Muskegon Heights came to the Breslin Center looking to build upon last year’s championship game loss. Although their plans were not fulfilled, the Tigers can still be proud of being one of the four best Class B teams in the state. Matt Philpott brings you a gallery of shots from [...]
Regional Preview: Sparta Region
March 11, 2012
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Sparta hosts Class B, Region 14, and the home town fans will get at least one more opportunity to cheer on their Spartans. Both games on Monday should be close, but the final on Wednesday could potentially get ugly. Team Overall Record Conf. Record Head-to-head Hemlock 19-4 11-3 0-0 Muskegon [...]
District Preview: 49B hosted by Hopkins
March 1, 2012
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This district, hosted by the Hopkins Vikings, has two clear front-runners. Upsets aren’t likely, but not impossible. Team Overall Record Conf. Record Head-to-head Otsego 17-2 15-1 3-0 Holland Christian 12-7 11-3 2-0 Hamilton 9-10 6-8 1-3 Hopkins 8-11 4-7 2-2 Wayland Union 6-14 3-11 1-0 Allegan 0-19 0-14 0-4 [...]
Lowell Tames Tigers
November 12, 2011
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Sunshine was aplenty and the fans came out in droves to witness Lowell and Fenton square off in Saturday’s Division 2, Region 1 Final. Adding to the electric atmosphere created by the importance of the game was the interesting twist that head coaches Noel Dean (Lowell) and Jeff Stezke (Fenton) [...]
Big Reds With Big Win
September 3, 2011
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When it was announced the Muskegon/Muskegon Heights rivalry would be renewed after over thirty years of dormancy, people knew it would be a big deal. One realized just how big, however, when approaching Hackley Stadium this afternoon– cars lined the streets over two blocks away from the stadium, and fans [...]
WMA takes attendance: aquaman skates
April 6, 2010
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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: Couple West Michiganders [...]
Shout out: Which struggling team won't be
February 22, 2010
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For the first ever edition of West Michigan Allstar’s “Shout Out” column, in which the readers of WMA sound off on an important issue in West Michigan high school athletics, we have an interesting question for basketball fans. Which of the following two teams has the best shot of turning [...]
A plea on behalf of 1,000,000 coaches: Practice your free throws
February 18, 2010
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I know it’s the boring part of the sport. I know it doesn’t win over the fans; you’ll never hear of any “oohs” or “aahs” in reaction. I know practicing it can be repetitive, tedious and even frustrating, and all without the guarantee of eventual success. I know there are [...]
Muskegon Heights squeaks by Grand Haven, proving their awesomeness
January 13, 2010
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After proving their legitimacy against one of America’s elite basketball programs (and Michelle Obama’s alma mater, incidentally) on Saturday, Muskegon Heights came a bounce or two away from losing to Grand Haven on Tuesday, a team no longer even in the AP’s top-10 discussion for the state. They won 49-45, but [...]
Top-5 storylines in high school basketball for 2010
January 5, 2010
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As a liberated fan of high school basketball itself, as opposed to a fan of any one particular team, part of the thrill of the sport is following the interesting storylines that play out along the way. Even as early as it is into the 2009/2010 season, five such storylines [...]
Polls
Who ya got in the Boys Lacrosse Playoffs?
- Forest Hills Central (34%, 11 Votes)
- East Grand Rapids (19%, 6 Votes)
- Grand Haven (13%, 4 Votes)
- Rockford (9%, 3 Votes)
- Forest Hills Northern/Eastern (6%, 2 Votes)
- GR Christian (6%, 2 Votes)
- Northview (6%, 2 Votes)
- GR Catholic Central (3%, 1 Votes)
- Holland Christian (3%, 1 Votes)
- Zeeland (0%, 0 Votes)
- West Ottawa (0%, 0 Votes)
- Lowell (0%, 0 Votes)
- Spring Lake (1%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 32





