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The Fruitport and Spring Lake boys soccer teams have battled toe-to-toe in the Lakes 8 Conference many times during the past years.

LSJ Logo incertFruitport is now competing in the O-K Black while Spring Lake is in the O-K Blue Conference.

The Lakers conquered the first non-league battle, posting a 3-0 shutout over Fruitport on Thursday.

Spring Lake had a 2-0 advantage at halftime on goals from Ryan Zietlow and Robby Hartliep.

The Lakers closed out the scoring with a second half goal by Baruch Kamps.

Spring Lake’s goalkeeper stopped five shots while the Trojans’ net minder Connor Werschem had stopped 10 in a losing effort.