Sep 16, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grand Haven volleyball team defeated West Ottawa in three sets Thursday night, 25-22, 25-17,and 25-23. Cassidy Schumacher led the Buccaneers with four aces, while Olivia Boeve added 12 kills and 10 digs. Ashlyn Hall led Grand Haven with 35 assi... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Reeths-Puffer soccer team scored a pair of first-half goals and captured a 2-0 victory over rival Mona Shores in an O-K Black Conference matchup on Thursday. Parker Aerts and Brendan Sherwood each found the net in the first half for the Rockets, p... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2016 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – At the end of the night one of two very good volleyball teams had to lose its first conference match of the season. Unfortunately that team was Muskegon Community College, which dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker to archrival Grand ... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Evan McMiller’s two goal performance led the Orchard View boys soccer team to a 3-2 win over Manistee on Thursday in a Lakes 8 game. The Cardinals scored the final two goals of the contest to overcome a 2-1 deficit. McMiller scored the game-winni... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Western Michigan Christian cruised to a 5-1 win over Ludington in a Lakes 8 boys soccer contest Thursday. The Warriors are now 8-2 on the season and 2-0 in conference play. Tommy Tencate led WMC with two goals while Evan Fles and Dylan Mines each h... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Muskegon played to a 3-3 tie against Muskegon Catholic in non-league boys soccer action on Thursday night. The Big Reds overcame a 2-0 and a 3-1 halftime deficit. Demetrio Lopez and Carlos Hernandez-Sias paced the Big Reds with a goal and an assi... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall boys soccer team dropped non-conference game to Big Rapids 4-1 on Tuesday night. Joshua Gonzalez scored the lone goal for the Vikings, while Logan Diehm picked up an assist. Whitehall’s goalkeeper Kyler Dewildt stopped six Big Rapid... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake volleyball squad picked up an OK-Blue Conference win in three straight sets over Sparta on Thursday night. The Lakers (7-9, 2-1) won by service scores of 25-14, 25-15 and 25-13. Olivia Grimmer led the way for Spring Lake with 14 kil... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Hart soccer team blanked Walkerville 8-0 in non-league on Thursday evening. The Pirates led 4-0 at halftime. John Guadarrama led the Pirates with three goals while Austin VanderLaan added two goals. Damian Cruz, Mike Herrera, and Logan Wells... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2016 By Steve Gunn and Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com There will always be intensity when Mona Shores and Reeths-Puffer meet on the football field, regardless of team records in any given season. The cross-town rivals don’t like each other, and really want to beat each ... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2016 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP - Reeths-Puffer senior Nate McCrary hesitates a moment when he’s asked to describe himself as a high school athlete. Is he a football-first guy who also happens to run track? Or is he a sprinter at heart who si... READ MORE
Sep 14, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com There were a lot of very ugly high school football games played in the area last week. The majority were over, for all practical purposes, by halftime. There were running clocks in the second half all over the place. Just look at the scores – B... READ MORE
Sep 14, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Muskegon Community College dropped a 2-1 conference match against Jackson Community College on Wednesday night. Jube Rodriguez scored the lone goal for the Jayhawks. Goalkeeper Hayden Collins made six saves on seven shots. MCC falls to 3-2-1 over... READ MORE
Sep 14, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Community College volleyball team remained undefeated in conference play with a 3-0 sweep of Glen Oaks Community College on Tuesday. The set scores in the match were 25-13, 25-16 and 25-17. Rachel Brown and Ashly Schuitema led the Jayh... READ MORE
Sep 14, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Shelby soccer team defeated Oakridge 4-1 in West Michigan Conference action on Tuesday. Fernando Cabrera and Kaleb Hams each scored a pair of goals for the Tigers, who handed the Eagles only their second conference defeat of the season. Cruz Ro... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Reeths-Puffer dropped a tough conference match in volleyball to Kenowa Hills in five sets on Tuesday night. The Rockets led the match 2-1, but dropped the final two sets. Anna Young had 32 digs and 15 kills to lead Reeths-Puffer, while Camryn Vande... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - The West Michigan Whitecaps’ hopes of winning back-to-back Midwest League titles came to a screeching halt Tuesday with a 5-2 loss to the Great Lakes Loons in Game 3 of the Eastern Division championship series. W... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grant volleyball team beat Central Montcalm 3-1 on Tuesday night. Laura Bouwkamp had 24 kills and 15 digs for the Tigers, while Olivia Keelan added a team-high 28 digs. Grant’s Sierra Schuitema chipped in with 21 digs and 12 kills and Taylor... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Western Michigan Christian boys soccer team won its first ever Lakes 8 Conference game 7-1 over Manistee on Tuesday night. The Warriors jumped out to a 6-0 halftime lead, then opened the second half scoring with a goal to take a 7-0 advantage. ... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Western Michigan Christian volleyball team lost their Lakes 8 Conference opener in three straight sets to Ludington Tuesday. The Warriors, who are now 9-12-1 on the season, lost by set scores of 25-13, 25-15 and 25-18. Haylee Moser had a team-h... READ MORE