There’s no place Ava Bradshaw would rather spend those final weeks as a high school student, than on a ball diamond, with her friends, slinging straight gas and notching the no-hitters that sometimes go with it as she takes one last ride in a South Lyon softball uniform.
The South Lyon East Cougars edged out the host Novi Wildcats in penalty kicks to earn a 1-0 (SO) win in the opening round of the MHSAA soccer districts.
Family, community stunned over South Lyon high school swimming coach’s sudden death
Memorial fund planned
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SOUTH LYON, Mich. – A young swimming coach from South Lyon East High School died suddenly over the weekend.
Kacie Van Buskirk was a swimming and academic all-American and left South Lyon East High School with half a dozen records. She loved the sport so much that she became a coach for her former swim team.
Kacie Van Buskirk married the love of her life in August. She coached the swimming team, he coached baseball.
In just 27 years, Kacie Van Buskirk inspired a generation of swimmers. First, as a record-breaking, award-winning athlete for the South Lyon East Cougars and then as an assistant coach for her high school swim team.