Sports

01:30 PM
Feb 22
2012

Haven boys settle for share of bowling title

Grand Haven’s varsity boys bowling team held onto a share of the O-K Red Conference championship despite finishing third at Saturday’s league tournament.

10:23 AM
Feb 22
2012

Bucs seniors win in final home game

In one sense, Grand Haven’s Jeremy Lattig said the realization of playing for the last time at Grand Haven Fieldhouse with five other Buccaneers seniors was a little sad.

10:19 AM
Feb 22
2012

GH girls hoops clinch at least share of O-K Red title

Grand Haven’s varsity girls basketball team clinched at least a share of the O-K Red Conference championship on Tuesday following the Bucs’ 50-35 victory at Grandville.

10:15 AM
Feb 22
2012

Prep hoops roundup: Carmean helps Fruitport girls win in double OT

Amber Carmean poured in a career-high 27 points as Fruitport’s girls basketball team survived a tough non-league game at Comstock Park, winning 68-63 in double-overtime.

01:30 PM
Feb 21
2012

Local sports roundup: GH JV hockey club blanks Wildcats

Grand Haven’s JV hockey club scored a 6-0 win over Ludington’s Westshore Wildcats on Saturday.

11:07 AM
Feb 21
2012

West Michigan getting a beach volleyball gold rush

A trio of Olympic gold medalists will be in West Michigan this week for a series of volleyball-related events, culminating in the Winter Beach Bash at the DeltaPlex Arena in Grand Rapids on Saturday night.

10:57 AM
Feb 21
2012

College Showcase: VanArendonk, Hope finish unbeaten in MIAA regular season

Hope College men’s basketball team completed a 14-0 conference season in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association on Saturday, following the Flying Dutchmen’s 65-46 victory over Trine before a sellout crowd at DeVos Fieldhouse.

11:09 AM
Feb 20
2012

Column: MSU, U-M both capable of making run to Final 4

 Unfortunately, I don’t have ESPN’s research team living in my basement, so I’m unable to confirm the last time Michigan State and Michigan were perched 1-2 in the men’s basketball standings this late in the season in the Big Ten Conference, much like they currently stand.

11:03 AM
Feb 20
2012

GH sending school-record nine wrestlers to state finals

Grand Haven added another milestone to its stellar season on Saturday, as the Buccaneers qualified a school-record nine wrestlers to the individual state finals on March 1-3 at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

01:14 AM
Feb 18
2012

Determined SL girls fight off Fruitport

Playing for the final time on their home floor this season, the Spring Lake varsity girls basketball team didn’t want their arch rivals from Fruitport to spoil the evening.

01:11 AM
Feb 18
2012

SL's Johnson & Johnson provides no relief for Fruitport

Lakers’ junior Austin Johnson was frustrated after spending the entire second quarter of Friday’s showdown against Fruitport on the bench after being saddled with two early fouls.

01:08 AM
Feb 18
2012

GH boys exposed down low in loss to Hudsonville

A big second quarter had Grand Haven’s varsity boys basketball team poised to pull off an upset at Hudsonville on Friday, but the host Eagles proved to be up to the challenge.

01:06 AM
Feb 18
2012

GH girls' stifling 'D' enough to sink Eagles

Grand Haven’s varsity girls basketball team used a dominating defensive effort to overcome a poor shooting night in a 42-24 win at Hudsonville.

01:04 AM
Feb 18
2012

WMC hoops: Warriors' girls pull away in 4th; boys fall short

A close game was turned into a rout Friday night as Western Michigan Christian’s varsity girls basketball team outscored host Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian 21-3 in the final quarter on its way to a 55-30 River Valley Conference win.

03:30 PM
Feb 17
2012

NRC approves Mentored Youth Hunting Program

The Michigan Natural Resources Commission (NRC) has approved a new program aimed at introducing children under the age of 10 to hunting and fishing.

10:32 AM
Feb 17
2012

GH swim team has international flair

Grand Haven swim coach Doug Thorne has been coaching at the high school level for 22 years, but this winter, he’s experienced a first.

Typically, Thorne’s squads have had one, maybe two foreign exchange students, and rarely do they make much of an impact with scoring in meets. That scenario has been put to rest at Grand Haven, where an usually large number of five exchange students are making their mark in the pool.

10:23 AM
Feb 17
2012

Magical day for GH girls ski team

Coach Derek Warner called it a “magical day” for the Grand Haven varsity ski team.

10:17 AM
Feb 17
2012

Cabela’s to open retail store in Grandville

Cabela’s Incorporated announced plans to build a Cabela’s retail store in Grandville.