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Huge OK-Gold Game Comes Down To Final Seconds

The last time these two teams played eachother Wayland was able to escape with a one point victory while South Christian played without Drew Stegehuis(who is battling it out for the lead in our All Star voting) being 100% as he was dealing with Mono. Tonight however, South Christian had Stegehuis “feeling 100% for the first time” and he definitely proved to be a key player.

Vote for WMA’s Basketball All Stars!!

Voting is officially open for the 2011 WMA Basketball All Star Team. Spread the word about the team to get the most votes possible! Cast your vote for 6 Guards and 6 Forwards/Centers and we will find out who had the best seasons on the West Side of the state. [...]

Penny’s late 3 sinks Wayland in WMA’s Game of the Night.

Wayland Union played host to essentially the OK Gold Championship game against Catholic Central on Friday night. You the fans voted often and chose that match-up as our Game of the Night, good job! Both teams have 4 league games left following this affair and Catholic now holds a decided [...]

Hogan’s sharp shooting leads Catholic past Wayland.

Coming off of a surprising loss to Jenison here at WMA we still had Wayland Union as one of our top teams in the area. Tonight however they rolled into Catholic Central against a very hungry Cougar team. We had Wayland in the number 3 spot of our weekly rankings [...]

Boys basketball stat leaders: Week 4

Here are your West Michigan stat leaders for the fourth week of boys’ basketball. Rockford’s Ryan Majerle is dominating the shooting categories and Conor Hogan of Catholic Central emerged as the current free throw leader despite not making the top five last week. Read on to see how other local [...]

Boys basketball stat leaders: Week 3

Boys’ basketball has been underway for three weeks now. Here’s a look at the players who have already begun to stand out this season. Top 5 Scorers -       Ty Mason – 106 (Comstock Park) -       Ryan Majerle – 104 (Rockford) -       Mason Gainey – 86 (NorthPointe Christian) -       Nate Wiersma [...]

You work to take the next step.

As you’ve noticed West Michigan All Star is ramping up for the boys basketball season as only we know how, and that is to give you as much in-depth analysis as humanly possible. How are we doing so far? Tonight we focus in on a pair of teams that had [...]

The mind of an AAU coach: West Michigan Lakers' Joe Soules

Fresh off their tournament championship in the 17u division of their invitational, the Tulip Tip-Off in West Ottawa, the West Michigan Lakers are finally starting to hit their groove.  They are one of the most talented AAU basketball teams in West Michigan on paper, and recently that talent has begun [...]

Wayland refocuses, survives scare from Caledonia

High quality, professional action prints from the game available from David Chandler Photography. In the process of winning 20-consecutive ballgames, some funny things can tend to happen to a team’s sense of itself.  Whether you describe it as ego, confidence, swagger or anything else, the team can often view itself [...]

Photo Blog: Wayland routs Ottawa Hills

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