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Reeths-Puffer golfers earn OK-Green jamboree title on its home course
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Reeths-Puffer Rockets shot to the top of the OK-Green golf jamboree on Tuesday at Lincoln Golf Club. The Rockets, who have been finishing in the middle of the pack through the first four jamborees, put it all together on Tuesday on its home... READ MORE
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Orchard View gains non-league baseball split with Covenant Christian
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Orchard View baseball team split a doubleheader on Tuesday against Covenant Christian. The Cardinals dropped the opening game 12-2, then bounced back with a 7-3 victory in READ MORE
Grant loses both ends of softball doubleheader to Central Montcalm
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com STANTON - The Grant softball team got swept in a CSAA twin bill against Central Montcalm on Tuesday evening. The Tigers fell ... READ MORE
In comeback fashion, Mona Shores baseball earns doubleheader sweep over Wyoming
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores baseball team took two games from Wyoming in a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Sailors won the first game, 6-3, ... READ MORE
Mona Shores get bats going in second game, earn softball split with Wyoming
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Mona Shores softball team bounced back to split a doubleheader against Wyoming in OK-Green play on Tuesday... READ MORE
Basketball
Here is the West Michigan Conference River Division all-league team for boys’ basketball
Mar 15, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The North Muskegon Norse dominated the West Michigan Conference River Division in boys' basketball. When the all-league was announced, the Norse landed four players on the fir... READ MORE
Here are the top girls’ basketball players in the West Michigan Conference Rivers Division
Mar 15, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com League champion Hart placed three players on the first team for this year's West Michigan Conference Rivers Division. League ... READ MORE
Here is the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division all-league team for girls’ basketball
Mar 14, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Fremont Packers captured the league title for the girls' basketball season in the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division. Th... READ MORE
Who was named to the all-league West Michigan Conference Lakes Division boys’ basketball team?
Mar 14, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com League champion Whitehall and runner-up Ludington each placed three players on the first team, all-West Michigan Conference La... READ MORE
Wrestling
Top wrestlers garner all-league honors in the West Michigan Conference
Mar 15, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com League champion Whitehall dominated the West Michigan Conference all-league team for wrestling. In all, 10 Vikings earned first-team honors. Here the first team and honorab... READ MORE
Ward, Craner capture MHSAA individual wrestling titles at Ford Field
Mar 02, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Four area wrestlers advanced to the MHSAA state championship match on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. Two of them came hom... READ MORE
Whitehall falls to Dundee in MHSAA team wrestling state title match
Feb 24, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com KALAMAZOO - The Whitehall Vikings' wrestling team ran into a dynasty known as Dundee again on Saturday in the Division 3 State... READ MORE
Whitehall wrestlers dominate, earn Division 3 semifinal berth; Hart falls in tight match against Constantine
Feb 23, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com KALAMAZOO - The Whitehall Vikings flashed their deep wrestling roster on Friday and defeated Gladstone 52-18 in the Division 3... READ MORE
Hockey
Muskegon Lumberjacks drop Game 2, head home for must-win on Thursday night
Apr 29, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com DUBUQUE, Iowa - The Muskegon Lumberjacks have been pushed to the brink of elimination in the Eastern Conference finals of the United States Hockey League. On Monday night, the... READ MORE
Muskegon Lumberjacks drop opener of Eastern Conference Finals to Dubuque in OT
Apr 28, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com For the second straight game of the USHL Clark Cup Playoffs, the Muskegon Lumberjacks came back from a two-goal, third perio... READ MORE
Lumberjacks grab playoff series win in second overtime period to advance over Green Bay
Apr 27, 2024 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Muskegon Lumberjacks have overcome many different types of adversity throughout the season, but n... READ MORE
Late power-play goal pushes Muskegon Lumberjacks into a fifth and deciding game against Green Bay
Apr 24, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GREEN BAY - A late costly penalty cost the Muskegon Lumberjacks a chance of moving on to the Eastern Conference Finals on Wedn... READ MORE
Bowling
Top boys’ bowlers in the West Michigan Conference named to all-league team
Mar 15, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Orchard View Cardinals boys bowling team claimed the WMC title this season. The Cardinals finished with a final record of 15-1, followed by Fremont at 12-4. Here are the ... READ MORE
West Michigan Conference honors its top girl bowlers for recently completed season
Mar 15, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ravenna girls bowling team finished first in the WMC and claimed the season’s conference title. The Bulldogs posted a 1... READ MORE
Taylor Nutt caps freshman bowling season with berth in the final 16 at state meet; Grand Haven’s Prokopec takes second
Mar 02, 2024 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - It was an exciting ride for Ravenna's Taylor Nutt, who completed her freshman bowling season on Saturda... READ MORE
Area bowling teams compete in MHSAA state team bowling finals
Mar 01, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Nine area bowling teams competed in the MHSAA state final team event on Friday at various sites around the state. Eight sta... READ MORE
Swimming
Spring Lake swim team earns all-state academic honors; three swimmers earn individual honors
Mar 14, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake Laker boys' swimming team proved to be more than just a solid team in the pool this season. The Lakers also are also a solid team when it comes to excellence i... READ MORE
Ludington swimmers earn 29th-place finish at Division 3 state meet
Mar 11, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLLAND -- Ludington's boys swim team finished 29th at the MHSAA Division 3 state meet at the Holland Aquatic Center on Fr... READ MORE
Spring Lake earns a solid eighth-place finish at state swimming meet
Mar 10, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLLAND - The Spring Lake boys swimming team claimed an eighth-place finish in the Division 3 state meet on Saturd... READ MORE
Spring Lake swimmers have strong opening day at Division 3 state finals meet
Mar 08, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLLAND - The Spring Lake boys swimming team advanced three relay and four individual swimmers after the first day of the Divi... READ MORE
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North Muskegon girls’ tennis battles to 4-all match with Black River
Apr 29, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com North Muskegon - 4, Holland Black River - 4 Singles No. 1 - Fia Lindsay, North Muskegon def. Daniela Adrian, Holland Black River, 6-2, 6-3 No. 2 - Marilyn ... READ MORE
Sailors come away with narrow girls’ tennis victory over Dux
Apr 29, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Mona Shores - 5, Zeeland West - 3 Singles No. 1 - Ella Wasserman, Muskegon Mona Shores def. Emily Haskill, Zeeland West, 2... READ MORE
Spring Lake upends Fruitport 6-2 in Monday tennis match
Apr 29, 2024 GIRLS TENNIS Spring Lake 6, Fruitport 2 Singles No. 1 - Grace Sweet, Fruitport def. Julia Gootjes, Spring Lake, 6-2, 6-2 No. 2 - Rose Landry, Spri... READ MORE
Mona Shores, Reeths-Puffer trail GR South Christian at Jenison tennis invite
Apr 28, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Rapids South Christian - 17, Mona Shores - 10, Reeths-Puffer - 10, Jenison - 5 Singles No. 1 - Brooke Titus, RP, d... READ MORE
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Mona Shores’ Reese Smith tallies five goals and the game winner in double OT win over Grand Haven
Apr 27, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - Reese Smith gave Mona Shores girls lacrosse the push it needed in an exciting 13-12 double-overtime win against Grand Haven on Friday evening. Smith's game READ MORE
Mona Shores boys lacrosse takes early lead, holds on to down Spring Lake
Apr 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Mona Shores boys lacrosse team downed powerhouse Spring Lake, 12-7, on Thursday evening. The Sailors ... READ MORE
Rough night for lacrosse for Mona Shores girls in loss to Caledonia
Apr 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com CALEDONIA - The Mona Shores girls lacrosse team fell to Caledonia, 16-3, in league action on Wednesday. This was the second g... READ MORE
Mona Shores thumps Kalamazoo Central in lacrosse
Apr 24, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Mona Shores girls' lacrosse team overpowered Kalamazoo Central, 15-1, in a non-conference matchup on Tue... READ MORE
Orchard View gains non-league baseball split with Covenant Christian
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Orchard View baseball team split a doubleheader on Tuesday against Covenant Christian. The Cardinals dropped the opening game 12-2, then bounced back with a 7-3 victory in READ MORE
In comeback fashion, Mona Shores baseball earns doubleheader sweep over Wyoming
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores baseball team took two games from Wyoming in a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Sailors won the first game, 6-3, ... READ MORE
North Muskegon puts up a pair of baseball shutouts over Hart
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTH MUSKEGON - The North Muskegon baseball team blanked Hart in a West Michigan Conference doubleheader on Tuesday evening. ... READ MORE
Fruitport earns baseball doubleheader sweep over league foe Unity Christian
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fruitport baseball team reached 10 wins on the season after taking two games from Unity Christian in a doubleheader on Tue... READ MORE
Big Red coach Fairfield shares the highlights of his NFL Pro Bowl, Super Bowl LVIII adventure
Feb 14, 2024 EDITORS NOTE: Hear more from Coach Shane Fairfield in the Frauenthal Theater for a live on-stage interview at Saturday's Varsity Blues Athletic Awards Show. By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com Muskeg READ MORE
Guy, Stratton, Young nominated for Earl Morrall Quarterback of the Year Award
Feb 14, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Local Sports Journal is excited to name the nominees for one of the top sports awards at its first-ever Varsity Blues Athlet... READ MORE
Won’t Back Down: Wyatt Jenkins focused on return to his prep career after suffering severe neck injury
Jan 22, 2024 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com The play seemed harmless enough, but the result was far from that. [caption id="attachment_156450" align=... READ MORE
Noah Stewart, member of the University of Michigan national championship team, enters transfer portal
Jan 20, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Noah Stewart, a former North Muskegon standout and member of the University of Michigan's national championship team announced... READ MORE
Rich Tompkins Cross Country Award highlights four male and female runners for Varsity Blues Athletic Awards show
Feb 10, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Some of the best runners in the area are being honored at Local Sports Journal's first-ever Varsity Blues Athletic Awards Show on Feb. 17 at the Frauenthal Theater in downtow READ MORE
Seth Norder named Mr. Cross Country as the state’s top prep runner
Nov 11, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Haven runner Seth Norder added another accolade to his already long list of accomplishments. Norder, a senior, was name... READ MORE
Western Michigan Christian girls finish third, boys sixth at Division 4 cross country finals
Nov 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com BROOKLYN - The Western Michigan Christian Warrior cross country teams both turned in Top 10 finishes on Saturday... READ MORE
Spring Lake’s girls race to fourth-place finish at Division 2 state cross country meet
Nov 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com BROOKLYN - The Spring Lake girls cross country team earned a fourth-place finish in Saturday's Division 2 cross country stat... READ MORE
Grant loses both ends of softball doubleheader to Central Montcalm
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com STANTON - The Grant softball team got swept in a CSAA twin bill against Central Montcalm on Tuesday evening. The Tigers fell 10-0 and 5-1. In the opener, Reese Gragg took the READ MORE
Mona Shores get bats going in second game, earn softball split with Wyoming
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Mona Shores softball team bounced back to split a doubleheader against Wyoming in OK-Green play on Tuesday... READ MORE
Fremont scores early and often in winning softball twinbill over Montague
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fremont softball squad scored 41 runs in a doubleheader sweep against Montague on Tuesday. The Packers won the opener 17-... READ MORE
Herremans lead the hitting, Gillard, Rosel pitch no-hitters in Ravenna softball sweep over Hesperia
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Herremans girls, and some stellar pitching, propelled Ravenna to a softball doubleheader sweep over Hesperia on Tuesday ni... READ MORE
Paling nets hat trick, leads Western Michigan Christian to soccer shutout victory over Wyoming Lee
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Emersyn Paling scored three goals to lead the Western Michigan Christian girls’ soccer team to an 8-0 win over Wyoming Lee on Tuesday. Nora Pollock added two goals while Bro READ MORE
Mona Shores soccer clinches OK-Green title with victory over Zeeland East
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com ZEELAND - The Mona Shores girls soccer team clinched first place in the OK-Green with a 5-2 win over Zeeland East on Tuesday. ... READ MORE
Ludington deals Fremont its first soccer loss of the season
Apr 30, 2024 By Greg Gielczyk Local Sports Journal LUDINGTON -- It's been a tough season for the Ludington girls soccer team with close losses and three ties in ... READ MORE
Shelby, Orchard View battle to 1-all draw in league soccer match
Apr 29, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY - The Shelby and Orchard View girls soccer teams played to a 1-1 draw in West Michigan Conference play on Monday. The ... READ MORE
Fremont boys take care of business with league track victory over Montague
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the boys' results from Tuesday's dual track meet between Fremont and Montague. TEAM SCORE Fremont 89, Montague 47 100-meter: 1, Isaiah Atchison, Montague, 11.33. 2 READ MORE
Fremont girls narrowly defeat Montague in West Michigan Conference track meet
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the girls' track results for a West Michigan Conference meet between Montague and Fremont. TEAM SCORES Fremont 69, ... READ MORE
Whitehall takes down Ludington, Orchard View in boys’ WMC track meet
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the boys' results of Tuesday's West Michigan Conference double dual track meet that included Ludington, Whitehall and... READ MORE
Ludington girls post a pair of league track victories over Whitehall, Orchard View
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the girl's results from Tuesday's West Michigan Conference double dual track meet that included Ludington, Whitehall ... READ MORE
Ed Bailey Volleyball Award nominees named for Varsity Blues Athletic Awards Show
Feb 14, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The first-ever Varsity Blues Athletic Awards Show is hitting the Frauenthal Theater stage on Saturday in downtown Muskegon. Part of the evening celebrates the excellence READ MORE
Ludington volleyball falls in marathon five-set match to Grand Rapids West Catholic
Nov 15, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT -- The Ludington girls volleyball team's historic run came to an end Tuesday night in a marathon five-set loss to Gran... READ MORE
Grand Haven falls to experienced Forest Hills Northern in Division 1 quarterfinal volleyball match
Nov 14, 2023 By Jacob Szetela LocalSportsJournal.com HUDSONVILLE - The Grand Haven Buccaneers traveled to the familiar hardwood at Hudsonville High School on T... READ MORE
High school volleyball quarterfinal results from Tuesday night
Nov 14, 2023 High school Volleyball Quarterfinals Tuesday Division 1 Forest Hills Northern 3, Grand Haven 0 Northville 3, Portage Northern 0 Semifinals Fri... READ MORE
Reeths-Puffer golfers earn OK-Green jamboree title on its home course
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Reeths-Puffer Rockets shot to the top of the OK-Green golf jamboree on Tuesday at Lincoln Golf Club. The Rockets, who have been finishing in the middle of the p READ MORE
Western Michigan Christian captures Hesperia Golf Invitational on Monday
Apr 30, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Western Michigan Christian boys golf team claimed the top spot in the Hesperia Invitational at Northwood Golf Co... READ MORE
Muskegon Community College men’s golf team competes at Montcalm invite
Apr 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GREENVILLE - Mitch Taylor's 74 led the Muskegon Community College men's golf team at the Montcalm Community College Invite o... READ MORE
Ravenna captures two-stroke victory over North Muskegon in WMC league golf match
Apr 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Ravenna Bulldogs captured the top spot in Thursday's Hesperia Jamboree at Northwood Golf Course. The Bulldogs f... READ MORE
North Muskegon girls’ tennis battles to 4-all match with Black River
Apr 29, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com North Muskegon - 4, Holland Black River - 4 Singles No. 1 - Fia Lindsay, North Muskegon def. Daniela Adrian, Holland Black River, 6-2, 6-3 No. 2 - Marilyn READ MORE
Sailors come away with narrow girls’ tennis victory over Dux
Apr 29, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Mona Shores - 5, Zeeland West - 3 Singles No. 1 - Ella Wasserman, Muskegon Mona Shores def. Emily Haskill, Zeeland West, 2... READ MORE
Spring Lake upends Fruitport 6-2 in Monday tennis match
Apr 29, 2024 GIRLS TENNIS Spring Lake 6, Fruitport 2 Singles No. 1 - Grace Sweet, Fruitport def. Julia Gootjes, Spring Lake, 6-2, 6-2 No. 2 - Rose Landry, Spri... READ MORE
Mona Shores, Reeths-Puffer trail GR South Christian at Jenison tennis invite
Apr 28, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Rapids South Christian - 17, Mona Shores - 10, Reeths-Puffer - 10, Jenison - 5 Singles No. 1 - Brooke Titus, RP, d... READ MORE
Spring Lake Ski Results
Feb 12, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK--Competing in their final meet of the regular season the Spring Lake ski team had a successful senior night at Cannonsburg on Thursday against East Grand Rapids a READ MORE
Downhill Duo – Lifetime ski buddies still sliding in their 90s
Feb 09, 2022 By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.com When they first started back in the 1940s – when Bing Crosby was the best-selling pop artist and the Olympic ... READ MORE
Rich Tompkins Cross Country Award highlights four male and female runners for Varsity Blues Athletic Awards show
Feb 10, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Some of the best runners in the area are being honored at Local Sports Journal's first-ever Varsity Blues Athletic Awards Show on Feb. 17 at the Frauenthal Theater in downtow READ MORE
Seth Norder named Mr. Cross Country as the state’s top prep runner
Nov 11, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Haven runner Seth Norder added another accolade to his already long list of accomplishments. Norder, a senior, was name... READ MORE
Western Michigan Christian girls finish third, boys sixth at Division 4 cross country finals
Nov 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com BROOKLYN - The Western Michigan Christian Warrior cross country teams both turned in Top 10 finishes on Saturday... READ MORE
Spring Lake’s girls race to fourth-place finish at Division 2 state cross country meet
Nov 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com BROOKLYN - The Spring Lake girls cross country team earned a fourth-place finish in Saturday's Division 2 cross country stat... READ MORE