The recruiting process began back in August at Long Lake Park.  Nick Flegel had just finished in sixth place at the Kent City Long Lake Invitational when he was approached by Coach James Frank from Cleary University.   Coach Frank had driven across Michigan to see the senior run as the Cougars were looking for talented

Week two is in the books and we had a total of 30 student-athletes log-in to PLT4M (list is below).   This is an increase of nine from last week.  We are happy we are making progress, but we all know we can do better!   There were more student-athletes this week who visited PLT4M multiple times,

Today we are going to check-in with junior Brandon Rodriguez.   Brandon runs cross country and track and field for Kent City.   In the fall, Rodriguez continued to improve throughout the season taking over three minutes off from his 5K time!  Kent City won their 4th consecutive CSAA Silver championship in cross country.  During the spring,

Today we are going to check-in with junior Casen Armstrong.  Armstrong is a four sport athlete at Kent City Community Schools.   In the fall he stars on the football team and even ran some cross country races.  On the football field he is the jack of all-trades, playing running back, quarterback, linebacker, defensive back, etc.,

Here is a quick pop quiz for you . . . how many schools in Michigan won a first round playoff football game, sent their girls cross country team to the state finals, and won a Michigan Competing Band Association state championship all in just two days time?   The answer is one.   Who is that

The multi-media class sat down with Kent City Science Teacher and Head Varsity Cross Country Coach to discuss her team’s upcoming MHSAA State Finals race at Michigan International Speedway (M.I.S.).  The starter pistol will sound on Saturday, November 2 at 10:10 a.m. for the girls’ team and again at 11:30 a.m. for Nick Flegel and

Former U.S. President Calvin Coolidge once said that “nothing in this world can take the place of persistence…talent will not…genius will not…education will not…persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” No one embodies this sentiment more perfectly than Eagle senior Cross Country runner Nick Flegel. Nick has been an important member of the boys’ cross country

Regardless of the sport, tournament time is always exciting.   We plan our lives around them: March Madness, Super Bowl Sunday, College Bowl Season, etc.  In Michigan late October means the MHSAA Football Playoffs, the lone tournament that teams must qualify to participate in.   Teams gather all around the state to watch selection Sunday to find

For the three  fall sports teams remaining, this is a big week.  The varsity boys soccer team and varsity girls golf team have completed their 2019 campaigns, leaving the varsity football, varsity volleyball and varsity cross country teams.  This is the final week of the regular season for football, while volleyball has one more week,

Welcome to this week’s edition of Fast Five, where you can get to know an Eagle athlete through just five questions! Today, I talked to junior Ryan Wheeler. Ryan is an instrumental piece of the boys’ cross country team, which again won the CSAA Silver title this season. Wheeler also plays basketball in the winter, and runs