Tag Archives: a.j. mcewen

View from the bleachers as Wayland lights up EGR

Ever look forward to something with great anticipation, only to find that it doesn’t quite play out in reality the way it did in your head?  There seemed to be little to no chance of the game between East Grand Rapids (9-8) and undefeated Wayland (15-0) ending up a disappointment. [...]

Guards and forwards who need homes. C'mon, help a brother out.

Continuing our previous discussion of available West Michigan basketball talent (started with available big guys), Stephen Bell over at the High School Basketball Bulletin recently put together a little blurb about the forwards, wings, combo guards and point guards. By now you know the drill.  Bell will begin with his [...]

A segmented breakdown of Lowell at East Grand Rapids

Lowell plays East Grand Rapids this weekend, which I know because of the big red circle on my calendar.  If you have been paying attention, you don’t need any explanation of the significance of this game.  But just in case you havent…

More than championships, defense wins Week-1 games, too. Ask EGR.

What could possibly be a better way to kick off the 2009 football season than at newly built Memorial Stadium, watching East Grand Rapids stick it to Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in what was billed by many as a gloves-off brawl? Doing so in a newly built press-box, avoiding the [...]