SOCCER LAKES 8 ALL CONFERENCE SOCCER TEAM First team Jordyn Stanberry, jr., Fruitport Amanda Skidmore, sr., Orchard View Leann Latsch, sr., Spring Lake Molly Miedema, sr., Spring Lake Morgan Carey, fr., Spring Lake Hailey Hanks, jr., Fruitport Jacquelyn Lynch, soph., Ludington Hailey Pellegrom,sr., Spring Lake Taylor Miller, sr., Grant Elise Ketelaar, jr., Tri-County Molly Hallead, sr., Ludington (goalkeeper) Second team Megan Harken, soph., Spring Lake Alex Prout, soph., Spring Lake   Read More ...

TRACK DIVISION 2 GIRLS (at Forest Hills Eastern)   Dearborn Divine Child 81; GR Forest Hills Eastern 53; DeWitt 32; GR Christian 30; Zeeland East 23; Remus Chippewa Hills 22; Detroit Country Day 20; Bloomfield Hills Lahser 18; East Grand Rapids 17; GR South Christian 17; Allendale 17; St. Johns 16; Dowagiac 14; Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingwood 13; St. Joseph 13; Milan 12; Armada 12; Mason 10; Eaton Rapids 10; Spring   Read More ...

MUSKEGON AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME MALE STUDENT-ATHLETES THE FINALISTS ALEC BREIT SCHOOL: Western Michigan Christian High School SPORTS: Golf, 4 years; Soccer, 4 years; Basketball, 3 years. GPA: 3.86 COMMUNITY INVOLVMENT: Student Council,WMC Small Groups leader, band, concert choir, chamber choir, volunteer for International Aid, Rescue Mission, WMC soccer mission trips to Chicago, Youth Group at Harvest Bible Church. NOTABLE: Will play golf at Hope College. MATT MULCAHY SCHOOL:   Read More ...

MUSKEGON AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME FEMALE STUDENT-ATHLETES THE FINALISTS RACHEL BRUINSMA SCHOOL: Western Michigan Christian SPORTS: Soccer, 1 year; Volleyball, 4 years; Basketball, 4 years; Track, 2 years; Tennis, 1 year. GPA: 4.08 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Small group leader, volunteer at elementary school, church volunteer. NOTABLE: Will play volleyball at Valparaiso on a full-ride scholarship. MACAYLA GREINER SCHOOL: Hart SPORTS: Volleyball, 4 years; Basketball, 4 years; Soccer, 4 years. GPA:   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal The Fruitport Trojans’ Travis Grimm pitched a no-hitter in the first game sparked a doubleheader sweep of the Grant Tigers in a Lakes 8 baseball twinbill on Tuesday. Fruitport won the opener 11-0 on the strength of Grimm’s pitching and eight first-inning runs. The Trojans won the second game 7-3.In the opener, Grimm pitched five innings with six strikeouts and one walk. Leading hitters were Jacob Breese,   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Fruitport athletic director Ken Erny announced today that Adam Anspach has been named the new boys varsity basketball coach for the Trojans. Anspach replaces Bill Andree, who resigned after coaching the Trojans five years. This past season, the Trojans finished 9-12. “I personally look forward to working with Adam as we begin a new leg of the journey,” Erny said in a release.  

TRACK DIVISION 2 BOYS (At Houseman Field) 1, Zeeland West 130.33; 2, Allendale 85; 3, Zeeland East 66; 4, Hamilton 50; 5, Coopersville 48; 6, Spring Lake 48; 7, Whitehall 43; 8, Orchard View 41; 9, Sparta 38; 10, Hudsonville Unity Christian 30.33; 11, Fruitport 26.83; 12, Holland Christian 24; 13, Grant 22.5; 14, Fremont 10. DISCUS: 1, Quincy Byrd, ZE, 176-3. SHOT PUT: 1, Matt Kolean, Ham, 54-10 ¾;   Read More ...

TRACK DIVISION 2 GIRLS (At Houseman Field) 1, Hamilton 116.5; 2, Zeeland East 114.5; 3, Spring Lake 109; 4, Holland Christian 46; 5, Coopersville 44; 6, Allendale 42; 7, Sparta 42; 8, Zeeland West 40; 9, Fruitport 35; 10, Hudsonville Unity Christian 31; 11, Whitehall 23; 12, Grant 8; 13, Orchard View 6; 14, Fremont 6. DISCUS: 1, Kaylyn Hill, Allen, 138-4. SHOT PUT: 1, Brittany Casey, ZE, 40-5½. HIGH   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Fruitport jumped ahead early on Holland and finished with a 5-0 win in nonleague girls soccer action. The Trojans’ Hannah Samlow scored two goals and Haylie Hanks scored a goal andadded  two assists.  Marissa Hassevort and Emily Pieczynski each scored goals for Fruitport. Tara Champion, Lauran Maus and Carly Kryfka each had assists for Fruitport. Fruitport outshot the Dutch 18-3.

Local Sports Journal Fruitport swept a pair of Lakes 8 baseball games on Tuesday, winning  8-3 in Game 1 and capped off Game 2 with a 12-4 victory. The Trojans scored runs in every inning except the second in the opener  as pitcher Travis Grimm posted the complete game. Grimm struck out eight and gave up no walks and one earned run. Kolin Lakatos led Fruitport with three hits and   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Hannah Samlow scored the game’s only goal on Monday and lifted the Fruitport Trojans to a 1-0 victory over the Ludington Orioles in the first round of the Lakes 8 tournament. Haylie Hanks was credited with the assist on the Samlow goal, which came in the first half. Coach Jeannie McClain credited the efforts of Jordyn Stanberry, Autumn winger, Sydney Nelson and Alyssa Benedict for keeping Ludington’s   Read More ...

TRACK LAKES 8 MEET (At Orchard View) BOYS 1, Ludington 135; 2, Fruitport 118; 3, Grant 90; 4, Orchard View 62; 5, Spring Lake 57; 6, Fremont 36; 7, Howard City Tri-County 25. Shot put: 1, Brandon Bouwkamp, G, 44.7; 2, Trevor Boyd, G, 42-11; 3, Remington Rohrer, Lud, 40-2; 4, Rodney Morse, Frpt, 39-5; 5, Allen Keffer, Lud, 39-5. Discus: 1, Alan Jones, Frpt, 128-3; 2, Nic Kramer, Frpt,   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal It took nine innings and 22 hits before the Fruitport Trojans came away with a 14-9 softball victory over the host Montague Wildcats on Thursday. Lindsey Helson hit a home run while Allison Beckwith had a pair of triples. Morgan Glover was the winning pitcher for  Fruitport. Montague battled back from an 8-1 deficit after four innings to tie the game. TheTrojans scored five runs in the   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Jacob Buchberger allowed three hits, no runs and struck out 10 and led the Montague Wildcats to a 3-0 nonleague baseball victory over Fruitport on Thursday. It was Montague’s fourth complete-game shutout of the season. Tristen Schultz had an RBI single in the second while Chase Casebolt and Schultz had RBI singles in the sixth to account for the Wildcats’ scoring. Casebolt and Schultz each had two   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Emily Pieczynski scored the goal and the Fruitport Trojan defense did the rest in a 1-0 nonleague soccer victory over the Hart Pirates. Fruitport had a 12-5 advantage in shots. Pieczynski’s goal was assisted by Marissa Hassevoort. Goalkeeper Monica Holden posted the shutout in net for the Trojans.    

Local Sports Journal The Fruitport Trojans battled back from a late 3-1 deficit to claim Game 1 of a Lakes 8 doubleheader with Fremont. The final score was 7-3. Fremont back back to win the nightcap, 8-5. In the first game, the Trojans scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning. Brandon Lee hit an 0-2 curveball into left field that scored two runs and tied the game   Read More ...

By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal When the Mona Shores Sailors set their goals for the baseball season, winning the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association County Baseball Tournament is always near the top of that list. You can check that off the ‘to-do’ list after the Sailors captured the Tier 1 title with a 13-3 victory over the Fruitport Trojans in the final game, which was played at Mona Shores. It   Read More ...

TRACK GREATER MUSKEGON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION COUNTY TRACK MEET (at Reeths-Puffer) BOYS 1, Mona Shores 99½; 2, Whitehall 73; 3, Oakridge 57½; 4, Fruitport 47; 5, Muskegon 46; 6, Muskegon Catholic 44; 7, North Muskegon 40; 8,Ravenna 38; 9, Orchard View 37; 10, Reeths-Puffer 30; 11, Montague 11; 12, Western Michigan Christian 4. High jump: 1, Adreon Billups, MS, 6-4; 2, Andrew Janusiewicz, Oak, 6-2; 3, Sherman Hodges, Musk, 6-2; 4,   Read More ...

TRACK GREATER MUSKEGON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION COUNTY TRACK MEET (at Reeths-Puffer) GIRLS 1, Reeths-Puffer 126; 2, Mona Shores 106; 3, Muskegon 50; 4, Whitehall 48; 5, Fruitport 45; 6, North Muskegon 39; 7, Muskegon Catholic 29; 8, Oakridge 22; 9, Western Michigan Christian 21; 10, Ravenna 16; 11, Montague 12; 12, Orchard View 7; 13, Holton 3. High jump: 1, Rachel Bruinsma, WMC, 5-0; 2, Chloe Fox, RP, 4-10¼; 3, Momo   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Fruitport won the first game 3-1 and Whitehall took the second game 16-6 on Thursday in a nonleague softball twinbill. Three runs in the sixth inning pushed Fruitport into the lead in the opener. Morgan Glover was the winning pitcher for the Trojans. She had four strikeouts. Andrea Benson had an RBI single. Christy Pladies had a triple for Whitehall. In the nightcap, Heidi Clark was the   Read More ...