Brighton #1 in Michigan, Grand Rapids Previews

#1 posting 8.24.2006
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BRIGHTON #1
Brighton is the #1 team according to the Detroit Free Press. Brighton may have four DI players on the court. The Free Press also lists 24 more teams.

MICHIGAN PREVIEWS
Saginaw area teams are previewed (Nouvel Catholic, Heritage, plus some conference races) in the Saginaw News.
ReShawnda Jackson is coming back to Saginaw Arthur Hill. Last year she moved to Texas. They also will have another transfer Brittany Dorsey, they say she is from Mississippi, but there also was a BD that played at St. Paul Highland Park last year. Again another story from the Saginaw News.
The Observer and Eccentric newspaper chain has plenty of previews today:
Lakeland gets the once over in the Observer and Eccentric newspaper. They will be trying to chase Brighton in the Kensington Valley Conference. Novi is chronicled in the same paper, but you have to scroll past football to get there. South Lyon. Northville also have previews.
The Bay City Times previews Bangor John Glenn.

GRAND RAPIDS AREA PREVIEWS
In the Grand Rapids area Kent City is the #1 team. Here is the rest of the top teams and top players from the GR Press. Fellow columnist Jeff Chaney has Rockford #1.
Veteran coach Colleen Lamoreaux-Tate has a new gig at Grand Rapids Catholic Central. She only has one returning starter. This story is from the Grand Rapids Press along with previews on GR Central, Union, Ottawa Hills, Creston, West Catholic, and Gateway.
More GR Press previews--this time Belding, Cedar Springs. Greenville, Northview, Rockford & TriCounty.
Unity Christian and Carrie Snikkers are featured in the next batch of previews in the GR Press.
Grandville, Alllendale, Jenison, Hudsonville, and Calvin Christian round out the next GRP previews.
Up next Wayland, South Christian, Middleville, Hastings, Caledonia, and East Kentwood are in preview parade.
Next is the coaching carousel at East Grand Rapids with their fourth coach in four years, with more previews of Forest Hills Central, Eastern, and Northern; Ionia; Lakewood, Lowell; Northpointe Christian and Saranac.
Byron Center's Brooke Carter is looking for an elusive title.
Jamillya Hardley is featured in an article in the GRP.
Comstock Park, Coopersville, Kenowa Hills, Sparta and Ravenna are next in the parade.

Here is a story in the Muskegon Chronicle about Kristi Boehm of Kent City.
Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port has had to deal with the injury to their best player Kaycee Damm. She was in a car accident before the second practice of the year. Here is the Huron Daily Tribune with more on Damm and how EPBP is coping. Another story from the Bay City Times.

VERBALS

COACHING OPENINGS

HS TRANSFERS

Next up: tomorrow afternoon.