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Feb 20, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Big Reds gave Coach Keith Guy a first-pumping gift on Saturday evening: An 88-79 double overtime win over visiting Grand Blanc. An even nicer gift was a 200-win milestone for Coach guy in his storied career thus far as the Muskegon Big Reds'... READ MORE
Oct 29, 2021 By Jon Styf LocalSportsJournal.com One person's dream is another's misery. In sports, fans and athletes share this truth together. There are fans who dream of running in a single race, but can't hardly put one foot in front of the other. And then there are runners w... READ MORE
Oct 25, 2021 By Jon Styf LocalSportsJournal.com Brianna Stawski didn’t know what to expect when she was called to center court. The Reeths-Puffer senior hitter had just reached the 1,000-kill plateau in the second of three matches on Oct. 7. The other matches stopped and the audio be... READ MORE
Jun 01, 2021 Editor's note: The following story is from the May 28 edition of the LocalSportsJournal.com magazine, which will be available in local retail stores this week. You can order home delivery of the Muskegon area's only sports magazine by checking out the ad below, By Steve Gunn ... READ MORE
May 20, 2021 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP - Reeths-Puffer’s varsity baseball team faced some serious adversity to start its season, and it didn’t have anything to do with COVID-19. The Rockets stumbled out of the gate without their leader, third-y... READ MORE
May 19, 2021 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES – Mona Shores soccer goalkeeper Ella Buikema leads the area with 10 shutouts this season. While that’s an amazing stat, Buikema isn’t sure it belongs to her. That’s because she has been protected by a defense t... READ MORE
May 18, 2021 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com WHITEHALL - Greg Boughton has been coaching golf at Whitehall High School for 50 years, so he knows a good young player when he sees one. He ranks Steve Cullen among the very best in his long coaching career, along with names like Derek... READ MORE
May 14, 2021 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - Sometimes you just have to seize the opportunities that life presents, regardless of possible conflict or inconvenience. That was a decision Steve Schuitema made back in 2008, after mulling over the possibility of applying fo... READ MORE
May 13, 2021 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE – In the past, high school graduation speeches were typically reserved for the class president at Montague High School. But the plan has changed this year, with the Class of 2021’s three co-valedictorians, includin... READ MORE
May 12, 2021 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES – At the beginning of the season, the Mona Shores boys golf team set out to become comfortable in uncomfortable situations. That means the Sailors had lots of tough tournaments scheduled, against top opponents from a... READ MORE
May 07, 2021 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com EGELSTON TOWNSHIP – When it comes to important life decisions, coaches often tell their student-athletes that their priorities should be family, school and sports, in that order. Two coaches in the Oakridge softball program recentl... READ MORE
May 06, 2021 Editor's note: This is the cover story of the April 20 edition of the LocalSportsJournal.com magazine, which is available at retail outlets throughout the area. By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - Terry Markowski spent several decades training young boxer... READ MORE
May 05, 2021 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT – Sometimes even great sports performances fly under the media radar. That was the case last Friday for Fruitport senior track standout Dakota Mitchell, who had a great day at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association Bo... READ MORE
May 04, 2021 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Fremont High School baseball program received a boost when Payton Mansfield and his family moved to the area from southern Illinois four years ago. The coaches just didn’t know how big of an addition Mansfield would be u... READ MORE
Apr 30, 2021 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com NORTH MUSKEGON – The North Muskegon girls tennis team will be a heavy favorite on Saturday to repeat as champion when they take the court at Whitehall High School for the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association City Tournament. The ... READ MORE
Apr 29, 2021 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON -- During a preseason practice, members of the Holton varsity softball team took time to write their season goals on a dry erase board. “Everyone was just writing small stuff, and then Kylie grabs the marker and ... READ MORE
Apr 28, 2021 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - A two-year break turned out to be a very good thing for the Mona Shores lacrosse team. In 2019, the Sailors’ second year of competition in the sport, the team only won one game, and lost to many of their opponents by 1... READ MORE
Apr 27, 2021 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com NORTH MUSKEGON - Every high school spring sport athlete has a lot to make up for this season, after losing their entire 2020 season to COVID. But North Muskegon senior Hope Johnson has even more motivation than most. That’s bec... READ MORE
Apr 07, 2021 By Steve Gunn Loca;lSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - It’s been a pretty amazing week for Muskegon Lumberjacks Coach Mike Hamilton. Last Friday, he became the all-time winningest coach in organization history when the Jacks beat the Team USA Under-18 squad 7-4. That ... READ MORE
Apr 06, 2021 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY - It starred out with a juvenile “Fab Four,” so to speak, and Coach Scott Carlson was aware of the talented young basketball players as early as elementary school. They were Kenzie Bowers, Jenna Harrison, Audrey Dreyer and... READ MORE