High quality, professional action prints from the game available from David Chandler Photography. In the process of winning 20-consecutive ballgames, some funny things can tend to happen to a team’s sense of itself. Whether you describe it as ego, confidence, swagger or anything else, the team can often view itself [...]
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View from the bleachers as Wayland lights up EGR
February 17, 2010
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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. [...]
Photo Blog: Wayland routs Ottawa Hills
January 27, 2010
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Wayland shuts down Ottawa Hills, now strangling top-ranking in Grand Rapids
January 27, 2010
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You can make comparisons between teams based on records, outcomes versus common opponents, perceived strengths and weaknesses, style of play, and any number of other factors. As a sportswriter, it’s part of the gig to speculate on these things. But Tuesday night’s West Michigan Allstar Game of the Week between [...]
WMA Game of the Week: Wayland at Ottawa Hills
January 26, 2010
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Each week, West Michigan Allstar takes our blogging circus over hill and dale to a high school gymnasium around West Michigan. It’s traditionally one of the biggest games in the area, with the top players and teams duking it out against one another (we like to watch that stuff, too), [...]
Teamwork, defense lead to fourth consecutive Wayland victory
December 23, 2009
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A team of supposed nobodies, the 2004 Detroit Pistons upset the star-studded Lakers in a perfect exhibit of teamwork overcoming talent. Through four games, this year’s edition of the Wayland Wildcats is doing a pretty good Piston impression. Following up a close win over East Kentwood, Wayland has won three [...]
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