Walled Lake Western remained undefeated in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association (KLAA) North Division with a 3-1 victory at home over Waterford Mott on Tuesday, April 26. In what’s shaping up to be another tight race in the KLAA North, Western (7-1-1) is currently 4-0 in division play with 12 points, three ahead of Walled Lake Northern, which has 9 points. Meanwhile, Mott (3-4-1) fell to 1-2-1 in division play and has 4 points. “Overall [...]

Walled Lake Central continued its hot start to the season with a string of victories last week. The Vikings began the week with a sweep of Waterford Kettering on the road on Thursday, April 28. Central took the opener, 16-1, as KJ Schultz hit 4-for-4 with 5 RBIs. James Sullivan and Joe Harris each hit 3 RBIs and Kyle Russ hit 2 RBIs. The Vikings then followed up with a 14-3 win in the nightcap. [...]

The Spinal Column Newsweekly is proud to present its 2011 All-Area Hockey Team, made up of the best lakes area varsity hockey players during the 2010-11 season. Selections were not only based upon players’ statistics, but also nominations from area coaches; other honors a player received, such as conference awards; and overall contributions to their team throughout the season. As always, with so many talented nominees, narrowing down the final selections was a difficult process. [...]

Huron Valley Lakeland went 5-1 last week, including two wins at the Gull Lake Invitational in Battle Creek. The Eagles (9-2 overall, 4-0 in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association North Division) began the week with a doubleheader sweep of Waterford Mott on Thursday, April 28. Lakeland took the opener, 8-3, as Kelsey Johnson tripled and drove in 2 runs and Kelsey Cleary hit 2-for-4. Sierra Burke and Devan Olah each had doubles and Morgan Craft, [...]

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s snapped a three-game losing streak with an 11-6 victory over Troy on Saturday, April 30. Chris Koski had four goals to lead the Eaglets (5-5), along with two assists. “I am not saying Chris came of age today because that might be too strong a statement to make, but he’s certainly beginning to understand the offense after 10 games and it couldn’t come at better time,” said St. Mary’s Head Coach [...]

Walled Lake Northern had a week where it recorded its first divisional win, suffered a shutout loss and swept Farmington Hills Harrison. The Knights (5-6 overall, 1-3 in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association North Division) began the week on Monday, April 25 by traveling to Waterford Mott to complete the second game of a doubleheader against the Corsairs that was postponed by darkness on April 13. Northern ended up earning its first win in KLAA [...]

Walled Lake Northern lost its first game of the season to Howell, 8-1, on Friday, April 29. “We had not played in eight days and it showed in all aspects of the game,” said Northern Head Coach Mark Grattan. “Howell is a very strong hitting team but our 6 errors and other mistakes did not help our cause at all. The game did open our eyes and we went right back to work this weekend [...]

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s picked up three wins last week over West Bloomfield and Novi Detroit Catholic Central. St. Mary’s began the week on Tuesday, April 26 with a 7-4 win over West Bloomfield. Steven Morse was the winning pitcher, going 5 innings and striking out 6 while giving up no runs. He also contributed a 2-run home run at the plate as a part of a 7-run fourth inning. The Eaglets followed up with [...]

It’s been one week since the city where I lived for three years had portions of it, to quote its mayor’s words, “wiped off the map.” A couple hours after Tuscaloosa was bifurcated by a half-mile-wide tornado that ripped through University Mall, a mile from where I lived up until last June, and East Tuscaloosa and downtown and Alberta City, I wrote this blog entry, one that was attempting to serve as a homily rather [...]