

PHOTO STORY: Edwardsburg Homecoming

EDWARDSBURG — Before football players took the field for the Edwardsburg homecoming game Friday night, a homecoming parade rolled through downtown with floats made by ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Thursday, October 10, 2019 8:00 am

Education

PHOTO STORY: Niles High School Homecoming

Niles — Niles High School hosted its homecoming game Friday. At halftime seniors Morgan Warren and Leon Williams were named homecoming queen and king. Also ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Monday, September 23, 2019 9:05 am

High school basketball

Photo Gallery: Brandywine wins Division 3 district championship

Behind a huge night from senior Jaden Croom, the Brandywine boys basketball team blew out Hartford 73-45 to win the Division 3 district championship Friday ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, March 2, 2019 9:19 am

High school wrestling

Photo gallery: Niles heading to state quarterfinals

After a year’s absence, the Niles wrestling team is returning to the state team finals. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, February 16, 2019 10:57 am

High school basketball

PHOTO GALLERY: Brandywine opens season with win over Berrien Springs

NILES — Jaden Croom and Jordan Abrams combined for 39 points as Brandywine opened its 2018-19 season with a 68-57 BCS Athletic Conference Red Division ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Monday, December 3, 2018 2:05 pm

Galleries

GALLERY: Edwardsburg leads Chelsea 8-7 at haltime

The Edwardsburg football team took an 8-7 lead into the locker room at halftime of the Division 4 state championship game at Ford Field. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Friday, November 23, 2018 9:19 pm

Running

Photo gallery: Run Eddie Run 5K

Cassopolis’ Deric Poorman and Plymouth, Indiana’s Angela Bronicki won the men’s and women’s overall titles at the Run Eddie Run 5K Saturday. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Sunday, July 22, 2018 12:35 pm

Edwardsburg

Marching in memory

EDWARDSBURG — On Monday, May 29, several Memorial Day Celebrations took place in Edwardsburg. This included the Hero Haul Drive, a festival and, of course, ... Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Thursday, May 31, 2018 3:54 pm

Niles

El Amigo Pepe wins first place in chili crawl

The Hunter Ice Festival came to a close Sunday. Read more

by Kelly Sweeney, Tuesday, January 23, 2018 8:13 am

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