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Lowell Tames Tigers

November 12, 2011 Comments { 0 }

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 Comments { 0 }

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 Comments { 1 }

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 Comments { 2 }

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 Comments { 7 }

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 Comments { 5 }

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 Comments { 2 }

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 [...]

Don't sleep on Muskegon Heights

December 15, 2009 Comments { 0 }

After a hard fought victory over East Grand Rapids on Friday, Rockford was presumably riding high on a wave of momentum.  After all, it’s not every day that you get to open your season with a victory over one of the top teams on this side of the state, much [...]

WMA takes attendance: truncated Thursday

December 10, 2009 Comments { 0 }

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: Tuesday’s basketball stars [...]

EGR, Zeeland West lead W. Michigan's hopes for Class-B basketball glory

November 24, 2009 Comments { 5 }

Continuing our examination of the preseason basketball scene in West Michigan, which began with Class-D and Class-C earlier, we now take a look at the roundball landscape in Class-B, as we count our way up to the tipoff of the 2010 season.  Once again we turn to Stephen Bell, of [...]

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