Sporting Achievements

Hunter Haldaman - State Bowling Champion

TC Christian Junior, Hunter Haldaman, went the distance at the MHSAA State Bowling Championship at Royal Scot Lanes in Lansing in early March, emerging as the State Champion. Hunter started the morning session qualifying for the afternoon bracket play by finishing 2nd overall. In the sweet 16, Hunter defeated Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s Senior Gabe Gauthier 412-325. In the Elite 8, Hunter faced off against Jake Schultz from Grass Lake High School. It was a tough match-up and Hunter needed two strikes in the 10th frame to have a chance. He rolled 3 to seal the victory and move on with a score of 409-401. In the final four, he knocked out Aaron Stephens from Breckinridge High School

427-391 to move into the Championship game. Hunter wasted no time, rolling a 216 in game one to take a 49 pin lead and he didn’t look back, eventually winning 404-373. Congratulations to Hunter, our first State Champion bowler.

Seniors Sign Letters Of Intent It was a great year for Sabre athletics as we celebrated two of our seniors who signed Letters of Intent to play collegiate athletics.

Sydney Broderick will play softball for Wheaton College. Syd maintains a 3.99 GPA and is this year’s Co-Valedictorian. She will major in Marketing and Communications. Go Thunder! Abbey Brower will play softball for Cornerstone University. Abbey also maintains a 3.99 GPA and shares the honor of CoValedictorian. Abbey will major in Pre-Med. Go Eagles!

Varsity Girls Bowlers Finish in Top 3 In State

The Lady Sabres made school history by placing 3rd overall in the State after an incredible day of play. That’s the best placement by our Girls’ Bowling team ever, and was accomplished despite illness and injury. Way to go, ladies! Following that exhausting effort, two members of the team, Hannah Elenbaas and Ella Wendell, were back at it on Saturday morning playing for the State Girls’ Singles title. After a valiant effort, their season came to an end, but Hannah and Ella can take pride in knowing it was just the second time we’ve had female players advance that far in a State Singles tournament.

TC Christian Junior, Emma Mirabelli, was selected for both the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association AllState team and the RecordEagle Volleyball Dream Team.

Congrats to Brock Broderick for being named Honorable Mention All State for D4 basketball.

Congrats to TC Christian Junior, Ellie Visser. for qualifying for the USA Youth Hockey Nationals with her team, the K-Stars.

Congrats to TC Christian Junior, Ben Polomsky for being named All Area Dream Team Honorable Mention for Hockey.

Adapting To The Shutdown

When the school shutdown was announced on Friday, March 13, the TCCS leadership team and faculty worked through the weekend to develop a Distance Learning model that was totally new for us. ‘TCCS Virtual’ was launched on Monday, March 16, resulting in no break in student studies. As the news media reported on school systems wrestling with bureaucracy and processes as they worked to forge a path forward, TC Christian was on mission, delivering education.

“We have been super impressed with the way TCCS has handled the ‘distance learning’. We love that the teachers are actively praying for their students and families as we all adjust to this new normal. Our children’s teachers have clearly spent a lot of time putting together their distance learning curriculum, which has been interactive, fun, and easy to navigate. Our children have enjoyed the videos they send and loved having the opportunity to interact with them through video conferencing. I am so thankful for the community at TCCS! We are sad to not finish out the school year at TCCS, but super thankful for the ways the teachers are still pouring into our kids!”

Meanwhile, on the homefront TC Christian students were busily creating their ideal Distance Learning workspaces at home. Their creativity was such that we felt compelled to launch a contest to ‘grade’ students in three categories: Most Studious/Schoollike workspace; Most Comfortable/ Relaxed workspace; Most Creative workspace. Examples of their efforts are here.

We are sad to not finish out the school year at TCCS, but super thankful for the ways the teachers are still pouring into our kids!