Coaching diversity isn’t just an equity issue, it also can be a competitive issue for college athletics, said Allen Trieu, a Midwest recruiting analyst at 247Sports. Prospective student-athletes prioritize diversity when deciding which colleges to attend.
Arts & Entertainment
Mountain biking sees popularity climb during pandemic
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MOUNTAIN BIKING: West Michigan mountain biking groups are seeing interest from new riders skyrocket, leading to shortages of bikes. More trails have opened as well. We talk to a new Rockford Rider, the coach of the West Michigan Coyotes youth biking team in Grand Rapids and the Ada-based West Michigan Mountain Biking Alliance, an Ada- said By Lindsay McCoy. FOR KUDINGTON, MANISTEE, HOLLAND, OCEANA, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, GREENVILLE AND ALL POINTS.
Diversity Issues
Transgender advocates push back against proposed Michigan youth sports restrictions
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Allies of transgender athletes are speaking up against the increasing wave of bills — including in Michigan – seeking to restrict transgender students from participating in youth sports.
News
High school athletes try to get colleges’ notice during pandemic
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With the COVID-19 pandemic shadowing doubt on high school athletes and their prospects of being recruited, some athletes have found ways to get noticed by colleges.
Education
Whitmer request for pause on youth spring sports is just the latest turn
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Throughout the year, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer put mandatory pauses on youth sports activity to mitigate COVID-19. On April 9, Whitmer asked youth sports programs to voluntarily pause all activity. This was in response to the statewide rise in positive COVID-19 cases. According to Bally Sports Detroit, Michigan high school athletic association Executive Director Mark Uyl, said there is a less than a 3% positive test rate among student-athletes. Districts will make decisions based on local circumstances.
News
St. Clair High School Varsity Swim Coach Sue Likins awarded Macomb Area Conference coach of the year
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ST. CLAIR, Mich. – Spencer Hack’s brain went into autopilot as he swam the 100-meter breaststroke on March 13 in the Blue Division meet. When he surfaced at the edge of the pool, he looked up at his time, 1:03.39. He had beaten the St.
News
MSU Shooting Sports Team provides firearm education to students, faculty
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MSU Shooting Sports Team at the range. Photo by MSUSSC
The MSU Shooting Sports Team provides the opportunity for students and faculty members to practice and compete in shooting competitions using various programs. They include Olympic Air Pistol, Scholastic Action Shooting Program pistol, International Air Rifle, Precision Pistol Bullseye, and precision 3-Position Smallbore Rifle. For Marina Malone, a junior studying interpersonal communications, the team allows her to specialize in the shotgun and provides a sense of community. Malone said, “For me, it was just one way to enjoy shooting and have something to do. I knew I didn’t want to do any sports in college, so this was one way for me to meet new people, make some good friends and share some common interests.”
Members meet weekly to improve shooting skills.
East Lansing
From hours in lines to years in a single seat: what it means to be in the Izzone
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For many basketball fans, waiting hours outside an arena may seem counterproductive. But for some students at Michigan State University, it is a lifestyle.
Health
Minor league teams eager to welcome fans back to the ballpark
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BASEBALL: Michigan’s minor league baseball teams are coming to bat for a season with pandemic-related restrictions, including a seating capacity cap and cashless food concessions. We hear about the West Michigan Whitecaps, in Comstock Park, and the Lansing Lugnuts. For new sand sports sections. By Samuel Blatchford. FOR GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, GREENVILLE, HOLLAND LANSING CITY PULSE AND ALL POINTS.
News
Novi High School junior’s basketball season cut short by contact tracing
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Eva Khalil, starter on the Novi girls varsity basketball team, had her season cut short due to contact tracing at Novi High School.
Novi varsity Women’s Basketball instagramEva Khalil, #3 for Novii, playing basketball against Grand Blanc. Khalil has been playing basketball for nine years and is a power forward. Her junior season was quickly taken away from her after sitting next to a classmate who tested positive for COVID-19.
“They called me down to the attendance office on March 18th, handed me some tissues, and basically said I have to quarantine from school and all activities for 10 days,” Khalil said.
Khalil’s quarantine will be up on March 27, but that was not soon enough. Khalil missed a crossover game, and a district playoff game March 24, as well as the district championship on March 26, which Farmington Hills Mercy won, 55-38. “Devastated is an understatement at this point,” Khalil said.
Eaton County
Grand Ledge girls varsity basketball team playing “no matter what”
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GRAND LEDGE – “No matter what” is this year’s theme for the Grand Ledge girls varsity basketball team.
The team has gone through its ups and downs when awaiting the status of its season early on. Before the announcement made by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Feb. 8 in regards to the return of winter sports, the team didn’t know if they were going to have a 2021 season.
The initial season started on track with tryouts in early November. Not too long after the week of tryouts, on Nov. 18, there was an announcement of a partial pause of all high school sports until Dec.