Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4 days ago | livingstondaily.com | Bill Khan

PINCKNEY — Running was her mother’s passion. Paige Sundermann of Pinckney was able to become a Division I college athlete doing little to no running, and she was perfectly fine with that. “I always hated running,” she said. But when she stopped diving for the University of Michigan after her sophomore season, Sundermann was looking for another outlet for her energy after competing as a diver and gymnast most of her life. She decided to try her mother’s sport as a senior at Michigan in 2022.

4 days ago | livingstondaily.com | Bill Khan

Fifteen Livingston County residents are registered to run the 129th Boston Marathon Monday. All 15 got into the prestigious 26.2-mile race from Hopkinton, Mass. to downtown Boston by reaching a qualifying standard based on their age and gender. The runner with the fastest qualifying time is Lauren Couls of Brighton, who ran the 2023 Chicago Marathon in 3 hours, 15.47 seconds. The qualifying window for this year’s race was Sept. 1, 2023 through Sept. 13, 2024.

4 days ago | livingstondaily.com | Bill Khan

HARTLAND — Hartland boys lacrosse coach Steven Petersen was describing Grant Barber’s game when he couldn’t complete the sentence. “I think he’s probably the craftiest attackman we’ve had since … I won’t say his name,” Petersen said. The obvious point of reference was Bo Lockwood, whose ability was at another level, even in a program the caliber of Hartland’s. It seemed almost wrong to mention another player’s in the same breath as Lockwood, Michigan’s Mr. Lacrosse winner in 2021 and 2022.

6 days ago | livingstondaily.com | Bill Khan

Imagine that — Brighton has another strong golfer who happens to be a hockey player. Some of the Bulldogs’ top players in recent years have transitioned to the golf course after a winter on the ice rink, most notably 2021 state Division 1 medalist Davis Codd. Senior Carson Butler, one of four hockey players among Brighton’s 10 golfers in the lineup Thursday, shot par 72 to finish second out of 96 golfers in the Green, Black and Orange tournament at Kensington Metropark Golf Course.

1 week ago | livingstondaily.com | Bill Khan

HOWELL — Howell catcher JT Thomas couldn’t recite Nolan Carruthers’ statistics, but he knew the Pinckney senior looked like trouble when he led off the third inning with a walk Thursday. Thomas wasn’t aware Carruthers had stolen 48 consecutive bases without being caught going back to early last season or that he set Livingston County records for career receptions and receiving yards in football. But Carruthers looked fast.