1. Round-2 football playoff predictions — MichiganPreps.com
2. Eastsider’s predictions for divisions 1-3 — Prepseer
3. Super-32 top teams for playoff round-2 — Searn’s Board
4. Live chat with the Venerable One tonight — Who’s the Bos?
5. Great cross country perseverance story — Kalamazoo Gazette
6. So far so good for 2-time volleyball champ Jenison — Grand Rapids Press
7. Kalamazoo Central beats Loy-Norrix for district opener — Kalamazoo Gazette
8. Portage Central rolls past Niles for district opener — Kalamazoo Gazette
9. Week-8 cross country boys/girls rankings — MichiganCrossCountry.com
10. GR Christian squeaks past FHC volleyball — Grand Rapids Press
11. Sweet story about former Lowell receiver doing well — Grand Rapids Press

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It adds at least an extra 2 inches

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:

1. FH Eastern snags soccer district over Spring Lake — Advance Newspapers
2. One of the premier Muskegon matchups is moved to Grand Haven — Muskegon Chronicle
3. Predictions for football matchups in divisions 1-3 — Prepseer
4. Kentwood soccer survives “District of Death” — Advance Newspapers
5. The question on everybody’s minds this year — MichiganPreps.com
6. North Musky soccer falls in regionals — Muskegon Chronicle
7. South Haven jolts No.1 GR S Christian in boys soccer — Kalamazoo Gazette
8. GR W Catholic returns the favor, defeating K Hackett — Kalamazoo Gazette
9. FHE/Unity Christian advance to soccer regional — Grand Rapids Press
10. Widescale celebration tonight; the ‘Stons’ are back in action — Detroit Pistons Basketball

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Pizza is like Popeye's spinach to Otsego RB Mitch Fricano

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:

1. How about October madness?  Got brackets right here — Mlive.com
2. Detailed listing of area matchups — Grand Rapids Press
3. Markowski sizes up the playoffs, all 8-divisions — Detroit News
4. Top-10 from the consummate Westsider — Who’s the Bos?
5. Top-25 from the consummate Eastsider — Prepseer
6. Otsego claims first ever football playoff berth — Kalamazoo Gazette
7. Grand Haven leads 10-area teams to playoffs — Muskegon Chronicle
8. Huge Catholic rivalry to kick off first round — Grand Rapids Press
9. I’d have never thought that this would be a problem — Muskegon Chronicle
10. GR Christian corner kicks CC for districts in 2OT — Grand Rapids Press

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Excited for her imminent victory? Or thrilled to capture the O-K White? You decide. Either way, it's clear EGR's Lauren Grunewald is pleased.

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:

1. AP football rankings as of 10/20 — Mlive.com
2. 10/19 boys soccer rankings — MHSSCA
3. 10/19 volleyball rankings (nevermind where it says soccer) — MHSVCA
4. Final girls golf rankings — MIGCA
5. GR Christian boys, EGR girls snag O-K White X-Country — Grand Rapids Press
6. Projected D-1 and D-2 Playoff pairings — Prepseer
7. Kentwood’s Harmon shooting for the PGA — Grand Rapids Press
8. The different meanings of 5-3 in football — Muskegon Chronicle
9. Spring Lake soccer drills GR Northview — Muskegon Chronicle
10. Holland soccer ends K Central’s season — Kalamazoo Gazette

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Header-battle strategy #37: Punch them in the face

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:

1. NorthPointe Christian gallups to a state title — Grand Rapids Press
2. Eastsider’s D-1 & D-2 playoff projections — Prepseer
3. Prep football rankings from the Southwest — Kalamazoo Gazette
4. Racing, where you can win in a loss — Grand Rapids Press
5. K Christian’s season ends on a bad bounce or 3 — Kalamazoo Gazette
6. West Ottawa water polo preps for districts — Grand Rapids Press
7. Aaron Smaka returns to coach GH volleyball — Who’s the Bos?
8. Hackett CC drops Paw Paw in district opener — Kalamazoo Gazette
9. Detroit marathon sees three freak deaths — Holland Sentinel
10. Rockford/EK soccer, in the semifinals.  Dum dum dummm — Grand Rapids Press

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When linebackers turn into receivers

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:

1. Super-32 top teams for week-9 — Searn’s Board
2. Eastside top-25 teams after week-8 — Prepseer
3. Eastside predictions for week-9 — Prepseer
4. Venerable Jane’s top-10 teams after week-8 — Who’s the Bos?
5. Sad, but inspirational runners story — Grand Rapids Press
6. Crazy and inspirational runners/eaters story — Grand Rapids Press
7. Musky Heights is now officially a playoff threat — Muskegon Chronicle
8. Kzoo’s Devin Oliver signs with Dayton — HS Basketball Bulletin
9. Summing up Friday night’s surprises — MichiganPreps.com
10. Boys soccer gunning for districts — Grand Rapids Press
11. I had held out hope for WMU, but to no avail — Kalamazoo Gazette

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Rockford's Dathan Ritzenhein finishes World Half Marathon in 60-minutes

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:

1. The latest projected football playoff maps — Snooze2You
2. Playoff points divisions after week-7′s games — Searn’s Board
3. Rockford’s Ritzenhein does half marathon in an hour — Grand Rapids Press
4. Week-8 football predictions from an Eastsider — Prepseer
5. Top-25 teams from the same righty — Prepseer
6. A lefty’s top-5 by quadivisions — Kalamazoo Gazette
7. The Venerable one ranks her top-10 West Mich teams — Who’s the Bos?
8. Want your voice to be heard? Pick the winners here — Searn’s Board
9. Grand Haven drops Rockford in O-K Red semis — Grand Rapids Press
10. Spring Lake captures Lakes 8 soccer — Muskegon Chronicle

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1. The week-7 Searn Super 32 rankings, top-32 teams in MI — Searn’s Board
2. And here’s the top-25 teams from an Eastsider’s perspective — Prepseer
3. And the top-10 teams from a Westsider’s perspective — Who’s the Bos?
4. The top-25 games from an Eastsider’s perspective — Prepseer
5. And the top-10 teams from a Westsider’s perspective — Kalamazoo Gazette
6. Finally, the top-10 by division from an Eastsider — Detroit Free Press
7. Very preliminarily, here are the projected football playoff maps — Snooze2You
8. Some football teams have already made the playoffs — Searn’s Board
9. Hudsonville wins O-K Red in girls golf — Grand Rapids Press
10. FHN owns the O-K Rainbow in tennis — Grand Rapids Press
11. Volleyball latest top-team rankings — MHSVCA
12. And finally, the top WR/TE’s from week-6 — Searn’s Board

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And they say kicking a field goal is hard...

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:

1. The East-side guru makes his predictions for this week’s football games — Prepseer
2. And he also wraps up week-5 with his list of the top-25 teams — Prepseer
3. Timmer & Bos rock the house at cross country invitational — Grand Rapids Press
4. Where in the heck did Delton Kellogg come from in volleyball? — Kalamazoo Gazette
5. Who says D-1′s got anything on D-3?  Not Holland Christian — Grand Rapids Press
6. The Venerable one breaks down a newcomer into her top-10 football rankings — Who’s the Bos?
7. NorthPointe Christian dances, and people are finding out who they are — Grand Rapids Press
8. This Cody Kater kid, QB for Montague, is the real deal — Muskegon Chronicle
9. Holland Western Saddle Club brings in 85-riders and nearly 100-horses — Grand Rapids Press
10. Portage Central football is good — Kalamazoo Gazette

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Holland Christian's Conlin Britton drags a couple defenders

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:

1. Forest Hills Eastern makes a foray into the top-10 rankings in West MI — Who’s the Bos?
2. And the top-25 rankings in what may as well be East MI can be found here — Prepseer
3. Muskegon rebounds from week-3 loss by clobbering Grandville at home — Muskegon Chronicle
4. No. 9 in division-3, Fruitport was also handed a loss by rival Spring Lake — Shawn Liverance
5. Holland Christian (#5 D-4) drubbed Unity Christian (#10 D-4) — Grand Rapids Press
6. Rockford almost didn’t make it out of Jenison alive — Grand Rapids Press
7. Montague snaps Muskegon Oakridge’s 33-game conference winning streak — Muskegon Chronicle
8. Looking ahead on Monday, here are predictions for week-5 — Prepseer
9. Gull Lake takes down Grand Haven in one of the top volleyball tournaments in the state — Muskegon Chronicle
10. Mlive.com was upgraded this weekend, whatcha think? — Mlive.com

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