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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 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 [...]

WMA takes attendance: midterm madness

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:

Feb. 20 high school basketball scores (boys) (girls) — [...]

WMA takes attendance: grapple for titles

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:

Feb. 5 high school basketball scores (boys) (girls) — [...]

WMA takes attendance: rankings, getcher rankings

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:

Feb 2 high school basketball scores (boys) (girls) — [...]

WMA takes attendance: ahh, signing day

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:

Feb. 1 Michigan basketball scores (boys) (girls) — Associated [...]

WMA takes attendance: ACL does not mean the end

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:

1/6 basketball scores (boys) (girls) — Associated Press
Tuesday’s basketball [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by aggressive headlocks

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:

All state (D1-2) (D3-4) (D5-6) (D7-8) — Mlive.com
All area [...]

Just for fun: West Michigan repeats as cumulative football champs

Well, it wasn’t quite 2008, in which West Michigan took home seven out of eight possible state football championships.  But West Michigan still defended their football cumulative championship, even though the spread was much narrower this year.

WMA takes attendance, as read by champions

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:

Lowell wins Division-2 title — Grand Rapids Press
EGR wins [...]

State finals preview nuggets, and wishes for a happy holidays

It’s the season to be thankful, and we here at West Michigan Allstar are very thankful for our sports community, and our awesome readership.  We’re also thankful that we’re not working over the Thanksgiving break (except to cover the state finals, of course), while others are.

So to give thanks to you all, and [...]

WMA takes attendance, semifinal results edition

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:

Finals predictions from the East — Prepseer
Top-10 teams from [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read with the quickness

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:

MCC Crusaders’s 1-2 scoring punch — Muskegon Chronicle
“All eyez [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by padded soccer players

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:

Don’t we all wish the semifinals would make sense? [...]

Will Lowell and EGR bring hardware back from Ford Field?

Lowell will rely heavily on sophomore Gabe Dean's continued success

As part-2 of yesterday’s conversation detailing what would be required for West Michigan to retain their position atop the football totem pole, today we discuss the other half of the equation: Division-2 and Division 3.  Along with multiple victories by Muskegon County teams, West Michigan [...]