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Rockford rams Grand Haven in critical O-K Red matchup

February 20, 2010 Comments { 0 }

High quality professional prints from the game available from David Chandler Photography. The Grand Haven Buccaneers (14-3) traveled into a hostile black-out crowd for a battle with the Rockford Rams (12-5) Friday night. The Bucs held a slight, one game lead going into the affair, and needed a win to [...]

Create-a-Caption: a new helicopter move?

February 16, 2010 Comments { 1 }

This week’s pic is from Rockford’s win over Hudsonville last Friday.  They did it with defense, and I think that this week’s pic demonstrates the extent of that defense.  Well, it might, anyway.  Actually, it might also be some kind of new helicopter move that I haven’t seen before (I’ve [...]

Rockford shuts off Hudsonville's offense to come back and win

February 13, 2010 Comments { 2 }

With about two minutes left to play in the third quarter, Hudsonville senior center Austin Elling was fouled on a layup to cap a 11-0 Hudsonville run, putting the Eagles up nine.  Clutching his shoulder, he briskly walked to the bench, and was escorted to where the trainers were stationed [...]

Sophomore is super in Grand Haven comeback win over Rockford

January 16, 2010 Comments { 3 }

Trailing by three points with under five seconds remaining, an entire court length between them and the basket, Grand Haven looked as though rival Rockford had them on the ropes. And then something crazy happened. After a deep inbounds pass that got the ball to half court with 2.7 seconds [...]

Giants step on Rams in West Michigan basketball clash

December 30, 2009 Comments { 5 }

The crowd In between the 3rd and 4th quarters of Tuesday’s game between Rockford and Kalamazoo Central, it was estimated that the attendance was somewhere in the 2,700 range. A glance into the stands revealed that several coaches and players from teams all over West Michigan were taking in the [...]

Games to Watch Regional Finals: There are no upsets

November 12, 2009 Comments { 1 }

District Champions have been decided, which is great and all, except that nobody cares anymore.  For the winners, it’s all about what’s next.  And what’s next is round-3: Regional Finals. The teams representing West Michigan are now much fewer in number due to the Darwinian nature of the playoffs, but [...]

Who would win? Rockford vs. East Grand Rapids

November 9, 2009 Comments { 10 }

At work last week I had a discussion with a colleague.  One of those, “Who would win,” type conversations, involving two of the top high school football programs in the state: Rockford and East Grand Rapids. We debated for a good 10-minutes, and while it’s not important who won, suffice [...]

The Rams keep rolling, one way or another

November 7, 2009 Comments { 1 }

A trend is revealing itself week by week in the Division-1 playoffs, and it’s disturbing for any team with championship aspirations not named “Rockford.”  The trend involves the Rams, and specifically their uncanny ability to win.  It’s not always pretty — in fact it’s been fairly ugly in recent weeks [...]

Straight to the Pros — Taylor Masiewicz

October 13, 2009 Comments { 9 }

A weekly feature in which we spotlight a player from the West Michigan area, comparing him to his NFL counterpart based on his playing style, talent (relative, of course), appearance or anything else that warrants a comparison. Taylor Masiewicz (Rockford) — Brett Favre (Minnesota version) Spirit animal: Great Horned Owl [...]

Rockford shows why they're the Rams, and you're not

September 26, 2009 Comments { 3 }

Conventional wisdom said that Rockford would beat Grand Haven in Friday night’s battle between the number-1 and number-6 teams in Division-1.  Although both teams were undefeated at 4-0, Rockford had historically owned the Buccaneers, having won their past eight matchups, including most recently a 51-0 drubbing in 2008.  The Rams [...]