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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.