Despite the bitter nip of a gusty wind on Friday night, the homecoming crowd at Grand Haven High School was lively and energetic. The players on the field gave fans plenty to cheer about, as they easily defeated the visiting Grandville Bulldogs 41-13. Grandville drew first blood, taking an early [...]
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WMA Previews District 6-A, Hosted by Grand Haven
March 2, 2011
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This Class A District, with games being played at Grand Haven, looks to have two clear frontrunners, a solid “Next Best” choice, and then a handful of teams that don’t have a realistic shot at making it out of the District. Three of the teams in this District hail from [...]
Rockford holds off Grand Haven for gritty win
January 7, 2011
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At first, it looked like a mismatch. Rockford’s stifling defense held Grand Haven to only nine points in the first half, as the Rams made the Bucs look lost on the offensive end of the floor. But that type of defensive intensity is hard to maintain. The Bucs rallied from [...]
Holmes’s boot, and Morgan’s boom, lead West Ottawa past Grand Haven
October 29, 2010
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The hype was all about Desmond Morgan going into West Ottawa’s rematch with one-loss Grand Haven at Gene Rothi Field on Friday night. The quarterback-slash-linebacker had just notched an official scholly offer from the University of Michigan, and was facing a team he had matched up against well in their [...]
Photo Blog: West Ottawa overcomes Grand Haven
September 11, 2010
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The Panthers started out sluggish in their first O-K Red Conference matchup of the season. They found themselves behind by nine after only three minutes had been played. But they didn’t panic, and behind strong performances by quarterback Desmond Morgan and tailback Zac Boersema, West Ottawa came back to defeat [...]
Kalamazoo Central plays like Giants in win over Grand Haven
March 24, 2010
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WMA’s own David Chandler Photography captured all the action and drama. Prints are available online Since 1997, only two greater Grand Rapids area Class-A teams have made the state finals — Ottawa Hills (’97) and Rockford (’03). Unfortunately, GR won’t have any Class-A representation at the Breslin Center in 2010 [...]
Preview: Elite-8 matchups will decide West Michigan bragging rights
March 23, 2010
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Among the quarterfinal basketball matchups involving West Michigan teams, two are particularly appetizing as they involve only West Michigan teams. Kalamazoo Central vs. Grand Haven in Class-A, and Gull Lake vs. Holland Christian in Class-B. If one were the type to stir up dramatics, the pair of matchups could be [...]
Nate VanArendonk dunks the Rams
March 18, 2010
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High quality, professional action prints from the game are available from David Chandler Photography. This game story was to start out much differently before Grand Haven’s Nate VanArendonk shattered the backboard on the “Dunk heard round the state,” the “VanArenDunk,” or simply “the Dunk.” Late in the third quarter, VanArendonk [...]
Grand Haven's VanArendonk shatters the backboard
March 17, 2010
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UPDATE: We have pictures (from David Chandler Photography), and video (from WZZM13.com and from FOX17.com), people! This is just sick. From the Venerable One: Grand Haven’s Nate VanArendonk shuffled toward the basket, grabbed the basketball with two hands and went up strong and slammed it through the hoop, bending the [...]
WMA Game of the Week: Rockford v. Grand Haven, Part III
March 17, 2010
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Welcome to the Regional Championship edition of the WMA Game of the Week. 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 [...]
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