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Falcons Down Rams, Advance to Quarter-Finals

Hockey playoff action continues to sizzle as teams find themselves one step closer to playing in Plymouth for a state title.  WMA’s Chris Carlisle and son Joshua recently took in a heated game between the East Kentwood Falcons and Rockford Rams.  Joshua was behind the pen and paper, and Chris [...]

District Preview: 52B hosted by Zeeland West

Zeeland West will be hosting this district, which we covered last year (each word links to a single game), threw fans some surprises a year ago.  This year will likely be different.  Last year, this District was weak.  Not so much this year– three teams have realistic shots at earning their way into the [...]

How The Red Was Won, In Photos.

The OK Red boys basketball season provided area fans with nonstop action and thrills week after week.  It was fitting, as such, that everything would build to two intense nights at East Kentwood High School, during which the fate of the conference championship would be decided. On Tuesday, the Rockford [...]

Falcons Unable to Overcome Cougars

Grand Rapids West Catholic knew they were going to need to score if they wanted to continue their chance at a repeat state football title.  Lansing Catholic knew they were going to need to score if they wanted to knock off the defending Division 5 state football champs.  Entering Saturday’s Division 5 [...]

OK Silver Goes to Hopkins

Hopkins came into Friday night’s game at Allendale knowing a victory would accomplish two big things– claim an OK Silver crown and guarantee a spot in the state playoffs.  Following a 42-28 victory, the Vikings were able to check both things off their 2011 football to-do list. From the onset of [...]

West Catholic overmatched by Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

Losing 35-0 to visiting Orchard Lake St. Mary’s wasn’t the way they wanted to start their campaign for a repeat of 2010′s Division 5 state title, but West Catholic’s football program is focused on learning from the experience. “Our goal today was to come out and see if we could [...]

Warriors With Dramatic Win

On a chilly, overcast afternoon Western Michigan Christan righty Austin Sandin provided late drama as the Warriors won a 3-2 nail-biter against the Freedom Christian Falcons in the first game of a double header. With the Warriors playing as the home team in the first game of double header, Sandin [...]

Crusaders Are Champs!

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

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 [...]

Falcons Go Dux Hunting, Pull Upset

Allendale wasn’t supposed to win tonight.  The one time they played Zeeland West this year, they got run off the floor, losing by 20.  Somebody must have forgotten to give the Falcons the memo, however, as they pulled the upset in Hudsonville, beating the Dux 50-48. Zeeland West jumped out [...]