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Jason Hutton

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Greenville, MI, United States

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Key additions have Byron Center hockey dreaming big this winter

The Byron Center hockey team has a new coach and is happy to have Logan Nickolaus back on the team as the Bulldogs chase a state championship → Read More

Hope getting healthy just in time for The Rivalry on Wednesday

The Hope College men's basketball team has battled injuries this season but preseason All-American Evan Thomas has returned from a finger injury → Read More

Michigan beats Purdue to win 2nd straight Big Ten championship

The University of Michigan football team is playing Purdue in the Big Ten Championship Game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis → Read More

Whitecaps scoring runs at record pace this season

The West Michigan Whitecaps have never finished higher than 3rd in the MWL in runs scored but lead the league through 81 games → Read More

"I'm glad that I've been that guy to speak up:" Zumaya backs up criticism of Tigers front office

Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Joel Zumaya has been critical lately of the Tigers front office and said Wednesday its because the fans deserve better → Read More

Mechanical changes helping Ty Madden succeed in first year of pro baseball

Ty Madden is having a great season pitching for the West Michigan Whitecaps and allowed just two runs in 25 innings in the month of June → Read More

Lou Guzzi talking swing fundamentals this weekend at the Golf Show

The West Michigan Golf Show has returned this weekend at the DeVos Place after a one year absence. 2013 PGA Teacher of the year Lou Guzzi the featured speaking, taking the fundamentals of the golf swing five different time including twice on Saturday and once on Sunday. Many golf courses, clubs and apparel are also on display through Sunday. → Read More

Calvin runs past Grace Christian in exhibition game

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Calvin men's basketball team beat Grace Christian 83-56 Tuesday in an exhibition game at Van Noord Arena. Graduate student Luke Morrison led all scorers with 29 points, fellow grad student Thad Shymanksi added 12 and sophomore Uchenna Egekeze scored 11. The Tigers were led by Parker Neu with 19 points, Kellum Bridgeforth added 11. Calvin is off until November 19th when… → Read More

Backup quarterback leads Forest Hills Central to season opening win

Justin Osterhouse played big in FHC's win over Jenison → Read More

Whitecaps Prospect Report: Daniel Cabrera

The 62nd pick in the 2020 draft has started strong in his first professional season with the West Michigan Whitecaps → Read More

Whitecaps: Where are they now

Salter is working as a sports agent for Jet Sports → Read More

Zeeland East job 'a dream come true' for Joe Woodruff

ZEELAND, Mich. — Joe Woodruff has a plethora of head coaching experience at the high school level. At most of his stops, Woodruff has been charged with leading a turnaround. That will not be the case at Zeeland East where he was named head coach last month. The Chix have made the playoffs in nine of the last 10 seasons. "This was a dream come true," Woodruff said. "Because normally when you walk… → Read More

Hinch, Tigers get to work with first full team workout

LAKELAND, FL — While pitchers and catchers have been in Lakeland for a few days, Monday marked the first full team workout for the Tigers in Spring Training and with it came new manager A.J. Hinch's first hands on day with his new squad. "We had a bunch of fields going, guys flying all over the place, the intensity was really good," Hinch said about day one. "I think it is important that we get… → Read More

Western, Central meet for bragging rights, first place in MAC West

The battle for the Cannon Trophy is always circled on the calendars in the state of Michigan, but with Michigan and Michigan State struggling so much, perhaps even more so in 2020. "It is not like it is a game that is just a normal game and now it is bumped up a little bit because of the ramifications," fourth year WMU head coach Tim Lester said. "It is already the game of the year. You look at… → Read More

ADs by day, dads by night

High school athletic directors are busy people. "During the course of the 25 years there have been a lot of conflicts," Wyoming Athletic Director Ted Hollern said referencing attempts to watch his children play sports. "And the conflicts are always gut wrenching to me because I am so conflicted." Ted has been with Wyoming Public Schools for two and a half decades. During that time he has had… → Read More

Healthy QB helping Tri County to playoff wins

The Tri County football team is an eight seed in the district tournament after winning just two games during the regular season, but the Vikings find themselves preparing for a division 5 district championship game on Friday. "We started off in a big ole meeting," senior wide receiver and cornerback Cameren Friend said. "We looked at each other were like when are we going to be a team guys? And… → Read More

Playoff game brings OK Red foes together for first time in 2020

Hudsonville and Rockford were originally scheduled to play September 11th, but the high school football season did not start until the following week because of COVID-19. This week the Eagles and Rams will indeed meet, it will be a second round game in the division one playoffs and the game of the week on the Blitz. "At first when we heard we weren't going to be able to play them in the regular… → Read More

Michigan State, Michigan prepare for rivalry game Saturday

Former Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio made the Michigan game important for the Spartans. New Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker is adding to the rivalry in his own way. Tuesday at his press conference, Tucker only referred to Michigan as 'the school down the road.' "I don't think there is any question from anyone who we are playing this week," Tucker said when asked if he was… → Read More

Blitz preview: regular season finale

(WXMI) — * Game of the Week: Grandville (5-0) at Rockford (3-0) The Rams have had the last two weeks off after a COVID-19 case on the team, Rockford resumed full team practice on Tuesday. Grandville has been dominant this season rolling up over 500 yards in total offense in last week's win over Caledonia. Rockford has won 13 of the last 15 in the series, but Grandville won last year's game in… → Read More

Holland takes the district championship with win over Holland Christian

Holland beat crosstown rival Holland Christian 1-0 Thursday night in a division 2 boys soccer district championship game. The game's only goal was scored by Dutch junion TJ Vreemanin the 64th minute on a free kick. In my heart this is the greatest feeling," Vreeman said. "Right when we scored that goal I was like, 'yes' and then at the end 5, 4, 3, 2 1 it just felt great I just ran around just… → Read More