Bear Lake

BALDWIN – Baldwin picked up its first season win of the season with a 42-20 victory over Bear Lake. Baldwin takes on Rock Mid Peninsula next Saturday at Pellston while Bear Lake (1-5) hosts Manistee Catholic Central.

Eight local athletes will compete in the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association All-Star Game on Saturday, with all seven competing on the same West team. The defense will feature five local players, with Mt. Pleasant’s Kory Davis, Cadillac’s Collin Johnston, Grayling’s David Millikin, Beal City’s Matt Oswald and Kingsley’s Brett Peterson. A pair of Traverse City athletes will be…

BEAR LAKE — After 39 years as an athletic director in Michigan, Karen Leinaar will retire on Friday. She was the athletic director for Bear Lake during the last 10 years and will be replaced by Ty Schafer, a Chippewa Hills alum. Leinaar started her career at Delton Kellogg, where she worked for 19 years. She then moved up to…

When the puck drops on the upcoming high school hockey season, northern Michigan will have a new team. The Lakeshore Badgers are an eight-school co-op, comprised of players from Manistee, Manistee Catholic Central, Ludington, Mason County Central, Bear Lake, Shelby, Hart and Mason County Eastern. The co-op formally played as the Manistee Chippewas, but the co-op’s board elected to change…

TRAVERSE CITY – The Bay Area Reps hockey team rallied from a two-goal deficit to secure a 3-2 win in double overtime against Traverse City West on Thursday in a Scott Miller Memorial Tournament con…

BEAR LAKE – The Pentwater girls basketball team registered its first win of the season on Wednesday with 56-39 win over Bear Lake in Western Michigan D League action.