Sep 30, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall volleyball team kept pace with the leaders of the West Michigan Conference with a 3-0 sweep of Shelby on Tuesday night. The Vikings won by scores of 25-23, 25-15 and 25-23. Charley Klint paced the Vikings with 12 kills while Mag... READ MORE
Sep 28, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com Four area teams came together for a quad at Montague on Saturday. The Wildcats played host to Ludington, Spring Lake and Fremont. Montague went unbeaten on the day with a 3-0 record to improve to 16-1 overall. The Wildcats won all three sets in each ... READ MORE
Sep 28, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com Several local cross country teams competed in the Cougar Falcon Invitational at Calvin College Saturday. The event is divided into four races — The Cougar, The Falcon, The Eagle and The Gainey. Mona Shores, Reeths-Puffer and Spring Lake competed in... READ MORE
Sep 28, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com Fruitport and Western Michigan Christian battled to a 2-2 tie in boys soccer action Saturday. The Trojans struck first and led 1-0 at halftime, but WMC scored the first two goals on the second half to take a 2-1 lead. Fruitport added a second goal with 1... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com Fremont struggled to slow the Ludington offense in a 41-22 loss Friday night. The Packers are now 0-2 on the season and the Orioles are 1-1. The Orioles rushed out to a 14-0 lead after two four-yard rushing touchdowns in the first quarter. Ludingt... READ MORE
Sep 24, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com Hayden Yaros exploded for three goals and an assist in Mona Shores’ 7-5 victory over Zeeland West on Thursday in an O-K Green soccer contest. Diego Godoy netted a goal and dished out an assist for Mona Shores. Ibrahima Ndiaye, Aiden Anderson and Dav... READ MORE
Sep 23, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com The North Muskegon boys tennis team took down Ludington 6-2 on Wednesday in a conference clash. Winning singles matches for the Norse were Brennen McManus (No.1 singles), Chris Erndteman (No.2 singles), Troy McManus (No.3 singles) and Charlie Branch (... READ MORE
Sep 22, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com The Western Michigan Christian volleyball team battled back from a 2-1 deficit and defeated Ludington 3-2 on Tuesday in a key Lakes 8 Conference match. The Warriors won the first set, 25-23, lost the second 25-17 and the third 25-15, before regrouping... READ MORE
Sep 22, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com Nick Patterson's two-goal performance propelled the Ludington boys soccer team to a 4-0 Lakes 8 win over Manistee on Tuesday. Noah King added a goal and an assist for Ludington while Bruce Thompson scored a goal. Steven Stidham chipped in with a... READ MORE
Sep 19, 2020 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Muskegon Catholic Central football squad is dangerous once it gets warmed up. That’s particularly true on the offensive side of the ball. The Crusaders got solid production from six players in their offensive back... READ MORE
Sep 17, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall volleyball squad earned two victories on Thursday, defeating Big Rapids (25-18, 25-14) and Ludington (22-25, 25-23 and 15-13) in a tri-match. Charley Klint led the Vikings with 16 kills while Charlie Baker added 12 aces and 10 kills. ... READ MORE
Sep 17, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ludington volleyball squad posted a 1-1 record on Thursday night in a tri-match at Big Rapids. The Orioles fell to Whitehall in three sets by scores of 25-22, 23-25 and 13-15, then defeated Big Rapids by scores of 25-17 and 25-18. De’Lahna Po... READ MORE
Sep 16, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com The Oakridge soccer team stayed unbeaten on the season with a 2-1 victory over North Muskegon in a West Michigan Conference contest Wednesday night. Victor Contreras got the Eagles on the board off an assist from Arturo Romero in the first hal... READ MORE
Sep 16, 2020 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com So much for the preliminaries. Many high school football teams traditionally play a few non-conference games before moving on to the more serious business of playing league rivals. But this year, with the first three weeks of the sea... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com The Oakridge volleyball team opened its season with a 3-0 sweep of Hart in a West Michigan Conference match on Tuesday. Leading the Eagles on the night was Hayden Ruel, who had 18 service points and 28 assists. Bri Benson and Sadie Raap had six kills ... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ludington girls volleyball team posted a 1-2 record on in a four-team event on Friday at North Muskegon High School. The Orioles lost to North Muskegon 17-25, 20-25, 26-24, lost to Western Michigan Christian 10-25, 25-16, 18-25, and rallied to bea... READ MORE
Sep 10, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com The state champion Western Michigan Christian soccer team downed Ludington 2-1 on Thursday in an early-season Lakes 8 Conference showdown between two powerful squads. Lulo Mafahla led off the scoring for WMC with 27:30 left in the second half, with an... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com Isaiah Lynn had a big offensive night, leading the Ludington soccer team to a comfortable 8-0 victory over Muskegon Catholic on Tuesday in Lakes 8 Conference action. Lynn led the Ludington attack with one goal and three assists. Also scoring for th... READ MORE
Sep 03, 2020 LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague girls golf team edged Ludington 184-192 on Wednesday at Lincoln Hills Golf Club in Ludington. Orianna Bylsma paced Montague with a 43, followed by Megan Brown (45), Katie Unger (46), Gabby Moreau (47), Mackenzie Goudreau (49) and Natalie ... READ MORE
Sep 01, 2020 By Andrew Johnson and Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague volleyball team was expecting to have a big fall, with all but one starter back from last year’s 42-13-1 squad. So the Wildcats did what they had to do to get ready for the season, practicing on the gra... READ MORE