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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
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High school football playoffs: Zeeland East, Saugatuck ousted
ST. JOSEPH - The Zeeland East football team had been moving the ball down the field and playing fairly well defensively, yet still found themselves in a 14-0 hole late in the third quarter of their first round playoff game on Friday, Oct. 30. But after a seven-play, 55-yard drive that culminated in a 6-yard Zeek Ramadhani touchdown run, the Chix were down just 14-6 after three quarters. As St. Joseph faced a fourth-and-3 from the Zeeland East 22 with 10:07 remaining in the game, it looked as if there might still be a glimmer of hope for the Chix to pull off the upset. But St. Joseph junior running back Ishmael Dixon took a pitch and was able to get just enough for the first down as the Bears ultimately put the ball in the end zone to pull away for a 34-20 win over Zeeland East in the Division 3 district playoffs. St. Joseph (8-2) will host Middleville Thornapple Kellogg next week in the district finals, while Zeeland East completes its season at 5-5. "Give (St. Joseph) credit because they got up a couple of scores on us and they converted two fourth downs on that drive (when