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LSJ All Area Team Selections – Redwing Spring Athletes
Congratulations to the Redwing spring athletes selected to Lansing State Journal All Area Teams! (Click titles for LSJ links) Photo Credit: Josh Ortman, Ortman Productions. See all the pictures from St. Johns Sports and Events at: https://www.ortmanproduction.com/stjohnshighschool Girls Lacrosse Eden Peele – Dream Team Ava Casler – All Area Baseball Austin Beals – All Area…
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LSJ All Area Team Selections – Redwing Winter Athletes
Congratulations to the Redwing Winter athletes selected to Lansing State Journal All Area Teams! (Click titles for LSJ links) Photo Credit: Josh Ortman, Ortman Productions. See all the pictures from St. Johns Sports and Events at: https://www.ortmanproduction.com/stjohnshighschool Boys Wrestling Dream Team – Donovan Quinn Girls Wrestling Dream Team – Olivia Pettigrew All Area – Lori…
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Varsity Girls Tennis vs Grand Ledge 4/8/26
Redwings 2 Comets 6 4/7/26 @SJHS Singles: No. 1 – Taylor Pung, Grand Ledge def. Emersyn Sturgis, St. Johns, 6-1 , 4-6 , 10-5 ; No. 2 – Callie Morrison, St. Johns def. Allison Mead, Grand Ledge, 6-1 , 6-3 , -; No. 3 – Harshini Meenakshi Sundarum, Grand Ledge def. Morgan Klaver, St.…
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Remember the Names
Remember the Names By Dan Ward This is ten percent luck Twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will Five percent pleasure Fifty percent pain And a hundred percent reason to remember the name (Remember The Name- Fort Minor) State Finals. It’s something we start talking about in November. If I’m being honest,…
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All Heart – By Dan Ward
𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 By Dan Ward “You don’t get here by accident.” That’s what I told our two state qualifiers, Donovan Quinn and Olivia Pettigrew. In Michigan high school wrestling, nothing is handed to you. The path is simple, but not easy: the top four at districts move on. Top four at regionals punch their…
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Heroes By Dan Ward
Heroes By Dan Ward “Oh, we can beat them for ever and ever Then we could be heroes Just for one day.” – David Bowie My wife bought me a cinch bag a few years ago when I started this go-round with the wrestling program. It’s nothing fancy —a small black bag with Coach…
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No Excuses By Dan Ward
No Excuses By Dan Ward “Every day, it’s something, hits me all so cold You find me sittin’ by myself, no excuses, that I know”-Alice in Chains One of the greatest things about wrestling is this: records don’t matter. Rankings don’t matter. Once you step into the circle, none of it matters. It’s just…
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Win or Go Home By Dan Ward
Win or Go Home By Dan Ward The wrestling regular season wrapped up Wednesday night with emphatic wins over Alpena and Shepherd. The Redwings finish the regular season at 14–5, with their only losses coming against ranked opponents: Mason, Fowlerville, St. Louis, Three Rivers, and Eaton Rapids. The boys’ season was packed with highlights.…
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LSJ All Area Team Selections – Redwing Spring Athletes
Congratulations to the Redwing spring athletes selected to Lansing State Journal All Area Teams! (Click titles for LSJ links) Photo Credit: Josh Ortman, Ortman Productions. See all the pictures from St. Johns Sports and Events at: https://www.ortmanproduction.com/stjohnshighschool Girls Lacrosse Eden Peele – Dream Team Ava Casler – All Area Baseball Austin Beals – All Area…
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LSJ All Area Team Selections – Redwing Winter Athletes
Congratulations to the Redwing Winter athletes selected to Lansing State Journal All Area Teams! (Click titles for LSJ links) Photo Credit: Josh Ortman, Ortman Productions. See all the pictures from St. Johns Sports and Events at: https://www.ortmanproduction.com/stjohnshighschool Boys Wrestling Dream Team – Donovan Quinn Girls Wrestling Dream Team – Olivia Pettigrew All Area – Lori…
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Varsity Girls Tennis vs Grand Ledge 4/8/26
Redwings 2 Comets 6 4/7/26 @SJHS Singles: No. 1 – Taylor Pung, Grand Ledge def. Emersyn Sturgis, St. Johns, 6-1 , 4-6 , 10-5 ; No. 2 – Callie Morrison, St. Johns def. Allison Mead, Grand Ledge, 6-1 , 6-3 , -; No. 3 – Harshini Meenakshi Sundarum, Grand Ledge def. Morgan Klaver, St.…
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We’re Going to Yell and Yell and Yell And Yell and Yell
We’re Going to Yell and Yell and Yell And Yell and Yell By Dan Ward It’s Homecoming! There is something magical about small towns on autumn Friday nights. But Homecoming, Homecoming is just… well, it just is. From the parade, with little kids straining to see a big brother or sister on a float…
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For The Team We Know and Love So Well
For The Team We Know and Love So Well By Dan Ward Forty-five seconds left on the clock, Fowlerville has the ball on the St. Johns 2-yard line, 1st and goal. You are tired; you’ve been on the field for 5 minutes. You had them stopped a couple of times, pinned deep with a…
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It’s Gonna Be A Rip And Roaring Time
It’s Gonna Be A Rip And Roaring Time By Dan Ward As a former SJHS football player, I can tell you there is one week you mark on your calendar; Ionia Week. Ionia and St. Johns have been rivals for as long as I can remember. We don’t like them, they don’t like us.…
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Tennis Results at Haslett
St. Johns – 3, Haslett – 5, @Haslett 9/4/25 Singles: No. 1 – Anish Komirisetty, Haslett def. Eli Howes, St. Johns, 6-0 , 6-0 , -; No. 2 – Jackson Clark, Haslett def. Elijah Schultz, St. Johns, 6-3 , 6-1 , -; No. 3 – Brayden Kilby, St. Johns def. Rishi Chava, Haslett, 6-3…
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Whenever SJH Kids Fall In Line by Dan Ward
Whenever SJH Kids Fall In Line Dan Ward There is nothing like a Friday Night in a small town during Football Season. Walking into the stadium, shaking hands with friends you haven’t seen in a while, hot dogs, pizza, the student cheering section, and kids running around playing catch on the concourse. The crisp…
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Varsity Tennis Defeats East Lansing
East Lansing – 2, St. Johns – 6, Singles: No. 1 – Eli Howes, St. Johns def. Miles Johnston, East Lansing, 3-6 , 6-3 , 10-4 ; No. 2 – Bodhi Alwin , East Lansing def. Elijah Schultz, St. Johns, 6-4 , 6-7 (5), 10-7 ; No. 3 – Brayden Kilby, St. Johns def.…
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Redwings Tennis Defeats Portland
Portland – 3, St. Johns – 5, @SJHS 8/25/25 Singles: No. 1 – Eli Howes, St. Johns def. Tanner Brownell, Portland, 6-0 , 6-0 , -; No. 2 – Elijah Schultz, St. Johns def. Gavin Beckett, Portland, 6-1 , 6-1 , -; No. 3 – Brayden Kilby, St. Johns def. Tyler Clark, Portland, 6-2…
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Under the Lights Tennis/Cross Country, Swimming Holt Invite Results
Varsity Tennis Under the Lights Invitational @SJHS 8/22/25 Owosso – 7, Fenton – 1, Caledonia – 21, St. Johns – 19, Singles: No. 1 – Eli Howes, St. Johns def. Hudsen Derengowski, Caledonia, 8-4 , -, -; No. 1 – Kevin Defrenn, Owosso def. Nicholas Schultz, Fenton, 8-1 , -, -; No. 1 –…
Read MoreRemember the Names By Dan Ward This is ten percent luck Twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will Five percent pleasure Fifty percent…
Read More𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 By Dan Ward “You don’t get here by accident.” That’s what I told our two state qualifiers, Donovan Quinn and Olivia Pettigrew. In…
Read MoreHeroes By Dan Ward “Oh, we can beat them for ever and ever Then we could be heroes Just for one day.” – David Bowie…
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