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Holmes’s boot, and Morgan’s boom, lead West Ottawa past Grand Haven

October 29, 2010 Comments { 0 }

The hype was all about Desmond Morgan going into West Ottawa’s rematch with one-loss Grand Haven at Gene Rothi Field on Friday night.  The quarterback-slash-linebacker had just notched an official scholly offer from the University of Michigan, and was facing a team he had matched up against well in their [...]

Photo Blog: West Ottawa overcomes Grand Haven

September 11, 2010 Comments { 4 }

The Panthers started out sluggish in their first O-K Red Conference matchup of the season.  They found themselves behind by nine after only three minutes had been played.  But they didn’t panic, and behind strong performances by quarterback Desmond Morgan and tailback Zac Boersema, West Ottawa came back  to defeat [...]

Even with pitching depth, management is key for West Ottawa

June 15, 2010 Comments { 4 }

If you were to divide a baseball team up into percentages, based on the value of specific talents to the overall success of the team, hitting, fielding and managing would together constitute about 50%.  The other 50% would be pitching. We can look to this ratio as the deciding factor [...]

West Ottawa holds off late rally to beat East Kentwood

April 28, 2010 Comments { 1 }

Exciting game for two tough teams going into the trenches of the spring baseball season. West Ottawa came into East Kentwood ready for action lead by starting pitcher and recent WMA interviewee Troy Stango.  Stango struck out seven batters and his Panther teammates stepped up to provide plenty of help [...]

WMA Interview: West Ottawa pitcher Troy Stango

April 27, 2010 Comments { 0 }

Particularly considering their 8-3 record, it’s tough to believe that West Ottawa is still flying under most people’s radar.  But they are, at least for now.  Perhaps because of average preseason expectations, the Panthers’ success is still somewhat surprising. But with multiple wins against top-tier opponents, and a team who [...]

LAST DAY to nominate: 2010 West Michigan Basketball Allstars

March 4, 2010 Comments { 5 }

We here at West Michigan Allstar, in cooperation with title sponsor ESPN 96.1FM and Davenport University are putting together a team of the elite basketball players in West Michigan — the 2010 West Michigan Basketball Allstars. And today is the last day to nominate your candidate!

Good GMC West Michigan Allstar: Tyler Gruszka

February 12, 2010 Comments { 0 }

This week’s Good GMC West Michigan All Star is Tyler Gruszka. “Moose” Gruszka is a sophomore tri-sport athlete at Comstock Park. Moose is an offensive/defensive lineman on the Comstock Park football team, and gets his swings in on the Panther baseball team as well.  But despite his significant success on [...]

EGR's Colin Voss chooses basketball, and Central Michigan University

October 13, 2009 Comments { 2 }

Central Michigan University, after a mediocre 12-19 overall record last year, is taking some serious steps toward setting the foundation for the future of Chippewa Basketball.  In doing so, coach Ernie Zeigler has drawn deeply from the lush meadows of talent spread across West Michigan. First, news hit this summer [...]

Buccaneers stand against West Ottawa

September 19, 2009 Comments { 1 }

Down by seven points in the third quarter, West Ottawa wide receiver Matt Hulst broke free of the Grand Haven coverage down the left sideline.  Quarterback Evan Vasilauskas heaved a tight spiral, arching high over Gene Rothy Field to fall gracefully into Hulst’s outstretched hands.  Hulst was free.  He had [...]

Like looking in a mirror, Grand Haven and West Ottawa like what they see in upcoming clash

September 18, 2009 Comments { 0 }

As the layout of the West Michigan football landscape slowly reveals itself, it’s becoming apparent that the O-K Red is at least as dominant as originally projected.  Just not in the way everyone originally projected.  Yes, Rockford is still their usual, dominant selves, but Grand Haven really threw a wrench [...]

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