A sports blog by Shawn Liverance of the Muskegon Chronicle.noemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Tue, 5 Jan 2010 03:12:24 GMTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/en-usnoA sports blog by Shawn Liverance of the Muskegon Chronicle.noemail@noemail.orghttp://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2010/01/muskegon_area_wrestling_leader.htmlcat:High School Sportstag:muskegonnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Tue, 5 Jan 2010 03:10:14 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2010:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.4078168 High school AREA WRESTLING LEADERS Name, school W-L Pins 103 Tyler Stenberg, Reeths-Puffer 12-1 10 Nate Manthei, Whitehall 10-1 x Kyle Jelinek, Holton 15-3 12 Nick Nielsen, Hesperia 14-3 x Austin Cox, Whitehall 12-5 11 Hank Martin, Montague 9-6...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2009/02/talent_abounds_for_local_wrest.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Tue, 3 Feb 2009 03:58:48 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.2146162As I was compiling records for area wrestlers several things came to my attention. First, we have some very stacked weight classes in the area and two of them stood out to me. The 171-weight class is loaded with talented...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2009/01/red_wings_unfairly_penalized.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:05:57 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.2099071Gary Bettman is up to old his tricks. The worst commissioner in sports has told the Detroit Red Wings All-Stars Nicklas Lidstrom and Pavel Datsyuk that they will miss the Red Wings first game back after the All-Star break because...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/11/winds_of_change.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Thu, 6 Nov 2008 03:04:09 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.1727924It seems the word of the day is change. No, I am not talking about the recently completed Presidential election. I am talking about the bold move Pistons G.M. Joe Dumars pulled off this week. ...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/10/spartans_will_rebound.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:12:50 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.1628624I have to admit I thought Michigan State was ready to play with the big boys. Boy, was I wrong. In what can only be described as a dismantling -- MSU was thoroughly dominated by a Buckeye team that is...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/10/well_well_i_have_been.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:57:13 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.1607053Well, Well. I have been waiting to post my thoughts on the Michigan State Spartans. As a long suffering Spartan fan, that nice 5-1 start had me tempered. As many a Sparty fan knows -- its always that next game...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/06/norsemen_winners.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:35:54 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.1081652The sight of Travis Falkowski slumped down in the on-deck circle after the final out said it all. For the 11 seniors on the North Muskegon baseball team, the magical ride had come to an end. Bay City All Saints...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/06/dallas_wins_the_cup_1.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Fri, 6 Jun 2008 03:28:07 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.1053951As a huge Red Wings fans I was like everybody else ecstatic after the Red Wings clinching victory against the Pittsburg Penguins. I was happy for my son Cody, who was a little to young to quite remember the last...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/04/the_illitch_empire.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:44:28 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.888994Well what do you think Mr. $5 pizza is thinking right now. His President Cup winning Red Wings are now knotted at 2-2. Yes, we have been down that road before Red Wing fans. Best record in the regular season...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/03/hardest_thing_in_sportsrevisit.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:49:47 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.800808With some down time between high school sports I would like to bring up a topic I wrote about earlier in the winter. We have had many discussions in the Sports Department and outside about what the hardest thing to...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/03/final_thoughts.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Mon, 3 Mar 2008 22:03:53 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.772813After spending the past weekend covering the State Team Wrestling finals at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek I walked away with several impressions. I have attended many state final events and hands down this past weekend's team finals was the...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/03/hesperia_wins_state_title.htmlcat:High School Sportsnoemail@noemail.org (Tom Kendra | The Muskegon Chronicle)Sun, 2 Mar 2008 00:28:37 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.769389BATTLE CREEK -- Three years of disappointment was finally washed away for the Hesperia wrestling team. After coming up short three straight trips to the finals, the Panthers finally took home the state championship trophy by beating Manchester 48-24 in...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/02/hesperia_wins.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Sat, 1 Mar 2008 03:37:18 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.767813It was No. 1 vs. No. 2 Hesperia and Hudson sqaured off in the quarterfinals of the MHSAA state team wrestling finals on Saturday in Battle Creek. The Panthers proved they are the team to beat in Division 4 as...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/02/hesperia.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:05:10 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.741637Okay.....heading to the state finals team tournament Does Hesperia win it this? Or a bridesmaid again? After covering the Panthers in regionals...I like there chances. What do you think? Personally I think its Hesperia's time Go Panthers...lets bring a state...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/02/idle_thoughts.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:48:23 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.713255Great weekend if you were a sports fan. Daytona 500, NBA All-Star game. PGA Tour stop at Riveria. My first question...what did you watch? I found myself channel surfing Sunday between the race and Phil Mickelson putting himself into the...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/02/hardest_thing_in_sports.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Sat, 9 Feb 2008 02:28:26 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.691511Here is a little something I would like to throw out there. We have had many discussions here in the Sports Department about what is the hardest thing to do in all of sports. My personal opinion is that hitting...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/02/honors_tournament.htmlcat:High School Sportsnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 6 Feb 2008 01:23:36 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.681390After gathering records of local wrestlers last night, several things jumped out at me. We still have four undefeated wrestlers in our area. Grand Haven's John Houseman (135) 22-0; Dan Yates (160) 43-0 and Rudy Spaulding (285) 42-0 of Hesperia...http://blog.mlive.com/shawnsdeliverance/2008/02/tournament_time.htmlcat:High School Sportsnoemail@noemail.org (Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle)Sun, 3 Feb 2008 22:25:50 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/shawnsdeliverance//3300.675526Welcome folks to my blog. Hopefully I can add some insight into not only area wrestling, but other sports or thoughts on events in the sporting world. Enjoy and feel free to jump in and add your thoughts and comments!...