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MANISTEE – The Frankfort girls basketball team beat Fruitport Calvary Christian 44-39 on Tuesday afternoon and the boys team followed it up with a 61-57 victory over the Eagles. The games were part of the Manistee Catholic Central Christmas Tournament. With the win, the Panthers girls team improves to 3-3 on the season. Frankfort led by double digits midway through…

The brackets for the MHSAA football playoffs are out and all week long our MISportsNow team has been breaking down the playoff picture in each division for teams in the 9&10 News coverage area. Each member of the MISportsNow team was asked to give their thoughts on the local playoff picture for each division. We continue our coverage by taking…

FRANKFORT – The Frankfort Panthers used a dominant run game and some stifling defense to defeat visiting Elk Rapids on Friday night, 36-14. The win improves the Panthers to 8-1 on the season.  Elk Rapids falls to 6-3. Both teams will now await the announcement of who, when and where they will be playing in the postseason.  Those pairings will…

FRANKFORT – Elk Rapids and Frankfort met in a scrimmage at the very start of the season. Now, they’ll battle it out in the final week of the regular season. Both teams are gearing up for the playoffs as Elk Rapids comes into play 6-2 and Frankfort is 7-1. “We scrimmaged each other at the start of the year because…

The Michigan Associated Press has released its latest high school football state poll of the 2022 season. Eighteen area teams are ranked. Division 1 School Record Points 1. Belleville (5) (6-0) 50 2. Caledonia (6-0) 42 3. Rockford (6-0) 40 4. Macomb Dakota (6-0) 38 5. Rochester Adams (5-1) 25 6. West Bloomfield (5-1) 23 7. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley…

The Michigan Associated Press has released its latest high school football state poll of the 2022 season. Traverse City St. Francis and Mt. Pleasant are among 18 area teams ranked. Division 1 School Record Points 1. Belleville (5) (5-0) 50 2. Caledonia (5-0) 43 3. Macomb Dakota (5-0) 39 4. Rockford (5-0) 38 5. Rochester Adams (4-1) 21 6. West…

The Michigan Associated Press has released its second high school football poll of the 2022 season. Traverse City St. Francis and Mt. Pleasant are among 18 area teams ranked. Division 1 School Record Points 1. Belleville (5) (4-0) 50 2. West Bloomfield (4-0) 40 3. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (4-0) 37 4. Caledonia (4-0) 35 5. Rockford (4-0) 34 6….

Twenty-one area teams are ranked in the first Michigan Associated Press high school football poll of the 2022 season. Division 1 School Record Points 1. Belleville (5) (3-0) 50 2. Clinton Township Chippewa Valley (3-0) 38 3. West Bloomfield (3-0) 36 4. Rockford (3-0) 35 5. Caledonia (3-0) 32 6. Macomb Dakota (3-0) 27 7. Romeo (3-0) 15 8. Brighton…

FRANKFORT – St. Ignace recorded its second straight shutout with a 27-0 victory over Frankfort on Friday. Following a scoreless opening quarter, the Saints (3-0, 2-0) took a 7-0 lead at half. St. Ignace hosts Gladstone next Friday while Frankfort (2-1, 0-1) welcomes in Oscoda.

FRANKFORT — Thursday marked the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a law that stated, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Since that time, women in sports have continued to…