OK Conference principals approved a realignment proposal by a vote of 40-8 today.

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Ithaca's 3,200-meter relay team of Blaire Showers, Kurstin Kalisek, Hannah Thayer and Courtney Allen won its event in nine minutes, 55.03 seconds, setting a record at the Ithaca Blue and Gold Invite last Friday. Mount Pleasant took first (80) and Manis...

She's only a freshman and Jordan McDermitt is already smashing running records on the track at Eastern Michigan University.

In an email dated Feb. 27, Gull Lake superintendent Chris Rundle informed Throop of the district s conclusions based on their preliminary investigation, along with Throop s statements made during an interview on Feb. 25.

Friday's Class A District championship game at Wyoming is the one to beat in this week's MLive Grand Rapids Press Game of the Week Poll.

A press release states the district has handed the situation over to local law enforcement, which will conduct a criminal investigation.

Throop, who worked at Gull Lake for 27 years, including 20 years as the athletic director, was fired Wednesday, Feb. 25, according to Gull Lake Superintendent Chris Rundle.

The Kalamazoo native, who retired in 2009, died on Tuesday at age 83. Several high school sports seasons were switched, notably girls basketball from fall to winter and girls volleyball from winter to fall.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Grand Rapids Christian girls cross country coach Doug Jager has received some national attention.
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association has named Jager Michigan’s girls coach of the year and is in ...