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The brand new high school basketball season is underway, and teams throughout the area are hitting the court with dreams of conference, district and state championships dancing in their heads.
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FRUITPORT – The Fruitport Trojans dominated the field Saturday, going 5-0 at their own invite.
The Trojans downed Forest Hills Eastern 49-20, Buchanan 53-21, Fennville 58-6, Grant 48-24 and Kelloggsville 64-18.
Fruitport’s Dalton Pope (130 lbs.), Alex …
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GRANT – After leading by just one, 13-12, over Grant, the visiting Orchard View girls basketball team outscored the Tigers 35-10 over the next two quarters to run away with the 55-28 victory.
The Lakes 8 Conference …
Local Sports JournalKENOSHA, Wisc. — Seven runners from west Michigan high schools ended up participating in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships Midwest Regional Saturday in Kenosha, Wisc.
Mason County Central, from the West Michigan Conference, had the two top …
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CADILLAC – The Grant Tigers fell just short of reaching the state quarterfinals following Thursday’s three-set loss to Cadillac in the Class B regional finals match.
Cadillac won 25-23, 25-17, 25-15, and now moves on to face …
By Mark Lewis
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SHELBY – While the host Shelby Tigers look like the heavy favorite in their district title game versus Grandville Calvin Christian, the Squires are coming into Shelby Friday night having done something they’ve never …
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The Grant volleyball team kept its successful season alive by defeating Fremont 3-0 Tuesday in Class B district tournament action.
The Tigers won all three sets by close scores – 25-19, 25-23, 25-21.
Summer Schuitema paced Grant …
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Grant earned its first victory in the last game of the season with a 30-21 win over Whitehall Friday in non-league football action.
The Tigers took a 13-0 first quarter lead on Garrett Bomay’s 22-yard pass to …
By Jason Goorman
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Can anyone believe it’s Week 9 already? It seems like yesterday we were planning our football tab for area pigskin fanatics.
How many memories were made this season and how many more are right …
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Local Sports Journal
Daily newspapers have downsized, and their coverage of local sports has decreased. That has left many of our local athletes – particularly high school kids – without the full recognition they deserve.
The reporters at Local Sports …
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It’s been seven years since Orchard View won on homecoming. It’s been eight years since the Cardinals beat Grant.
Both of those cold spells came to an end Friday with Orchard View’s 49-6 thumping of Grant in …
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WHITEHALL – Host Whitehall Vikings maintained its unscored-upon streak at Thursday’s Div. 3 district semifinal match versus Grant, downing the Tigers in 6-0 fashion.
Whitehall won 8-0 over Lakeview at Tuesday’s district opener.
Versus Grant, the Vikings’ …
By Jim Moyes
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How I wish I were back in the Port City this week to see who wins the big game Friday night at Mona Shores. There appears to be a number of area teams that …
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FRUITPORT – The Lakes 8 Conference cross country meet went down-right geographic Tuesday night, as the league’s most-southern school, Fremont, took the girls meet title, while the league’s most-northern school, Ludington, took the boys title.
The Spring Lake girls dominated, …
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KENTWOOD – The Whitehall Vikings faced some pretty stiff competition Saturday, finishing 2-2 at the East Kentwood Invite.
The Vikings dispatched Mona Shores and Grant, but fell to Traverse City West and Grand Haven.
Jane Kuipers led …
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Garrett Bomay scored both of Grant’s touchdowns in a 13-12 loss to Tri-County in a Lakes 8 game on Friday night.
Bomay scored on a 40-yard run and added a 78-yard interception return.
Bomay was 5-of-7 passing …
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A big first half sparked Fruitport to a 44-0 football drubbing of Grant on Friday. The Trojans scored 37 first-half points.
Derek White led Fruitport’s ground attack with three touchdown runs and had 114 yard rushing on …
By Jim Moyes
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This ‘ole’ announcer is so upset with his picks for the last couple of weeks that I’ve decided to head back home this weekend to get this problem fixed. After meeting with many of …
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By Jim Moyes
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Just when I was about to truly believe I have become a ‘gifted’ predictor of local high school football games, I got a real slap in the face with my mediocre record from …
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WHITE CLOUD – Kent City defeated host White Cloud but fell to neighboring Grant Monday night in a non-league quad.
Kent City narrowly downed the host Indians 27-25, 26-24, while falling the Tigers 25-16, 25-20.
Kassidy Heeringa …
