By the time you read this, or at least soon afterward, I will be a father for the first time. The arrival of Addyson Lou Bentley will turn my world upside down. And that is a good thing. I have spent the last 20- odd years doing things that I wanted to do. This will [...]

Greenville’s Sarah Newhouse connects for a hit during the fifth inning. Newhouse had three hits in a loss to West Catholic. GREENVILLE — The Greenville Yellow Jackets and Grand Rapids West Catholic Falcons began a three-game series on Tuesday that would help decide the outcome of the O-K Bronze. After three games, it was the Falcons [...]

GREENVILLE — Football is still a few months away from starting, but the Greenville Yellow Jackets already have a new twist to the upcoming season. The Yellow Jackets will face Forest Hills Northern at Fifth Third Ballpark, home of the West Michigan Whitecaps, this October 11. The Friday night game will begin at 7 p.m. Greenville [...]

Soccer Lakeview 2, Crossroads Academy 1 : The Wildcats pulled out a nonconference road win on Wednesday night. Tori Nielsen and Maddie Shurlow found the back of the net for Lakeview goals. Katie Johnson and Shurlow had assists, while Danielle Grant made six saves for the Wildcats. Quote: “It was a good back and forth game. Both teams had [...]

Central Montcalm’s Mikayla Studley, left, tags Hesperia’s Holly Whelan at second base during the first game of the teams’ doubleheader Tuesday. STANTON — Central Montcalm’s softball team continued rolling through the Central State Activities Association Tuesday. It’s their toughest test to date in the conference was Tuesday against Hesperia, which also came in with just two [...]

Greenville’s Carter Magirl, left, and Michael Schmidt sign to wrestle for Olivet College. Olivet coach Brandon Brissette stands behind the two wrestlers. GREENVILLE — Greenville wrestling teammates Carter Magirl and Michael Schmidt will have the opportunity to remain teammates for another four years. After helping the Yellow Jackets to another team state finals appearance, both seniors signed [...]

Greenville’s Sam O’Herron, right, just misses blocking a pass attempt by Northview’s Aly Muth during Monday’s game at Yellow Jacket Stadium. GREENVILLE — Mark Van Slooten thought his Northview Wildcats played a bit sloppy. The score on Monday agains the Greenville Yellow Jackets would suggest otherwise. Northview scored quickly and pressured the entire game in a [...]

Baseball Lakeview drops two : The Wildcats lost twice to CSAA rival Newaygo on Monday in a makeup doubleheader at home. Lakeview lost game one 10-0 in five innings. Kyler Ridgeway suffered the loss. He pitched all five innings, allowing 10 runs, five earned on six hits, four strikeouts and six walks. Brad Hamlin went 2-for-2, while Ridgeway, [...]

The Belding Redskins girls track team won the O-K Blue league title on Friday night at Coopersville. COOPERSVILLE — Conference champions. For the first time ever, the Belding Redskins girls track team can say they are conference champions after Friday’s victory at the O-K Blue Conference meet at Coopersville. The Redskins dominated and scored 154 points to [...]

Greenville’s Taylor Christensen, right, beat out teammate Audrey Wyse, left, in the 110-meter hurdles on Friday at the O-K Bronze Conference meet. Forest Hills Eastern won the conference title. CEDAR SPRINGS — In a reversal of fortune from a year ago, the Greenville Yellow Jackets girls track team finished second at the O-K Bronze Conference meet. A [...]