Stories By Brent Raeth
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Column
/ 2 days agoUnpopular Opinion: Dual Sports Are Bad for Kids
I know this will be an unpopular opinion. Dual sports are bad for kids! In a sports culture that celebrates toughness,...
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Hockey
/ 3 days agoLumberjacks Return to Clark Cup Finals, Set for Showdown with Sioux Falls
The Muskegon Lumberjacks are back where they believe they belong. For the second straight season, Muskegon will play for the USHL’s...
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Basketball
/ 3 months agoMore Than Memories: West Michigan’s Marks on Michigan Basketball Record Book
Michigan’s boys basketball record book is not built on averages. It is built on extremes. Nights when the rim felt twice...
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Column
/ 4 months agoThe Unsung Heroes of High School Athletics
I was a high school athlete from 1991 to 1995, and some of my clearest memories don’t come from the field,...
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Basketball
/ 4 months agoThe Quad Squad: The Era That Defined Montague Basketball
There was a stretch of time when, as a kid, nothing in the world mattered more than Friday night and the...
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Baseball
/ 4 months agoCharlie Mikkelsen: A Legendary Coach, An Even Better Mentor
Long before analytics, travel teams, or year-round specialization, Charlie Mikkelsen was teaching something far more enduring in Montague: love of the...
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Column
/ 4 months agoNIL in High School Sports: Fair for Athletes, Risky Without Guardrails
The conversation around Name, Image, and Likeness rights for high school athletes has officially arrived in Michigan, and predictably, it has...
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Column
/ 4 months agoSmart Coaches. Smart Strategy. The Culture Problem.
Strategy tells players what to do. Culture determines whether they actually buy in.
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Basketball
/ 5 months agoIt Was Never Just the Game: The Lessons High School Basketball Leaves Behind
Ask former high school basketball players what they remember most, and the answers rarely involve statistics or final scores. What stays...
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Basketball
/ 5 months agoWhy Scoring Is Down in High School Basketball: When “Positionless” Becomes “Purposeless”
Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden once said, “Basketball is a game of scoring, and the team that scores the most...
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