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District soccer roundup: Fennville stuns Black River; Saugatuck falls in OT
The Fennville girls soccer team defeated Black River 1-0 in the first round of the Division 4 district tournament on Friday. Elizabeth Guzman scored the lone goal of the game on an assist by Eileen Perez. Abby Gonzalez registered the shutout in goal. "Ithzel Hernandez and Christina Mendoza played great...
High school top performers of the week: Vote here
The Holland area saw several top performances this week from high school athletes. Vote on the top performance. The poll will be open until noon Thursday. Winners will be highlighted at the end of the season. Landon Bergsma, Holland Christian golf. Shot a 1-under-71 at the OK Blue championships to...
How Saugatuck girls track surged to regain SAC conference title
GOBLES - The Saugatuck girls track and field team claimed the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship on Tuesday. The Trailblazers scored 96 points to push past Gobles (77) and the other teams in the 17-team field. Saugatuck's Brook Simpson won the 100 meters in 12.88, while teammate Novella DeGraaf was third...
West Ottawa races to fastest 4x100 relay in Michigan state history at MITCA finals
ZEELAND - The MITCA team state finals is a meet about depth as well as speed. Scored like a dual meet, it is a chance to show which team is the best top to bottom. But speed was what was talked about throughout the meet as the West Ottawa boys 4x100-meter relay ran the...
Black River, Saugatuck girls soccer share SAC title with postseason rematch looming
The Black River and Saugatuck girls soccer teams took care of business and defeated everyone in their league. When it came to the head-to-head matchup, it ended in a 1-1 tie. The River Rats and Trailblazers ended up sharing the SAC Division title - the third in a row for Saugatuck and the first ever for Black River since it joined the SAC after winning several in the Alliance League.
How Zeeland West softball clinched conference title with thrilling walk-off win
With the game and conference championship on the line - tied in the bottom of the seventh inning - Zeeland West's Riley Howe came up with a runner on third. Howe came throw with a grounder that scored the winning run for a 3-2 walk-off win over Muskegon Reeths-Puffer in the second game of a doubleheader that clinched the OK Green Conference championship for the Dux. ...
Hope College excels at international auto racing competition
HOLLAND — A team of students from Hope College completed one of its best-ever finishes at an auto racing event this month. Hope College Formula Racing finished 11 out of 108 in the Formula SAE Competition at Michigan International Speedway, held May 8-11. Teams came from throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil and Poland. ...
Hamilton' s Abby Vandenberg home at third base: 'She is fearless'
HAMILTON - They don't call it the "hot corner" for nothing. Third base is where the hardest balls are hit and it is the closest a fielder is to the hitter, especially in softball. Hamilton's Abby Vandenberg has grown so used to it, it doesn't faze her anymore. "The pressure...
Lebster sisters looking to build on historic Michigan State gymnastics season
When West Ottawa's Genna Lebster joined the Michigan State gymnastics team, she saw the potential brewing with the Spartans. So did her sister, Stephanie Lebster, who joined the team a year later. It culminated with one of the best seasons in MSU gymnastics history. The Spartans won the Big Ten...
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