Softball player of year: Holt's Bry Chapman
Holt’s Bry Chapman winds up for a pitch against Jackson in their district championship game Saturday, June 4, 2016, at Grand Ledge High School. Having success on the softball diamond has always been...
View ArticleSoftball coach of year: Fulton's Chris Barrus
Chris Barrus Chris Barrus wasn’t quite sure what he was going to get out of his young team that had just four returning starters. But the Fulton softball coach was hoping things would go well enough...
View ArticleSoftball Dream Team, all-area
Meet the Lansing State Journal 2016 Softball Dream Team. DREAM TEAM Kate Buckland, Okemos – Division 1 honorable mention all-state Bry Chapman, Holt Olivia Cottom, Holt Kennedy Geiger, Lakewood...
View ArticleOkemos' Kate Buckland among state softball all-stars
Kate Buckland Kate Buckland spent her entire high school softball career hoping her play on the field would result in all-state accolades. It finally did this spring for the catcher and recent Okemos...
View ArticleLansing Catholic's new stadium nearing completion
View of the new Lansing Catholic football field from the stands. At one of his previous coaching stops, Jim Ahern had a few road games closer than the trip his Lansing Catholic football team regularly...
View ArticleRebecka Poljan moves out from brother’s shadow on VB court
Lansing Catholic junior Rebecka Poljan. Even with her brother now living over an hour’s drive away, Rebecka Poljan still gets frequent reminders about the legacy he left at Lansing Catholic High...
View ArticleMason's Autumn Kissman signs with Oakland basketball - Bulldog senior Olivia...
Autumn Kissman MASON – Autumn Kissman initially thought her path to college athletics would revolve around her skills on the softball field. But the focus shifted to the hardwood a few years ago,...
View ArticleYear in review 2016: Top high school sports stories
The Pewamo-Westphalia fottball holds the Division 7 state championship trophy after their defeat of Detroit Loyola Saturday November 26, 2016 at Ford Field in Detroit. State championships were won....
View ArticleLansing area high school college commitments
Anne Major of Okemos clears the ball from in front of the Okemos goal in the 2nd half of the Chiefs’ CAAC Gold Cup semifinal game with Williamston. Here is a look at the high school athletes in the...
View ArticleLaDontae Henton part of latest Eastern Athletic Hall of Fame class
Eastern graduate LaDontae Henton became just the second player in Providence history to reach 2,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career. It wasn’t too long ago that LaDontae Henton was thriving on...
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