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🎉Hey there, friends! We have an incredible event coming up this weekend that you won't want to miss!🎉. It's the Fathers & Families Flag Football Event, also known as F4. This event will take place on June 11th at 9 AM at Martin Luther King Park in Grand Rapids, MI.

Hundreds of West Michigan athletes brought home hardware in the four divisions of the MHSAA track and field state finals

Former Olympic cyclist Brent Bookwalter will be in Grand Rapids in late June for the return of the Gran Fondo.

ROCKFORD -- After the Oak Park girls track and field team saw its championship steak end at three last year, it only took one year for the Knights to reclaim their familiar spot at the top of the podium once again. On Saturday at Rockford High School, Oak Park earned...

GRAND RAPIDS — As Saturday night's state final wound on, Grand Haven boys volleyball had nowhere to hide. There was no other place they wanted to be, no other team they wanted to face to finish their season.

HUDSONVILLE, MI. - Teams from across the state traveled to Baldwin Middle School in Hudsonville on Saturday for the MHSAA (Michigan High School Athletic Association) LP Division Four Track and Field State Finals. Among those hundreds of athletes making the trip were several from right here in the Branch County area, with four of those coming home with All State honors, including one state championship.

ADA, MI – East Grand Rapids girls team captured its second consecutive title, and Corunna’s boys squad snapped a 23-year drought with its championship at Saturday’s MHSAA Division 2 track and field state meet at Forest Hills Eastern. Championship chases on both the boys and girls sides...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Hudsonville, Byron Center, Thornapple Kellogg, Forest Hills Central, East Grand Rapids, South Christian, Unity Christian, GR Catholic Central and Calvin Christian all continued their quest for a state soccer title by winning district championships this week. That first piece of playoff hardware is a good...

WYOMING, Mich. – England’s Verity Crawley secured her first Professional Women’s Bowling Association Tour title since 2021 and the second of her career Friday night at the PWBA Grand Rapids Classic. Crawley defeated Germany’s Birgit Noreiks 258-189 in the title match at Spectrum Lanes to record the...

A Gobles man was not expected to survive his bout with Strep A. He did survive but the fight left him with some challenges that he's taking head-on and helping others while he heals.

GRAND RAPIDS - When Alyssa Garvelink-Jensen was growing up, she never pictured herself playing a professional sport. That is because all of the professional sports in West Michigan were male sports. Now, the Holland native is joining a professional volleyball team in Grand Rapids and will be able to be...

HERMANTOWN, MN. (Northern News Now) - On Saturday afternoon, No. 1 seed Hermantown hosted No. 2 Grand Rapids in the 7AAA Semifinals. The Hawks finished with a 6-1 win over the Thunderhawks to advance to the 7AAA Championship Title game on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. For more on the MSHSL...

In just its second season as a co-op team, the Saline-Milan Chickadees made it a memorable one by finishing in sixth place at the MWPA state finals at Hudsonville June 2 and 3. The Chickadees opened the tournament seeded second in their bracket but fell to third-seed Rockford 15-7 Friday...

Sophie Daugard’s day ended considerably better than it began Saturday in the state Division 1 track and field meet in Rockford. The day started with Daugard faulting on all three of her attempts in the long jump, an event she won in the regional meet 15 days earlier. Once...

HUDSONVILLE – Another year, another Kalamazoo Hackett boys track and field state championship. Hackett repeated as Division 4 state champions and claimed its fourth title in the past six years on Saturday in Hudsonville. While Hackett continued its dominance on the boys side of the state finals, Buckey’s girls...

Zeeland East beat St. Joseph 14-1 in the district final and Jenison narrowly took down Hudsonville 8-7 to advance to regionals

The athletes below will take part in a respective Michigan High School Athletic Association state championship this Saturday, June 3. Area athletes will flock to the Division 2, 3 and 4 state championships. The Division 2 finals will take place at Forest Hills Eastern, Division 3 athletes will compete at...

The Forest Hills Northern/Eastern girls lacrosse team beat Rockford for the second straight season to win a division one regional championship, 14-11 was the final on Friday

WYOMING, Mich. — Godwin Heights High School senior Jakhary Towns committed to Davenport basketball last month, but today he made things official with a signing ceremony in the school gym. It was an emotional moment for the talented guard. Towns finished his Wolverines career in second place on the...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Ottawa Hills High School track standout Benne Anderson is insanely fast. It's very apparent to see at any meet he attends. "I really like running for some reason," Anderson said. That reason might be because Anderson knows how to pound the pavement with the best...