Tag Archives: Crusaders

Crusaders Beat the Unbeaten

January 27, 2012 Comments { 0 }

Unity Christian knew a win wouldn’t come easily when they took the court against the 11-0 Zeeland East Chix on Friday night.  The house was packed, the fans were noisy, and both teams brought their best, but in the end the Crusaders succeeded in meeting their goal, handing the Chix [...]

Unity Wows

January 20, 2012 Comments { 0 }

Despite slick roads and steady snowfall all night, fans packed the house at Unity Christian, ready to watch the Sailors and Crusaders duke it out on the court.  The Unity Christian Crusaders put on an amazing show for the fans, completely shutting down the South Christian Sailors, easily winning by [...]

Crusaders Are Champs!

March 11, 2011 Comments { 0 }

The crowd was roaring, people were on their feat, and both benches were holding their breath.  Allendale and Unity Christian both played action-packed, exciting game on Wednesday, and they didn’t disappoint tonight, either.  The Falcons, looking to win their first District Championship since 1996, were coming off a thrilling upset [...]

Crusaders Hang On Against Falcons

March 9, 2011 Comments { 0 }

While up 11-2 in the first, fans of Unity Christian probably never would have thought that they’d find themselves trailing in the second half, but that’s exactly what happened tonight as they hosted Grand Rapids West Catholic.  In the end, however, the Crusaders came away with the victory, edging out [...]

Crusaders Outlast Broncos

March 7, 2011 Comments { 1 }

Districts got started off with a bang in Hudsonville as the Unity Christian Crusaders nearly blew an 11 point halftime lead, narrowly edging out the Coopersville Broncos, 48-46. Unity Christian controlled much of the first half of this contest, en route to a 29-18 lead at the half, however Coopersville [...]

WMA’s Preview of District 52-B, Hosted by Unity Christian

March 1, 2011 Comments { 0 }

This Class B District, being played at Unity Christian, in Hudsonville, features two pairs of conference foes, and only one squad that finished the conference season with a record above .500. Team               Overall Record            Conf. Record             Head-To-Head Record Zeeland West              10-8                 8-6                                           3-1 Coopersville                9-9                   5-7                                           2-2 Unity [...]

Unity Christian’s Deemter “Tebows” Hamilton, holds for O-K Green win

October 1, 2010 Comments { 1 }

Hamilton steadily marched down the field as seconds melted off the clock. Second and goal from the 1-yard line, 10.3 seconds on the clock, Hawkeye quarterback Nick Kronemeyer leaped over the pile of bodies for the touchdown to pull Hamilton within one. There was never a question that Hamilton was [...]

Bittersweet ending (mostly sweet) to 2009/2010 season

June 21, 2010 Comments { 0 }

After a whopper of a weekend, another successful season in high school sports comes to an end.  It was a happy ending for some… Unity Christian captures sixth consecutive girls soccer state title Twins Jenna and Kelli Heethuis bounced on the green grass after the Unity Christian girls soccer team [...]

Walking the strength of schedule tightrope

November 20, 2009 Comments { 13 }

It’s usually counterproductive to look retrospectively at what you should have done, but it’s an activity that tends to be quite popular around this time in the football season.  One of the major places this happens is regarding schedule strength.  As in: “Should I really have scheduled those cupcake teams [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read with the quickness

November 20, 2009 Comments { 0 }

A look around the wide world of high school sports and the web that covers it.  Well, not the whole world, mostly just the distance between Lake Michigan and somewhere-in-the-vicinity-of-Lansing, give or take about 50-miles.  In an order wholly indecipherable to the naked eye.  So look closely: MCC Crusaders’s 1-2 [...]

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