John Glenn Westland

Anderson let go as Glenn girls hoop coach

“There’s a (job) posting period and all (coaching) contracts are terminated at the end of the school year,’’ Ambrose said. “All positions at the end of the year are open and we have to consider all applicants. There’s a whole process to the hiring and we sent it to Human Resources and it took some time to resolve.

“Nothing against Mark or what he was doing, but we had to go by what the (district) contract says. Based on what the contract says we had to honor it. You try and stick with those who have been coaching to keep the continuity, but sometimes you run into something like this and you have to make an adjustment.’’

Kovatch, who was an assistant girls track coach in the spring and will be the Rockets’ freshman football coach this fall, said he applied for the position when it was posted on May 1.

“I was encouraged by players and parents,’’ Kovatch added. “I look forward to working with these girls. My bottom line – and the main goal and beyond – is to make sure they have a great experience and carry with them a good and wonderful high school experience. The basketball part will take care of itself.’’

After going 6-15 in his inaugural season as Glenn girls varsity coach, Anderson, with the help of three high profile transfers, won 19-of-23 games with their only losses coming against Class A state champion Inkster (in the district final) and KLAA South Division rival and two-time state semifinalist Canton (three times).

“I’m disappointed the way the thing went down,’’ Anderson said. “We had a lot of success and lost to just two teams – those games may have been ugly, but we got better as the season went along.’’

Seven players return off last year’s squad including starters Joslyn Massey (transfer from Detroit Renaissance), Erica Covile (transfer from Detroit Cody), Shakeya Graves (transfer from Detroit King) and Kaira Barnes, along with key reserves Abbey Wright, Stephany Brown and C.J. Hickerson.

“Even though we didn’t have a freshman team, I allowed him (Kovatch) on my staff to get paid,’’ Anderson said. ‘‘I thought it was underhanded the way the guy went about it. What can you do? We went 19-4. He knew the girls would be successful. The guy is doing it for selfish reasons.

15U Concealed Security off to quick series start | Observer and ...

So far, so good for the Concealed Security in the 15-and-under USSSA International World Series held in Crystal Lake, Ill.

The Livonia-based team advanced out of its pool with a 5-0 record and earned a fourth-seed in the 24-team elimination double-elimination round tournament.

Concealed won its fifth straight Monday with a six-inning (mercy rule) win over the Cleveland (Ohio) Hit Club as Kevin Nisun (Livonia Franklin) went 3-for-3 with four RBI and two runs score.

Austin Stevens (Livonia Stevenson) added two hits, including a double and two RBI, while pitcher Zach Schmidtke (Dearborn Heights/Divine Child) was the winning pitcher.

In Saturday's pool play opener, John Slater (Southfield) got the win in relief and drove home Nisun and Dee Jawad (Dearborn Heights) with the game-winning two-run singled in the top of the seventh to beat the Lake County (Ill.) Sidewinders, 7-6.

Slater went 3-for-4 with three RBI and struck out four in 1.2 innings in relief of starter Alex Padilla (Romeo).

Nisun also went 2-for-2 in opening-round victory.

In Round Two on Saturday, Padilla went 2-for-3, including a grand slam and six RBI in a 13-2 victory in five innings (mercy rule) over Genoa City (Wis.).

Winning pitcher Kenny Miller (Lakeland) limited the Wisconsin team to three hits and struck out six.

On Sunday, Concealed opened with a 5-2 win over the Illinois Sparks as Slater went 3-for-4 at the plate and got the save in relief of Stevens, who allowed just two hits and struck out seven in five innings to pick up the victory.

Nisun also added two hits.

Stevens then came through with a pinch-hit 3-run triple as Concealed quieted the Illinois Thunder in six-inning mercy, 18-5.

Lane Gusler (Woodhaven) was the winning pitcher, while Alex DeYonker (Franklin) closed out the win in relief.

Concealed, which improved to 30-18 overall, received a first-round bye and was scheduled to meet the winner of the game between the No. 13 seed and No. 20 seeds.

The tournament featured a field of 36 in six different pools including teams from Japan, Brazil and Sri Lanka.

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