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WMA takes attendance, as read by volleyball closers

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:

Round-2 football playoff predictions — MichiganPreps.com
Eastsider’s predictions for divisions [...]

W Michigan’s quest to repeat-sweep the 2009 football playoffs

QB Nick Ford and Grand Rapids West Catholic will be among those attempting to bring a title to WMich (T.J. Hamilton | The Grand Rapids Press)

It’s a topic I’ve been harping on all season: Will West Michigan continue to dominate the playoff landscape in 2009, as they did by winning all eight state football [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by go go gadget hair

It adds at least an extra 2 inches

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:

FH [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by lousy Saturdays

When linebackers turn into receivers

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:

Super-32 top teams for [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by new Wildcats

Hoskins will be a Wildcat next year

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:

Week-8 high [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by the undeniable will to win

Remnants of one of the best games of the year

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 [...]

Implications of the East’s better players and the West’s better teams

Montague's Cody Kater is among those omitted from MichiganPreps.com's top-10 list (Pic: Saginaw News)

I spend a good portion of my life online looking at the latest high school sports news.  Among the topics I research most frequently is recruiting.  As in, who looks like they could play [insert sport here] at the collegiate level, [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by cops playing video games

Seriously, it's darn near irresistable

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:

GR area rankings for [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by miniature martial artists

Jack and Riley Beam call punching and kicking "bonding"

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 [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by flying Dutchwomen

Intimidated Panther — Because you don't mess with the Dutch

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 [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by stoic multisport athletes

Grand Haven's Veach is as at home on the hardwood as in the pool. In either situation, as you can see above, he means business.

A look around the wide world of high school sports.  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.  [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by a legend

Detroit Tigers radio announcer Ernie Harwell smiles after finishing his career in 2002. Harwell was just diagnosed with inoperable cancer.

A look around the wide world of high school sports.  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 [...]

MichiganPreps likes East Michigan, but they’re coming around

A couple weeks ago MichiganPreps.com, a division of Rivals.com, previewed the upcoming football season with a Top-25 list which, like many others in the mainstream media, was tilted decidedly Eastward.  Well, after a Week-1 in which multiple East Michigan teams were toppled, MP still has two of them atop their Week-2 Top-25, but they’ve bumped [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by plyometrically enhanced volleyballers

Schoolcraft pushes plyometrics | Brett Beier | Special to the Gazette

A look around the wide world of high school sports.  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:

So many games, so [...]

WMA takes attendance, as read by plenty gullible collegiate coaches

Five of MichiganPreps' Top-20 football recruits in Michigan | Rivals.com

A look around the wide world of high school sports.  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:

EGR’s boys tennis claims top [...]