Sparta lost to a division opponent for the ... season before the Spartans' late-season turnaround. "It's still high school football," Marchiano said. "You can never rest on what you've done ...

"Football is a game of momentum. When you have it, you want hold onto it as long as you can. When you don’t have it, you want to steal it back." – Sparta coach Frank Marchiano on Szabo’s ...

“My expectation every single year is to make the playoffs. Anybody who comes out and says, ‘We’re going to be conference champions,’ without having a reputation year in an ...

More accurately, a brother. And while the grieving process needed to begin in Sparta, football players and coaches at the high school had a difficult decision to make after learning about the ...

SPARTA, MI – Mark Chapman has coached some quality football teams during his first seven years at Sparta. The Spartans have made the playoffs in each of the last four seasons and finished the ...

WESTBY — Heading into a matchup against a team with a very similar style, the Sparta High School football team and its coach, John Blaha, knew they were in for a defensive battle on the road ...

Behind a pair of touchdowns by Stefano Montella, the Wolfpack used a 22-point second quarter to push ahead of Sparta and capture ... who didn’t play varsity football last fall due to a hip ...

SPARTA, MI – Whether it’s competing in a new conference or breaking in a couple key players at new positions, Sparta’s football team ... six other West Michigan schools to form the River ...