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: March 2 high [...]
Straight to the Pros — Derek Klein
February 9, 2010
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A weekly feature in which we spotlight a player from the West Michigan area, comparing him to his NBA or major NCAA counterpart based on his playing style, talent (relative, of course), appearance or anything else that warrants a comparison. Derek Klein (Otsego) — Andrea Bargnani Spirit animal — Heteroptera [...]
Steady as she goes, Otsego's crew logs win over South Haven
February 6, 2010
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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 of the publicity for Otsego’s success, the versatility of the [...]
WMA Game of the Week: South Haven at Otsego
February 5, 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), [...]
Mr. Basketball Watch – Vol. 1 – West side surprise?
January 14, 2010
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Earlier today Matthew A. Anderson over at Legends High released a preliminary look at the Mr. Basketball scene this year. It’s obviously way early for anything definitive on that front, but a lack of concrete information has never stopped sports fans from pontificating on a subject as important as the [...]





