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

Put the phone down at the dinner table

Put the phone down at the dinner table

Savannah Vickers, Reporter November 25, 2015

Smells of pie and baking rolls in the air. In the kitchen, the aunts laugh with grandma and mom, while your uncles and grandpa reminisce about childhood. But then there's you and your siblings and your...

Bucs Boosters urge student involvement

Bucs’ Boosters urge student involvement

Brianna Moynihan, Sports editor November 24, 2015

A group of cheerleaders gathered excitedly around cardboard boxes, days before the football season opener. The boxes are opened to reveal pristine blue and gold skirts with matching tops. The new uniforms...

 Coach Keegan Ferris takes a hands on approach during the first week of hockey practice. Ferris previously coached at Forest Hills Central and graduated from Grand Valley University in 2014.

Keegan Ferris claims hockey coaching position, high expectations for players

Tyler VandenBrand, Reporter November 24, 2015

Keegan Ferris took the job opening for the Grand Haven hockey team with a simple vision: for the team to improve every day they take the ice and uphold the “Tradition of Excellence”. To say that...

New basketball coach, Greg Immink, brings a wide range of knowledge to the court.

Former Traverse City West coach, Greg Immink, named boys basketball coach

Brianna Moynihan, Sports editor November 24, 2015

27 applicants. Nine phone interviews. Six face to face meetings. Two large group interviews. But only one coach was chosen to lead Grand Haven’s boys varsity basketball team. Hope College graduate,...

The End of The Tour review

Jacob Wencel, Reporter November 23, 2015

Many of you might remember when production for a movie was filmed in Grand Haven early last year. That film, entitled The End of the Tour, is out now on DVD and Blu-Ray. Based on David Lipsky’s memoir...

Lack of gender neutral bathrooms causes anxiety

Lack of gender neutral bathrooms causes anxiety

Emily Bruch, News Editor November 23, 2015

Sophomore Faeren Converse stands in between the men’s and the women’s restroom, filling with nerves and anxiety as students rush past on the way to class. No one knows about the internal struggle Converse...

Why the drinking age should be lowered

Kevin Swain, Senior staff writer November 23, 2015

Near a heavily fortified North Vietnamese bunker in 1969, Gordon Ray Roberts committed a nearly unmatched act of bravery and maturity: risking his own life in the face of the enemy. Roberts, who was 19,...

Best of the Bucs: senior Natalie Hix

Best of the Bucs: senior Natalie Hix

Marisa McElrath, Reporter November 19, 2015

Coming from a musical family, it’s no surprise that senior Natalie Hix is an active member of the school’s chamber orchestra. Hix is second chair, in the first violin section and also holds a position...

Netflix movie of the week: Cyberbully

Netflix movie of the week: Cyberbully

Jessica Ashburn, Reporter November 19, 2015

We tend to enjoy things more when we relate to them. “Cyberbully” is a movie that I think many teenagers could find a connection to. It also addresses the problems that teens on social networking can...

Emerging artist Troye Sivan releases first album Dec. 4

Emerging artist Troye Sivan releases first album Dec. 4

Marisa McElrath, Reporter November 19, 2015

If you don’t already know Troye Sivan for his YouTube channel, you might recognize him as the little boy in “X-men Origins: Wolverine”. Or maybe you recognize him as one of 2015’s up-and-coming...

Crimson Peak Review

Jacob Wencel, Reporter November 10, 2015

“Ghosts are real, this I know”. Invigorating the genre of horror yet again, Guillermo del Toro haunts viewers with his new film Crimson Peak. The Spanish-director of Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy,...

Boys varsity soccer advances to Regionals

Boys varsity soccer advances to Regionals

Jordan DeKlyen, senior staff writer October 26, 2015

What happened: Last night the Buccaneer varsity soccer team battled against the Jenison Wildcats in the first post season game of the season. Grand Haven came out with a great amount of energy due to the...

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