By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal Yes, we’re are still going at it here at the Local Sports Journal. Some times you just wanna take an afternoon nap but you know you’ll wake up from it like a bad dream and flip out of your desk chair. It’s Day 4 and time to do just like Muskegon area teams were doing it August through June. Fall, winter and spring the   Read More ...

By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal Has anyone left a bowl full of frosted flakes in milk for a quick minute, only to come back to find it soggy and disappointing? It’s such a let down to start the day. Luckily we have LSJ videos that don’t lose their place in Muskegon area sports history. Oakridge traveled to Mona Shores for the 2012-13 girls basketball season opener back on Nov.   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal It didn’t seem to matter who Coach Kevin Buchberger sent out to the mound. Each got the job done on Tuesday night in the Blue Bombers 1-0 victory over the Red Hawks in the Marsh Field All-Star Classic baseball game. The turnout for the evening was announced at 600. The only hit allowed came off starting pitcher Zach Zweigle, who allowed a one-out line single to center   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal The first attempt at a girls all-star fastpitch softball game produced plenty of excitement on Tuesday night at Marsh Field. However, there was no winner as time constraints led to a 7-all standoff between the Blue Belles and the Red Raiders. The Blue Belles battled back from an early deficit, fell behind, then scored a run in a rather unconventional manner to tie the game for good   Read More ...

Here are some video highlights of the third round of the Decatur-Forsyth Classic in which Whitehall native Laura Kueny finished second.   http://herald-review.com/sports/decatur-forsyth-classic-day/vmix_6b7198c2-d6fd-11e2-9b3c-0019bb2963f4.html

Local Sports Journal Saturday’s annual Mercy Health Seaway Run has added a new twist for what is expected to be another huge turnout in downtown Muskegon. The event includes 5K and 15K races, the same as it’s been for years, however, this year, the event will include a half marathon (13.1 miles). There also is a 5-mile walk. The first race begins at 7:30 a.m. on Franklin Street near Western   Read More ...

By Jim Moyes Local Sports Journal There are not enough words in my limited vocabulary to thank all those who made this year’s Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame banquet one that I will never forget. Although I have attended all but one of these ceremonies over the past 27 years, nothing can top the moment when the announcement comes that you’ve been tapped to be a part of this   Read More ...

By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal Video Contest Summer 13 has a leading video after Day 1. Western Michigan Christian’s highlight video from its one-point win over Reeths-Puffer on January 2nd tallied the first Facebook Like and enough to be in first place. Randy Riksen gets the shout out for casting the first vote by giving Smith’s video a Like on the LSJ Facebook page. And now, today’s entries for   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Western Michigan Christian has named a familiar face as its next girls varsity basketball coach. Glenn Karsten, who lives in Grand Haven, takes over for Mike Henry, who resigned following this past season for personal reasons. Karsten assisted Henry the last two seasons. “The three main passions in my life are my faith in Jesus Christ, my family, and athletics,” Karsten said. “Coaching at WMC provides a   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Laura Kueny nearly pulled off her second Symetra Tour Victory of the season by making birdies on four of her last five holes to force a playoff, only to lose to Sue Kim in Decatur, Ill. The second-place finish vaults Kueny into second place on the Symetra Tour money list whereby the top 10 money earners at the end of the season earn a LPGA golf card.   Read More ...

By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal That’s right, you heard it here. Video Contest Summer 13 is upon us. Over the course of the next seven weeks, the LSJ will be posting its 2012-13 Season 1 video highlights. Each game was special, moments were unforgettable and that’s why we are rehashing this incredible past year. We will be posting videos from the LSJ’s Youtube page on Facebook. The videos with   Read More ...

By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal While it certainly is strange to watch a football game in June, Saturday’s second annual Muskegon All-Star Classic – which splits up and then pits some of the area’s best graduating high school football players against one another – no doubt measured up against the regular-season’s best games. And though it looked at first as though the offenses of both squads – that is,   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Connor Hurley showed off his goal-scoring prowess in leading the Black Team to a 6-5 victory in the Muskegon Lumberjacks’ Black and Gold All-Star Game on Saturday night at L.C. Walker Arena. Hurley scored three goals, including one in the final minute of the game to not only complete the hat trick, but lead his team to a come-from-behind victory. The game culminated a full week of   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal BOYS GOLF STATE FINALS DIVISION 1 1, Battle Creek Lakeview 299 – 302 – 601*; 2, Plymouth 302 – 299 – 601; 3, Mona Shores 305 – 305 – 610; 3, Detroit CC 307 – 303 – 610; 5, Traverse City West 319 – 298 – 617; 5, Saline 311 – 306 – 617; 7, Hartland 309 – 311 – 620; 8, White Lake Lakeland 309 –   Read More ...

SOCCER STATE FINALS Saturday Division 1 at Williamston Troy 2, Grandville 1 Division 2 at Williamston Richland Gull Lake 1, Bloomfield Hills Marian 0 (2OT) Division 3 at Mason Grand Rapids South Christian 1, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 0 Division 4 at Mason Grandville Calvin Christian 2, Waterford Our Lady/Clarkston Everest 1

SOFTBALL STATE FINALS Saturday At Bailey Park, Battle Creek Division 1 Mattawan 2, Bay City Western 1 Division 2 Tecumseh 5, Saginaw Swan Valley 1 Division 3  Dundee 3, Unionville-Sebewaing 0 (9 innings) Division 4 Kalamazoo Christian 16, Ubly 6

BASEBALL STATE FINALS Saturday (at Bailey Park, Battle Creek) Division 1  Bay City Western 1, Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 0 Division 2  Grand Rapids Christian 3, Richmond 0 Division 3 – 3:30 pm Madison Hts. Bishop Foley 12, Grandville Calvin Christian 5 Division 4 – 6:30 pm Grosse Pte. Woods 3, Beal City 2 (eight innings)

By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal In case you missed it, the Local Sports Journal celebrated its first full year of reporting on Muskegon area sports on June 10. Boasting is not our specialty, but we still can reflect on this great achievement in serving Muskegon area sports fans for a full year. Our crew of dedicated writers, led by co-publisher Ron Rop, amassed more than 2,900 stories in 365   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal BOYS GOLF STATE FINALS DIVISION 1 1, Battle Creek Lakeview 299; 2, Plymouth 302; 3, Mona Shores 305; 4, Detroit CC 307; 5, Hartland 309; 5, White Lake Lakeland 309; 7, Saline 311; 8, Detroit U-D Jesuit 312; 9, Rochester Adams 317; 10, Traverse City West 319; 10, Grosse Pointe South 319; 12, Utica Eisenhower 320; 13, Rockford 331; 14, Canton 332; 15, Stoney Creek 335 Mona   Read More ...

SOFTBALL SEMIFINALS (at Battle Creek) Friday Division 1 Bay City Western 1, Garden City 0 Mattawan 3, Romeo 2 Division 2 Saginaw Swan Valley 5, Linden 2 Tecumseh 8, Livonia Ladywood 0 Division 3 Unionville-Sebewaing 4, Holton 3 Dundee 11, Allen Park Cabrini 6 Division 4 Kalamazoo Christian 2, Rogers City 0 Ubly 8, Grosse Pte. Woods U. Liggett 6 2013 Finals June 15 – Bailey Park, Battle Creek Division 1 – 3   Read More ...