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Fal l 2012 Preview
GRAND RAPIDS CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL
In this Preview: The 2012 Schedule
Year 3 with Coach Fellows
The Ties That Bind
GRCHS College Recruits
2012 Overview
2011 was a record set-
ting season for the
Grand Rapids Christian
Eagles Varsity Football
program.
It was a season that
saw the Eagles capture
their very first O-K
White conference title,
while going undefeated
during the regular sea-
son.
The Eagles spent the
off season looking for-
ward to the 2012 sea-
son, knowing expecta-
tions would be high.
After key personnel
loses on both sides of
the ball, Coach Don Fel-
lows and his staff be-
gan the tedious off sea-
son work of building
the program towards
the 2012 campaign.
Dawn Patrol training
sessions began right
after spring break,
which typically signi-
fies the starting bell
for the Eagles football
program. The 6:15
am, three day per
week, training ses-
sions are considered a
“right of passage” for
Eagles
football
players.
After sev-
eral weeks
of training,
Dawn Pa-
trol gave
way to
summer
workouts, 7 on 7 pass-
ing workouts and
camps.
After a great off sea-
son leading up to Fall
2012, the Eagles look
to take the field and
drive towards another
championship season.
Go Eagles!
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LE A D U P T O 2012
www.GRCHSFootbal l .com
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Lead Up To 2012 2
The Schedule 3
Coach Fellows: Year 3 3
The Ties That Bind 4
College Prep Corner 4
Eagle Preview 5
“FOR TH E L O N G RU N” By Tommy Doles
For many athletes sports have become synonymous with
the challenges of everyday life and how to deal with
them. Eagle Offensive Lineman Tommy Doles offers his
insight in his article “For the Long Run”.
(Click here to Read the entire article)
The Grand Rapids
Christian Eagles will
play one of their
toughest football
schedules in recent
memory this fall. A
schedule that kicks off
at home against cross
town rival South Chris-
tian, also once again
includes, Forest Hills
Central and Kenowa
Hills.
Labor Day weekend
will find the Eagles
making an out of state
trip to Archbishop
Moeller in Cincinnati,
Ohio.
The addition of Jeni-
son and Hudsonville
to the schedule is a
new challenge for the
Eagles, and yearly
foes Lowell and East
Grand Rapids will
prove to be tough
games as well.
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C OAC H D O N F E L L OW S : Y E A R T H R E E
TH E 2012 SC H EDU L E
winning the O-K White
division outright.
Year three brings an-
other host of challenges,
but don't look for Coach
Fellows to lower his ex-
pectations for his Ea-
gles. After taking the
helm in 2010, each year
Fellows has set out the
challenges in front of his
teams with the highest
expectations of success.
Look for the same ex-
pectation from him in
2012.
Note:
Blast from the past:
View 2011 Video Inter-
view with Coach Fellows
(Click Here)
Going into his third sea-
son as Head Varsity
Football Coach at Grand
Rapids Christian High
School, Don Fellows un-
derstands the territory
he is entering.
After coming out of the
starting gate in his initial
season in 2010 with the
Eagles with a regular
season record of 6-3,
then advancing as far as
the second round of the
playoffs, Coach Fellows
set even loftier goals for
the following season.
In 2011 the Eagles
posted an undefeated
regular season while
setting several school
records in the process,
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Blue-White
Scrimmage
Saturday Aug 11
Fresh/JV 11am
Varsity 7pm
3rd Annual Eagles Golf Outing
Monday August
13th
VanDeBurg, Hall, Korhorn,
Faulkner, Hein, Crouch,
Boyd, Meekoff, Veenstra,
Betts, Bosscher and Kerk-
stra.
The seniors listed above
head into their final sea-
son of high school football
sharing a unique bond:
they have played together
since age 9.
It’s this unique bond that
they share which brings
them to the gridiron for a
“reunion”, year after year
since age 9. Now entering
into it’s final year, this
seasonal “reunion” is
about to come to a
close, with these 12
attempting to put their
mark on Christian foot-
ball history.
“We have all played
pretty much the same
positions too,” laughs
senior LB Matthew Hall.
Entering their biggest sea-
son ever, these 12 young
men have ridden the long
road together. Now closing
in on the end, they will at-
tempt to not just end the
story, but do so in story
book fashion: with a Cham-
pionship. It would be a
great way to finish the trip.
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GRCS CO LL EG E PR EP C OR N ER
TH E T I E S TH AT B I N D : EAG LE S C O M I N G U P TO GE TH E R
sity), Robert
Cuba (Ferris
Sate), Nate Mi-
togo (College of
the Canyons,
CA.), Kavon Fra-
zier (Central
Michigan) and
Wes Johnson (Ball
State) will all begin
their collegiate foot-
ball careers this fall.
2011 graduates, Matt
Grasmeyer (Wake For-
est), and Willie Sawyer
(Northpark), were two
of several others who
signed to play at the
next level.
This July, junior WR
Drake Harris made a
verbal commitment to
play at Michigan
State, senior TE Zach
Crouch committed to
Central Michigan, and
junior OT Tommy
Doles was offered a
full-ride to the Univer-
sity of Michigan.
When Coach Don Fel-
lows left the college
ranks to return to the
high school level, one
of his main goals was
to create a “pipeline”,
for players to move on
and play at the colle-
giate level.
This past spring on
National Signing Day,
when high school sen-
iors sign letters of in-
tent to play at the next
level, five Christian
High football players
put pen to paper, and
signed on the dotted
line:
Christian Benn
(Northwood Univer-
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2012 SEASON OVERVIEW
Eagles Offense
Notable loses: Kavon Frazier (RB), Brandon Pott
(WR), and Mitch Konynenbelt(OL)
Notable returners: Drake Harris(WR), Alex Vande-
Vussee(QB) and Tommy Doles(OL)
Player to watch: Christian Vandeberg (RB)
Fast Fact: In the past two seasons the Eagles Offense
has set, and broken, it’s own scoring records
Eagles Defense
Notable loses: Robert Cuba(DL), DJ VanderBaan(DB), Nate Mitogo(DL) and
Wes Johnson(DL)
Notable returners: Matthew Hall(LB), Davaris Col-
lier(DB) and Jack Bates(LB)
Player to watch: Jack Bates(LB)
Fast Fact: Entire starting DL from last season is play-
ing at the collegiate level this fall
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Coaches Quote:
“Once again the outlook for the 2012 season has great expectations. We will look to
replace some key components from the 2011 offense, although there has been some
tremendous competition to replace these positions. I have been very pleased with the
progress we have made this off season.
“We will try to maintain a balanced attack in 2012—I think our depth at running back will
be a huge asset for us this season. The growth of our returning players will be pivotal in
our success for 2012. I believe that this group has the potential to become a great of-
fense. Finishing on every play will be a major focus for us this season; I look forward to
working with these young men to accomplish some lofty goals that we have set.”
Jeremy Fellows, Eagles Offensive Coordinator