It certainly did not end quite the way we hoped, but an All-State performance is an All-State performance.   Senior Alex Russo returns to Kent City after finishing in 8th place at the MHSAA Individual Wrestling Championships this past weekend, earning All-State in his first and only appearance at the wrestling state finals.   Russo set the

Established in March 2014, the Kent City Athletic Hall of Fame is now in its sixth year of existence.  Since its inception, the Kent City Athletic Hall of Fame Committee has chosen 22 individuals and two teams to cement their place in Kent City Athletics’ history.   This year, four individuals will take their rightful place

Alexis Mercer is a contributor to Newaygo’s online newspaper, Near North Now.  However she doubles as a teacher and cross country coach at Newaygo High School.  Her January 13 article gives a “shout out” to the Kent City Ridge Run 15K/5K as one of her favorite ways to stay active early in the year. To see

The days are numbered for 2018, but before it goes for good we wanted to take a moment to look back on what was a great year for the Eagles.  Our student writers sat down before the break to narrow down the top 18 events from 18.  Then each student writer chose six events to

On Tuesday, October 30, Kent City made the trip to Big Rapids with 28 student-athletes.  This past fall, Kent City earned CSAA Silver championships in football, boys cross country, and girls cross country.  The football team qualified for the MHSAA playoffs for the third consecutive season, while the boys’ and girls’ cross country teams qualified

I guess that’s why you run the race.  The Kent City Boys’ Cross Country team was projected to get 19th place at the D3 MHSAA State Finals at the Michigan International Speedway, but the Eagle runners gave it their all on the speedway course and ended up in 14th place! From a team that wasn’t expected

It certainly was a whirlwind of a week in Kent City last week with our friends from Fox Sports Detroit and the MHSAA joining us for playoff football.   Although Kent City came up short on the field on Friday night against last year’s state runner-up, the Eagles were deserving of the recognition.   This was only

The course at Allendale was the perfect venue for the Kent City Eagles Saturday morning.  The D3 regional meet meant it was time to draw upon a season’s worth of hard work and put it into one culminating effort.  Ten of the Eagle harriers performed their lifetime best in the effort to advance to the

It seems like lately, I am a day late . . .  but not usually a dollar short, I probably would be though if it were not for credit cards.  Speaking of being a dollar short, on Thursday evening, no one will be a dollar short because the tailgate dinner that Fox Sports Detroit is

  The Kent City girls utilized their last race before next week’s upcoming regional meet by obliterating the field at the regional primer at Long Lake Park on Friday.  The ladies scored only 19 points to second place Morley Stanwood’s 75.  Most of the girls ran the fastest they’d ever run at Long Lake and