Panthers Set Sights on Playoff Push for 2023
After being just one of a handful of teams with six wins to miss the state playoffs in 2022 the Stockbridge football team has some extra motivation and has set high goals for the upcoming season. In years past, six wins were enough for teams to qualify for the state playoffs, but last season the […]
Makayla Surline Signs to Play Softball at L.C.C.
Despite missing most of her senior season to an arm injury, Makayla Surline still made a strong impression on the Lansing Community College softball coach and signed with the Stars to play next season. Surline started playing softball when she was young, but it wasn’t until middle school that she realized it was the sport […]
Adult Co-Ed Softball Returns to Stockbridge
Photos provided by Double D Image Creations For the first time since 2019 adult co-ed softball players are flocking to Stockbridge on Thursday night in surprisingly large numbers this summer. Eleven teams and over 120 players from around the area answered the call when Jaimee Gauthier put out the word that Stockbridge Community Education was […]
Eagle Scout Project Provides New Dugouts for Local Baseball Field
Stockbridge senior Landen Schipul was watching his brother play baseball on a diamond at the high school when he got an idea for his Eagle Scout Project. “I was watching my brother play and I saw the other ball diamonds at the high school had nice dugouts and I thought that it wasn’t fair, so […]
Seven Stockbridge Seniors Named GLAC Scholar Athletes
Photo provided by Anthony Adkins The Greater Lansing Activities Conference held its 7th Annual Scholar-Athlete Banquet Lansing Wednesday, April 26th. Scholar-Athlete Awards go to the top seven GPA’s for Senior student-athletes from each school in the GLAC. The student-athletes must also earn two varsity letters their Senior year or earn three varsity letters in the […]
Sixth Grade “Fantastic Five” Has Amazing Season
Cover Photo by Brian Frazzini Sports teams have to play shorthanded and face adversity all the time, but the Stockbridge girls’ 6th grade basketball team proved that all it takes is some hard work and smart play to have a successful season despite lacking players. The Panthers took it to another level this season as […]
Stockbridge Sixth Grade Boys’ Basketball Team Wins State Title
Photo provided by Susan Lockhart A year after finishing second in the state as fifth graders, the Stockbridge sixth grade boys basketball team made the final step by winning the state title March 12th. The Panthers closest game in an impressive tournament run was a 17-point win in the championship game. Stockbridge opened with a […]
Local Gymnast Qualifies for Team Michigan
Photos provided by Danielle Hoard Stockbridge eighth-grader Melanie Marshall qualified to be part of the Michigan Team USA squad that will compete at the Midwest Regional in Tallmadge Ohio May 5 against other gymnasts from Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, and Kentucky. Marshall qualified for the team by finishing first overall in the Silver Division at the […]
Leslie Ends Panthers Season in District Finals
The boys’ basketball team saw its season come to an end at the hands of rival Leslie as the Blackhawks took down the Panthers 55-40 in the D3 district finals. The Panthers struggled offensively most of the night and could not overcome a slow start. Leslie took a 10-6 lead after one quarter, but the […]
Mason Keene Claims Division 3 Bowling State Title
Photos provided by Leisa Gipe Stockbridge senior Mason Keene made history Saturday by winning the Division 3 boys’ bowling individual state title in Jackson Saturday. The state title in bowling is the first state title in history for Stockbridge outside of track, cross country, and wrestling. Keene barely qualified for the state finals with a […]