Hartland Boy's Lacrosse hosted Haslett-Williamston Wednesday night and according to Coach Trenton Gafner, it was a "great" first game to the 2013 season because once the game got going it was a battle to the end. Haslett took the lead to start. Then Hartland had an 8 to 5 lead going into half. But Haslett came out strong in the second half and edged Hartland 14 to 12 to earn a great win. Both teams played with class and was a fun game. We just let it away from us. They seem to capitalize on our mistakes more in the second half and that is what got them the win.  "We learned a lot about who we…

By Rob Jellison The Hartland Archery Teams competed in the 2013 National Archery in the Schools Program State Tournament last week. 32 schools and 683 archers competed for 40 individual medals and 3 championship trophies.  Hartland archers took home 21 of the 40 individual medals and won all three championship trophies. This is Hartland High School’s first “Back-2-Back” Championship in the sport of Archery. They shot a team score of 3423 out of a possible 3600.  This is the best the team has ever shot and they beat their rivals from Gaylord Michigan who shot a respectful 3389. Both younger …

By Kimberly Rinna Hartland's fifth grade travel basketball team took first place in Midland's H.H Dow High School Basketball Tournament on Saturday, February 16.   The team played three games on Saturday against teams from Flint and the surrounding areas.  The team won all three of their games to take first place in the tournament.Tournament scores: FABE - Flint               Win  36 - 24 MBA Rey                   Win 37 - 13 MBA Kershua             Win  43 - 9 The fifth grade travel basketball team is coached by Jim Gualtieri and Todd Ekonen. Players include: Brian Callaghan Foster Conrad …

By Danna Castillo The 2013 Michigan High School Boardercross State Finals were held at Alpine Valley on Friday.  Teams from the East and West leagues in Michigan competed in some of the best snow conditions in the last two seasons, thanks to Winter Storm Nemo.  There was no shortage of close races and big crashes. Several riders were taken off the course and taken to nearby Huron Valley hospital for crash related injuries.After Districts, Regional's and Individual Time trials Livingston County teams fared well. The West Division was able to qualify three teams in a five- team competition in …

By Danna Castillo Fresh off several KLAA Titles for the 2012-13 wrestling season (KLAA West Division, KLAA Lakes Conference, KLAA League and KLAA Individual Tournament Champions) and placing every single varsity wrestler in every single weight class at last weeks KLAA Individual Championships held at Eastern Michigan University, with four champions, the Hartland High School Wrestling team (30-1) seems to be staying focused with one goal in site. WIN. Hartland High School won their 13th District Title in a row on Wednesday night in front of a home crowd. Semi Finals: Hartland High School, 59 …

By Danna Castillo The Hartland High School SBX Team (SBX= Boardercross or Snowboard racing) hopes to capture a District and Regional title on Monday and Thursday this week.  Top Hartland riders for both the Mens and the Womens team have returned and continue to lead the way.  2013 State placers include: Cierra Castillo Dane Bourdo Chris Steele  Hannah Hasbrouck (2012 State Champion)   Some of the teams that compete each week at Mt. Brighton include Hartland, Pinckney, Howell and Brighton.   For more pictures of the SBX team, check out our Pics & Clips gallery courtesy of Danna Castillo.

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the students at Hartland High School created a video which was presented to the school last week. Showing scenes from the high school, including clips from the "Say Something Nice" podium which is set up during the school's lunch hours, the movie captures moments during a typical high school day where students are "caught" being nice to each other. Production and editing of the movie were done by Hartland juniors Hunter Callender and Emma Mendoza. By Kim Evans This is the seventh year a group of teachers have gotten together to plan school-wide …

By Fantastic Sams of Hartland The family and friends of Valerie Tucker are uniting to raise money to help with her battle against breast cancer. Please show your support! She does not have health insurance. Please help offset/assist with medical/daily living expenses to alleviate the financial burden. This will help her focus on fighting the fight of her life! My friend Valerie, age 45, felt a lump in her breast so she scheduled a doctor’s appointment to have it checked out. When Val went in for her follow up appointment, nobody thought she would hear the words “It is cancer.” All I could …

By Kim Rinna On Saturday, October 27, Hartland Varsity Blue won the first ever Livingston County Athletic Jr. Football League (LCAJFL) championship game 34 to 14 against Hartland Varsity Gold.  After eliminating 31 other varsity youth teams throughout eleven different communities, two Hartland varsity teams, Hartland Blue and Hartland Gold, finished in first and second place after the league playoffs. The two undefeated Hartland teams, comprised of seventh and eighth graders, competed against each other in the league championship game. After the win for Varsity Blue each player, from both …

By Kimberly Rinna Two Hartland varsity youth football teams within HAYAA - HARTLAND BLUE & HARTLAND GOLD – have made it to the first ever Livingston County Area Jr. Football League (LCAJFL) championship game.  There were 33 varsity teams that began the season including four from Hartland.  There are 11 cities that participate in the LCAJFL from Hartland, Howell, Brighton, Byron, Fowlerville, Lakeland, Hamburg, Milford, South Lyon, Webberville and Whitmore Lake.  Thirty-one varsity teams were eliminated in the playoffs leaving two Hartland teams to play in the championship game this Saturday…

By Laura Bickel Like most parents when our son was a toddler we started exploring various activities, adventures or opportunities to broaden our child’s life experience in ways we may not have had the opportunity to be exposed to as children ourselves, usually because our parents didn’t have the money or the time. Especially with a single parent, there really wasn’t a lot of time for the weekly commitment to sports and things until we got older and could manage to get ourselves to those activities on our own. One sister was a cheerleader, another sang in the choir and I played on the tennis …

By Rob Jellison The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) held its 4th Annual World Tournament at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL this past weekend. There were 4 countries, 33 states, 54 teams, and 1300 archers at this event. Hartland's Archery Teams had 18 archers that qualified for Worlds attend this event.  The World Tournament is a "carry over" form the National Tournament that was held this past May, so archers are competing in "last years" age divisions.  The World Tournament is not as highly attended as the National Event, due to the …

By Michelle Nichols On Sunday, August 12, Our Savior Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in Hartland will host a campus-wide Open House, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. School teaching staff, the Principal, and church Elders will be on hand to answer questions and provide tours of the facilities. Parent-Teacher League representatives will provide refreshments and offer a parent perspective. “We invite all families to come out, see our facilities, and meet with our teachers,” said Principal Andrea Johnson. “Parents are also welcome to review our curriculum and ask questions about our educational …

Sundance has a very loud, unusual bellowing meow – almost jungle like. If you see or hear him, please contact: Laura  810/772-9877  Regardless of the time - day or night  Well known for his hunting skills as he seeks to eradicate the neighborhood of: Moles, Chipmunks and other pests. However, he has not yet completed his contractual obligation to his current employer and his return is requested. Last seen exploring West Hartland Woods Subdivision, including Rolling Hills, and Autumn Woods areas.  May have wandered into Mill Pointe. Enjoys sunning on strangers patios, loves kids and other …

By Haika Gay On Saturday, June 9, Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy in Brighton celebrated the graduation of its very first high school class. The 23 students of the CSPA Class of 2012 earned their diplomas by not only meeting the requirements of the Michigan Merit Curriculum but also by achieving full mastery of that curriculum at an 80% or above performance standard as CSPA does not accept grades of C and D as passing. Equally important to their academic achievements was the growth the graduates evidenced in their moral and character development, intellectual capabilities, empathy and …

The Hartland Equestrian team competed at the Shiawassee County Fairground this past weekend where the team finished in second place with six riders. The team was also awarded the sportmanship award.

By Melissa Tori At graduation ceremonies on Thursday, June 7 at Compuware Arena, graduates of Hartland High School honored their classmate, Kendal Lividini, who passed away during their junior year of high school. Kendal died in January of 2011 from complications of leukemia.  Many of those classmates participated in prayer vigils while she was sick and have participated in cancer related fundraiser's since her passing. Her friends have not forgotten her and have included her in all their special moments---at Homecoming and Prom they took corsages, flowers, pictures and other gifts to the …

By Ceci Marlow This contest is held both in memory of Grant as well as to honor and respect our veterans. This year we received six essays despite it being opened to the entire county. There were four judges who rate on the meaningful-ness of the essays, not grammar, spelling, or typical writing elements (although it is helpful to understand the words chosen). The essays are read "blind"--that is, the readers do not know who wrote the essay, or their age, high school, or connection to the veteran, unless spelled out in the essay. Our judges included three of our Post's veterans, plus a friend…

By Jerry Glasco The Hartland Eagles Blue U13 travel baseball team over came bad weather and tough opponents using some strong pitching and a staunch defense to win the Charlotte Baseball Club’s Early Season Kick-off Tournament.  The Eagles got off to a rocky start giving up 5 runs in the first inning of the first game to the 131 Baseball Club from Traverse City.  However, they were able to shut down their offense the rest of the game and scored 4 runs in the bottom of the last inning to take a 7 – 5 victory. Hartland next faced the Lakeshore Storm from Traverse City.  Both teams had …

The Rockin’ Readers program at Lakes Elementary ended in March with a reading celebration for Lakes Elementary School students and their Hartland High School reading buddies. This literacy improvement mentoring program was facilitated by Big Brothers Big Sisters and supervised by Customer Relations Specialist, Laura Klimek.  The Brighton Target store donated goodie bags for the “Bigs” and the “Littles”, and refreshments were served. Trained by Lakes’ reading specialist, high school students went to Lakes Elementary School once a week since the fall to read with their Lakes buddies.  “We are …