High school athletes tend to fall off the radar after graduation. It’s one thing to keep track of where your high school’s alumni are, but what about everyone else? It would be nearly impossible to track down every single former boys’ high school soccer player in West Michigan, but those [...]
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WMA takes attendance: Coopersville's 2nd half surge gives them the win
May 6, 2010
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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: Catholic Central beats [...]
Bruinsma leads WMC to third straight Class-D state championship
March 27, 2010
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It was never supposed to go the distance, when Western Michigan Christian took on Marine City Cardinal Mooney for the Class-D state championship. After sneaking by Covert, the Warriors were supposed to waltz into their third consecutive title — something a greater Grand Rapids area team hasn’t accomplished since Grand [...]
WMA Tweeting live from Class-D State Championships
March 27, 2010
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Just a quick head’s up: WMA is tweeting live updates from the Class-D state championship between Western Michigan Christian and Marine City Cardinal Mooney. Follow Ryan, of WMA for the latest updates and analysis as Evan Bruinsma, London Burris and Jeff Burris go for three consecutive state championships. Or, don’t [...]
Western Michigan Christian holds off Covert, now focused on history
March 26, 2010
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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, then you’re talking Grand Haven in 1933-35, when they didn’t [...]
Covert vs. WMC | Class-D semifinals | A liberated fan's dream
March 25, 2010
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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 the offensive and defensive end of the floor, while the [...]
On paper, Western Michigan Christian should win third straight Class-D championship
March 22, 2010
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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 East Michigan — except in Class-D. In Class-D, Muskegon Western [...]
Three significant basketball defeats, and what they mean
February 4, 2010
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If you are one of three teams in WMA’s Top-10 rankings this week, you did not enjoy your Tuesday night game. After going a combined 31-1 between them entering this week, Schoolcraft (#4), Zeeland West (#5) and Muskegon Western Michigan Christian (#8) all suffered losses on Tuesday night. And apart from [...]
Muskegon WMC duo leads Class-D basketballers in preseason
November 18, 2009
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While a select few teams from West Michigan will spend the next one-to-two weeks chasing various Divisions worth of state football championship, other teams are getting a head start on the upcoming basketball season. On cue, Stephen Bell has started releasing his preseason team rankings, starting from the bottom (but [...]
Guards and forwards who need homes. C'mon, help a brother out.
November 11, 2009
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Continuing our previous discussion of available West Michigan basketball talent (started with available big guys), Stephen Bell over at the High School Basketball Bulletin recently put together a little blurb about the forwards, wings, combo guards and point guards. By now you know the drill. Bell will begin with his [...]
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