Congrats to Muskegon’s Shane Fairfield for being selected NFC recipient of the 2023 NFL Don Shula High School Coach of the Year Award! He’ll receive a $15,000 grant for his program and $10,000 cash prize. He’s headed to the Pro Bowl in Orlando and Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas.
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- Whitehall lost a 77-69 district overtime heartbreaker at Fruitport. It was a highly emotional night on the Fruitport side as well. Trojans coach Steve Erny reflects on what it meant to have his dad courtside despite the fact the beloved Ken Erny is battling ALS.
00:00 - Cool moment at the beginning of the North Muskegon boys basketball game vs. Holton. Norse senior Brandon Rypstra, who lost his season to a knee injury, was allowed to score the first bucket on parents night.
00:00 - Wonderful send-off for the top-ranked North Muskegon football team (12-0) as it heads north for tomorrow’s 3 p.m. Division 7 state semifinal vs. Menominee (10-2) at Gaylord High School.
00:00 - Whitehall seniors Ira Jenkins and Karli VanDuinen were celebrated this afternoon for signing with D-I programs: Jenkins with U-M wrestling and VanDuinen with Arkansas State bowling. @umichwrestling @AStateBowling @WHSWesterlund
- Whitehall’s Ira Jenkins is a two-time state champ! He pins Ferndale’s Joshua Cook in 38 seconds to capture the 285-pound title in D-2. Second straight unbeaten season, 52-0 this season. Congrats, Ira! @ScottDeCamp @zzweigle
- Reeths-Puffer AD Cliff Sandee announces that Rockets legend J.R. Wallace has been hired as new boys varsity basketball coach at the school. The 1999 R-P alumnus spent the last 10 seasons as an assistant coach at GVSU. Wallace will also be dean of students and assistant AD at R-P.
- Whitehall’s Camden Thompson commits to Western Michigan University in football and basketball catchmarksports.com/?p=50062
- Our deepest condolences go out to the Erny family and friends of Ken Erny. The longtime Fruitport AD and Hall of Fame soccer coach has passed away after a battle with ALS. His lessons and impact will be felt by many for years to come. A video with Ken: youtube.com/watch?v=IuWRpb…
- Orchard View has selected Aaron James as its next football coach. This is the first head-coaching job for James, 41, but he's been the offensive coordinator at powerhouse Mona Shores for several years and helped the rebuild there. catchmarksports.com/aaron-james-no…
- Congrats to North Muskegon's Larry Witham for being selected the Detroit Lions High School Coach of the Week for the state of Michigan in Week 6! catchmarksports.com/north-muskegon…
- Hear Hart coach Nick Bronsema’s emotional locker room speech after his Pirates captured the school’s first boys basketball conference title in 60 years.
00:00 - This was perhaps the second-best thing we witnessed tonight. (After Ken Erny getting to watch son Steve Erny coach up Fruitport.) This is Fruitport’s Paschal Jolman consoling Whitehall’s Nate Bolley. They battled in football and basketball, but they’ve become good friends.
00:00 - Whitehall senior linebacker Graycen Shepherd has committed to Northern Michigan University. Coming off a knee injury that cost him the 2021 season, Shepherd really came on in the playoffs in 2022. Congrats, Graycen!










