Lyford Young played basketball and ran track at Free Soil high school, graduating with the Class of 1955. Lyford was a first team All-WMD Conference selection in 1953, 1954 and 1955. His team won the District Championship in 1954 and 1955. In the 1954-55 season, Young scored 420 ...Read More...

Bob Cameron, of Scottville, graduated in 1979 from Mason County Central. His senior year he was undefeated at 167 pounds and went on to claim the state championship in wrestling as he assisted his team in claiming the state runner-up title that year. Cameron went to Western Michi ...Read More...

Professional minor league baseball had its birth in Ludington in 1912 but after three seasons, the organization like many minor leagues throughout the country, disbanded, a casualty of the World War I. Professional baseball received new life in Ludington in 1920 and at a higher l ...Read More...

Malburg was a standout in cross country and track at Mason County Eastern. She is a four-time state-qualifying runner and twice was All-State, and she is a four-time Class D All-State runner. She captained the cross country team the her Junior and Senior year. f She was All-Weste ...Read More...

Zachary Quinn Quinn wrestled for four seasons for the Mason County Central Spartans, earning All-State recognition twice.  He was a two time West Michigan Conference champion, and he was the captain of the team for two years.  He set a school record for takedowns in a season ...Read More...

Robert “Bob” Ayers Robert "Bob" Ayers, a 1944 Ludington High School graduate, was a state runner-up in high hurdles and fifth in low hurdles his senior year. He also played football and basketball and became an accomplished bowler in Mason County. He helped organize fastpi ...Read More...

Kelly Smith Kelly Smith, a Ludington native, competed professionally in motocross. He is a three-time East Coast four-stroke national champion, a two-time U.S. Open of Supercross Champion, the first ever Motocross Outdoor National winner on a KTM motorcycle and an 11-time nati ...Read More...

Dr. Annie (Tewel) Sadosty  Annie (Tewel) Sadosty, a 1987 Ludington High School graduate, earned all-conference, all-area, and all-state honors in basketball and all-conference, all-regional, and all-state honors in track. She was only the second female to score 1,000 career p ...Read More...

Dave Killips Dave Killips won 100-plus tennis matches at Ludington High School on his way to conference, regional, and state tournament qualification. Dave played in both singles and doubles play and was 29-2 at No. 1 singles his senior year. Killips went on to set a record f ...Read More...

Adam Johnson earned first-team All-State honors twice while playing soccer at Ludington High School, was a member of the 1994 state runner-up team, and was the first Mason County soccer player to actively play at a Division I college. After his career at Western Michigan Universi ...Read More...