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OWOSSO marching band
Owosso Trojan Marching Band gets straight ones at MSBOA competition again this year.
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Corunna’s Meredith Norris gets her 3,000th career kill Monday, October 31, 2016 during MHSAA Districts at Ovid-Elsie. Congratulations from all of us at Varsity Monthly and Sports Photography America.
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Corunna gets a big postseason win 47-14 over Croswell-Lexington at MHSAA Football Districts, October 28, 2016.
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Durand and Byron Varsity Football face off as part of the Great American Rivalry Series and to celebrate Operation Freedom, October 7, 2016. The Railroaders fell to the Eagles 53-6. View FREE on-line at www.VarsityMonthly.com
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