Spring Lake Yacht Club sailors dominated the 2011 Butterfly National Championship Regatta. The regatta was hosted by Grand Rapids Yacht Club and took place on Reeds Lake from July 20-22. More that 60 sailors from around the country competed in Junior and Open Class fleets. The Junior Fleet includes all sailors 16-and-under while the Open Class is for all ages. SLYC's Frank Reeg was the second overall finisher in the Junior Class. Mara Strobel-Lanka took fifth, Angelo Riolo was sixth, Olivia Windemuller was ninth, and Mason Wolters placed 10th.

About 75 teams came out for the Midwest Beach Volleyball Tour's last of three stops at Grand Haven on Saturday. "It's something that a lot of people enjoy,' said Stacey Johnston, who ran the amateur tournament. "(The tournament helps) the sport to grow and it's just fun to be in the sand and be at the beach and hang out.'

The Westside Lacrosse travel team - a squad made up of high school players from West Ottawa, Holland and Grand Haven Hhigh schools - has enjoyed a successful summer at tournaments across the Midwest. The team won the HIgh School Boys A Bracket at the Brewtown Showdown in Milwaukee on June 24-26; took runner-up honors at the Great Lakes Lacrosse Invitational in Kalamazoo on July 9-10; and will soon add to its tournament resume with a trip to the Cherry Bomb lacrosse tournament in Traverse City on July 29-31.

LANSING (AP) - Bass and panfish action is in full swing on the inland lakes, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The walleye bite has slowed with the extremely warm weather, the DNR said in its weekly fishing report. It said some of the rivers are low and clear which makes trout fishing much more of a challenge. SOUTHWEST LOWER PENINSULA