Posted on 30 April 2013.
Union High School in collaboration with Grand Valley State University athletes and coaches will be hosting summer volleyball camp for 3rd-12th graders! Camp dates are July 22-24th and a free t-shirt is included with each camp registration!
For full details click the links below or contact the Union High School Athletic Office at 616.819.3168.
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Posted on 26 March 2013.
Grand Rapids Public Schools will be hosting an individual/team cross country invitational on Saturday, October 12 at the old Northeast building (current City High/Middle School) beginning at 11am. Any kindergarten through eighth grader in the state of Michigan is eligible to participate.
Please Click Here for all event details.
Any questions can be directed to the Athletic Department at athletics@grps.org or (616) 819.3243
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Posted on 19 March 2013.
WRESTLING – The grapplers of Alger and GR Ford took home the trophy this year at the middle school championship wrestling meet.
Winners of this year’s middle school meet
BOWLING – City Middle went undefeated for an entire season and took home the 2013 bowling trophy. (photo to come)
GIRLS BASKETBALL – A tough and undefeated CA Frost team earned this year’s girls basketball title. CA Frost has made many final four appearances, but never could quite pull out a victory. With a dedicated and talented team, they defeated UPrep/Montessori in the theme school finals and then handled GR Ford in the city wide finals.
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Posted on 25 February 2013.
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Posted on 10 January 2013.
The middle school boys basketball season ended this past weekend (1/19) with some amazing tournament games. Sherwood Park put up a good fight against the undefeated UPrep/Montessori Panthers but fell short in the fourth quarter by a few buckets. The final score was 46-35. Huge rivals GR Ford and Alger battled next in the base school championship. After losing to Alger two times during the regular season, Coach Lawrence Hodges and his players had enough. They came out strong in the first half and continued to stay in control through the second. Despite a strong run in the fourth quarter by Alger, GR Ford won with a final score of 34-31.
GR Ford went on to play the undefeated UPrep/Montessori Panthers in the city-wide championship later in the day and won their first ever boys basketball championship title. Ford won 43-37 in the finals.
Competitive Cheer Competition
For the first time this year, 6th grade competitive cheer teams were able to compete in the finals and actually perform a Round 2 and Round 3 cheer. Sherwood Park’s 6th graders, led by sport pioneer Rose Enders, cheered their way to first place. City Middle, coached by Kim Jenerou took home the 7th/8th grade title for the first time in school history.
Swim Finals
Team North takes the swim title back to back years! Comprised of student athletes from both City and Riverside, Team North has always been a successful team. They had to work extra hard to defeat the Theme Team of Uprep, Montessori and CA Frost student athletes who came in a close second.
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Posted on 16 November 2012.
Athlete smile for the Camera
Coach Carter passing out shirt to one of his football players.
Handing out t-shirts to football players.
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Posted on 29 October 2012.
The Lady Redhawks of Westwood Middle School have proven themselves to be one of the toughest volleyball teams in the city. Saturday they defeated the Cougars of CA Frost in the finals to win the middle school tournament two years in a row! The 8th grade team went completely undefeated in match play during the regular season and only dropped one set at the tournament. This is a program that has spent a lot of dedication and time in the gym to make themselves successful. The Lady Redhawks are coached last year and this year by Mrs. Duwanikia Hill.
Burton defeated Riverside in the finals of the silver bracket division to take home the silver trophy.
Congratulations to all teams who participated on a great season. Special thank you and shout out to all the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other friends and family who supported their student-athlete this fall!
Lady Redhawks win 1st place in the Gold Bracket two years in a row!
Winners of the Silver Bracket are the Burton Lions
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Posted on 26 October 2012.
Next Monday and Tuesday will wrap up the last two days of 7/8er football at Houseman Field. Join us on Monday 10/29 at 5:30pm for team West vs. South and Tuesday, 10/30 at 5pm for Burton vs. North and 7pm for Westwood vs. Alger.
Don’t miss the SOCCER action – 10/30 at 4:30pm come cheer on the Harrison Wildcats and the Burton Lions as they face off in a competitive boys soccer tournament finals! Game will be played at Alger Middle School.
Best of luck to all teams!!!
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Posted on 24 September 2012.
For the fourth year in a row, GRPS female middle school students were invited to celebrate National Girls in Sports Day at Grand Valley State University. This year’s event was well attended by female GRPS student-athletes, coaches, parents and athletic directors. GRPS students participated in a variety of sport clinics including basketball, tennis, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, lacrosse, track and field, and competitive cheer and dance.
After participation in a combination of three different sports clinics, athletes attended an NCAA II women’s volleyball game between the Lakers and Walsh College. Students were also provided a pizza dinner and an autograph session with the coaches and players.
This event is not only a great opportunity for students, but coaches and parents as well. Three workshops were held to provide coaches and parents useful information as it relates to the health, mental state and physical conditioning of their female student athletes. Attendees truly appreciate these informational sessions put on by GVSU faculty and staff as they raise awareness to issues and topics that coaches don’t always think about.
A special thank you is sent out to the GVSU Athletics Department, Women’s Center and Movement Science Department for putting on this awesome event. GRPS is honored to be included and is already looking forward to next year!
View of the GVSU Volleyball match
Getting ready for some tennis instruction
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Posted on 18 June 2012.
Currently 75 GRPS middle school student-athletes are attending SpringHill Camp in Evart, MI. The camp has many different activities that are providing educational and exciting opportunities for our student-athletes! The students were hand selected to attend the camp by their athletic directors. Athletic directors chose student-athletes that demonstrated high levels of leadership, responsibility and hard work ethics. They earned the right to be at camp and we hope they are having a BLAST!
The pictures below are being sent daily this week from our chaperones at camp. Check them out!
They survived the CRUD!
Campers participate in what is known as CRUD WARS! Mud, horse feed, flour, water, and lots of other CRUD all stuffed into water balloons and thrown everywhere!Swimming like fishies!
Ropes Course
Meet WLS (Willis)
On their way with tubes to WLS (pronounced Willis)
So high up on the rock wall
Enjoying some yummy lunch after a crazy face paint!
Enjoying the indoor pool area while its rainy inside!
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