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Mid-Michigan area student-athletes committed to competing at the next level

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Dick Hoekstra

MID-MICHIGAN AREA STUDENT-ATHLETES COMMITTED TO COMPETING AT COLLEGES NOTE: Please e-mail sports@lsj.com with name, high school and college or university of any student-athlete who was inadvertently not included in this list. DI is NCAA Division I, DII is NCAA Division … Continue reading →

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Rivalries

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Scott Yoshonis

I am in the middle of something of a personal, unintentional Rivalries Week, with last night’s Fowler/Pewamo-Westphalia boys basketball game, the girls game between P-W and Portland St. Patrick tonight with its usual CMAC title implications and the hockey incarnation … Continue reading →

Posted in Basketball, Boys, Games, Sports | 1 Comment | | |

CAAC Cup finals set

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Scott Yoshonis

(Scott Yoshonis) The teams and locations for the finals in both of the top two CAAC Cup boys' soccer tournaments have been determined. Holt will play at DeWitt for the Gold title tomorrow while Eastern and Lansing Catholic will square … Continue reading →

Posted in Boys, CAAC, Games, Soccer, Sports | 1 Comment | | |

CAAC Cup crazy!

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Scott Yoshonis

(Scott Yoshonis) The CAAC Cup is one of my favorite prep sporting events of the year, and not just because it's soccer (although that's a big part of it). I just love the idea of a tournament that brings all … Continue reading →

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Blitz Picks Week 7

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Scott Yoshonis

Scott Yoshonis here. Here are this week's results, with one small glitch. For the blog peeps, I mistakenly included a game, Birch Run at Durand, instead of New Lothrop at Webberville, which Jeremy and I picked. I counted it as … Continue reading →

Posted in Boys, CAAC, Football, Games, Sports | Leave a comment | | |

We’re Back!

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Scott Yoshonis

Welcome to the all-new Get Prepped blog. I'm Scott Yoshonis, one of a few people who will be taking over this space, and attempting to pick up where the legendary Geoff Kimmerly left off. No one person could duplicate Geoff's … Continue reading →

Posted in Football, Games, Miscellaneous, Players, Sports, Weblogs | 1 Comment | | |

Updated Softball Classic schedule

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Geoff Kimmerly

There's been a slight tweak to Saturday's Softball Classic schedule, which was originally announced Monday. With Bath and Fowler splitting Monday night, and those two the best so far of four Central Michigan Athletic Conference teams in the Classic, organizer … Continue reading →

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What is the LSJ PowerPoll?

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Geoff Kimmerly

This explanation is probably long overdue. But as I'm sifting through more and more capable candidates every week this spring, it's a good time to tell why I pick the 10 I do. No, there is no exact science or … Continue reading →

Posted in Boys, Girls, Miscellaneous, Sports | 2 Comments | | |

Following the leaders

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Geoff Kimmerly

Mid-Michigan will lose a tidal wave of athletic administrative knowledge when five of its most experienced athletic directors retire this spring. That's roughly 10 percent of the area's athletic directors — or 20 percent in the CAAC alone — and … Continue reading →

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Week 1: Blitz Picks Preview Show

Posted on August 27, 2009 by LSJMedia

LSJ.com’s Geoff Kimmerly and WILX’s Jeremy Sampson discuss mid-Michigan’s top five opening-night high school football matchups, and offer their first predictions of this season.

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