Yellowjackets Boys Varsity Basketball opened up the season tonight at home with a win vs Marshall Academy 65-21. Grealey Sprague lead the way with 21 points. Isaac Odell had 17 points and Bobby Ward chipped in 10 points.
Update: Any middle school girls interested in competitive cheerleading, there will be a meeting at 3:00 TOMORROW (February 19th) with Coach Denton to see who is interested in participating. The meeting was originally scheduled for today at 3:00.
MS Girls Basketball Update: Practice will be Saturday, January 16th. The 6th/7th grade will practice from 9:45-11;00 and the 8th grade will practice from 10:45-12:00. You must have a physical on file. If you played a fall sport, you should already have a physical. Make sure you bring a water & mask.
Update:
JV Boys Basketball is 3:00-5:00th on Saturday, January 16th at the HS.MS Cheerleading is 3:00-4:00 on Monday, January 18th in the MS Cafeteria
Below are the dates and times of the FIRST practices that will resume this week:
January 16th
Varsity Boys--Midnight Madness (at CHS)
6-8th Girls Basketball--10:00-Noon (at CMS)
Varsity/JV Girls--10:00 am-1:00 pm (at CHS)
JV Boys--2:00-4:00 pm (CHS)
HS & MS Wrestling--2:00-4:00 pm (at HS Mezzanine)
January 18th
HS Cheerleading--5:30-7:30 pm (at HS Mezzanine)
MS Cheerleading--TBD
Make sure you already have your physical on file! No physical, no practice, no exceptions! Bring a mask, water, and hand sanitizer.
As many of your already know, the emergency order has been extended for school sports until January 15th. We are waiting for direction from MHSAA, the governing body of school sports in the state of MIchigan. This means no practices at this time. MHSAA is meeting tomorrow with information to guide any future decisions about the schedules. Stay tuned! Merry Christmas to all!
This past season the Cross Country Team had an outstanding season on the course and in the classroom. It is with great Pride I get announce that The boys Cross Country team earned the title MITCA Academic Team State Champions! This is only the second time in school history the boys have earned this State Championship and it is Back to Back, as they also earned the title in 2019. This is based on not only the teams GPA but also on how they do on the course. We also had Jonathan Mikovits, Joe Bulko, Logan Barrett, Luke Holton, Isaac Waldron and Skylar Thompson earn Academic All-State Honors individually.
While Skylar Thompson, Haylie Kowalski-Grindall, Nichelle Smith, Gwen Bulko, Logan Barrett, Luke Holton, Chuckie King, Joe Bulko, Jonathan Mikovits, Adair Artis, Isaac Waldron and Nolan Korman all earned Academic All-Conference Honors this past season . Congratulations to all of you on earning these honors.
Attention Athletes/Parents: Winter sports competitions and practices are suspended IMMEDIATELY until December 8th. This includes middle school and high school sport practices and games. Stay tuned for additional information and any schedule changes.
The Barrett's, Cecilia', Logan and Mya continued their Cross Country season by running in the Midwest Mee of Champions in Freeland, Mi. Cece and Mya ran phenomenal times as they ran in the open race. Cece ran 20:50 for her 5k race and finished 4th overall. Mya ran 24:28. Both of the times are exceptional and great things are on the horizon for these two....Great job Barretts
The 8th grade basketball team pulled out a hard fought victory against Reading. The boys won 42 to 35. Jett Smith lead the team with 27 points. Alex Smith and Jordan Medellin each had 6 points and Lucas Tyler added 3 points. Jordan Riske had 11 rebounds and locked down with solid defense. Drew Uncapher had 2 monster steals and a rebound to seal the game..Great job Jackets
In a tightly contested first game of the season. Concord's 7th grade boys' basketball team came out victorious against our rivals from Homer 21-15! Connor Stevens led the way with an all-around great game scoring 14pts, grabbing 10 rebounds and 6 blocked shots. Nate Fritz who played a great game as well at the point guard position chipped in 5pts, and added 3 assists. Na'Viar who played a tough defensive game added two points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocked shots and two steals. Adam Miller had two steals and Garret Tyler had a steal as well. Lane Blossom who played tough down low grabbed 4 rebounds. It was a great team effort as everyone contributed one way or another. Great game YellowJackets!
The 8th grade basketball fell to Homer in a hard fought Big 8 game. Jett Smith lead the Jackets with 16 points, Lucas Tyler hit 3 three point shots and had 9 points and Gavin Riske had 2 points. Alex Smith played an outstanding defensive game. The team travels to Reading on Wednesday.
Last night some athletes on the Cross Country team ran in the J. Chris Jensen race. The highlight was Senior Gavin Adams ran his final race of his career and did outstanding as he ran his fastest time ever. Way to go Gavin. Congratulations on a great race. Coach is very proud of You.
The Varsity Volleyball team lost its opening game in districts to Reading 12-25, 20-25, 17-25. Leading the offense was Georgia Weeks with 8 kills, 15 digs and was 10/10 serving with 1 ace. Karlee Gamet has 6 kills, 14 digs and was 9/10 serving with 1 ace. Jayden Householder has 5 kills and a block. Jacey Hutchins and Rylee Weeks each had 2 kills and 1 block. Julia Riske had 17 assists and Kayla Miller was 9/9 serving with 1 ace. The Lady Jackets finished 14-11 for the season. It has been a privilege to Coach this team and we are truly going to miss our seniors next year.
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Last night the Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams traveled to Ella Sharp Park to compete in this years Regional meet. The Goal Qualify for the State Finals next Saturday. The Boys ran first and did a great job as they earned the 23rd Regional Championship in school history and most importantly earned a trip to next weeks State Finals. Congratulations guys, way to go. Then came the girls race, we had some big goals but the most important one was to qualify and they did do that as they went out and competed with the Desire and Passion that resulted in a trip to the State Finals. Way to run ladies. Very Proud of you. Congratulations to Jonathan Mikovits, Joe Bulko, Logan Barrett, Luke Holton, Skylar Thompson and Haylee Rinehart as they all earned All Regional Honors.
Good luck to the boys and girls cross country teams today at Ella Sharp Park for regionals. The boys run at 4:30 and the girls approximately 5:15.
Link to Tonight's 8-man football tournament game...Concord at Bridgman HS...7:00 start time.
The YouTube stream link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCByYmTL8L6nXJmLva0-toaw/live
The Facebook link:
https://www.facebook.com/Bridgmanpublicschools/live/
The Varsity Volleyball team traveled to the Onsted Quad and struggled losing to Onsted 15-25, 13-25; Western 15-25, 16-25, and Jonesville 15-25, 12-25. Georgia Weeks had 11 kills, 25 digs, and was 18/18 with 1 ace. Karlee Gamet had 7 kills, 28 digs and was 16/17 serving with 2 aces. Jacey Hutchins had 5 kills, 29 digs and was 13/14 with 1 ace. Jayden Householder had 2 kills, Rylee Weeks also had 2 kills, 16 digs, and was 10/11 with 1 ace. Julia Riske had 22 setting assists and was 16/17 serving 2 aces. Kayla Miller was 12/12 serving and had 15 digs. The Lady Jackets are now 14-10 as they get ready for Districts on Monday against Reading.
Tonight's football game will begin at 6:30 pm. We will honor our Senior cross country and sideline cheerleading athletes before the game (6:15 pm..6:00 arrival/line-up). We will honor our football seniors after the 1st quarter. The homecoming court will be honored at halftime. We will be allowing 4 spectators per participant, including homecoming court. Make sure to mask up and social distance!
On Saturday the Cross Country Teams competed in the first ever MHSAA Pre-Regional meet. The goal was to be one of the teams to qualify for this Friday's Regional meet at Ella Sharp Park. Both teams accomplished that as the boys placed first and the girls placed second. Jonathan Mikovits was first followed by Joe Bulko in second, Logan Barret was fourth, Isaac Waldron ninth, Chukie King tenth, Luke Holton twelfth, and Cole Thompson thirteenth. In the girls race Skylar Thompson was first, Haylee Rinehart sixth, Gwen Bulko tenth with a new career best time, Riley Adams fourteenth, Natalie Sharp sixteenth, Haylie Kowalski twenty seventh.