Tag Archives: Jane Bos

Holland Christian says goodbye to longtime boys basketball coach, Mike Phelps

Thanks to the ever vigilant Jane Bos, of the Grand Rapids Press (or the Venerable One, to regular readers), the cat is out of the bag on what seems like an odd administrative decision by the guys over at Holland Christian. The Maroon’s longtime boys basketball coach, Mike Phelps, has [...]

WMAS takes attendance, as read by people with too much time on their hands

A look around the wide world of high school sports.  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: South Christian’s Chris Jansen is home from the hospital [...]

'Zoo Central's DeWitt is a natural (and I'm jealous)

MacKenzie DeWitt | Kalamazoo Gazette In the past, high school students professionally enjoyed their summer vacation.  Not so much the case anymore.  At least not for athletes. Today, yearlong dedication to athletics, if not a single sport, is all but required in order to compete at an elite level in [...]

Lakewood basketball coach calls it quits

According to the venerable Jane Bos of the Grand Rapids Press, Lakewood’s head basketball coach of 11-years, Mark Farrell, has recently resigned.  He cited “personal reasons” as the catalyst behind his decision.  During his tenure, he amassed 168 victories…

State Champs rewarded

Apparently, winning gets you paid in high school as well.  The venerable Jane Bos reports that Rockford, East Grand Rapids and Holland Christian, all state-champions, are kicking off 2009 with a new pad.  Rockford’s Ted Carlson Memorial Field was the subject of a pretty extensive renovation, Holland Christian revamped many [...]

MHSAA.com gets renovated

Keeping tabs on everything Mainstream Media, the venerable Jane Bos was the first to release word about the changes to MHSAA.com.  Ask me, it’s looking pretty spiffy.  But most anything would have been a welcome change from the basicness of their previous site.  What do you think?