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Grandville football upsets Howell after surviving brutal schedule
Taking some beatings early this fall is finally paying dividends. Grandville (5-5) barely snuck into the playoffs after playing the second-hardest strength of schedule among Michigan’s 493 teams. That included facing state powers Muskegon, Detroit Cass Tech, East Kentwood and Hudsonville in consecutive games to open the season. Considering Cass Tech (10-0) and East Kentwood (10-0) are the two best teams in the state right now, that’s impressive. Especially playing them in back-to-back weeks. But iron sharpens iron, as they say in the high school football business. And that brutal schedule prepared Grandville for the Division 1 postseason. More: Subscribe to our high school football newsletter DJ Hardiman rushed 15 times for 143 yards and two touchdowns, Jayce Hopewell added 21 carries for 114 yards and three TDs and Grandville upset Howell, 38-30, in the district opener Friday, Oct. 30. Grandville not only earned the right to face Portage Central (9-1) in this week’s district championship, but also claimed bragging rights as the first eighth seed to beat a No. 1 seed under the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s new playoff format, which seeds the entire region instead of just individual districts. “There were times we looked at our schedule,
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Michigander to Lead 2029 Ryder Cup
The PGA of America has named Laura Frick, a Hudsonville, Michigan native, as Championship Director for the 2029 Ryder Cup, to be played September 24-30, 2029 at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota. Frick — the first female PGA of America Member to serve as a championship director for...
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Saugatuck assistant coach suspended for MHSAA violation; all-state guard transfers
The Saugatuck basketball team will be without its best player this season and without an assistant coach for a few games. It is part of a tough start for the Saugatuck program before the season has even begun. All-state guard Mylah Simpson has transferred to South Haven, which will be a huge hole to fill in the lineup. In addition and unrelated, Saugatuck will be without an assistant coach for the first five games of the girls basketball season based on an MHSAA violation. More: Meet the All-Area Girls Basketball Team, led by Talia Laskowski, Mylah Simpson According to an MHSAA ruling, Saugatuck committed a violation when a volunteer assistant coach made "electronic communications made to students at another school, specifically Regulation I, Section 10 (Undue Influence). The staff penalty was imposed following the school’s self-report which included suspension from the first five games of the Saugatuck High School 2026-27 girls basketball season. The school submitted evidence and letters of support for the coach indicating that the communication made was a result of normal community interaction due to the coach being a former coach at the previous school, Fennville High School, and still lives in that community. The request was