Cranbrook remembers Jack Sanders (Birmingham Eccentric)

April 30, 2012

The Oakland County baseball community lost a long-time supporter April 19 with the death of former Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood coach Jack Sanders, for whom the school's field was named more than a quarter-century ago, in 1975

Birmingham Eccentric sports editor Marty Budner tells of the daily presence of Sanders, who was known for maintaining the field that bears his name and also as an assistant coach beginning in 1949. Before this spring, Sanders hadn't missed an end-of-season banquet or postseason game for the team since joining the program that year.

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Cranbrook baseball was passion for Jack Sanders (Birmingham Eccentric)

Today in the MHSAA: 8/31/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 31, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 top-ranked Warren De La Salle Collegiate downed Division 1 No. 9 Detroit Catholic Central 3-0 to gain coach Thaier Mukhtar his 900th victory – Macomb Daily

2. CROSS COUNTRY The Marquette girls and Shepherd boys won Marquette’s Dale Phillips-Queen City Invitational championships – Marquette Mining Journal

3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Traverse City placed the winner in every event in taking first as a team at the Ludington Relays – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Midland Dow defeated Sault Ste. Marie, Okemos, Freeland, Birch Run and Division 3 No. 2 Roscommon to win its Charger/Chemic Challenge co-hosted with Midland High – Midland Daily News

5. CROSS COUNTRY Grand Rapids South Christian’s Under the Lights Invitational awarded five girls and five boys varsity team champions – Athletic.net

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 7 Frankenmuth defeated Goodrich, and Grand Blanc and Division 1 No. 10 Troy Athens tied at the Vehicle City Soccer Classic – WNEM

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Portage Northern defeated Vicksburg 3-2 in a match played outdoors in the latter’s stadium – WWMT

8. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Fruitport improved to 5-0-1 with a 1-0 win over Allendale – MuskegonSports.com