Grand Haven's student publication of community significance since 1927

The Bucs' Blade

Grand Haven's student publication of community significance since 1927

The Bucs' Blade

Grand Haven's student publication of community significance since 1927

The Bucs' Blade

Sophomore Grace Rieger reaches her arm in the air during a session of the Mindful Healing Flow. She started this class as an effort to raise awareness for mental health and provide a healthy outlet for high school students to deal with stress.

Sophomore graced with the gift of yoga

Morgan Womack, Co-Editor-In-Chief December 12, 2018

Inhaling deeply, sophomore Grace Rieger steps off of her mat and onto the cold floor in the Lakeshore Yoga studio. As she collects her gear, a feeling of content washes over her. Surrounded by her peers,...

Junior Keegan Young plays his cello in the practice room  during lunch. He finds cello the best instrument to connect with people because its range resembles the human voice. Young finds it important to connect with people through his music and is always trying to find more ways to connect with the audience.

Building connections through music

Mercedes Mancilla, Reporter November 28, 2018

Junior Keegan Young pulls down the endpin of his cello and the mood of the room changes. His hands glide over the neck and upon the tuning pegs as he starts plucking strings. The sound of sharp pizzicato...

Step four: Perform one push-up.

Fitness tip of the week: burpees

Elena Salik, Reporter October 30, 2018

The burpee is an exercise that works your quads, calves, pecs and builds your core strength. Every morning, you can start by doing intervals of 45 seconds on and 15 seconds off. Repeat this...

A Step into Drawing 1

A Step Into Drawing 1

Mercedes Mancilla, Reporter October 26, 2018

Junior Mark Wilgenburg swats a ball away during a home match against Zeeland East. The Chix play host to districts this weekend, where the Bucs will look to gain momentum.

Bucs water polo hoping for a good performance in district tournament

Mijan Ahmad Nizam, Reporter October 19, 2018

WHAT IS HAPPENING: The Grand Haven  Bucs’ water polo team seeks nothing but success when they open the postseason this Saturday. They will be traveling to Zeeland and will be playing their first game...

GHHS Science Olympiad team places 16th at national tournament

GHHS Science Olympiad team places 16th at national tournament

Morgan Womack, Co-Editor-In-Chief May 23, 2018

Science Olympiad teams from across the country competed in the National Science Olympiad tournament on Saturday, May 19 at Colorado State University. The GHHS team placed 16th overall with a total score...

GHHS Science Olympiad returning to nationals

Sophia Jaeger and Morgan Womack April 30, 2018

The Grand Haven High School Science Olympiad team is back. After two years of not qualifying for nationals, they placed second overall at the state tournament. Now their focus is on preparing for the national...

Shopping fair trade

Shopping fair trade

Morgan Womack, Co-Editor-In-Chief February 19, 2018

A seven-year-old girl sits on the floor in the scorching heat of a factory in Indonesia, making the Adidas shoes you are wearing right now. Her hands begin to shake in fear that if she takes a break, she...

Buccaneer defender takes puck in the defensive zone.

Bucs open conference play with Friday night road clash

Jack Reus, Sports Editor December 1, 2017

What: The Grand Haven varsity hockey team travels to Georgetown ice arena to play against Jenison for their hardest test so far this season and quite possibly the toughest conference game of the year....

Sophomore Audrey Reus was a key golfer all season for the Bucs.

Girls golf season recap

Tyler VandenBrand, Reporter October 16, 2015

The girls varsity golf team wrapped up its season last week Thursday at the MHSAA Division 1 Regional tournament. The team finished ninth out of 11 teams, with Sophomore Bekah Schrader leading the way...

Sophomore Jack Nicholson is currently 13 seconds behind Grand Havens all time fastest runner, Joe Duff.

Sophomore Jack Nicholson chases school record

Eric Stolarski, Reporter October 12, 2015

It’s Sunday morning in mid-summer and most kids are enjoying the break and sleeping in. But the boys cross country team is hitting the tarmac. Lacing up during vacation may seem crazy to any-other runner,...

Weekly sports update

Weekly sports update

Sports section September 23, 2015

Football What happened: On Friday, Sept. 12, the Bucs football team traveled to Reeths-Puffer for a non-conference game. Each team started out slow on offense, remaining scoreless until the second quarter...

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