You know you’re good when your B team wins a state championship. Grandville took home their first Division 1 rugby state championship on Saturday. Congratulations and pats on the back abounded, as well they should. Your first state championship is [...]
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Western Michigan Christian holds off Covert, now focused on history
One more game to make history. The last time a boys basketball team from West Michigan won three consecutive state titles, Kalamazoo Central in 1949-51, people watched the game on this doohickey. You wanna talk greater Grand Rapids area? Well, [...]
Covert vs. WMC | Class-D semifinals | A liberated fan's dream
The basketball that the average fan wants to watch and the basketball that the average coach wants to coach are fundamentally different. The latter is a style of the game predicated on exact execution of strategically designed plays on both [...]
On paper, Western Michigan Christian should win third straight Class-D championship
In a sporting environment that breeds competition between the left and right sides of the state, state championships are the points by which we determine the winner. In recent years the basketball crown has been firmly atop the head of [...]
Covert's May Jr. will not stay a secret for much longer
It’s funny how some stories can stay underground long after they should have been shouted from the rooftops. Such is the case with the play of Covert guard Amere May Jr. The soft-spoken guard has lead his Bulldogs to a [...]
Create-a-Caption: there's a disconnect here somewhere
Last week’s winner: slowride. Caption: Helium, in the ball???????? Congrats, slowride! Well played with the wonky shot picture. This week’s pic is kind of odd. It’s a basketball action pic, which would be normal, except it seems like a couple [...]
Holland Christian turns it on late to win over Byron Center
There is something special about a game of basketball played at the old Holland Civic Center. Maybe it is the dull, yellowish court lights. Maybe it is the creaky bleachers and the worn-down scoreboard. When Byron Center rolled into town [...]
Steady as she goes, Otsego's crew logs win over South Haven
Complete pictures from this game (over 50 pics) can be found here. They say the gauge of a great player is the effect he has on his teammates. While the Klein brothers, Derek and Jared, justifiably garner the lion’s share [...]
WMA Game of the Week: South Haven at Otsego
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 [...]
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