College football
PHOTO STORY: Notre Dame wins home opener over Tennessee State
The Fighting Irish kicked off the home portion of its 2023 schedule with a 56-3 rout of Tennessee State before a full house on a ...
Kelly Sweeney, Author at Leader Publications
Edwardsburg
PHOTO GALLERY: Edwardsburg Memorial Day Parade
The Village of Edwardsburg held its annual memorial Parade Monday morning.
by Kelly Sweeney, Monday, May 29, 2023 2:05 pm
College football
PHOTO GALLERY: Notre Dame upset by Thundering Herd
Visiting Marshall pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Notre Dame Stadium history with a 26-21 over the Fighting Irish Saturday afternoon.
by Kelly Sweeney, Monday, September 12, 2022 10:45 am
High school football
PHOTO GALLERY: Edwardsburg wins second straight Division 4 Regional crown
For the sixth time in the past eight seasons, the Edwardsburg Eddies are a regional champion.
by Kelly Sweeney, Friday, November 12, 2021 11:17 pm
Cassopolis HS
PHOTO GALLERY: Tracy Baker Memorial Tournament
The host Cassopolis Rangers opened up their 2021 season by hosting the Tracy Baker Memorial Volleyball Tournament Saturday.
by Kelly Sweeney, Monday, August 23, 2021 9:47 am
triathlon
PHOTO GALLERY: Eagle Lake Triathlon returns
The Eagle Lake Triathlon returned after a year’s absence due to COVID-19 Saturday.
by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, August 7, 2021 9:55 pm
High school softball
PHOTO GALLERY: Buchanan falls to Richmond in Division 3 title game
A pair of bloom hits in a four-run sixth inning helped No. 4-ranked Richmond rally to beat Buchanan 2-1 in the Division 3 softball state ...
by Kelly Sweeney, Sunday, June 20, 2021 11:13 am
High school softball
PHOTO GALLERY: Buchanan advances to Division 3 state finals
The unranked Buchanan softball team will play for the Division 3 state softball championship today at Michigan State University after defeating Standish-Sterling 9-4 in the ...
by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, June 19, 2021 9:19 am
High school track
PHOTO GALLERY: Buchanan at Niles track
Visiting Buchanan swept its BSC Athletic Conference track meet with Niles on Wednesday.
by Kelly Sweeney, Thursday, April 29, 2021 5:19 pm
High school sports
GALLERY: A busy weekend of sports in Dowagiac
The Dowagiac baseball, softball and soccer teams were all in action on Saturday as they hosted the Bryan Frazier Memorial and the Chieftain Invitationals.
by Kelly Sweeney, Tuesday, April 20, 2021 9:58 am
High school basketball
PHOTO GALLERY: Brandywine falls in Division 3 District finals
With a handful of freshmen, a junior and a senior, the Brandywine girls basketball team tried to capture yet another Division 3 District championship Friday ...
by Kelly Sweeney, Friday, March 26, 2021 9:59 pm
High school basketball
PHOTO GALLERY: Rangers split Southwest 10 games with Marcellus
The Ranger girls and boys basketball teams split a pair of Southwest 10 Conference basketball games with visiting Marcellus Friday night.
by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, February 20, 2021 9:27 am
High school basketball
PHOTO GALLERY: Eddies opens season with big win
The Edwardsburg boys basketball team rolled to an easy 60-34 win over visiting Allegan in its season opener Wednesday night.
by Kelly Sweeney, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 10:30 pm
High school football
GALLERY: Division 4 state football semifinals
A pair of second-half touchdowns led visiting Cadillac to a 28-26 upset of No. 1-ranked Edwardsburg at Leo Hoffman Field Saturday afternoon.
by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, January 16, 2021 7:23 pm
high school volleyball
GALLERY: Division 2 state quarterfinals
Two-time defending state champion Grand Rapids Christian swept Edwardsburg 3-0 to advance to the Division 2 semifinals on Friday in Battle Creek as it defeated ...
by Kelly Sweeney, Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:59 pm
Professional motocross
GALLERY: RedBud National II
There was a shakeup at the top of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship 250cc stands after a pair of races at iconic RedBud MX ...
by Kelly Sweeney, Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:10 am
Education
PHOTO STORY: Edwardsburg Homecoming
EDWARDSBURG — Before football players took the field for the Edwardsburg homecoming game Friday night, a homecoming parade rolled through downtown with floats made by ...
by Kelly Sweeney, Thursday, October 10, 2019 8:00 am
Education
PHOTO STORY: Niles High School Homecoming
Niles — Niles High School hosted its homecoming game Friday. At halftime seniors Morgan Warren and Leon Williams were named homecoming queen and king. Also ...
by Kelly Sweeney, Monday, September 23, 2019 9:05 am
High school basketball
Photo Gallery: Brandywine wins Division 3 district championship
Behind a huge night from senior Jaden Croom, the Brandywine boys basketball team blew out Hartford 73-45 to win the Division 3 district championship Friday ...
by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, March 2, 2019 9:19 am
High school wrestling
Photo gallery: Niles heading to state quarterfinals
After a year’s absence, the Niles wrestling team is returning to the state team finals.
by Kelly Sweeney, Saturday, February 16, 2019 10:57 am
High school basketball
PHOTO GALLERY: Brandywine opens season with win over Berrien Springs
NILES — Jaden Croom and Jordan Abrams combined for 39 points as Brandywine opened its 2018-19 season with a 68-57 BCS Athletic Conference Red Division ...
by Kelly Sweeney, Monday, December 3, 2018 2:05 pm
Galleries
GALLERY: Edwardsburg leads Chelsea 8-7 at haltime
The Edwardsburg football team took an 8-7 lead into the locker room at halftime of the Division 4 state championship game at Ford Field.
by Kelly Sweeney, Friday, November 23, 2018 9:19 pm
Running
Photo gallery: Run Eddie Run 5K
Cassopolis’ Deric Poorman and Plymouth, Indiana’s Angela Bronicki won the men’s and women’s overall titles at the Run Eddie Run 5K Saturday.
by Kelly Sweeney, Sunday, July 22, 2018 12:35 pm
Edwardsburg
Marching in memory
EDWARDSBURG — On Monday, May 29, several Memorial Day Celebrations took place in Edwardsburg. This included the Hero Haul Drive, a festival and, of course, ...
by Kelly Sweeney, Thursday, May 31, 2018 3:54 pm
Niles
El Amigo Pepe wins first place in chili crawl
The Hunter Ice Festival came to a close Sunday.
