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Grand Rapids Rise sign former Miss Michigan Volleyball star
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Michigan native and volleyball standout is returning to her home state after signing with the Grand Rapids Rise ahead of the 2025 Pro Volleyball Federation season. Outside hitter Carli Snyder has been a standout player since she was in high school in Macomb in...
Local Brewer From West Michigan Will Compete At 2024 Paris Olympics
The Great Lakes State will be well represented at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Athletes from all over the state are set to compete this summer for gold and glory, and that includes a few of our own right here in West Michigan. Kalamazoo native Heath Baldwin has qualified for...
Rockford girls basketball guard picks up Big Ten scholarship offer
ROCKFORD, MI – Anna Wypych is among the top Miss Basketball contenders for Michigan’s 2024-25 high school hoops season, and her scholarship offer list is starting to reflect that. The Rockford senior added her first Big Ten offer on Saturday, when Northwestern extended the opportunity. If you purchase...
Ram Nitro Places 4th at the State Shoot
The Ram Nitro team competed at the State Shoot this past Friday, Saturday & Sunday at the MTA grounds in Mason MI. The Nitro Team finished in 4th place, 6.5 birds behind the 3rd place team. Each athlete shot 400 rounds over the three days. 100 skeet, 100 sporting clays & 200 trap. Here are the results:
Davenport University Athlete Aaron Cummings to Compete at Paris Olympics with USA Men’s Rugby Sevens Team
Former Davenport University athlete Aaron Cummings is set to make history as the first DU representative at the Olympic games in Paris, competing with the USA Men's Rugby Sevens Team. Cummings, a Grand Haven High School graduate and Muskegon native, will join 12 starting athletes for the Olympic debut, aiming for a strong performance following the USA's ninth place finish in Rio 2016 and sixth place in Tokyo 2020.
Calvin hires Grand Rapids native Joel Schipper as baseball coach
Calvin University has hired Joel Schipper as its new head baseball coach. Schipper takes over the program following Kevin Van Duyn's retirement in May after five seasons as the Knights baseball coach.
Rock Ridge VFW drops two to Grand Rapids
VIRGINIA—Struggling for different reasons across their two games, the Rock Ridge VFW baseball team suffered two losses on Tuesday to visiting Grand Rapids, falling 14-7 in the opening game and 3-0 in the second game. The early game was defined by Post 1172’s struggles in the first inning where Grand Rapids reached continuously on errors, walks and some hits to put up seven runs on the home squad before they even came to bat. ...
Pit Spitters fall to Rivets in Independence Day Celebration Game
TRAVERSE CITY - The Traverse City Pit Spitters fell 2-1 to the Rockford Rivets on Tuesday as the Pit Spitters held their Independence Day Celebration Game. The Pit Spitters only managed two hits all night in this one, they’re only run was a home run from Vahn Lackey in the 7th inning, and for Rockford their only runs came on a 2-run home run in the 2nd inning. Logan Pikur pitched seven innings for the Pit Spitters giving up two runs and striking out four. he Pit Spitters will finish the first half with a 17-18 record and will take on Royal Oak in their next game on Wednesday.
Sodbusters sweep Plainsmen in first games without Schipper
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - In the program’s first game without head coach Joel Schipper, who is leaving Hastings to take over at NCAA DIII Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Hastings Sodbusters beat Plainsmen Baseball 7-1. This was the first of a Tuesday doubleheader, since Monday’s game was postponed due to weather. That was scheduled to be Schipper’s last in the Sodbusters’ dugout, but he left for Michigan on Tuesday before the team’s 6 p.m. first pitch.
Six Panthers receive NIRA All-Academic honors
NIRA - Davenport University women's rugby were recgonized by the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association (NIRA) in the 2023-24 NIRA All-Academic honors list. Nicole Carvalho, Ashley Cowdrey, Olivia Farkas, Valencia Goldsmith, Kaley Gustavus,and Addy Ochoa were seven of over 180 student-athletes to receive the honor for the most recent academic year. All six Panthers were part of the historic run by the women's rugby team during the 2023-24 campaign where DU crowned themselves as the NIRA Division II National Champions and finished third overall in the CRAA Premier 7s National Championships.
Whitecaps Wipeout Loons 6-1, Caps Strikeout 12
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons (38-38) (4-6) faced a strong pitching performance from the West Michigan Whitecaps (39-38) (8-3) winners 6-1 on a 75-degree cloudy Tuesday night at LMCU Ballpark. The game was delayed by 36 minutes due to an expected storm that fortunately avoided Comstock Park.
With no legs, Forest Hills Northern athlete runs without limits
Story by WOODTV (Lainey Gerber): — A track runner’s legs can take them all over the world, but Jerrensia Kroll doesn’t have any. Yet, she’s taking herself, her family and the Forest Hills Northern community to places they never knew to be possible. “Jerrensia’s taken us on an adventure that we never would have expected,” Jen Kroll, Jerrensia’s mom, said. “When you have a child in your home that has such significant disabilities, you don’t think you’re ever going to get to cheer her on from the sidelines as she runs a race.”
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