The 2007/2008 season was Lowell-Caledonia's 10th season as a cooperative team.  High School Students from Lowell High School and Caledonia High School are eligible to participate in the program.  There is a Varsity cooperative team and a JV/Club team that is not directly affiliated with the High Schools and they compete in the West Michigan JV League.

The OK Conference for Hockey consists of 3 Tiers and the Lowell/Caledonia team competes in Tier 3.  For the MHSAA state playoffs the Lowell/Caledonia team competes in Division 1 due to the combined size of the two schools.  Hockey has a total of 3 MHSAA divisions.  See the "Other Information" page for more information on the OK Conference and the City League.  See the "Links" page for more information on MHSAA hockey.

Caledonia High School is located at 9050 Kraft Avenue in Caledonia, Michigan.  The school colors are purple and gold and the team mascot is a Fighting Scot.  You can reach the school by calling 616-891-8129.

Lowell High School is located at 11700 Vergennes Road in Lowell, Michigan.  The school colors are red and black and they are known as the Lowell Arrows.  You can reach the school by calling 616-987-2900.

The cooperative team was formed back in 1998 to have a larger pool of hockey players from which to make a team.  There are many cooperative hockey teams in the Grand Rapids area.

Some of the past Varsity results are as follows:

In the fall of 1997 Jim Blair presents the idea of resurrecting the hockey program to the Lowell High School AD.

Spring 1998 the Lowell AD introduces Paul Jacobus to Jim Blair. Paul is an elementary teacher and former EGR hockey player who is also interested in bringing hockey back to Lowell.

After several discussions the school agrees to consider Varsity hockey again if a successful club program could be operated for a minimum of 2 years.

Organizational meetings are held to evaluate the interest in a hockey program in Lowell and the development of a club team. Many were interested at first but the costs involved deterred many. There was however a core of interested people and a decision was made to move forward despite the somewhat limited interest.

1998-1999

First Club Team – As of September 1998 only 9 players had committed to play on the club team.  Many were questioning the decision to move forward, however with active recruitment 4 additional players from other school districts were added during September and the club team enjoyed a very competitive inaugural season. Paul Jacobus, Scott Whaley, and Paul Whaley coached the team.

1999-2000

Second Club Team -After a successful first season interest grew.  However, in order to move the program more quickly, a decision was made to form a cooperative agreement with Caledonia looking toward a future cooperative Varsity cooperative program between the two schools. This decision increased the roster to a full 20 players.

Spring of 2000-After 2 fairly successful seasons of club hockey Jim Blair approached the school about sponsoring Varsity hockey. The Lowell School Board approved sponsorship of a cooperative Varsity program with Caledonia with the understanding that no district funds would be provided. The Lowell AD submitted an application and the MHSAA approved the team to join OK Conference. The team was assigned to a new Tier III divsion for 2000-2001 season.

2000-2001

The first Varsity Team competed in Tier III of the OK conference and Paul Jacobus coached the team. The team is competitive and finishes a little below .500 for the year. Growing pains are felt within the program overall due to the split of personnel between the newly formed Varsity team and the club team.

The Club Team has limited success due to the split.

2001-2002

Second Varsity Season - New program growing pains are experienced. The number of players are somewhat limited.  A very tough decision is made to keep freshman players on the Club team versus moving them to Varsity. The Varsity team is weaker as a result and has difficult season, which creates a rather large controversy among parents and players.

Club Team - Mike Ballard joins program as coach. Team enjoys major success. Wins league championship.

2002-2003

Third Varsity Team - Paul Jacobus relinquishes the varsity-coaching job for personal reasons. Mike Ballard takes over coach of Varsity team. Players from last year’s club team move to Varsity level and Varsity team improves.

2003-2004

Fourth Varsity Team - Players from 2001-2002 Club team now playing together for 3 years are the core of the varsity program. A Freshman and 2 Sophomores are moved from the club team to Varsity to increase the talent level on varsity.

2004-2005

MVP Award to Ted McCoy. 

Hobey Baker Award to Cory Kelly.

2006-2007

Hobey Baker Award to Jay Ryan. 

2007-2008

MVP Award to Jordan Steger and Justin Story.

Hobey Baker Award to Ken Hayes.

Academic All-State:  Ken Hayes (individual) and the entire Team (team)

Honorable Mention  All-State:  Jordan Steger and Jon Kuzava

All-Conference:  Tim Kelly, Jordan Steger, Justin Story

Honorable Mention All-Conference:  Drake Chittenden, Jon Kuzava, Corey Phillips

Ken Hayes wins the first annual West Michigan High School Hockey Blog Scholarship ($1,000).

The bottom line is that a lot of difficult decisions have been made along the way in an attempt to build an overall program. These decisions have not always been popular with players, parents and sometimes coaches.  The program has continued to grow and enjoy success at various times along the way. The program goal right now is to get players into the program early so they can have an opportunity to play together for a period of time prior to reaching the Varsity level. This will be a key to success in the future and allow better balanced personnel within the program.