Member of the Hope swim and dive team cheer on a teammate at a recent league championship meet.

NCAA D3 Week

For the love of the game, and everything else: The D3 difference

It’s Division III week; a chance to celebrate the unique opportunities available to 39 percent of NCAA athletes

Apr 6, 2019 at 1:04 AM

Kathryn Ackerman celebrates her second of three Olympic Trial cuts over the weekend.

Grand Haven Girls Swimming

Ackerman qualifies for Olympic Trials

Grand Haven standout Kathryn Ackerman picked up three 2020 Olympic Trial cuts at the sectional championships over the weekend

Apr 1, 2019 at 12:57 AM

Hope College freshman and former Spring Lake swimming standout Megan Peel

Spring Lake Girls Swimming

Peel runner-up at NCAAs

Former Laker Meg Peel represented the Flying Dutch well at this weekend’s NCAA Division III National Championships

Mar 25, 2019 at 12:49 AM

Spring Lake’s 11 winter All-Conference atheltes. Top row, left to right: Lucas Lyyski (basketball), Cam Peel (swim), Joey Wachter (swim). Middle row, left to right: Jenna Core (basketball), Colby Brown (ski), Kevin Losee (swim). Front row, left to right: Madeline Zenas (basketball), Emily Harvey (cheer), Jack Parker (wrestling), Charlie Parker (ski), Sam Sella (swim).

Spring Lake Girls Basketball

Spring Lake winter All-Conference

The Lakers placed 11 athletes from five different teams on the O-K Blue’s winter All-Conference list

Mar 21, 2019 at 12:31 AM

Grand Haven’s winter All-Conference athletes. Left to right, back row: Casey Constant (basketball), Mitchell Bosgraaf (ski), Jack Hardebeck (ski), Jonathan Garland (bowling), Jax Plumert (hockey). Middle row: Riley Rhone (wrestling), Kyle Eveland (hockey), Eli Vandenbrand (swimming), Carter Brown (swimming), Bryce Taylor (basketball), Trevor Kalis (hockey). Front row: Merdeces Mitchell (bowling), Alli Keyser (basketball), Jolee Houle (basketball), Esther Byington (basketball), Kaleigh Batka (bowling), Alexis Thompson (bowling).

Grand Haven Boys Basketball

All-Conference Buccaneers

Grand Haven winter sports put 17 athletes onto O-K Red All-Conference teams this winter

Mar 16, 2019 at 12:15 AM

Cam Peel celebrates a sub-44-second performance in the 100 freestyle at the Division 3 state championship over the weekend.

Spring Lake Boys Swimming

Uncharted waters

Spring Lake senior Cam Peel and head coach Rob Peel react to the Lakers’ state-meet performance

Mar 11, 2019 at 12:52 AM

Grand Haven Boys Swimming

Bucs compete at Division 1 state finals

Grand Haven boys swim and dive finished 18th overall at Holland Aquatic Center with personal-best swims from their leaders.

Mar 9, 2019 at 6:22 PM

Spring Lake Boys Swimming

Peel D3 MVP; Lakers fourth at state finals

Spring Lake boys swim racked up a litany of accolades at the Division 3 swimming and diving state finals, including multiple state records, titles and even swimmer and coach of the year.

Mar 9, 2019 at 6:07 PM

Grand Haven's Mark Wilgenburg flies off the block for his leg of the 400 freestyle relay at Friday's Division 1 state prelims at the Holland Aquatic Center.

Grand Haven Boys Swimming

Bucs crack finals at Division 1 state championships

The Grand Haven swim team cashed in a few significant time drops at the Division 1 state prelims Friday, earning six lanes at tomorrow’s finals

Mar 8, 2019 at 5:05 PM

Spring Lake's Cam Peel celebrates his 2018 100-yard freestyle state title.

Spring Lake Boys Swimming

Peel shatters All-Class record at state prelims

Spring Lake’s Cam Peel picked up a pair of state records Friday, becoming the first Michigan high school swimmer ever to break the 20-second barrier in the 50 freestyle.

Mar 8, 2019 at 4:53 PM