West Michigan Allstar

WMA takes attendance: grab bag of goodies

Ryan Vaughn — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:07:45 +0000

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:

Wayland v Forest Hills Central the game of the [...]

Congrats and insight from a Wayland superfan

Ryan Vaughn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:42:48 +0000

I received this write up from Michael Kanoza, stepfather of Wayland’s Travis Rader, after the Wildcats’ district semifinal win over Ottawa Hills on Wednesday. It’s a pretty awesome look into a side of high school basketball we don’t often get to see. Thanks, Michael!

Wayland dodges the statistics and Ottawa Hills By: Michael Kanoza

Meeting for the [...]

Grand Haven suffocates Reeths-Puffer

Ryan Vaughn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:14:00 +0000

Noah Veach drives the ball to the hoop | DavidChandlerPhoto.com

High quality, professional action prints from the game available from David Chandler Photography.

A defensive team through and through, Grand Haven sure does have a knack for starting out on fire. After giving up the game’s first basket against Reeths-Puffer, the Bucs answered with four three-pointers [...]

WMA takes attendance: district semifinals in the books

Ryan Vaughn — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:01:53 +0000

East Grand Rapids upsets GR Union in district semifinals [...]

WMA Interview with Reeths-Puffer’s Chris Anderson

Ryan Vaughn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:36:02 +0000

Chris Anderson's athleticism on display

Reeths-Puffer has been a tough team to figure out this season. On the one hand, they have done some remarkable things against some of the area’s best teams when they play at their peak. But, on the other hand, they have had difficulty with their fair share of average-to-good teams as [...]

Create-a-Caption: hustle plays

Ryan Vaughn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:41:03 +0000

This week’s Create-a-Caption photo comes from Wayland Union’s narrow victory over Caledonia in the district quarterfinals matchup. It depicts an athletic-looking Chase Burgess making a heck of a play, and alludes to a good amount of future pain. But hey, Wayland players are tough. That’s why they’re undefeated.

Get to captionizing, folks! Funniest, cleverest and generally [...]

WMA Game of the Week: Reeths-Puffer vs. Grand Haven

Ryan Vaughn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:05 +0000

Each week, West Michigan Allstar takes our blogging circus over hill and dale to a high school gymnasium around West Michigan. Although the WMA Game of the Week might not be getting primetime media coverage, it’s traditionally one of the biggest games in the area (we like to watch that stuff, too).

And even though it [...]

WMA takes attendance: co-ed wrestling champs

Ryan Vaughn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:38:42 +0000

Final boys basketball rankings — Associated Press Photo gallery of [...]

Grand Rapids Christian holds off aggressive East Kentwood in district semifinal

David Chandler — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:34:59 +0000

Grand Rapids Christian's Jay Staten lays it up | DavidChandlerPhoto.com

High quality, professional action prints from the game available from David Chandler Photography.

The district semifinal matchup between Grand Rapids Christian and East Kentwood on Monday night was decided with aggressive defense. It was determined with Grand Rapids Christian execution, but a relentless East Kentwood attack [...]

Wayland refocuses, survives scare from Caledonia

Ryan Vaughn — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:34:54 +0000

Caledonia's Luke Wiest steals the ball in the fourth | DavidChandlerPhoto.com

High quality, professional action prints from the game available from David Chandler Photography.

In the process of winning 20-consecutive ballgames, some funny things can tend to happen to a team’s sense of itself. Whether you describe it as ego, confidence, swagger or anything else, the [...]