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BIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD EAGLE: JULY 28, 2008
Get set for the PGA at Oakland Hills
Before you head off to see some of the greatest golfers in the world at the 90th PGA Championship Aug. 4-10 at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township, take note of a few of the must-knows.
 
 
Fans go yard at Comerica Park
Jim Foster remembers digging into the batter’s box and getting ready for his first swing. On the mound stood former Detroit Tigers’ pitcher Dave Rozema.
 
• Velodrome offers chance to see cycling, opportunity to jump on bike
 
 
Lugnuts build bonds with state
Unlike most teenagers, Oldsmobile Park, home of the Lansing Lugnuts since it was built 13 years ago, has aged with grace and caused very few, if any, problems for those who look after it.
 
• Traverse City minor league baseball team offers plenty of summer fun
 
 
'Stoney and Wojo' talk Detroit sports
 For the moment, things were very quiet.On the second floor of the Clear Channel building in Farmington Hills, a small studio sat empty. Just three of the 16 overhead lights illuminated, shedding a faint glow on four computers, five microphones and a host of empty chairs.
 
• Bloomfield Hills Marian administrator receives athletic director award
• Tony Blankenship finds his calling in coaching
• Games inspire a career in sports from the comfort of home
• Founder of Tigers’ fantasy camps calls work a fantasy come true
• Relying on his faith, Faust went from unemployment to Channel 7

FRASER CHRONICLE
Thaier Mukhtar’s Eastside Soccer Camp continues to grow
The ball was lofted into the air, eight seventh- and eighth- graders scrambled for possession. It fell to the feet of Samantha LaRocca, and the 12-year-old Clinton Township resident quickly turned and struck an off-balance shot into the net.

• Fraser baseball club heading to Baseball Hall of Fame for tournament

WARREN WEEKLY
Monarchs hire Maki to lead Macomb baseball
After getting to know the local high school baseball scene as Wayne State University’s recruiting coordinator and hitting coach, Andrew Maki is taking that experience to Macomb Community College as the new baseball coach.

• 5K run in memory of Fitzgerald runner scheduled for Aug. 13
• Local coaches lead state’s top prep football players in East-West game
 
SHELBY-UTICA NEWS
Teens ‘Edge’ dance competition
 The words “Walt Disney World” and “magic” are often used in the same sentence. April 27, the Dancer’s Edge All Star Elite team experienced the magic firsthand when winning a world title in the pom division of the World Championship of Dance in Orlando, Fla.

MACOMB CHRONICLE
Macomb Township offers youth exercise alternative
Armed with the knowledge that obesity and diabetes is in epidemic proportions among children, Macomb Township Recreation Center Fitness Coordinator Maria Marino started the Kid’s Fun and Fitness Class at the recreation center to help youngsters learn the basics of exercise in a non-competitive format.

• Local pro brings golf clinics to Macomb Township
• Macomb Dakota gridiron star ends prep career
ADVERTISER TIMES
Batting For Kids Challenge offers life lessons for metro Detroit youths
While the Major League Baseball All-Star game got under way July 15, youngsters from around metro Detroit got to be All-Stars for a day at the seventh annual Willie Horton’s Batting for Kids Challenge July 14 at Comerica Park.
 
BAYVIEW/MACKINAC RACE
 R.O. sailors take on Lake Huron
Racers from all over the state, and in some cases from all over the country, are gearing up for the upcoming Bayview/Mackinac Race, which runs from Port Huron to Mackinac Island.
 
• Goals remain simple, yet important, for captain and crew of Ariel
• Troy resident prepares yacht for Bayview/Mackinac race
• Southfield yachters heading to Mackinac Race together for last run
• Farmington Hills family like fish in water in yacht

FARMINGTON PRESS
Father and son bond through double-handed sailing
Wendell and George Mullison have taken father-son bonding to a new level. The duo spends up to three days at a time together as a two-man sailing team onboard Wendell Mullison’s 37-foot yacht, the Avalon.

• Author takes look at lives of pro athletes, after their playing days
 
TROY TIMES
Youngster wins national archery title
While most 11-year-olds are still playing with dolls and other games, Mary Margaret Payne is busy with a different type of activity — archery.
     
• Hurricanes play as minor league to Troy High, Athens baseball teams
• Troy High’s Gallina will suit up for football All-Star game
• Troy taekwondo school sending record number to tournaments

THE JOURNAL
L’Anse Creuse youth baseball takes district title
The Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse Little League junior baseball team won the District 6 championship July 14. The team, made up of 13- and 14-year-olds, defeated a squad from Grosse Pointe 6-3 in the final.

• Softball organization utilizes home field advantage
MADISON PARK NEWS
Madison hands football program to former PSL leader
There were a number of qualified applicants, but Madison District Schools Superintendent Dr. Paul J. Rogers isn’t second-guessing his decision.
Frankly, he’s downright excited and confident about his choice to lead the Madison Heights Madison High football program.
 
GROSSE POINTE TIMES
Little League squad goes on offensive
Home is where the hits are. At least that was the case for the Grosse Pointe Park 10- and 11-year-old baseball team, as an offensive explosion carried the squad to the Michigan Little League State Tournament title Aug. 2 at Elworthy Field.
 
• Lochmoor’s Sea Dragons swimmers capture seventh straight title
• Sailing re-energizes Grosse Pointe Farms resident
• Local golfers tee it up in amateur tournaments
• Grosse Pointe South’s Jimmy Saros showed all the right moves
• Simon family returns to storied legacy in hydroplane racing
• Local sailor heading to Olympics with sights set on medaling

THE EASTSIDER
Softball players get back to summer ball
Softball players from Eastpointe and Roseville have a league to call their own.

• Roseville, Eastpointe, Warren Young Champions earn bid to nationals
ST. CLAIR SHORES SENTINEL
Free clinics taught basics, course etiquette
St. Clair Shores Country Club is a popular place during the summer months. At last count, 38 leagues — 850 league golfers — log a total of about 17,000 rounds per golf season. And that’s just the league golfers.

• America’s Cup sailor, SCS local Dawn Riley hosts women’s sailing clinic
 
STERLING HEIGHTS SENTRY
Harris will hoop it up in Hawaii
Most people choose Hawaii as a vacation destination, Shelby Township resident and 2008 Utica Ford II graduate Lace Harris plans to make it her home for the next four years as she suits up to play basketball for the University of Hawaii-Hilo.
SOUTHFIELD SUN
Gus Macker tourney gives way to basketball, fun despite weather
Mother Nature gave it her best shot. Buckets of rain, a howling wind and dark skies fit for Halloween descended on the Southfield Civic Center June 28, but the conditions weren’t strong enough to beat the will of some dedicated competitors.
BIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD EAGLE
Cranbrook-Kingswood mentor named National Coach of the Year
Mother Nature gave it her best shot. Buckets of rain, a howling wind and dark skies fit for Halloween descended on the Southfield Civic Center June 28, but the conditions weren’t strong enough to beat the will of some dedicated competitors.
 
ROCHESTER POST
Local woman turns to weightlifting
Most mothers of three are used to doing a little heavy lifting. For Debbie Hudson, 47, of Lake Orion, though, carrying the load extends to competitive weightlifting and raising more than 140 pounds over her head.
WEST BLOOMFIELD BEACON
Sylvan Lake hosts annual bocce ball state tournament
Bocce ball is a unique sport. Most have played it at a family picnic at one time or another, and anyone who can roll a ball a few yards can play.
   
 
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