WMC BOYS SOCCER WINS 9TH STATE TITLE

GRAND LEDGE – Muskegon Western Michigan Christian was seeking its ninth MHSAA Finals boys soccer title Saturday at Grand Ledge High School. The scoring floodgates opened in the second half, and the Warriors prevailed 3-0 over Madison Heights Bishop Foley to earn a second-straight Division 4 championship and finish this fall 21-2-3. After a scoreless first half, senior Charlie Buursma took a pass from Cole DeJonge and trickled it into the net at the 35 minute, 43 second mark of the second half for the game’s first score. It was DeJonge’s 23rd assist of the season and the biggest. Tekalegn Vlasma tacked on his 25th goal of the season to make it 2-0 at the 27:03 mark with an assist from Buursma. Three minutes later, Vlasma scored his second of the championship with an assist from Buursma to make it 3-0.  “We were really prepared; Coach had us ready,’’ Vlasma said. “They came out and dominated. Second half

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Boys Varsity Baseball vs. West Michigan Aviation Academy

     The WMC Warriors opened the 2024 baseball season with a double-header sweep of West Michigan Aviation Academy.  The scores were 11-5 in game one and 8-1 in game two.  Will Liggett started the season off hot in game one with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI.  Alex Wagenmaker also had a great game at the plate scoring two runs, walking twice and driving in three runs.  Wagenmaker also got his first stolen base of the year.  Sam Kuiper had a big two-run triple in the fourth inning and he scored two runs.  Quint Menefee stole two bases, singled and scored a run while Max Miller added a basehit of his own.  Jack Sipe contributed two runs scored on the base paths and also a bag.  Max Miller was dominant on the mound going five strong innings and struck out eight batters for the win.  Will Liggett pitched the final two innings to close out game one.        Game two was dominated by the top five h

Girls Varsity Soccer vs. Holland Christian High School

Tonight was a bounce back night after the early season loss to North Muskegon.    Playing Division 3 Holland Christian set up to be a tough test for the young WMC team. Holland Christian saw a slight advantage in possession of the ball. It took incredibly stifling defensive work from the WMC backline and Midfield.  The second half saw WMC grow more into the game connecting more and more and creating chances going forward. Finally WMC would finish a chance Brooklyn Watts did incredibly well to win the ball and find Brynn Evans who sprung Nora Pollock in on goal as the Junior forward tucked the ball home.    The Warriors would have to endure some last minutes defending but the backline held well, Elaina Clapp came up huge with 9 saves on 9 shots.    "Great effort by the girls tonight, Holland Christian is an incredibly solid team. We found out a lot about ourselves tonight, we will continue to grow and get 1% better e

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Girls Freshman Volleyball vs. OPEN

Game 1 vs. Union City 12-25 8-25 Game 2 vs. Ottawa Hills 25-8 25-12 Game 3 vs. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 25-19 25-12 Had a tough start to the quad but after we got the first game jitters out we really started to find a groove. Really proud of the way the girls turned the day around after the first game. Our serving was phenomenal and a large part of our success was due to serving tough and consistently in. A great first set of games and looking forward to next week’s quad.  

Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Martin High School

The Western Michigan Christain Warriors Girls' Varsity hosted Martin Public Schools.  This game was a good match-up for the Warriors.  Both teams started strong and the score was tied 4-4 after the first quarter.  Ashley Folkema and Alia Zuidema both hit a 3-pointer in the second quarter which helped the Warriors lead 13-11 at the half.  At the start of the second half, the Warriors went on a 6-0 run.  Martin worked to tie the game again in the third.  At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors led 25-22.  Both teams battled in the fourth quarter.  Martin led by two with about 2 minutes left.  Ashley Folkema drove to the basket and drew the foul, resulting in a three-point play.  With 8 seconds left, Alia Zuidema rebounded the ball and secured the Warrior win of 33-31.   Head Coach Sarah Koetsier said, "Martin did a great job with their defense.  We struggled to make our offense work in the first quarter

Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Pentwater Public School

WMC hosted Pentwater this Monday night and took their first win of the season with hot shooting from Senior Guard Jared Olsen leading the way for the Warriors. Olsen led all scores with 20 and was followed by Junior Guard, Caleb Tejchma, with 12. It was a slow start for the Warriors but as the game progressed their intensity increased and allowed for a small comeback from being down 7 in the 1st. With a good shooting quarter by the Warriors in the 3rd, they were able to get a lead and hold off Pentwater in the 4th.     First quarter WMC 9, Fruitport 16 Second quarter WMC 20, Fruitport 22 Third quarter WMC 43, Fruitport 35 Fourth quarter WMC 58, Fruitport 48   WMC leading scorers: Jared Olsen with 20, Caleb Tejchma with 12 and Fisher Campbell with 10. 

Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Calvin Christian High School

The Western Michigan Christian Boys' Basketball Team hosted Calvin Christian on Tuesday night. After winning the tip WMC was taken out of their game by full-court pressure with Calvin leading 26 to 4 after the first. After the 2nd quarter, the score was Calvin 41 and WMC 13. WMC continued to work over the next two quarters, ending the 3rd Calvin 54 and WMC 22, as Calvin kept its lead. WMC ended with a 25-point 4th quarter, and Calvin ended steady, with the final score being Calvin 73 and WMC 47. A positive for WMC's players was Ben Moorhead with 7 points, and 4 others with 6 points each- Fisher Campbell, Caleb Tecjchma, Cody Folkema and Sam Sipe. "It was nice to see shots being put up with confidence from a lot of our guys, something we will hope to duplicate in future games", said WMC Head Coach Justin Canan   Canan also stated, "We knew the pressure and intensity of Calvin's game was coming into our house, and it is

Boys Varsity Basketball vs. North Muskegon High School

The Western Michigan Christian Boys' Basketball Team traveled to North Muskegon on Monday night. North Muskegon shot well and ended the 1st with 25 to WMC's 13. The second quarter was much the same with WMC ending the half at 26 and North Muskegon at 43.  The 3rd ended with North Muskegon at 63 and WMC at 34. Final score North Muskegon 76 and WMC 45. Fisher Campbell and Cody Folkema both had 9 for WMC. 

Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Potter's House Christian School

The Western Michigan Christian Boys' Basketball Team traveled to Potters House on Wyoming Friday night. Potters House jumped out to a 19-8 lead at the end of the first and really solidified the rest of the game in the second quarter with shot-making, offensive rebounds, and strong post-play with the score 40 to 14 at the half. WMC continued to work over the next two quarters, putting up 14 to Potters House's 20, and 17 to Potters House's 11 in the 4th. Final Score WMC 45 to PH's 71. Fisher Campbell led WMC in scoring with 12 followed by Cody Folkema with 7. 

Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Fruitport High School

First quarter WMC 11, Fruitport 15 Second quarter WMC 19, Fruitport 27 Third quarter WMC 33, Fruitport 62 Fourth quarter WMC 49, Fruitport 73   WMC leading scorers: Jared Olsen with 10, Sam Sipe and Fisher Campbell both had 8. 

Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Tri-County High School

The Western Michigan Christian girls basketball team opened their season with a home game vs. Tri County.  The Warriors had a strong start and led 15-2 at the end of the first quarter.  Kate Derdowski had two 3-pointers in the first quarter that ignited the offense.     Head coach Sarah Koetsier said, "This was our first game of the season.  It was great to see the team in action.  We worked well as a team and are excited to keep improving this year."    The Warriors were led in points by junior Kate Derdowsi with 15 points.  

Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Kalamazoo Christian Schools

The Western Michigan Christian girls' varsity basketball team had their first road game after the season opener the previous night.  Kalamazoo Christian started the game strongly and had a lead at the end of the first quarter.  Kalamazoo Christian had a great transition basketball game, and they did a great job of passing to find an open girl.  The Warriors adjusted to this transition offense and worked together to stop open shots and fast breaks.  Head coach Sarah Koetsier said, "Kalmazoo had great ball pressure tonight.  Ashley Folkema and Kate Derdowski did a great job of handling this pressure and setting up our offense.  We had some great shots on offense that did not fall."  The Warriors fell the Kalamazoo Christian 49-25.  The Warriors were led by Tressa Arkema with 7 points and 9 rebounds.   The Warriors will continue their season with an away game at Calvin Christian on Tuesday night. &nb

Girls Varsity Basketball vs. Potter's House Christian School

The Western Michigan Christian Girls' Basketball team traveled to the home of the Potter's House Pumas. The Warriors had a strong start and led 10-8 after the first quarter.  Potter's House took the lead in the second quarter while the Warriors struggled with foul trouble.  Potter's House led 22-12 at the half.  The Warriors battled to come back in the third and fourth quarters, but despite their efforts, fell to Potter's House 48-30.   Warrior Head Coach Sarah Koetsier said, "Potter's House took control of the tempo in the second quarter with some tight defense.  We worked to adjust to this defense and did our best to recover in the second half.  We focused on driving to the basket in the second half and shot several free throws.  I am proud of our efforts to recover from the second quarter."   Ashely Folkema led the Warriors with 12 points and 7 rebounds.  Maria Eenigenburg added 6 points, 9 re

Girls Varsity Basketball vs. West Michigan Aviation Academy

Western Michigan Christian Girls' Varsity hosted West Michigan Aviation Academy.  The WMC Warriors had an early lead of 11-0.  At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led 11-2.  This lead was extended with a score of 33-8 at the half.  The Warriors continued this lead and ended the game with a score of 61-14.   Warrior Head Coach Sarah Koetsier said, "We played very well tonight.  We are still working on staying out of foul trouble.  We did a better job in the second half keeping our number of fouls committed down.  West Michigan Aviation Academy did a great of switching their defenses on us.  We had to adjust our offense according.  Ashley Folkema did a great of reading this defense and scoring outside and inside points."   Ashley Folkema led the Warriors with 23 points and 6 rebounds.  Brooklyn Watts had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 steals.  Kasey Folkema added 8 point

Boys Girls Varsity Cross Country vs. Allendale High School

WMC competed in the D3 cross country Regional at Allendale on Saturday, October 29.   The Allendale Regional was loaded for both genders with teams ranked highly in the polls, with berths in the State Finals on the line for both teams and individuals it was going to be an electric atmosphere.    Boys Team Results: GR Covenant Christian 72 Saranac 88 Central Montcalm 90 North Muskegon 123 WMC 139 Calvin Christian 154 Kent City 180 Delton-Kellogg 194 Black River 199 Montague 229 GR West Catholic 258 Ravenna 290   WMC Results:   Medalist (Top 15) and Individual Qualifier for the State Finals: Matthias Morse (10), 13th place with a 17:16.3 which was a new personal best.   22nd Jonathan Clausing (12) 17:35.4 - personal best 23rd Graeson Lawrence (11) 17:37.9 42nd Danny Maat (11) 18:33.5 - personal best 43rd Elijah Zenz (11) 18:34.8 - personal best 54th Alexander

Boys Girls Varsity Cross Country vs. OPEN

The WMC Cross Country teams traveled to Sparta on Saturday to face state and regionally ranked competition.   The Warriors competed in the Silver Division which featured the #3 (Pewamo-Westphalia) and #8 (Saranac) boys' teams in this week's Division 3 State Coaches Poll. While the girls' meet featured #2 (Pewamo-Westphalia), #8 (WMC) and #13 (Kent City) from this week's Division 3 Coaches Poll, and #14 (Buckley) from Division 4.   Boys Team Scores - Silver:   Pewamo-Westphalia 41 Saranac 46 WMC 76 Kent City 86 Buckley 115 Byron Center Zion Christian 178 5 other schools fielded incomplete teams. Coach Gould, "The boys faced some strong teams in P-W and Saranac, we will face Saranac in the regional and they appear to be the team to beat. We are currently a long way from challenging them and need to concern ourselves with positioning ourselves to compete for 2nd or 3rd at regionals to advance to the state

Boys Junior Varsity Soccer vs. East Grand Rapids High School

The JV Warriors soccer team was back in action after a week of practice as they hosted the Pioneers of East Grand Rapids on Monday evening.  WMC was able to find the back of the net multiple times and walk away with a 4-0 victory over a high quality program.       The game flowed back and forth for the first 6 minutes until WMC was awarded a corner kick.  Levi Postema (So, Muskegon) played the corner in and Luke Proctor (Fr, Grand Haven) flicked the ball towards goal where one of our three exchange students, Paco (So, Barcelona) was able to blast it into the back of the net to break the deadlock and put the Warriors up 1-0.  Then 2 minutes later, Postema added a tally of his own as he received a pass from Noah VanWoerkom (Fr, Muskegon), then proceeded to scoop past a defender, then scoop again past the Pioneer keeper and slide it into the back of the net for a quick 2-0 lead with 25 minutes left in the 1st half.     The score

Boys Junior Varsity Soccer vs. Manistee High School

Boys soccer was back in action on Tuesday night after a long holiday weekend, with the Warriors hosting the Chippewas of Manistee.  The JV team took the first 15 minutes to get back in form and then started to find the back of the net and finished with a solid 6-0 victory over the visitors.  Ryan Riksen (So, Grand Haven) broke through first on a great low driven shot past the keeper from outside the penalty box.  It was followed up 4 minutes later as Riksen received a through pass into the box from Luke Proctor (Fr, Grand Haven) and one-touch passed it to the middle where Ramon (So, Barcelona) was able to bury it in the back of the net for his first goal of the night.  With 8 minutes left in the first half, Paco (So, Barcelona) was able to get free on the wing and beat his defender into goal and calmly slid the ball underneath the Manistee goalkeeper to go into halftime with a 3-0 lead.     Coming out of the halftime, the Warriors remained hun

Boys Girls Varsity Cross Country vs. South Christian High School

The WMC Cross Country teams opened started the competition portion of the season Friday night at the Under The Lights Invitational at GR South Christian HS.   The Warriors competed in the Twilight Division with boys racing at 9:50pm, followed by the girls at 10:25pm. The meet was scored in two sections Large and Small schools with WMC scoring in the Small school division.   Boys Twilight Small Schools Results: Wyoming Potter's House - 20 Holland Christian - 42 Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports - 110 Hudsonville Unity Christian - 125 Saugatuck - 130 Kent City - 139 WMC - 155 Coach Gould, "It was great to be back competing, this meet has a great atmosphere, and we faced some great teams tonight. It was important to get a read on our early season training, and the boys ran faster versus last year at this event. Jonathan Clausing launched his senior season finishing as our lone medalist on the evening, scoring an 18th place finish in the smal

Girls Varsity Volleyball vs. Fremont High School

WMC vs Plainwell (25-18, 25-21 WMC W) Ella Hawke led the team with 7 kills, followed by Kendal Young with 6. Julissa TerHaar had 8 digs followed by Abby Leffring with 7. Kendal Young had 19 assists.   WMC vs Newago (25-15, 25-22 WMC W) Abby Leffring led the team with 12 kills and Kendal Young ended with 21 assists.   WMC vs Hesperia (25-16, 25-16 WMC W) Abby Leffring had 10 kills, followed by Ashley Folkema with 6. Julissa TerHaar had 6 digs. Kendal Young had 22 assists.   WMC vs Fremont (25-18, 25-23 WMC W)  Abby Leffring had 10 kills and 3 blocks, followed by Ashley Folkema with 6 kills and 2 blocks. Kendal Young had 19 assists.   WMC vs Sparta (25-20, 25-15 WMC W) Abby Leffring and Ashley Folkema each had 4 kills, followed by Ella Hawke with 3 and Nora Anderson with 2. Ashley Folkema had 8 digs, followed by Julissa TerHaar with 6. Kendal Young had 12 assists.    WMC vs Plainwell (25-9, 25-20 WMC W) As