East girls raise funds in cancer fight

For the third year in a row the Lapeer East Volleyball team hosted its “Volley For A Cure” in a home match against Linden on October 19th.


Donned in “Volley For A Cure” T-shirts, the girls won all three of their games with Linden, 25-10, 25-12 and 25-20, and clinched third place in the Metro League.

The fundraiser collected nearly $1,000 to help two families that had daughters play on the Lapeer East volleyball team who have suffered a loss to cancer in the last year.

Jessica Knapp’s mother, Kathy, lost her battle to breast cancer this past June. Evie, Kari, and Lisa Dinsmore’s dad, Steve, lost his battle to stomach cancer this past August.

The team honored both families and the memory of each of their parents at the game.


The girls raised the bulk of their funds through the sale of Volley for a Cure T-shirts. Sponsors of the fundraiser included Dr. Aaron Fisher, DDS, Dr. Albert Smith Jr. and family, Dr. John Yap, Lapeer Medical Associates, Mott Community College, Ray C’s and Speedy Screen Printing.

Lapeer East girls will ‘Volley for A Cure’

Once again the Lapeer East Volleyball team is hosting a “Volley For A Cure” match against Linden on Tuesday, October 19th, at Lapeer East High School. The game tips off at 7 pm.


This year the team will donate the money to the charities of their wishes: two families that had daughters play on the Lapeer East volleyball team.

Jessica Knapp’s mother, Kathy, lost her battle to breast cancer this past June. Evie, Kari, and Lisa Dinsmore’s dad, Steve, lost his battle to stomach cancer this past August. At the game the team will honor both families and the memory of each of their parents.

Sponsors of the fundraiser include Dr. Aaron Fisher, DDS, Dr. Albert Smith Jr. and family, Dr. John Yap, Lapeer Medical Associates, Mott Community College, Ray C’s and Speedy Screen Printing.

Volleyball team members will sell T-shirts for $10.00 each to raise funds for this occasion.

Four Lapeer East High School athletes heading to Adrian College to play football, volleyball

The Adrian College Bulldogs will become very familiar with the Lapeer East Eagles next year.

On Tuesday, four Lapeer East High School athletes will celebrate their commitments to attend and play for Adrian College at a 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 25, ceremony in the school’s Media Center.

Adrian College’s football team will have the largest representatives from Lapeer East with three players from last year’s Eagles’ squad going to the Bulldogs. Eric Rieves, Anthony Hunt and Sebashton Sullivan have made commitments.

East football coach Jake Weingartz and Adrian College head football coach Jim Deere are scheduled to be on hand, along with family and friends of the players.

Also going to Adrian College is Casey Donovan a standout Lapeer East volleyball player. Lapeer East volleyball coach Dan Purvis and Adrian College head volleyball coach Elisa Joris are scheduled to be at the ceremony along with Casey’s family and friends.

Lapeer East senior Samantha Kazor taking academic, athletic skills to LCC

Samantha Kazor has been a strong middle hitter for the Lapeer East High School volleyball team, but Dennis Richardson thinks she has great potential as an outside hitter.

Samantha is happy to make the switch because it means she gets to continue playing volleyball and study sonography at Lansing Community College.

Samantha, an East senior, signed a commitment letter on Friday, May 7, 2010 to accept a scholarship to LCC and play for its volleyball team. Coach Richardson said he is thrilled to have her join the team.

“She’s very talented on the volleyball court with her skills of defense, hitting and blocking,” Richardson said. “With her demeanor and character, she’s the whole package. She’s the kind of kid who is going to push up to the top. We’ve been third and fourth the past several years and she’s going to help us move up.”

Dan Purvis, her coach at East, said he is happy for Samantha.

“I’m real excited to see our players move on to the college level,” he said.

East Principal Kelly Paige praised Samantha for her work on the court and in the classroom.

“Sam is the type of athlete I like to talk about because of her grades,” she said. “She’s nearly a straight-A student and my hat goes off to her.”

Samantha, who said she is studying sonography so she can one day perform diagnostic ultrasound tests, said she plans to get an apartment in the Lansing area while attending LCC.

Lapeer East Volleyball standout to sign to play with Lansing Community College

Lapeer East High School senior Samantha Kazor will sign a letter of commitment to attend classes and play volleyball for Lansing Community College at a ceremony in the East Media Center at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 7.

Her high school coach, Dan Purvis and her new college coach are scheduled to attend.
Samantha was an All-Flint Metro Honorable Mention selection this fall.

Her scholarship is the second for a member of the team in 2009-2010. East’s Ellery Owen previously accepted an offer to play for St. Clair Community College next year.

Lapeer East athletes sign letters of intent

Lapeer East High School athletes Payton McCallum (Grand Valley State University) and Ellery Owen (St. Clair Community College) signed their letters of intent at a ceremony on February 3, 2010.

Two of Lapeer East High School’s standout athletes were praised Wednesday for their hard work in the classroom and in their sports when they signed commitment letters to colleges.

During signing ceremonies in the school’s Media Center, family, teammates and friends celebrated with Payton McCallum and Ellery Owen as they made their first steps into their college careers.

Payton, who played offense and defense for the Lapeer East High School varsity football team, signed to play at Grand Valley State University. Ellery accepted an offer to play for St. Clair Community College next year.

“These are two amazing student athletes who have done it in the classroom and on the court and field,” East Athletic director Sharon Miller said of the pair.

Payton said he is eager to begin college but doesn’t know if a career in the pros is in his future.

“But I would love it,” he said.

His East coach praised Payton’s dedication.

It’s a testament to his hard work that he is going there (to GVSU),” Coach Jake Weingartz said. “I’ll be very excited to watch him the next four years.”

Payton was named a First Team offense and defense player in the Flint Metro League and was named co-Most Valuable Player.

Ellery said she believes attending St. Clair Community College will be a good learning experience for her.

“It was my very biggest goal to go to a place like this (SCCC),” she said. “I love volleyball and it will be a great experience for me to meet new people.”

Her East coach said her performance lifted the entire team.

“Just her presence on the court made everyone around her better and made us a better team,” Coach Dan Purvis said. “She’s just a great kid.”

SCCC Coach Chuck Weisner said he is excited to have Ellery join his team.

“We’ve recruited very, very well this year,” Coach Weisner said. “ We’ve gotten the best kids from the area and Ellery is no exception.”

Ellery was a Flint Metro League First Team selection while at East.

Lapeer East volleyball run ends in quarterfinals

It was a great run, but the Lapeer East Eagles volleyball team lost to Farmington Hills Mercy 3-1 in a quarterfinals match at Fenton High School.

Congratulations to the Eagles for a fine season.

Lapeer East volleyball team wins Regional

The Lapeer East High School varsity volleyball squad won its first Regional title since 2001 in defeating Flushing on Thursday night, November 12th.

Game story.

East will play in the state quarterfinals at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Fenton against Farmington Hills Mercy.

Lapeer East High School volleyball team wins District title in victory over Kearsley High

For the first time since 2005, the Lapeer East High School volleyball team has captured the District volleyball title with a 3-0 win over Flint Kearsley High School on Saturday. Game story.

The East volleyball team will meet Midland Dow in the Regional semi-finals at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10th at Owosso High School.

Lapeer East volleyball team scores big tournament win in Ann Arbor

The Lapeer East girls' volleyball team scored a big win, its fourth tournament championship this season, in the Ann Arbor Pioneer Invitational over the weekend.

Lapeer East volleyball team wins New Lothrop tourney

The Lapeer East volleyball team improved its record to 13-0-1 with a victory at the New Lothrop tournament.

Lapeer West has strong showing in 12-team Linden volleyball tournament

Lapeer West had some great team and individual success in the Linden Invitational Volleyball Tournament this weekend.

Complete results of the tournament as well as individual statistics are here.

Friday's victory over Carman-Ainsworth is at this link.

Change of location for West's JV and Freshman volleyball matches

The Lapeer West High School junior varsity and freshman valleyball matches scheduled or Thursday, August 27th, have been moved to Carman-Ainsworth High School. Start time remains the same at 5 p.m.

Lapeer East volleyball team wins at Oxford tourney

The Lapeer East High School volleyball team won the first Flint Metro League Volleyball Sportsmanship Invitational at Oxford this weekend. Story is here.