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Two wins in a row have Tecumseh’s varsity football team pumped up and ready to play its first home game of the season on Friday, Sept. 7 against Ann Arbor Huron.The Indians traveled to Grandville Calvin Christian on Thursday, Aug. 30, and defeated the Calvin Christian Squires 45-20 after a rough start.

In recent years, it hasn’t been uncommon to see fall tree color begin at the end of October, but this year tree color and leaf drop started in some trees during the last week of August. The change isn’t due to cooler temperatures, it’s happening for a less pleasant reason. “We are heading into that time of year where colors change,” said Steven Courtney, Manager of Hidden Lake Gardens “but my opinion is that the trees are stressed.”Courtney explained the trees are stressed from not only the severe summer drought, but also the extremely warm temperatures through most of the summer.

Clinton High School’s varsity football team traveled to Blissfield on Thursday, Aug. 30, and returned home with a 39-14 victory over the Royals. The Redskins took an early lead that they never let go of before securing their second consecutive victory. TJ Baker opened up scoring with a 49-yard touchdown pass to Cullen Zimmerman in the opening quarter.Zimmerman hauled in two touchdown passes of 52- and 49-yards from Baker while Brett Tschirhart scored on a one-yard run. Colin Poore scored two TDs on runs of 2- and 15-yards, while Mathew Sexton hauled in a 50-yard touchdown pass from Baker.

Britton Deerfield’s varsity football team lost 10-6 at Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes on Saturday, Sept. 1.Junior Leighton Merritt rushed for 76 of the Patriots’ total 166-yards of offense. BD’s Nate Hoffman completed 5-of-21 passes for 53 yards. Two of his passes were intercepted.The Patriots are now 1-1 overall with the loss. BD plays at home against Clinton on Friday, Sept. 7, beginning at 7 p.m.

Tecumseh’s varsity volleyball team participated in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) White Division Jamboree at Lincoln on Tuesday, Aug.

The Tecumseh Indian’s No. 1 ranked Class B state football team of 1972 will be honored during halftime of Tecumseh High School’s first home varsity football game against Ann Arbor Huron on Friday, Sept. 7, with members, including the head coach Tom Fagan, attending. Bob Ondrovick, a first-year assistant coach on the 1972 team, helped organize the event in honor of the team’s 40th anniversary this year.“We’re going to have a hospitality, greeting tent before the game so you should be able to pop in there and see coach Fagan,” said Ondrovick.

Gertrude Emily Kapnick, age 102, of Britton, passed away August 30, 2012.Gertrude was born May 28, 1910 in Deerfield Township, the daughter of Herman and Hattie (Prielipp) Piotter. On June 2, 1931, she married Robert C. Kapnick in the North Blissfield Lutheran Church. He preceded her in death on July 2, 1981.Gertrude was a lifelong resident of the Britton and Deerfield area. Working along side her husband, Robert, they started Kapnick Orchards in 1958.Being a devout Lutheran her entire life, in her early years she was a member of the North Blissfield Immanuel Lutheran Church.

It’s been a long time since Tecumseh’s varsity football team opened the season looking as good as it did when picking up a 49-14 win at Monroe Jefferson on Friday, Aug. 24.A long time indeed — The last time the Indians looked as strong in an opener was when recording a 20-8 win against Carlton Airport way back in 2001 when star athlete Cole Cory and head coach Randy Hutchison led the Tribe into postseason play and finished with a 6-4 overall record.“It feels good to win, especially the first one,” said Tecumseh head coach Al Romano.