Saturday February 12th, 2005
Lowell loses another late lead after Northview's surge
GRAND RAPIDS -- Northview coach Mike Kapustka was hoping history would repeat itself. With two minutes remaining and the Wildcats tied in Friday's O-K White game against Lowell, Kapustka hoped Lowell would be vicitm of losing another lead down the stretch. He got his wish. Full Story

Saturday February 5th, 2005
Red Arrows fall to Knights, 53-44
GRAND RAPIDS -- Lowell fell to 4-6 in the OK White and 6-9 over-all with a 44-53 loss to Kenowa Hills on Friday. Ryan Lane led Lowell with 11 points, while senior Mike Koster added eight points and seven rebounds. Mike Sutton scored 18 points and Doug Darden had 11 to lead host Kenowa Hills, which built a 27-20 halftime lead. Kyler King contributed a game-high 14 rebounds.

January 2005 News

Saturday January 29th, 2005
Lowell wins 4th straight; defeats Sparta 68-41
LOWELL -- The Red Arrows extended their winning streak to four games on Friday night with a 68-41 win over Sparta.  Lowell improved to 4-4 in the OK White and 6-7 over-all. Josh Hettinga led the Red Arrows in scoring with 18 points.  Hettinga hit four of Lowell's five three point field goals in the game. Also leading Lowell in scoring were Ryan Lane with 16 and Brad Shea with 13. 

Saturday January 15th, 2005
Lowell falls in overtime to Unity Christian
LOWELL -- Endurance -- and two critical 3-pointers in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter -- gave Unity Christian a 65-59 overtime victory Friday at Lowell. The Crusaders trailed by five, 49-44, with less than two minutes remaining in regulation but consecutive 3-pointers by seniors Drew VanderWal and Jared Engelsman gave Unity the lead in less than 40 seconds. Full Story

Saturday January 8th, 2005
Yellow Jackets defeat Red Arrows 50-47
GREENVILLE -- Lowell fell to 2-3 in the conference and 2-5 overall with a 47-50 loss to Greenville on Friday.  Senior Mike Koster led the Red Arrows with 16 points.  Josh Hettinga added 14 for Lowell including four three point field goals. Jake Waldorf scored 19 points for Greenville, which held off Lowell's fourth-quarter comeback. Greenville led 24-16 at the half and were up ten points heading in to the fourth-quarter.  Lowell made a run in the fourth out scoring Greenville 21-14.

Wednesday January 5th, 2005
Lowell falls to Northview, 47-64
LOWELL -- Lowell fell to 2-2 in the conference and 2-4 overall with a 47-64 loss to Northview on Tuesday.  Brad Shea led the Red Arrows with 18 points. Derek Brooks led the Wildcats with 18 points. While Jordon Vander Veen added 10. Northview hit eight three pointer in the game and led 24-18 at the half.

December 2004 News

Wednesday December 22nd, 2004
Hettinga leads Lowell past Kenowa Hills
LOWELL -- The Red Arrows improved to 2-1 in the OK White and 2-3 overall with a 65-49 victory over Kenowa Hills. Josh Hettinga had 18 points and Kevin Gillman added 11 for Lowell, which built a 32-18 halftime lead.  Hettinga scored most of his points from the free-throw line, where he was 10-13. Hettinga also added two 3-pointers. Mike Sutton led winless Kenowa Hills with 21 points.  Sutton was 8-of-13 from the free-throw line. A.J. Schmidt added 10 points for the Knights.

Saturday December 18th, 2004
Grady drives EGR past Lowell
EAST GRAND RAPIDS -- Kelvin Grady saw an opening. It was not a large opening, but it was big enough. East Grand Rapids' sophomore point guard, Grady drove through that opening, got off a soft layup with seven seconds left to play and gave East Grand Rapids a 59-57 O-K White win over visiting Lowell. Full Story

Wednesday December 15th, 2004
Red Arrows defeat Spartans, 75-57
SPARTA -- Mike Koster and Kevin Gillman scored 17 and 14 points, respectively, in the Red Arrows' win over the Spartans. Jeffrey Orlowski and Seth Bouwhuis had 11 points each for Sparta.The Red Arrows earned their first victory of the season to improve to 1-3 over-all and 1-0 in the OK White. Kevin Gillman hit four of Lowell's six three point field goals in the game. Also scoring for Lowell were Shane Stokes 9, Kyler Krieg 2, Josh Hettinga 5, Ben Hanson 2, Ryan Converse 3, Andrew Happie 2, Brad Shea 8, David VanKeulen 2, Mike McElroy 2, Ryan Lane 9

Saturday December 11th, 2004
FH Central escapes upset bid from Lowell
LOWELL -- It was a miniscule stretch of the fourth quarter, but Mark and Luke Lettinga did enough in those 17 seconds to give Forest Hills Central an edge Friday night. During that time, the Rangers' identical twin three-year starters combined for four points, a steal and an offensive rebound, giving their team an eight-point lead. Full Story

Tuesday December 8th, 2004
Lowell falls to Lakewood in season opener
LAKEWOOD -- Lakewood scored 57 second half points to defeat Lowell 83-55.  Leading the way for the Vikings was Corey Thelen with 23 points. The Red Arrows led at halftime 29-26 but were outscored 10-30 in the third quarter. Leading the way in scoring for Lowell were Shane Stokes and Kevin Gillman with 6 points, Frank Mulder and Drew Happie with 5 points each. Tyler Beglin hit four of Lakewood's eight three point field goals in the win and finished with 21 points.

October 2004 News

Thursday October 28th, 2004
Camp teaches basketball players how to shoot
LOWELL -- Jeff McDonald has organized a basketball clinic every autumn since he was named the varsity coach at Lowell High School. He has added a new twist this year. Full Story