Sep 24, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO -- The Newaygo Lions celebrated homecoming in grand style on Friday night with a 25-12 victory over the Grant Tigers. Lions' quarterback Grant Harkness led the Lions' attack with 77 yards rushing and 76 yards passing, including a touchdown. That t... READ MORE
Sep 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MORLEY STANWOOD—The Kent City girls cross country team finished runner-up at the CSAA (Central State Athletics Association) Conference cross country meet on Thursday. The meet was run at Morley-Stanwood High School. Kent City finished with a 77 points.... READ MORE
Sep 21, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO -The Grant boys soccer team topped Newaygo in a CSAA Conference showdown on Wednesday evening. The Tigers claimed the win by a score of 3-1. Grant (6-6, 4-1) is set to travel to Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills on Monday. Newaygo (5-6, 2-2) will also t... READ MORE
Sep 17, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com EAST LANSING—The Hart boys and girls cross country teams both finished in the runner-up positions on Friday afternoon at the MSU Spartan Invitational. Hart competed in the White Division in the event, which was at the Forest Akers East Golf Course. In ... READ MORE
Sep 17, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HOWARD CITY--The Newaygo Lions offense put 31 points on the board on Friday evening. The only problem was the Newaygo defense had no answers for the Howard City Tri-County offense as the Vikings racked up a 54-31 Central State Activities-Gold win ... READ MORE
Sep 14, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The Grant volleyball team took down neighboring Newaygo in five sets on Tuesday evening. The Tigers won 3-2 with set scores of 25-18, 20-25, 19-25, 25-23 and 15-7. Jayci Hance led the way with 41 digs, five aces and three assists, while Payton B... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com WHITEHALL -The North Muskegon volleyball team won the day with a 2-0 finish in a tri-match against Whitehall and Newaygo on Monday evening. The Norse defeated Newaygo in two sets (25-20, 25-12) and Whitehall in three sets (13-25, 25-20, 15-11). Natalie P... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT—The Whitehall Vikings took both the boys and girls (Red Division) cross country championships at the 2022 Hill and Bale Invitational held in Fremont on Saturday. In the boys division, Whitehall finished with a team score of 44, while Fremont cam... READ MORE
Sep 09, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MORLEY-- The Newaygo Lions broke into the win column in impressive fashion on Friday night. The visiting Lions blanked the Morley-Stanwood Mohawks 20-0 and gave Coach Scott Force his first career victory. On the Lions’ second drive, Grant Harkness ... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY -- Montague's girls volleyball team went 2-0 at the Shelby quad Thursday night, defeating Shelby in three sets 19-25, 25-18, 15-7, and beating Newaygo 25-7, 25-10. Leaders for the Wildcats included Anastasia Trevino with 21 kills, Jacy Arrigotti wi... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO -The Kent City volleyball team got by Newaygo for a win on Tuesday night. The Eagles won all three sets by scores of 25-17, 25-17 and 25-18. Lexie Bowers led the way for Kent City with 20 digs, 12 kills and three aces. Jacee Hoffman ... READ MORE
Sep 02, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO--The Newaygo Lions were shutout 37-0 at home by the Big Rapid Cardinals 37-0 on Thursday. The Lions, who are now 0-1 in the Central State Activities Association-Gold Division (CSAA) and 0-2 overall will be back in action at 7 p.m. next Friday, S... READ MORE
Aug 25, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO -- The visiting Kent City Eagles scored two first-quarter touchdowns and the defense did the rest on Thursday night. The Eagles defeated the Newaygo Lions 20-0 in the debut of Lions' coach Scott Force. Kent City got on the board with ... READ MORE
Aug 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY—Kent City sophomore Lila Volkers took top honors at the Early Eagle Invitational held at Kent City on Tuesday afternoon. She finished with a time of 19:25.76. However the Eagles placed second in team results with 61 points as they were edged o... READ MORE
Aug 23, 2022 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON--The summer is winding down and that can mean just one thing - high school football is on the horizon. Area teams have been through conditioning, two-a-days, hitting and practicing their offensive and defensive schemes they hope will ... READ MORE
Jun 07, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS—After winning its first girls soccer district championship last week, Newaygo was looking to take the step step in the Division 3 regional semifinals on Tuesday. However, the Lions ran into an experienced Elk Rapids Elks te... READ MORE
Jun 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com Three local girls soccer teams won their respective districts Friday evening and are headed to regional action starting Tuesday night. Newaygo, North Muskegon and Spring Lake all face tough foes in regional semifinal action. Newaygo (16-3-1) heads to Big... READ MORE
Jun 03, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE—The Newaygo Lions captured their first-ever girls district championship in soccer as they shut out Orchard View 1-0 in a game played at Memorial Field in Montague on Friday afternoon. The lone goal of the game came from Neway... READ MORE
Jun 02, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE--Grand Rapids Catholic Central walked away with the Division 3 Regional title at Old Channel Trail Golf Course on Wednesday, easily defeating Lake Odessa Lakewood and Grand Rapids Covenant Christian. Other Team Results Grand Rapids Catholic Cent... READ MORE
May 26, 2022 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO--In a profession that features so much turnover, and longevity for more than 10 years is few and far between, Newaygo’s John Goodin definitely bucks the trend with coaching in high school athletics. The Lions’ defensive assis... READ MORE