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Caledonia had 11 different guys finish among its top seven scorers at the three OK Green Conference meet-ups this fall.H...
10/21/2025

Caledonia had 11 different guys finish among its top seven scorers at the three OK Green Conference meet-ups this fall.

Having the two fastest runners in the conference and a lot of depth added up to the first OK Green Conference championship for the Fighting Scot varsity boys' cross country team.
Caledonia beat out runner-up Jenison by three points to win the OK Green Conference Championship meet at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 14.

Caledonia senior Noah Johnston was the day's individual champion with a time of 15 minutes 52.34 seconds and sophomore teammate Ethan Snapper improved his PR to 15:54.37 to place second.

Jenison won the first conference jamboree of the season, but the Fighting Scots bounced back to win the second meeting and Tuesday's race was the ultimate tiebreaker.

The top ten on the day was made up entirely of runners from the two sides. Jenison was led by sophomore Chase Sherman who had a personal record time of 16:04.32 to place third.

Caledonia sophomore Sean Thompson was fourth in 16:16.09. While dealing with an injury Thompson missed the first conference match-up, and his addition was the big difference in the final two conference get-togethers, but it took some other strong performances for the Scots' to pull out a 26-29 win over the Wildcats in downtown Grand Rapids.

Senior Eli Velting came up big for the Scots with a ninth-place time of 16:34.99. The Caledonia team had sophomore Bentley Nichols tenth, and got personal record runs from its sixth and seventh scorers on the day - senior Valin Barrett and sophomore Cole McKenna.

Bennett, Thompson, Velting and Nichols all earned all-conference honors for their top 11 finishes Tuesday.

The Caledonia girls closed out a third-place finish in the conference on the day with juniors Akaela Daman and Anna VanderWal earning all-conference nods. Daman was seventh in 19:38.90 and VanderWal tenth in 20:12.55.

The CHS girls’ team got a personal record run from sophomore Tionia Sakala who was 18th overall. The Fighting Scots also had Kendall Van Ryn 19th, Charlie Bont 21st, Elise Clarin 22nd and Addisyn Gerken 26th among the scoring group.

The Caledonia teams are back in action Saturday at Portage West Middle School for their MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional …

Read more in the Oct. 18 edition of the Sun and News …

Thornapple Kellogg senior Madison Kietzman and junior Peyton Hardy finished off all-conference seasons in the OK Gold Co...
10/21/2025

Thornapple Kellogg senior Madison Kietzman and junior Peyton Hardy finished off all-conference seasons in the OK Gold Conference placing 11th and 12th respectively at the conference championship meet at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids Wednesday, Oct. 18.

Kietzman was the third TK girl to lead her team at a conference race this season. Hardy led the TK group at the jamboree at Riverside Park to open the conference season and sophomore Amya Gater was the fastest Trojan at the jamboree hosted by Wayland.

Gater still managed to earn honorable mention all-conference honors along with teammates Carmen Reynolds and Brielle Miller. Grady Galaviz and Owen Bremer from the TK boys’ team were honorable mention all-conference as well, even with Bremer missing the championship race with an illness. He led the TK team at the two conference jamborees this season.

Kietzman hit the finish line in 21 minutes 40.12 seconds. Hardy was right behind in 21:41.26. The TK girls’ team also had Miller 14th, Reynolds 16th, Breanna Schut 17th, Avery Hagemann 28th and Karsyn Boersma 31st.

South Christian teams ranked among the top teams in the state in Division 2, finished off championship runs by winning Wednesday. The TK ladies were second and the TK boys were fifth on the day.

Galaviz had one of his strongest races of the season to place 19th in 18:17.54. The TK boys’ team got personal records from sophomore Wyatt Richardson who was 30th in 19:14.46 and sophomore Pender Workman who was 34th in 19:46.11.

The Trojan boys’ team also had Garrett Holzhausen 29th, Benjamin Postman 31st and Parker Robinett 32nd.

The Trojans go to South Christian Saturday morning for their MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional …

Read more in the Oct. 18 edition of the Sun and News …

It was a heck of a second day for Caledonia senior Codie O’Krangley as she closed out her time as a Fighting Scot varsit...
10/20/2025

It was a heck of a second day for Caledonia senior Codie O’Krangley as she closed out her time as a Fighting Scot varsity golfer at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Girls’ Golf Finals over the weekend.

Only seven girls shot better than O’Krangley’s 79 on day two of the Finals at The Meadows, on the campus of Grand Valley State University, in Allendale Saturday.

An 89-79-168 over the course of the two-day, 36-hole tournament had O’Krangley in 25th place overall.

O’Krangley was 19th at the D1 Finals as a junior and 39th at the end of her sophomore season. The 168 is her lowest total score in her three Finals appearances.

10/18/2025

Thornapple Kellogg has as many as five regular season wins for the first time since 2018 thanks to a 22-21 win over visiting Holland Christian in OK Black Conference play.

The Maroons had a 21-10 lead with 5:41 to play in the third quarter, but TK rallied to get into the end zone two more times the rest of the way while shutting out the Maroon offense.

Quarterback Micah Dock had a one-yard touchdown run with 18 seconds to go in the third quarter to get TK within 21-16.

The TK defense forced a three-and-out and the Trojan offense headed right back for the end zone across the first half of the fourth quarter. Zach Eldridge had one big conversion on a third-down run and another on a 25-yard pass from Dock that kept the chains moving. Debo Robinson plowed into the end zone on a 25-yard run with 6:10 to go to put TK up 22-21. A two-point pass fell incomplete, leaving the Trojans’ susceptible to a Maroon game-winning field goal attempt.

That chance never materialized for the Maroons. They got close though. Holland Christian moved the ball for a first-and-ten at the TK 24-yard-line, but with a minute and a half to go Brekin Mcwhinney and Preston Gummo teamed up to sack the Maroon quarterback. On the next play, second-and-16, TK defensive back Camden Peter intercepted a pass up the Maroon sideline to effectively seal the TK win.

The Trojans close the regular season next Friday at home against Wyoming.

(NFHS Network video)

The Kinnes, the crowns, the cheers and the gowns. The middle school joining the high school band. The cheerleaders givin...
10/11/2025

The Kinnes, the crowns, the cheers and the gowns. The middle school joining the high school band. The cheerleaders giving the youngsters a hand. Parents and classmates, and fans in the stands. All the 2025 Thornapple Kellogg homecoming.

The Trojans at times this fall have been good, they’ve been great, they’ve had heartbreak and heroics.For the first time...
10/11/2025

The Trojans at times this fall have been good, they’ve been great, they’ve had heartbreak and heroics.

For the first time this season the they just weren’t good enough for an extended period of time.

East Grand Rapids took a 24-0 lead over the Thornapple Kellogg varsity football team on homecoming night inside Bob White stadium in Middleville Friday and went on to a 34-7 win over the Trojans.

Thornapple Kellogg mostly righted the ship in the second half putting two steady offensive drives together right away while the defense forced a turnover on downs and a punt. Senior back Debo Robinson scored on a 30-yard run at the end of the Trojans’ first drive of the second half to get TK within 24-7.

The Trojans second drive of the second half started at their own three-yard-line, and made it all the way to a fourth-and-one at the Pioneer 12-yard-line where the Trojans lost a fumble.

The ball on the ground didn’t just end the drive though. Pioneer defensive back Tyler Blake scooped the ball off the turf and raced 89 yards for a Pioneer touchdown.

A Pioneer interception on the first play following their kick-off and another EGR field goal effectively put the game away.

EGR improves to 5-2 overall this season and 3-1 in the OK Black Conference with the win. TK is now 4-3 overall and 2-2 in conference.

Seniors Oliver Lietz and Avery Hagemann are crowned the 2025 Thornapple Kellogg High School homecoming king and queen at...
10/11/2025

Seniors Oliver Lietz and Avery Hagemann are crowned the 2025 Thornapple Kellogg High School homecoming king and queen at halftime of the TK varsity football team’s OK Black Conference contest against East Grand Rapids in Middleville Friday. The Pioneers lead the Trojans 24-0 at the half.i

The Trojans parade from Lee Elementary to TKHS for the homecoming game against the Pioneers
10/10/2025

The Trojans parade from Lee Elementary to TKHS for the homecoming game against the Pioneers

Marshall snuck a free kick over the Trojan keeper early in the second half, added an insurance goal, and then fought off...
10/10/2025

Marshall snuck a free kick over the Trojan keeper early in the second half, added an insurance goal, and then fought off TK’s final charge Thursday.

The RedHawks scored a 2-1 victory in the MHSAA Division 2 District opener over the Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer team inside Bob White Stadium in Middleville.

In a physical game, played mostly between the boxes TK finally put some extended pressure on the RedHawk net with about eight minutes to play. The Trojans shot the ball back and forth across the RedHawk goal, eventually slipping a shot under the Marshall goalkeeper. As the ball rolled across the goalmouth, TK junior Milo McCormick slid in between a pair of RedHawk defenders to knock the ball across the goal-line.

The Trojans kept the pressure on for much of the final few minutes, but couldn’t find an equalizer.

The RedHawks advance to face Harper Creek in the district semifinals Monday.

Caledonia will look to make it back-to-back undefeated OK Conference East Division seasons when the conference gets toge...
10/08/2025

Caledonia will look to make it back-to-back undefeated OK Conference East Division seasons when the conference gets together for its championship meet, at a yet to be determined site, Nov. 7-8.

The Fighting Scots finished off a 5-0 season of conference duals with a 132-45 victory over the visiting Grand Rapids Gators on senior night in the new Cal Community YMCA pool Tuesday.

There were solid swims all around as the teams work towards championship season. The Fighting Scots, still a co-op with South Christian and Lowell, have a strong contingent headed to the MISCA Meet in Holland the weekend of Oct. 17-18. The Gators have one more conference dual ahead, against Wayland in the Otsego pool during a tri that also includes the host Bulldogs, Oct. 16.

Caledonia’s four returning state medalists all had wins in the final conference dual. Sophie Ga***rd and Mya Vanderzwaag had two individual victories each and were both a part of a relay win for the Fighting Scots. Caledonia swept the three relay races.

The CHS team had Catilyn Morris win the 200-yard freestyle, Nora DeHaan the 100-yard freestyle and Madelyn Foerch the 500-yard freestyle. Vanderzwaag took the 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard backstroke. Ga***rd won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke.

That breaststroke race was one of the most exciting of the night, even it the big showdown wasn’t for first place. DeHaan was the runner-up to Ga***rd, finishing a little over four seconds back, and the battle for third was about six seconds behind DeHaan - but it was a good one. In the end Gator freshman Mara Raak out-touched Caledonia senior Anneka Schuurmans by one hundredth of a second. Both Raak and DeHaan set new personal bests by almost a second in the race.

The Gator team did get a pair of victories. Lydia Slagel, the defending conference champion in the diving competition, won again. The TK, West Michigan Aviation Academy, Hopkins and West Catholic co-op team also had sophomore Mckenna Hawks turn on the jets during the breaststroke leg of the 200-yard individual medley and go on to a victory in that race.

Lena Gesing, Foerch, DeHaan, Schuurmans, Chloe Kerkstra, Lily Klein, Aliya Van Hogwegen, Aubrey Klapmust, Morris and Amelia McCann were all also a part of relay wins for the Fighting Scots …

Read more in this weekend’s edition of the Sun and News …

It was a thrilling final few moments of the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Girls’ Golf Regional at Muskegon Country Cl...
10/06/2025

It was a thrilling final few moments of the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Girls’ Golf Regional at Muskegon Country Club for senior Codie O’Krangley and the Fighting Scots Monday.

O’Krangley finished off a birdie on the par-5 number 13 with a ten-foot putt, that curled around the cup as it dropped in, to close out her round with an 83.

She cheered from a little Caledonia gallery as junior teammate Emily Walbeck chipped in from the back side of the green on number 13 to finish off her round.

And she watched across hole ten as Grandville senior Lyla Chrisman rolled a tremendous putt for birdie, from the front of a brutal green sloping from her right to left, to within inches of the cup. Chrisman tapped in for par, but she needed that birdie putt to fall to force a playoff for the final individual state qualifying spots.

O’Krangley qualified for the MHSAA L.P. Division 1 Girls’ Golf Finals for the first time as an individual. She finished in a three-way tie for fourth individually with Grand Haven sophomore Colbie Livingston and Portage Northern senior Brooke Randall.

The top three teams and top three individuals not on those teams earned spots in the state finals that will be held at The Meadows on the campus of Grand Valley State University in Allendale Oct. 17-18. O’Krangley, Livingston and Randall were the three individual state qualifiers from the regional. If Chrisman’s birdie putt would have found its mark on ten there would have been a four-person playoff for those three state spots.

Byron Center took the regional championship with a team score of 336 strokes. Portage Central was second with a score of 337 and Rockford third at 365. The Caledonia girls were fourth missing qualifying for the state finals as a team, for what would have been the third consecutive season, by seven strokes. The Scots shot a 372. Jenison was fifth at the 15-team regional with a score of 388.

The CHS team got a 99 from senior Ella Burns, a 100 from senior Katie Honhart and a 102 from senior Halle Stout.

Portage Central had two girls in the top three. Junior Seneli Amaratunga was the regional champion with a 79 and junior teammate Olivia Griswold was third with an 81. Byron Center junior Autumn Kartes was the runner-up with an 80.

The Thornapple Kellogg varsity football team took a 37-30 overtime victory in OK Black Conference play at Northview Frid...
10/04/2025

The Thornapple Kellogg varsity football team took a 37-30 overtime victory in OK Black Conference play at Northview Friday to move to 2-1 in the conference.

The Trojans got the ball first in the overtime session, where each offense gets to start a drive from the ten-yard-line. Senior back Debo Robinson carried the ball to the six. Junior quarterback Micah Dock took it to the three. Junior back Camden Peter took it the rest of the way to the end zone on third down, and Mason Chivis’ extra-point kick put TK up by seven.

The Trojan defense stopped the Wildcats on their possession, and the Trojans got to celebrate as they head into their homecoming week.

In what must feel like a rarity for the Trojans, even when things felt like they were going awry the ball just kept bouncing their way.

TK had a couple receivers collide on a fourth down play in Wildcat territory with 1:24 to go in the fourth quarter trailing 30-27. The defense came up huge. The offense got a little help. Northview lost the handle on a reverse and went backwards, and then a botched Northview snap to the punter in the closing minute set TK up at the Wildcat 30-yard-line.

With no timeouts left and 38 seconds to play, Dock tossed the ball back to senior back Zach Eldridge who lofted a pass towards the end zone that came up short and was intercepted by the Wildcats. The Northview celebration didn’t last long though, as there was a flag for defensive pass interference behind the play to keep the TK offense on the field and move the ball to the 15-yard-line with 30 seconds to go. Eventually, Mason Chivis kicked a 33-yard field goal with six seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 30-30.

TK is now 4-2 overall this season and will host East Grand Rapids for homecoming in Middleville Friday, Oct. 10 …

Read more in the Oct. 11 edition of the Sun and News … (TK Schools photo)

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