Blade staff attends spring MIPA conference
Morgan Womack, Life Editor
April 23, 2019
Filed under Breaking News, Briefs, Briefs, News, Top Stories, Uncategorized
The Bucs’ Blade staff attended the Spring Michigan Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) Conference at the Lansing Center on April 23. The staff won a Spartan Award with a score evaluation of 920/1000 points. Spartan Awards are distributed based on the score given by a judge who reviews...
Rescheduled blood drive proves to be crucial for West Michigan
Alexis Tater, Reporter
March 7, 2019
Filed under Health, News, Top Stories
The blood drive at Grand Haven High School has been rescheduled due to weather. School and church cancellations have created a massive need for blood in West Michigan. The weather has caused many car crashes and numerous local blood drives taking place in schools and churches have been cancelled because of ...
Chalkboard project challenges preconceptions at Central High School
Alexis Tater, Reporter
February 25, 2019
Filed under Briefs, News, Photo, Photos, Top Stories
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Diving Deeper
Macayla Cramer, Reporter
February 21, 2019
Filed under Feature, Sports, Top Stories
Chlorine lingers in the air as junior Louie Malott struts intently across the diving board. His teammates follow his precise choreographed movements with anticipation, waiting for his dive. Moments leading up to it, Malott focuses on nothing and nobody, only visualizing what he needs to do to best execute...
The talented Mr. Eveland
Ashton Voorhees, Reporter
February 20, 2019
Filed under Feature, Sports, Top Stories
There’s only 55 seconds left on the clock, and with the conference title on the line, the puck lies at Northview’s end of the rink for a face-off. All is calm before the storm. The puck is thrown down, and it zooms back to the Grand Haven defense. A shot was ripped towards the goal, but it was bl...
Calling It Like I See It: Player Polarization
Sam Woiteshek, Sports editor
February 20, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Sports, Top Stories
As I sat and watched the world’s most lifeless affair - Super Bowl LIII - I couldn’t help but think: Tom Brady is about to get his sixth ring. It seemed unlikely that mediocre quarterback could possibly have a stranglehold on the NFL and its history, and probably its future. So I thought a little dee...
Sophomore uses home forge to pursue blacksmithing hobby
Morgan Womack and Carlos Rappleye
February 19, 2019
Filed under Feature, Photo, Photos, Top Stories
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Snow days causing CHAOS
Caleb Berko, News editor
February 19, 2019
Filed under Feature, News, Top Stories
The number of snow days this semester has been unpredictable and the plethora of days away does not come without consequence. Each year the state allots six days to districts for weather related days off with the potential for three more. However, we have had 11 days off this semester. People...
The time is now to begin your own investing journey – even for us teenagers
Chris Hudson, Editor in Chief
February 13, 2019
Filed under Finance, Opinion, Top Stories
Five years. It equates to 1,825 days and for most of us teens, it’s almost ¼ of our current lives. Pretty big, right? The same goes for fundamental investing: starting just five years earlier than at a later point will typically result in more money earned down the road. It hasn’t been a m...
Boys basketball uses hot start to snap losing streak
Nick Twa, Reporter
February 6, 2019
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
WHAT HAPPENED/WHAT IT MEANS: The boys basketball team took on Rockford in a rescheduled away conference game on Wednesday Feb. 6, winning 48-43. A good start that gave the Bucs an eleven point lead in the first half had them never looking back. This ends the group’s three game losing streak, littered wit...
Bowling suffers first loss to Caledonia
Mijan Ahmad Nizam, Reporter
February 6, 2019
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
WHAT HAPPENED: The Bucs’ bowling team clashed with Caledonia yesterday in what would turn out be a crushing 13-17 loss. The team’s attitude seemed to get in the way of their game. “It seemed like players were starting to give up” Senior Jonathan Garland said. WHAT IT MEANS: The Bucs fell to...
Hot takes from Super Bowl LIII
Ashton Voorhees, Reporter
February 4, 2019
Filed under Opinion, Sports, Top Stories
1. The most interesting part of the game was the Super Bowl record punt Let’s admit it. You didn’t miss much if you only tuned into the commercials or the halftime extravaganza that Super Bowl LIII had to offer. The game set a Super Bowl record low for points and incidentally featured the lon...