10:43 AM Nov 10, 2011
Grand Haven varsity girls basketball coach Katie Kowalczyk-Fulmer remembers driving to Kenowa Hills to watch a promising group of fifth-grade basketball players, because really, it's never too early to scout the talent in your program. Two that stood out on the undefeated middle school team were Alex Law and Kaeding Skelton. Seven years later, the duo added another chapter to their basketball careers on Wednesday, as both signed national letters-of-intent to play college basketball during the early signing period.
2:39 PM Nov 10, 2011
Joe Paterno was fired by the Penn State University Board of Trustees on Wednesday, despite saying he would retire as coach after the football season ended - brought down by the growing furor over the handling of child sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach.
11:05 PM Nov 9, 2011
Penn State trustees fired football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier amid the growing furor over how the school handled sex abuse allegations against an assistant coach. The massive shakeup Wednesday night came hours after Paterno announced that he planned to retire at the end of his 46th season. But the outcry following the arrest of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky on molestation charges proved too much for the board to ignore.
10:24 AM Nov 9, 2011
Traverse City West was in contention in every game against Grand Haven during their Class A regional semifinal match at Jenison High School on Tuesday, yet at the end, close didn't cut it for the Titans. The Buccaneers just had that little something extra in the clutch in all three games to complete a sweep of the Titans and send Grand Haven to Thursday's regional championship. The Bucs will face O-K Red Conference rival Rockford, which bested fellow O-K Red foe Grandville in Tuesday's other semifinal.
10:20 AM Nov 9, 2011
Saginaw Swan Valley proved to be only a minor bump in the road as the Fruitport varsity volleyball team continues its march toward defending its Class B state championship.
1:00 PM Nov 8, 2011
Spring Lake graduate Annie Steinlage was one of four Michigan State Spartans who earned All-Big Ten honors this season in women's soccer.
10:46 AM Nov 8, 2011
Grand Haven may have finished second to Rockford in the final O-K Red Conference football standings, but the Buccaneers out-did the Rams in several key battles on the all-conference team.
10:40 AM Nov 8, 2011
Grand Haven will be looking to earn its first-ever regional volleyball championship while Fruitport tries to continue its quest to repeat as state champions as regional tournament action begins tonight.
4:00 PM Nov 8, 2011
The Grand Haven Bucs' hockey club scored a 4-2 win over the Crusaders' JV team on Sunday.
1:56 PM Nov 7, 2011
Willie Bennick watched the shot hung up in the wind, slowly descending, then slipping over the outstretched hands of goalie Ethan Beswick and into the net. "Heartbreaking,' Bennick said of the goal, scored by Canton's Daniel Ovesea from 50 yards out with just under four minutes remaining in Saturday's Division 1 soccer state final.

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