Baseball
March-June, three teams—Varsity, JV, Freshmen, approximately 30 games each. Varsity and JV practice and Home Game Site: West Catholic High School, 1801 Bristol NW; Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Freshmen practice is held at Richmond Park, at the corner or Richmond and Tamarack NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Home games: Played on the West Catholic campus. Varsity Coach - Kevin Bouwhuis coachBo@aol.com
Basketball (Boys and Girls)
November - March, three teams—Varsity, JV, and Freshmen, 20 games each. Practice and game site: West Catholic High School, 1801 Bristol NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Varsity Boys Coach - Dave Ingels dave.ingels@yahoo.com
Varsity Girls Coach - Mike Glass MGLASS@fhps.k12.mi.us
Bowling (Boys and Girls)
November-February, Varsity only, approximately 22 matches each. Practice and Home match site: Clique Lanes, 533 Stocking NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Coach Chuck Pitsch - chuckpitsch@grcss.org
Competitive and Sideline Cheer
Competitive Cheer: November-March, Varsity and JV teams, approximately 12 tournaments each season. Practice Site: West Catholic High School, 1801 Bristol NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Sideline Cheer: August-October, Varsity, JV, and Freshmen levels. Practice and Home game site: West Catholic High School, 1801 Bristol NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Coach Lisa Smith - smithwc7264@sbcglobal.net
Cross-Country (Boys and Girls)
August-October, Varsity and JV races, approximately 14 contests each season. Practice Sites: West Catholic campus and surrounding area. Home Contest Site: Richmond Park, corner of Richmond and Tamarack NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Boys Coach Dennis Scully Dscully@mapesinsurance.com and Girls Coach Don Passenger dpasseng@iserv.net
Football (Boys)
August - October. Varsity, JV, and Freshman levels, Approximately 9 games per season. Practice and Home games site: West Catholic High School, 1801 Bristol NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 Varsity Coach Dan Rohn danrohn@grcss.org
Golf (Boys and Girls)
Girls: August – October. Boys: March – June. Varsity and Jr. Varsity levels. Approximately 16 dates. Practice and Home course: Western Greens Golf Course, 2475 Johnson St., Marne, MI 49435. Coach Mike Cherrette mikecherrette@grcss.org
Ice Hockey (Boys)
October-March, Varsity and Jr. Varsity levels. Approximately 24 contests. Practice and Home ice: Griffs Ice House, 30 Coldbrook NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 Coach Curt Wildman coachwild@yahoo.com
Skiing (Boys and Girls)
November-February. Approximately 15 contests. Practice and Home site: Cannonsburg Ski Lodge, 6800 Cannonsburg Rd., Belmont, MI 49306. Coach Scott Inman ski2ner@charter.net
Soccer (Boys)
August-October. Varsity and JV levels. Approximately 18 contests. Practice and home games at West Catholic High School, 1801 Bristol NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Coach Jeff Merritt merrittj@monashores.net
Soccer (Girls)
March-May. Varsity and JV levels. Approximately 18 contests. Practice and home games at West Catholic High School, 1801 Bristol NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Coach John Hawkins hawkins22@hotmail.com
Softball (Girls)
March-June. Varsity and JV levels. Approximately 30 games each. Practice and Home games at West Catholic High School, 1801 Bristol NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Coach Gene Idziak geneidziak@grcss.org
Swimming (Boys and Girls)
Girls – August-November. Boys – November-March. Varsity and JV levels. Approximately 17 competition dates. Practice and Home meets held at Union High School, 1800 Tremont NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Coach Murray MacGready murraymacgready@grcss.org
Tennis (Boys and Girls)
Boys: August – October. Girls: March – May. Approximately 16 dates. Varsity and JV levels. Practice and home meets held at Union High School, 1800 Tremont NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Coach Tyler Jansma tyjansma@yahoo.com
Track (Boys and Girls)
March-May. Approximately 18 dates. Varsity and JV levels. Practice held at West Catholic High School and surrounding area. GR City League dates held at Houseman Field, Houseman St. NE, Grande Rapids, MI 49503. Coach – Boys Tim Kohane timkohane@grcss.org Coach – Girls Dave Arbanas darbanas@gr-press.com
Volleyball (Girls)
August - November. Approximately 18 dates. Varsity, JV, and Freshman levels. Practice and Home dates held at West Catholic High School, 1801 Bristol NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504. Coach Molly Koslek mkoslek@hotmail.com
Wrestling (Boys)
November-March. Approximately 16 dates. Varsity and JV levels. Practice and Home competition held at West Catholic High School, 1801 Bristol NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504.
Coach Mike Nowicki wickscaulking@sbcglobal.net
Other Athletic Activities:
Crew, Boys and Girls
Dance, Girls
Equestrian
Rugby, Boys
Intramural Basketball League (IBL)
The athletic program exists to serve the community. If the students desire to initiate a new sports program the Athletic Director will support an initial assessment into developing the sport.
Criteria
-Interest list of student names provided by student leaders.
-Must be a number appropriate for the sport.
-Adult supervisor/coach, acquired by students, must meet with Athletic Director to discuss options.
-Athletic Director assesses impact on current athletic programs.
-Parent/student meeting to discuss options.
-Non-school funding plan developed by adults to cover three consecutive years’ operations.
-Parents sign commitment to guarantee player share of first year funding. Repeat year 2,3,4.
-Athletic administrator recommendation to Principal to proceed or not proceed.
-New program must operate effectively for three seasons, while competing against similar school or age-group teams at least five times per season, and adhere to school eligibility criteria.
-After three years of operation, Athletic administrator will request the new program be added to the funded athletic programs for their fifth and subsequent years of operation.