Entries for 'West Michigan'

Fremont is synonymous with babies, as the founding home of Gerber Products and host of the National Baby Food Festival each July. Some of those babies grow up to be giants – as evidenced by this year’s Fremont Packers boys basketball team.

The West Ottawa girls swimming & diving team always is prepared when postseason time comes around. The rigors of competing in a competitive Ottawa-Kent Conference Red have their benefits.

The understudy has become the star for the Muskegon Mona Shores football team. James Gilbert was supposed to be “the other guy” this season, the receiver on the opposite side from Division I recruit Damari Roberson, who has committed to Western Michigan Uni...

A familiar name is once again among the qualifiers for this weekend’s MHSAA Division 3 Girls Golf Finals. Grand Rapids South Christian has made annual appearances in the season-ending event and put together quite an impressive streak.

Every football team talks about being a family. But at Muskegon Oakridge, it’s more than just a motto.

Grand Rapids Christian senior Tommy Visser had a difficult time deciding which aspect of soccer he enjoys the most – scoring goals or distributing. The question wasn’t easy considering he does both equally well.

Especially over this last decade, Muskegon High School fans have enjoyed watching a string of talented quarterbacks lead the winningest team in Michigan high school football history.  Two weeks into his Big Reds career, junior Cameron Martinez already has won over...

It was pretty much a foregone conclusion that Tate Hallock would eventually wind up wearing green and white. The Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central senior receiver already has had plenty of success wearing those colors, and he’s always wanted to follow in the foot...

It didn’t matter if it was driving rain, scorching heat, prom day, snowflakes, seven-game weeks, high winds, AP testing time or even a high-stakes showdown with archrival Grand Haven in the annual “Battle of the Bridge” at the end of May. This Spring ...

Suenomi Norinh was disappointed when she didn’t qualify for the MHSAA Track & Field Finals as a freshman. It turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to the Zeeland East standout.

Talia Tyler has showed her competitive fire, really, since birth. But one really good example of how occurred when she was 6 years old. She had just scored a bunch of goals in a youth game and her father, Jim – partially to keep her humble and partially to be the...

The Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central boys lacrosse team has experienced the gamut of emotions over the past two seasons. From the euphoria of winning the MHSAA Division 2 Final in 2016 to the heartache of falling short a year ago – and both times the Rangers had...

Cameron Oleen first ran track his sophomore year. As a junior last spring, he was the 400-meter champion at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Finals.

While most high school golfers were spending this winter counting down the days until the snow melted, one Grand Rapids-area golfer was measuring his game against the top players around the world. Bradley Smithson, a junior at Ada Forest Hills Eastern, was invited to t...

Kent City doesn’t have the star power or pizzazz normally associated with an undefeated basketball team. In fact, the most flashy thing about the Eagles is the loud pants worn each game by third-year head coach Dave Ingles – which were an especially gaudy h...

As a freshman, Kylie Dunn remembers when she received the letter stating that she had made the East Kentwood competitive cheer team. “When I got on the team I was super thankful to Coach, and I’ve been working my butt off just to prove to her how thankful I...

Things are looking up for the Spring Lake boys basketball team. The Lakers have raised the bar in recent years, making their mark on the statewide level with two appearances in the MHSAA Class B Quarterfinals over the last three seasons.

The small West Michigan towns of Fennville and Saugatuck are separated by less than 10 miles, thus sparking a longstanding rivalry that has played out in various sports through the years. However, for one night, a special event brought the two communities together to h...

Muskegon High School’s historic Hackley Stadium was not an easy place for Gene Young to navigate in recent years, with his hulking 6-foot-6 frame slowed by neuropathy in both feet and worsened this past fall by a nasty infection on his left heel. But few people h...

Standing 6-foot-10, Grand Rapids Catholic Central’s Marcus Bingham, Jr., has a rare combination of size, length and skill. However, another asset in his overall game has come to the surface during the early weeks of this season.