May 17, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com CENTRAL MONTCALM -- Kent City earned a pair of softball victories on Tuesday in dramatic fashion. In the opener, the Eagles scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning and won, 6-5. In the nightcap, Kent City held on for an 8-6 victory. In Game 1, Cai... READ MORE
May 16, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com CENTRAL MONTCALM -- The Kent City Eagles gained a split of a baseball twinbill on Tuesday against host Central Montcalm. The Eagles won the opener on the strength of the pitching of Kyler Larson. The Eagles won, 8-0. However, Central Montcalm came back ... READ MORE
May 13, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com PINE RIVER -- The Kent City Eagles ventured north on Friday and posted a pair of non-league baseball victories over Leroy-Pine River. The Eagles won the opener 13-2 and the nightcap, 7-0. In the first game, Zach Flegel was the winning pitcher. Leading hi... READ MORE
May 11, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND RAPIDS -- Kent City battled back in the nightcap and earned a softball doubleheader split with Forest Hills Eastern on Thursday. The games were played at Cornerstone University. In the opener, Forest Hills won, 3-1, while Kent City took the nightca... READ MORE
May 11, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- The Kent City Eagles celebrated Senior Night in grand fashion on Tuesday night with a sweep of a softball doubleheader of the Chippewa Hills Warriors. Led by its seniors, Kent City won the opener, 10-0, on the strength of Jaycee Hoffman's 17-... READ MORE
May 10, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- Kyler Larson got the Kent City Eagles off to a good start on Tuesday in a baseball doubleheader sweep over Chippewa Hills. Larson took the mound in the opener and pitched a two-hitter with 18 strikeouts as the Eagles blanked Chippewa Hills, 4... READ MORE
May 06, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com WHITE CLOUD -- The Kent City Eagles used solid hitting and the pitching of Jacee Hoffman to sweep White Cloud in a softball doubleheader on Friday. Kent City won the opener, 13-3 and the nightcap 12-0. Hoffman pitched seven innings in the opener and allo... READ MORE
May 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- The Kent City Eagles and Big Rapids Cardinals hooked up for an instant classic softball game on Wednesday. But, that was Game 1 and they played a doubleheader. In the opener, the Cardinals scored seven runs in the top of the ninth inning and ... READ MORE
May 01, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY-- The Hart Pirates captured the title in the Kent City Elite Invitational track meet on Friday. A total of 22 teams competed in the eighth annual event. Hart amassed 176 points to take home the trophy. The Pirates were followed by Berrien Sprin... READ MORE
Apr 30, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com Jacee Hoffman was stellar on the mound and at the plate on Friday as Kent City swept Reed City in a softball twinbill. Kent City won the opener, 9-2, and the nightcap, 6-5 in 10 innings. Hoffman was the winning pitcher in both games with a total of 26 st... READ MORE
Apr 28, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY -- Shelby scored three goals within the first five minutes of the game enroute to a 9-1 rout of Kent City in a non-conference girls soccer match Friday at Shelby. Kendall Zaverl accounted for four of the Tigers' goals, two of them coming in the f... READ MORE
Apr 27, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com CEDAR SPRINGS -- The Kent City Eagles' baseball team managed just four singles on Thursday and lost to host Cedar Springs, 3-2. Payton Oliver had a single and drove in one run for the Eagles. Pitcher Jack Duran took the loss. He allowed three runs, three... READ MORE
Apr 26, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- Jacee Hoffman pitched a no-hitter in the opener and the Kent City Eagles scored 10 runs in the third inning of the nightcap and swept a doubleheader from Tri-County on Tuesday. The Eagles won the first game, 8-0, and the second game, 13-3 in ... READ MORE
Apr 26, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- Kent City's Kyler Larson had a memorable day at the plate on Tuesday and led Kent City to a baseball sweep over Tri-County. The Eagles won the first game, 13-2, and the nightcap, 13-3. For the day, Larson had five hits, including two home ru... READ MORE
Apr 24, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- Abby Pecynski drove in the only run in Game 1 and freshman Lylah Larson earned her first varsity victory on the mound as Kent City swept a softball doubleheader from North Muskegon on Monday, 1-0 and 7-3. In the opener, Kent City score the ga... READ MORE
Apr 22, 2023 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--Kent City athletic trainer Erik Johnson knew for a long time that someday he wanted to be an athletic trainer. As a freshman at Mona Shores High School, Johnson blew out his knee playing hockey and that's when he fell in... READ MORE
Apr 22, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MORLEY -- The Kent City Eagles plated a total of 27 runs in a softball sweep of Morley-Stanwood on Friday. In the opener, the Eagles posted an 11-3 victory. They came back in the nightcap and won, 16-1, in four innings. Jacee Hoffman led the hitting atta... READ MORE
Apr 22, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MORLEY -- Kent City's Kyler Larson dominated Game 2 of a baseball doubleheader against Morley-Stanwood on Friday. His performance earned the Eagles a split of a pitching-dominated afternoon. Morley-Stanwood won the first game 2-1 and behind the 18-strikeo... READ MORE
Apr 22, 2023 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Kent City varsity girls' soccer team earned their first victory of the season on Friday evening, beating Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills, 6-0. The Eagles got on the board with 27 minutes left in the first half when freshman ... READ MORE
Apr 19, 2023 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Newaygo varsity softball team traveled down M-37 to take on Kent City and earned two victories, 8-4 and 13-12. The games were played in the CSAA conference. Kent City kicked off the scoring in the opener by putting up... READ MORE