1945-1946 Hudsonville Basketball Team

Front Row: Maurice Peuler, Irwin Brinks, Bob, Grit, Carl DeVree
Back Row: Roland Lubbinge, Bob Visser, Jim Douglas, Harry Visser, Jim Abel and Coach Harold Japinga

Hudsonville Teams Honor Former Coach (1966)

The Hudsonville High School basketball team was one of the many winning teams that Harold Japinga coached during his stay at the school.
Twenty-one years is not too long to remember with gratitude a conscientious, enthusiastic coach.
Members of the Hudsonville High School baseball, basketball and football teams of 1944, 1945, 1946 and 1947 proved the point when they held a reunion last Tuesday to honor their former coach Harold Japing.

The group attended the Hudsonville-Byron Center basketball game at Hudsonville and had a tour of the new school.

Japinga, who is now a mathematics teacher at Creston, had winning teams in all three sports.  The teams also took several championships.
Many of the teams members still live in the area.  Japinga lives on North Big Spring Drive in Grandville.

Created: 2 Jan 2011