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If Ty Cobb played for the Lake baseball team, he would feel right at home. The Detroit Tiger and Major League Baseball Hall of Fame inductee played over 100 years ago, but his forte was hitting and stealing bases during a dead ball era when those two attributes were important to winning. Those attributes are still important, even though the ball may be a little livelier and metal bats have replaced wood bats at the amateur level. In 60 base stealing attempts, Lake base runners have been caught only four times. It is one element that has propelled the Flyers into first place in the Northern Buckeye Conference at 12-5 overall and 5-1 in the league after a 5-0 shutout win over Elmwood Wednesday. They are trying to “defend” their 2019 title, when they finished 27-1 overall and a perfect 14-0 in the NBC, and they are doing it with a handful of seniors and 10 juniors.
9 & 10 News His story is really like a legend in Midland
February 3, 2021
In the mid 1800s, Midland welcomed one of the first black residents in the community, who over time, became the first barber in the area.
“His story is really like a legend in Midland,” says Betty Jones, a local historian in Midland County.
In the 19th century, people from all across the United States moved to Midland to work in the lumber mill.
One of those people was 19-year-old John Johnson, who had just served in the Civil War.
“It’s an interesting story I think of how a community development over time. Midland has a story, the Johnson’s are part of the beginning of that,” says Jones.