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Fish for help in Caledonia

One of the things that always frustrates me is the lack of people willing to get involved in the youth athletics programs. Today we got...

Cal Boys Basketball victory

I wanted to write a positive post here and say that I watched the game that Caledonia played against East Kentwood. They actually played...

Cal facilities

another rant. From what I hear it is not easy to get or use some of the Caledonia facilities for athletic practices. Unless you have...

An open letter to the Cal football coach

I have been firing off about stuff I see and being a bit critical. So what I thought I would do is write down my advice for the new...

Red Wings situation

so to start I think Ken Holland isn't a very good general manager. I think he inherited a good team and at least maintained it, but he...

Caledonia stuff

A couple thoughts more on some things I have about our athletics. First......Do we need an upgraded or different football playing field? ...

Local baseball

I hadn't written anything about baseball yet and it is something I should touch on at least. When my oldest son was younger and played...

Amateur athletes

So I just want to lay this out. This isn't anything new, but I believe there is a widespread amount of athletes in college that get a...

Science of the NFL Draft

A bit of an ironic title, because to me, there isn't much science in it. I don't have any fancy stats to give you, but the number of...

Cal Girls basketball check in...

I don't know much about Caledonia's girls basketball team. I scanned a recording of three games they played, Fr, JV, varsity against...

Detroit Lions

I am not a Lions fan. I have watched them quite a bit and seen lots of pain that they have caused fans from here. I think this...

Matthew Stafford

I don't have an iron in the fire for this guy. I am not a Lions fan and have no vested interest or bias. I have watched this guy for a...

Sports fans in Michigan

One of the things I have noticed with living in Michigan is that the fans here are extremely loyal to their teams. While other places...

Tom Brady

Ever since the tuck rule game where I, a fan at the time of the Oakland Raiders, saw the Patriots take the game and the mojo of my team...

Basketball observations

I am not trying to be mean, but I would like to compare and contrast two different basketball experiences I had. The first was when I was...

Successful sports programs (part 4)

So let's start digging. What is the difference between Cal and LC? How is one place pretty darn successful (success here defined as win...

Successful sports programs (part 3)

I didn't think about it a whole lot when I lived in there, but when I moved to Caledonia and had children of my own in sports, I began to...

Successful sports programs (part 2)

So I spent much of my formative youth in a small Dutch town in northwest Washington state called Lynden. Population last I heard was...

Some weekends...

Last weekend was a great weekend. This one not so much... My oldest son's hockey team didn't play great and lost to a team they...

Successful sports program (part 1)

Sports psychology is fascinating to me. I have never had formal training on the subject but have seen a lot in my time, unless you count...

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