April 10th, 2009
You asked for it, you’ve got it.
During our last live chat on the Detroit Tigers, someone suggested that we do one on the Red Wings. It was a great idea. It’s going to happen at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14.
I’ve dragged my buddy and fellow Evening News writer Ray Kisonas in for this one. He is a long-time hockey fan with plenty of opinions on the game.
Join us for some lively discussion on the Wings and the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Here is the link:
http://www.monroetalks.com/livechat/index.php?theCase=enterChat&chatID=5
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March 27th, 2009
Baseball season is just around the corner.
The Evening News will be hosting its third live chat session on Sunday night, following the success with previous chats about boys and girls basketball.
This time baseball will be the topic.
If you have questions about the Detroit Tigers, your fantasy team or anything else in Major League Baseball, stop by at 8 p.m. and discuss it.
Here is the link:
http://www.monroetalks.com/livechat/
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March 14th, 2009
I am at The Palace of Auburn Hills for the state individual wrestling finals. The Grand Match is going on now. I will keep you updated on the local wrestlers batting for state titles.
Here is a list of the local placers who did not make the finals:
Other Region placers were:
Dundee: Joey White (61-5) third at 112, Joey Rendina (65-1) third at 125, Chris Rau (60-8) fourth at 119, Josh White (52-10) fourth at 130, Brandon Treharne (45-9) sixth at 119.
Bedford: Mason Cole (49-6) third at 285 and T.J. Romijn (49-8) sixth at 152.
Airport: Dom Sindone (42-10) eighth at 119.
Huron: Nick Wellman (46-8) fourth at 135.
Erie Mason: Bruce Barnes (31-8) eighth at 152.
Ida: Cody Ott (42-13) sixth at 152.
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March 7th, 2009
Dundee’s wrestling team is preparing for the Division 3 state championship match against undefeated Goodrich.
I will be updating the progress of the match via comments on this blog. Readers are welcome to add their comments or questions.
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March 7th, 2009
Dundee is on the mat warming up for the state semifinals.
I will keep you updated on the match in this blog. The new entries will be listed as comments under this item.
Readers are welcome to add their own comments or questions.
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March 6th, 2009
We are here at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek, makng good time on our drive on a perfect day.
Dundee just completed its warmups and yielded the mat to Richmond.
The Division 3 coaches are meeting now. I should know today’s starting weight soon.
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March 3rd, 2009
I helped the Monroe Evening News kick off its live chat feature Sunday night with a discussion of girls basketball in the county.
And the chat was lively.
My boss, Ron Montri, takes his turn this Sunday with a discussion on boys basketball. It will begin at 8 p.m. Watch for details in the next few days in The Evening News sports section or at www.monroenews.com .
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March 3rd, 2009
I saw two girls basketball games in the same gymnasium Monday night, but you would have thought they were being played in different universes.
When Airport and Adrian tipped off around 5:30 p.m. in the Class A District Tournament at Monroe, there were maybe 100 people in Bill Bunkelman Memorial Gymnasium, including the players, coaches and officials.
By the time Monroe and Bedford took the floor around 7 p.m., the place was nearly full. It was a great atmosphere with enthusiastic fans on both sides really getting into the action.
These two teams deserved a big crowd. Bedford brought a 20-0 record into the game and Monroe was 17-3 with all three losses coming to state-ranked teams.
The game turned out to be pretty much what I expected. Both teams played terrific defense, contesting every point.
It’s a shame that this wasn’t the District championship game on a Friday night. It might have drawn even more fans then. But that’s just the luck of the draw.
Monroe came up on the short end of the scoreboard, but the Trojans have nothing to hang their heads about. They represented their school and their community well all season.
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February 28th, 2009
There was a mistake in today’s (Saturday) Evening News.
The live chat on girls basketball that will on Monroe Talk (www.monroetalks.com) is scheduled for 8 p.m. Sunday night. We mistakenly listed it as tonight in today’s sports section.
We apologize for the error.
This is the first time we’ve tried a live chat on Monroe Talks. It should be fun. Show up Sunday night and hit me with your best questions on girls hoops.
If it goes well, Sports Editor Ron Montri will be doing one on boys basketball next Sunday.
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January 20th, 2009
I was hoping my buddy Jeff Meade was wrong.
I was shocked to read his column in today’s Evening News (http://www.monroenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090120/MEADESPTSCOL/101209974) and discover that sports talk radio WDFN was planning to drop all of its local programming.
I’ve enjoyed having two sports talk stations in Detroit. When one got boring, you could switch to the other. I’ve always believed that WXYT was a poor imitation of WDFN. That said, some of the WDFN programming had gotten stale.
I wouldn’t have minded losing the other local shows, if the station had kept the “Stoney and Wojo” show in the afternoon. Those two had the most entertaining sports talk show in Detroit. Perhaps they will show up somewhere else.
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