10/20 CCHS Sports Report

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10/17 - On Saturday your XC Chargers raced on a wet muddy course in the Kent / Ottawa Championships at Gainey Fields. The kids were up against division 1&2 schools in Kent county. They had fun with it and raced hard in the tough conditions the Lord in His perfect plan had them running in. The boys took 4th place in the meet with Levi Kamps, Nick Lubbers, Mason Schimmell, and Luke Dykstra taking home top 20 medals. The girls finished 7th in their race with Amber Koole finishing 5th overall. Our teams are primed and ready to run their best races as we head toward the finish and our championship season. It's SENIOR WEEK! So as we get back to work this week we celebrate and thank them for their good Christian example and all the time, work, & energy they have given to our teams these last four years! We have been blessed by them!
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10/18 - JV volleyball took a short drive to Triunity Christian tonight. The girls fought hard, adjusting well and took 2 wins! 26-24, 25-14. Final Season Record 20-18
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Covenant falls to Calvin in a thriller!

10/18 - On a cold blustery rainy afternoon the Chargers went on the road to take on the Calvin Christian Squires in the opening game for the MHSAA soccer playoffs.  Both teams struggled a bit early on with the windy conditions and slippery grass but Covenant was able to put some early pressure on the Calvin defense but unable to put the ball in the goal.  The momentum soon switched to the Squires who were able to capitalize on a couple of Charger miscues to grab a two goal lead. (16:35 and 10:07).  The Chargers ended the half with a flurry of opportunities, yet the Squire's goalie turned away the shots to help Calvin hold a 2-0 lead at the half.

The Squires were able to add a third goal on another Charger foul at the 26:42 mark of the second half and seemingly had control of the game.  However, the Chargers did not go away quietly but turned up the pressure immensely on the Calvin defense to pull within one goal.  At the 21:13 mark, following a Calvin foul, Aiden Cnossen found Jonny Kuiper with a perfectly placed pass for a header to make it 3-1.  Despite wave after wave of offensive attacks by the Chargers, the Chargers did not score again til the 6:51 mark when Travis Holstege found Derek Gritters with a crossing pass and Derek's shot found the back of the net to make it 3-2.  The Chargers still kept the ball pressure on the Squire defense/goalie but were unable to come up with the equalizer and lost 3-2 to end the season.  

The Chargers finished the year with a record of 6-11-3 but also created many great memories of their time together.  A big "THANK YOU!" to coaches Mike Noorman, Shawn Griess, and Sam Lubbers for working and guiding these young men during the 2022 season. Final Record 6-11-3
 

8/18/22

JUNIOR VARSITY
Score:  Covenant 2  Calvin Christian 2
Dirk Van Ufflen scored in the 1st half and
Brady VanderMuelen ties it up late in the second half with an assist from Tyler Gritters

VARSITY
Calvin 1       Covenant  0
After an early first half goal, Calvin Christian held on to beat the Chargers on opening night of the 2022 boys soccer season by a score of 1-0.

Both teams travel to Caledonia for the Scotland Yard Invitational on Saturday, August 20.
The next home game is scheduled for Friday, Sept 26 vs Jenison
 

VARSITY -  The Chargers Varsity soccer team played Saturday, August 20 in the Scotland Yard tournament hosted by Caledonia.  In game 1, with Covenant playing Caledonia, the Chargers lost in a shootout 6-5 after being tied 2-2 at the end of regulation. Travis Holstege and Carter Scholten scored for the Chargers in regulation.

In game 2 the Chargers won in a shootout against the Wyoming Wolves 7-6 in sudden death shootout  once again. Tied 1-1 after regulation with Aiden Cnossen getting the goal in the 1st half, the Chargers won the game when goalie Jaydon Gritters made the save in the shootout to give the Chargers their first win of the season.  The Chargers are 1-2 on the season.

JUNIOR VARSITY -  Scotland Yard Invitational

Wyoming 4   CCHS  0

CCHS 3      Caledonia 1

After a slow start in the 1st game vs. Wyoming, The team bounced back to get the win vs. Caledonia.
With the 1st goal from Dirk VanUflen and 2 goals from Brady Vandermuelen - This was a full team effort - Goalie Ryan Kuiper with 12 saves 

Thursday, August 25. The Chargers varsity soccer team evened their record with a thrilling 1-0 win at Allegan.  After a scoreless first half, Covenant went ahead in the second half at the 21 minute mark following a corner kick from Aiden Cnossen with the header by Jonny Kuiper to give the Chargers the lead.  Despite some heavy pressure in the last few minutes of the game, the Chargers defense held the Allegan Tigers out of the goal to preserve the shutout and secure the win to move to 2-2 on the season.

The Chagers hosted Jenison on Friday August 26.

The Junior Varsity team was defeated by a score of 2-0.

The Chargers Varsity soccer team fell to 2-3 on the season with a 3-0 loss to the Jenison Wildcats. In a 10 minute span in the first half Jenison scored 3 times to secure the win. Both teams played excellent defense in the second half keeping each other from scoring to make the 3-0 halftime score the final.

Covenant is back at it again at home at the new Chargers Sports Complex versus the Potter's House Pumas August 30 Tuesday night at 6:45 pm.
 

Tuesday night, August 30, the Chargers fell to the Potter's House Pumas by a score of 2-0.  Early in the first half the Pumas scored to take a 1-0 lead to halftime.  The Chargers struggled against a tough Puma defense but did have one quality shot by Spencer Holstege who hit the crossbar late in the first half.  The Pumas added to the lead by scoring its' second goal with a strike from about 25 yards out to give Potter's House the 2-0 win. Covenant falls to 2-4 on the season.

9/29 CCHS Sports Report

Varsity Soccer

Covenant vs Fruitport
9/27 Varsity Soccer. On a cool crisp Tuesday evening the Chargers took on the Trojans of Fruitport (7-6-2) at Charger Stadium under the lights.  The first half saw both teams with limited offensive opportunities as shots were kept at bay and what did go on net the goalies were up to the task in keeping the balls out of the net. 

The second half saw Fruitport control the ball offensively for much of the half and apply more pressure on the Charger defense and goalie Jaydon Gritters. The Charger defense held firm in keeping the Trojans off the scoreboard despite the pressure from the Fruitport offense.   At the 14:42 mark Jaydon Gritters made a spectacular diving save off a Trojan strike to keep the game scoreless.  The Chargers managed a couple of shots late in the game but were unable to break the 0-0 tie.  Jaydon Gritters had a busy night with 13 saves for the Chargers.

The Chargers record moves to 5-7-3 with the tie and back into second place seed in the district moving ahead of Potter's House but still yet behind Calvin Christian for the top seed in District 51 Division 4.  The Chargers are back in action Wednesday night AT Wyoming High School at 6:45 pm.  The next Charger home game at Charger Stadium is Thursday night versus Holland Christian at 6:45 pm.
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9/28 Wolves Take Down the Chargers

The Charger soccer team invaded the den of the Wyoming Wolves (6-9-1) Wednesday night and felt the attack of the Wolves in more ways than one, losing 3-0.

The Wolves came out with a very aggressive game plan and applied heavy pressure on the Charger defense right from the get go.  The Wolves got on the scoreboard first with a header off a corner kick at the 22:59 mark to go up 1-0 and continued to pepper the Charger goalie in the first half but goalie Jaydon Gritters made the saves to keep it 1-0 at the half.

The Chargers offense came alive to start the second half with some pressure of their own against the Wolves' defense getting some shots on goal but unable to put the ball past the Wyoming goalie.  The second half also turned it into a foul fest as many fouls and yellow cards were called on the Wolves but the Chargers were unable to take advantage of their opportunities in the second half.  A breakaway at the 11:30 mark of the second half resulted in a number of close chances for the Chargers to get on the scoreboard but the Wyoming defense stiffened and about a minute later the Wolves responded with their second goal of the game at the 10:59 mark to go up 2-0.  Just a minute following that goal, the Wolves struck again at the 9:42 mark to put the game away making it 3-0 for the final score.

The Chargers fall to 5-8-3 on the season and fall into third place in the district seeding behind Calvin Christian and Potter's House.  The Chargers play their third game in a row Thursday night AT Charger Stadium versus the Holland Christian Maroons (9-1-3).  Game time is at 6:45 pm under the lights.

JV Soccer
JV Soccer on 9/22 lost to South Christian 0-4
JV Soccer on 9/24 lost to Calvin Christian 1-3. Season record 3-6-3    
JV Soccer on 9/27 lost to Fruitport 1-2. After an excellent effort on their home field, carrying a 1-0 advantage into the final minute, two goals were allowed to Fruitport resulting in the loss. Season record 3-7-3.
9/28 JV Soccer At home the Chargers tied Wyoming Park 2-2. Trailing 0-2 with 10 minutes remaining, Nathan Kerkstra scored with a header from a header by Luke Deemter off a corner kick and 3 minutes later evened the score with another goal. Season record 3-7-4.
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Varsity Volleyball
9/20 Kellogsville: 1-0 (25, 11, 25-15, 25-20)
9/23: WMC: 0-1 ((18-25, 17-25, 24-26)
9/27 Calvin: 0-1 (21-25, 20, 25, 19-25)
Season record 9-9-4

JV Volleyball
On 9/27, despite big efforts and rivalry energy, the JV Charger volleyball team fell to Calvin Christian in 2 games on Tuesday at home. 15-25, 20-25. Season record 16-15.

Freshman Volleyball
On 9/27, 9th grade volleyball defeated Calvin Christian 25-18 and 25-14 bringing their season record to 10-7.
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Boys XC
Girls XC
 

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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10/6 CCHS Sports Report

9/29 9th Grade Volleyball defeated Thornapple Kellog 25-22 and 25-21, leaving the team with a season record 11-7 
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Varsity Volleyball
9/29 Thornapple Kellogg: W (20-25, 20-25, 25-13, 25-18, 15-9)
10/1 Portage Northern L (0-2), Hudsonville L (10-25, 18-25), Unity Christian L (9-25, 19-25), Northview L (9-25, 23-25)
10/4 Northpointe W (20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-21)
Season record 11-13-4
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10/4 The JV volleyball team played their best game of the season tonight at CCHS! They fought hard, had scrappy play and a great night serving. It was difficult to identify individual performers because we played so well as a team! Pure determination to stay energized and focused the entire match. 
A great win against Northpointe 27-25, 25-23. Season record 18-15
 

10/10 CCHS Sports Report

Varsity Volleyball
9/29 Thornapple Kellogg 3-2 (scores: 20-25, 20-25, 25-13, 25-18, 15-9)
10/1 Hudsonville Invitational
   Portage Northern 0-1 (lost 2 games)
   Hudsonville 0-1 (10-25, 18-25)
   Northview 0-1 (9-25, 23-25)
   Unity Chr 0-1 (9-25, 19-25)
10-4 Northpointe 3-1 (20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-21) 
Season Record 11-13-4
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9th grade Volleyball
10/4 Northpointe 0-1 (14-25, 21-25)
10/6 Unity Christian Quad
   Unity Christian 0-1 (23-25, 15-25)
   West Ottawa 0-1 (18-25, 22-25)
   Catholic Central 0-1 (10-25, 24-26)
Season Record 11-11
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Varsity Soccer
A Scoring Explosion!!

10/6 - The Fremont Packers (4-14-1) drove to Charger Stadium to take on the Chargers on a cool wet night and found themselves on the receiving end of a scoring spree by the Chargers.  The Chargers ended a nearly five game scoreless streak at the 28:06 mark of the first half when Spencer Holstege blasted a strike past the Packer goalie for a 1-nil lead.  The goal was assisted by Logan Holstege.  With the Chargers dominating the offensive end, Covenant found themselves scoring two more goals in the first half.  At the 21:56 mark the Chargers made it 2-nil with Carter Scholten scoring assisted by Jayden Bylsma.  Jayden Bylsma added to his assist total with a well-timed pass to Aiden Cnossen at the 16:34 to make the half-time score 3-0.

Covenant went on to the second half continuing to put heavy pressure on the Fremont defense while the stout Charger defense of Tony Vanoverloop, Nick VanOverloop, Weston Meulenberg, Hayden VanOverloop, Cody Scholten, Ethan Deemter, Derek Gritters, Jonathon Boeve and others including goalie Jaydon Gritters put the clamps on the Packers offense.  The defense was outstanding in limiting the Packer offense to just a couple of shots on goal and forcing numerous turnovers from the Packers to help ignite the Charger offense.

The Charger offense started scoring right away in the second half with a goal by Jonny Kuiper with the assist by Travis Holstege at the 35:17 mark to go up 4-0. Just five minutes later it became 5-0 with Jonny Kuiper scoring again at the 30:06 mark with the assist by Aiden Cnossen.  Six minutes later off a corner kick assist by Aiden VanDyke to Carter Scholten who put it past the Packer goalie to make it 6-0 at 24:07 mark.  The scoring concluded with two goals late in the game with one by Spencer Holstege off a rebound shot by Aiden VanDyke and the finisher by Tony VanOverloop after stealing the ball from a Packer defender at the 3:27 mark to give the Chargers the 8-0 mercy.

The Chargers (Season Record 6-9-1) conclude their regular season Friday night on Senior Night at Charger Stadium versus the Warriors of Western Michigan Christian (7-5-1). 
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Varsity Soccer
Chargers lose a nail-biter!

10/7 - The Warriors of Western Michigan Christian (8-5-1) invaded Charger Stadium and left with a hard fought 2-1 victory over the host Chargers.

The Warriors struck first early in the first half off a Warrior throw-in on a shot that eluded goalie Jaydon Gritters at the 38:26 mark to put WMC up 1-0. The Chargers nearly tied the score at the 10:39 mark on a nice pass from Carter Scholten to Travis Holstege but the WMC goalie made the save to keep the score 1-nil.  Just 3 minutes later at 7:36  Ethan Deemter led Spencer Holstege on a lead pass up the middle that Spencer struck past the WMC goalie to tie the score at 1-1.  The Charger defense remained strong  and the score was 1-1 at the half.

Both defenses hunkered down in the second half and kept the offenses from scoring til the 25:17 mark when WMC struck to go up 2-1.  Despite some opportunities in the second half, Covenant was unable to get the equalizer and fall to WMC 2-1 and end the regular season at 6-10-3.

The seniors that played their final game at Charger Stadium were the following:

Anthony Griess               Tony VanOverloop
Aiden Cnossen        Derek Gritters 
Cody Scholten         Hayden VanOverloop 
Logan Holstege         Travis Holstege 
Jonny Kuiper         Jonathan Boeve 
Westen Meulenberg     Zach VanBaren

These 12 seniors represented Covenant Christian High School well in a Godly manner both on and off the field and will be sorely missed.  It has been a pleasure watching them throughout their time on the soccer team.  We look forward to watching them participating in the 2022 state tournament.

The state tournament begins with district play with the Chargers getting a rematch with the Squires of Calvin Christian, to whom they lost in the opening game of the season by a 1-0 score.  The game is scheduled for Tuesday October 18 AT Calvin Christian with the start time at 4:30 pm.
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JV Soccer                                                                 
10/6 - The Chargers defeated Fremont 4-1. Nathan Kerkstra had two goals.
10/7 -  The ended the season by defeating West Michigan Christian 1-0. Nathan Kerkstra had the only goal. Season record 5-8-4
 

Cross Country

Your CCHS Charger XC teams raced at one of the biggest Cross Country meets in the nation this past Saturday at the Portage Invite. It was a beautiful cool morning and the kids raced extremely well for the 4th straight week. We raced against many of the best teams in the state in Division 3 in the hopes of getting a good idea how we stacked up and we are happy with where we sit at this point in the season. Your Varsity boys finished 4th out of 35 teams with Levi Kamps and Nick Lubbers receiving medals for running in the top 50. The varsity girls finished 10th out of 31 teams and Amber Koole medaled, finishing 8th overall. Both your JV teams finished 3rd overall and a huge group of boys & girls received top 50 medals. It's so cool to have a meet like this where the JV runners have a good opportunity to receive medals and recognition. What a fun Day! We are back at it this week working hard, as we start to face the championship time of year!