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Congrats and insight from a Wayland superfan

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

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

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:

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

WMA Interview with Reeths-Puffer’s Chris Anderson

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

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

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

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:

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

Grand Rapids Christian holds off aggressive East Kentwood in district semifinal

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

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 [...]

WMA takes attendance: districts make the heart grow fonder

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:

March 8 boys district basketball scores — Associated Press
Yes, [...]

West Michigan Allstar Top-10 Teams: Basketball State Tournament

One last time, we here at West Michigan Allstar have done the dirty work, combing the far reaches of the Internet for nuggets of pertinent basketball info until our beards grew dark and the coffee was gone, all to rank the Top-10 basketball teams in West Michigan.  You’ll find the results below.

These will be the [...]

WMA takes attendance: buncha state results

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:

Class-B boys basketball district from hell — HSBB
Class-C boys [...]

Grand Rapids Christian topples undefeated Forest Hills Central for District Championship

GR Christian's Katie VanderWeide leads the fast break | DavidChandlerPhoto.com

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

The Quest Center featured the top team in the O-K White against the top team in the O-K Black on Friday night, in a battle for the district championship. Grand Rapids Christian finished the [...]

VOTING OPEN: 2010 West Michigan Basketball Allstars

The polls are now open to vote for the 2010 West Michigan Basketball Allstars.

The West Michigan All Stars is a team consisting of the best-of-the-best players from around West Michigan, as determined by you, the voters.  This team is only possible with the help from our awesome sponsors, ESPN 96.1FM and Davenport University, so after you’re [...]

Reeths-Puffer holds off Greenville in OT

David Chandler Photography

In a thirty-two minute game it’s rare for a team to come back from a 40-13 deficit with 23 minutes left, but Reeths-Puffer (11-8) did exactly that last Friday against Grand Rapids Union. Last night the Reeths-Puffer Rockets didn’t need a big comeback against Greenville (13-8) as they lead most of [...]