Boys Swim/Dive Varsity The Eagles ended a terrific season with a 2nd place finish – the best in school history – at the State Meet at Oakland University this weekend.  Four teams – GRCHS, St. Joe, Hamilton, and East were the top 4 teams (out of 56) competing for that 1st place finish.  Many events [...]

Did you know? Great moments in sports happen when someone rises above difficult circumstances to accomplish something great.  One of those moments occurred at the end of the State Swim meet on Saturday.  The Eagles were neck and neck with St. Joe throughout the weekend vying for the State Championship.  With only the final relay [...]

Diving GRCHS Diver Taylor Pruis finished in 11th place in regional competition yesterday at East Grand Rapids.  His performance qualifies him for the State meet this weekend at Oakland University.  Great job, Taylor!

  Not 1, but 2 school records were broken at the Conference Swim/Dive Championship this weekend!  The 200 freestyle relay team of Mitch Schroder, Tyler Ligon, John Swets, and Ryan Beezhold beat a 20 year old record with a time of 1:27.95.  Shortly after, the team of Mitch Schroder, Jack VanAllsburg, John Swets and Ryan [...]

Boys Swim/Dive The preliminaries on Friday produced some great times from our swimmers.  Some of the highlights included a 7-second drop in the 200 Free for Benji Jonker, best times across the board in the 50 Free, a 5-second drop in the 100 Fly by Caleb Sprik, a 6-second drop by Smalley in the 100 [...]

Boys Swim/Dive The Eagles had a tough night against powerhouse Holland losing 107-79.  Mitch Schroder provided excitement early with a win in the 50 freestyle. Although the point total was low, it was a big night for personal best times:  Apol and DeGraaf in the 200 IM; Schroder, Faulk, H. Liverance, Aldrink, Hoekstra, Saenz, Otte, [...]

        The Senior swimmers will be recognized this Thursday at the last home meet at Calvin College.  Seniors and their parents will be honored beginning at 6:15 with the meet following at 6:30.  Senior night for our basketball players is coming up as well.  The Senior girls will be recognized at their [...]

Chlorine – The Breakfast of Champions: For the 1st time, the Eagles (11-1) are the D3 Conference Dual Champions.  This title came after a win (another first) against a combined Forest Hills team. Highlights included Jake Stevens’ state qualifying time in the 100 freestyle, divers going 2-4-6, Craig Aldrink’s win in the 100 butterfly, a [...]