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Tyler "Moose" Gruszka This week’s Good GMC West Michigan All Star is Tyler Gruszka. “Moose” Gruszka is a sophomore tri-sport athlete at Comstock Park. Moose is an offensive/defensive lineman on the Comstock Park football team, and gets his swings in on the Panther baseball team as well. But despite his significant success on the field and [...] This week’s Good GMC West Michigan All Star is Chelsey Purdum, sophomore on the Kelloggsville bowling team. Let’s start with a question: What does the average bowler score? 100? 150? I consider myself to be athletic, and if you’re like me, you’re somewhere in the neighborhood of 100. Strikes, while not an impossibility, are certainly rare. Not for [...] This week’s Good GMC West Michigan Allstar is Amber Getty, senior point guard for the Wayland Wildcats. In sports, there are certain feats that are held above all others. Accomplishments that lift those who reach them to a higher level, simply by virtue of their having reached them. In basketball, that feat is a triple-double. It’s one [...] The latest Good GMC West Michigan All Star is Lexi Miller, sophomore point guard on Caledonia’s basketball team. In a game that had been hotly contested throughout, Caledonia had played almost the entire fourth quarter with a slim lead. Finally, late in the quarter, they managed to increase that lead to as many as four points. [...] This week’s Good GMC West Michigan All Star is Garrett Cullen, a senior leader on the Forest Hills Eastern cross country team. Forest Hills Eastern, ranked at #5 in the state entering the Regional round, have been looking up at 1st place Ionia the entire season. The Hawks have had an extremely successful season by any [...] This week’s Good GMC West Michigan Allstar is Brad Fargo, senior captain of Grandville’s water polo team. Fargo’s goal against arch-rival Jenison helped spark a second-half rally that saw Grandville emerge with a 10-3 win, reclaiming the coveted Flat Ball trophy and improving their overall record to 7-1. Fargo attributed the mid-game turnaround to a [...] EK's Erica Hippe has a future as a motivational speaker This week’s Good GMC West Michigan All-Star is Erica Hippe, junior cross country runner for East Kentwood. On September 8th, the first day of school, Hippe was rushed to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. The operation was successful in removing an appendix that likely would [...] This week’s Good GMC West Michigan Allstar is Anne Slater, senior outside hitter extraordinaire for Forest Hills Central’s dominant volleyball team. How dominant? Forest Hills Central has never lost an O-K Black conference game (caveat being that the O-K Black was first established in 2008). Last year the Rangers swept the conference at 10-0. This year, they [...] This week’s Good GMC West Michigan Allstar is fast freshman Drew Woznick. On the heels of Rockford’s most famous runner, Dathan Ritzenhein, setting the world record in the 5,000 meters, Woznick helped the current flock of Rams win the Rockford Invitational. And Rockford didn’t just win, they dominated. Thanks in part to Woznick, the Rams tallied [...] The Good GMC West Michigan All Star Award goes to Heidi Scholten, senior forward for Hudsonville Unity Christian’s girls soccer team. After five consecutive Division 3 state championships, three in which Heidi played an integral part, it’s safe to say that the Crusaders girls soccer team represents the closest thing to a dynasty existing in West [...] “Be all that you can be.” – United States Army. The Good GMC West Michigan All Star Award goes to Caroline Rice, senior forward for the Paw Paw girls soccer team. Rice is the unquestioned leader of the Redskins, a role she has taken to naturally. She leads as an individual, tallying up a team-high 22 goals [...] Ryan Elble (#3) heads home after slugging a walkoff home-run in the Division 2 quarterfinals. The Good GMC West Michigan All Star Award goes to Ryan Elble, sophomore shortstop for the East Grand Rapids varsity baseball team. Elble’s long, blonde locks of hair have long been the subject of jokes in the dugout. His East Grand [...] Zack Hill heaves a shot put | Rex Larsen, The Grand Rapids Press The Good GMC West Michigan All Star Award goes to Zack Hill, senior strongman for Allendale High School’s Track & Field team. On the field of play, Zack is herculean. Hand him a shot-put or a discus, step back, and prepare to rewrite [...] Matti Graves, courtesy of rockfordsquire.com The Good GMC West Michigan All Star Award goes to Matti Graves, senior forward for the Rockford High School girls soccer team. Playing varsity soccer four consecutive years, Matti has developed a quiet confidence. She’s not a vocal, in-your-face type of player. Nor is she a vocal, in-your-face type of person. [...] |
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