10/3 CCHS Sports Report

On Friday night 9/29, the JV Chargers traveled to Thornapple Kellogg. The girls came out strong winning game 1 25-19. Grace Poppema had a strong serving game and Avery DeVries played hard at the net.  Game 2 was tight with lots of back and forth, we lost a tight one 24-26. Game 3 was a hard fought  battle and end with an ace from Ashlynn VanOverloop to win 15-12! Record 17-15.
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Chargers Lose a Close One!

Thursday night 9/29, the Charger Varsity soccer team entertained the visitors from Holland Christian (10-1-3) under the lights at Charger Stadium.  Most of the first half saw the two teams playing mainly in the middle of the field trying to put together an offensive attack.  The Chargers came close to scoring first in the half when Spencer Holstege received a well placed pass from Travis Holstege but just missed with the strike going over the crossbar.  However, it was Holland Christian who struck first at the 24:05 mark with a well placed strike on the left side of the goal.  Covenant continued to get some offensive opportunities in the first half but failed to capitalize on them keeping the score at 1-0. 

The second half was much of the same as the first half with a lot of midfield play from both teams until the last 15 or so minutes when the offensive attacks from both the Maroons and the Chargers yielded some quality shots that resulted in some nice saves or near misses.  Goalie Jaydon Gritters again made a spectacular save at the 12:21 to keep the Maroons from going up two goals and give the Chargers a chance yet for a tie or win late in the game.  Despite some great chances late in the game, the Chargers were unable to get the equalizer and lost 1-0.

The Chargers fall to 5-9-3 on the season with the last week of the regular season coming up with two home games on tap for Thursday and Friday night at Charger Stadium.  Thursday night has the Fremont Packers (4-11-1) visiting and the Warriors of Western Michigan Christian (7-7-2) come Friday night to Charger Stadium to finish the regular season.  Both games start at 6:45pm.

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Chargers Cross Country Report
10/1/22 -  Your Charger XC teams raced Saturday morning at Shepherd High School in the Shepherd Bluejay Invite. This is run on a beautiful dedicated XC course in the fields and woods behind the school. The weather was great for racing and it was reflected in our teams running a ton of Season best and Personal Best times. This is a huge meet and we ran in the Elite division against many of the best teams in the state for all divisions. This made it difficult for our kids to medal as individuals and as a team. However Amber Koole did medal for the girls running in the top 40 of the varsity race. Our main goal was accomplished and that was to take another big step toward our team goals. We will get back it this week and prepare for a huge meet this Saturday at Portage. Can't wait!
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