Photos from Saturday's R-P Volleyball Invite

Fall season is in full swing, and since we won't run the roundup of this event until next Sunday's Beacon, I thought I would pass along a sneak peek at some of the photos I took today at the Reeths-Puffer Invitational Saturday morning. I apologize for the lack of cutlines, as at this time I don't have access to the R-P volleyball roster. The two Montague photos are from their match against Fremont, while R-P was facing North Muskegon.

As I said, we'll have a roundup of Saturday's action in next week's paper.

Football Scrimmage Thoughts

I had some fun at yesterday afternoon's football scrimmage, watching Montague and Shelby (among others) prepare for the football season. I have quick thoughts, but first, here are all 6 varsity coaches at the scrimmage taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Quick thoughts from the uninformed eye:

- Cameron Brayman, Montague's new RB, looks like the real deal. On one run, Brayman broke four different tackles AND reversed his field to score a TD. Chris Carroll left big shoes to fill, but Brayman is up to the task.

- Montague's defense might need some fine-tuning. The Wildcats had a hard time stopping their opponents from scoring. To be fair, a couple of the teams they scrimmaged - Muskegon Catholic especially - are very good. But Montague probably wanted to see better from their D.

- Shelby should be legitimately good again. The Tigers held their own with Reed City and Catholic in their scrimmages against them. Both of those teams are consistently excellent. Shelby replaces their top rusher, passer and receiver from the previous season for the second time in a row, and for the second time in a row, they shouldn't skip a beat.

Check out the White Lake Beacon this week for my full previews of all 3 area teams, and stay tuned to the OHJ for upcoming action and our Sports Scene section in early September.