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Friday, April 26, 2013  On the high school diamond, Garber took 3-out-of-4 games from Birch Run in two separate doubleheaders on both the softball and baseball diamonds. The Lady Dukes swept the Panthers 9-0 and 9-8, while with the smaller ball, the Dukes split with Birch Run 13-6 and 5-2.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  With their backs agains the wall the Saginaw Spirit weren't able to win Game 4 falling to the London Knights 6-2 Thursday night.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  The Whalers outshot the Spirit 34-28 leading Plymouth to a 4-1 victory over Saginaw.

Saturday, March 02, 2013  The Flushing Raiders defeated the Clio Mustangs in girls basketball, 32-30 claiming their first district title in three years.

Friday, February 22, 2013  The Flushing Raiders hosted Bay City Central playing a double header that included the boys and girls varsity teams. The boys get their seventh win of the season winning 67-62. The girls fell to Bay City Central with a score of 46-35.

Saturday, February 09, 2013  On Saturday night at The Dow Event Center in Saginaw, the Spirit geared up to play the Barrie Colts. Both teams were feeding off of road game victories on Friday night.

Saturday, February 09, 2013  Carman-Ainsworth and Flint Powers squared off despite the snow day.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Notre Dame says a story about Manti Te'o's girlfriend dying, which he said inspired him to play better as he helped the Fighting Irish get to the BCS title game, turned out to be a hoax apparently perpetrated against the linebacker.

Monday, January 14, 2013  The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Saginaw Spirit forward Garret Ross is the OHL Player of the Week for the week ending January 13 after recording seven points in three games including three goals and four assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-2.

Saturday, January 12, 2013  The Saginaw Spirit continue their home ice winning streak, beating the London Knights 5-2.

Saturday, January 12, 2013  After training at halftime, Saginaw rallied to beat Flint Northwestern, 56-52, on the road in Flint.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  The Spirit send team captain Vince Trocheck to the Whalers in exchange for forward Zach Bratina, along with 2nd and 3rd round picks in the 2015 OHL Priority Selection, and a 3rd round pick in 2016.

Sunday, January 06, 2013  The Saginaw Spirit took on the Guelph Storm on Sunday afternoon, winning their 2nd game of a 7 game home stand 3 - 2.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  The Saginaw Spirit claimed the victory over the Owen Sound Attack 6-2.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  One of the most significant personalities in hockey, Wren Blair, passed away Thursday at his home in Canada.