Fruitport battled tough in Saturday's Portage Central Invitational, a tournament stacked with top-ranked teams in all classes. The Trojans were a step away from the finals, but were eliminated by Lake Orion, the No. 9-ranked team in Class A, in the semifinals, 25-21, 25-21. Rockford, ranked No. 3 in Class A, slayed the Dragons in the finals to earn the Gold Division title.

Lakers' head football coach Jerry Rabideau gave the shortest postgame speech of his career Friday night. "This is the greatest victory in Spring Lake football history!' Rabideau roared to his players, along with several hundred Lakers' students who had rushed the field. It's tough to argue with Rabideau following the Lakers' stunning 7-6 win over heavily-favored Fruitport on a picture-perfect night for football at Spring Lake's Thomas E. Grabinski Field.

Junior Varsity Grand Haven improved to 5-0 with a 13-8 win over Hudsonville. The Bucs' offense was paced by Cody Jonas and Braeton Ardel, who each rushed for over 100 yards. Karl Johnson connected with Sawyer Jacobs on a 30-yard scoring pass to put the Buccaneers on top for good in the second half. On defense, Grand Haven limited Hudsonville to just 61 yards rushing. Dakota Juarez and Luke Averill each had eight tackles while Connor Morley and Tyler Tippens dominated up front.

Spring Lake's varsity girls swimming and diving squad was determined at defending its home pool during a tri-meet on Wednesday at the Spring Lake Aquatic Center, but there were some factors involved that prevented the home team from being in top form.