SOCCER Girls regionals Division 2 (at Holland) Spring Lake 2, Grand Rapids Catholic 1 Plainwell 3, GR Forest Hills Northern 2 Finals: Spring Lake 1, Plainwell 0, 2 OT Division 3 (at Big Rapids) Oakridge 5, Cheboygan 4 Grand Rapids Catholic 2, Ludington 1 Finals: Grand Rapids Catholic 2, Oakridge 0 Division 4 (at Western Michigan Christian) Grandville Calvin Christian 6, Hart 0 Western Michigan Christian 2, Charlevoix 1 Finals:   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Oakridge girls soccer coach Jeff Lohman went so far as to say Tuesday’s 5-4 regional soccer victory over Cheboygan was one of the more special victories in school history. And why not? The Eagles rallied from a 3-0 halftime deficit to win the game and advance to Thursday’s Division 3 regional final soccer game against Grand Rapids Catholic, which defeated Ludington 2-1 in the other game. Mariah   Read More ...

SOCCER West Michigan Conference all-league team First team Erica Bayak, sr., North Muskegon Brett Fox, sr., Shelby Kelsey Gensler, jr., Whitehall Macayla Greiner, sr., Hart Morgan Kellis, sr., Whitehall Landyn Lorenz, sr., Hart Aliza Olsen, jr., Oakridge Summer Patricio, soph., North Muskegon Nikee Pipoly, jr., North Muskegon Lara Salazar, sr., Hart Sarah Schmiedeknecht, jr., Whitehall Beka Shepherd, jr., Oakridge Ashley Weaver, sr., Oakridge Taylor Wiegand, sr., Hart Keyara Wiard, sr.,   Read More ...

SOCCER Regionals Division 2 (at Holland) Tuesday Grand Rapids Christian vs. Spring Lake, 5 p.m. Forest Hills Northern vs. Plainwell, 7 p.m. Thursday Finals, 7 p.m. Division 3 (at Big Rapids) Tuesday Oakridge vs. Cheboygan, 5 p.m. Ludington vs. GR Catholic Central, 7 p.m. Thursday Finals, 6 p.m. Division 4 (at Western Michigan Christian) Tuesday Hart vs. Calvin Christian, 4:30 p.m. Western Michigan Christian vs. Charlevoix, 7 p.m. Friday Finals,   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal The Eagles of Kent City repeated as Division 3 district baseball champions with a convincing 10-4 win over Oakridge. Kent City took a 7-2 lead with a five-run fifth inning and tacked on three more runs in the seventh. Pitcher Jake Krueger lasted 5 1/3 innings for Kent City, giving up 14 hits and four earned runs. Krueger also had two strikeouts and gave up no walks.   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal The Oakridge Eagles earned a spot in next week’s soccer regionals with a 5-0 victory over the Orchard View Cardinals on Saturday. The game was played at Oakridge. The Eagles got rolling 8 minutes into the game on a goal by Emily Jacoutot. Aliza Olsen sent a centering pass from the touchline and Jacoutot made a solid run to the back post and fired a shot into   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Oakridge used a balanced attack in its 2-0 district semifinal win over Shelby on Thursday. The Eagles offense tallied goals in each half and defensively held the Tigers to just one shot. Aliza Olsen struck first for Oakridge on an assist from Jade Ware. “It was a great combination to get Aliza into a scoring opportunity,” said Oakridge coach Jeff Lohman. “Aliza had a great shot to   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Hesperia didn’t waste time in its 13-2 win over Oakridge in a pre-district matchup. The Panthers scored four runs in the first inning and held the Eagles to single runs in the first and second innings. Deborah Santiago carried a big bat with three hits and six RBI to lead Hesperia. Santiago had a two-run double and a pair of two-run singles. The Panther offense combined for   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Oakridge offense was tough to match in its 6-0 win over Whitehall. The Eagles led 4-0 at halftime in the Division 3 district opener. Keyara Wiard gave Oakridge a 1-0 lead 13 minutes into the game on an assist from Hannah Lauser. Six minutes later, Shelby Wilde put the Eagles up 2-0 on a pass from Gabby Snider. “We have struggled with finishing all season,” said Oakridge   Read More ...

Softball West Michigan Conference All-Conference softball team Pitchers Katie Hendrickson, Jr., North Muskegon Nicole DePender, Jr., Oakridge Honorable mention: Madison Broton, Fr., Ravenna Catchers Whitney James,  Sr., Shelby Jacqui Sellers,  Jr., Montague Honorable mention: Nikki Helsen, Jr.,Ravenna. Infielders Morgan Giddings, Jr., Oakridge Megan Stout, Jr., Whitehall Paige Pineda, Jr., Montague Madison Geers, Jr., Mason County Central Sierra Hanchera, Sr., Oakridge Abby Rodriguez, Sr., Shelby Honorable mention: Laura Williams, Sr., Ravenna;   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 Oakridge Eagles are the West Michigan Conference girls soccer champions for the second year in a row after posting a 2-1 victory over Hart on Wednesday night. Megan Larabee picked up a loose ball on the back side after a corner kick was bouncing around in front of the goal and fired a shot into the net. One minute later, Keyara Wiard headed in a goal   Read More ...

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Local Sports Journal Whitehall captured the West Michigan Conference softball title outright with a 6-5 Game-1 win and a convincing 10-4 win in the nightcap over Oakridge. The WMC softball title is the fourth in the last six years for the Vikings (19-13, 11-3). Trailing 5-2 in the bottom of the seventh of Game 1, Whitehall rallied four runs off five consecutive hits to walk off with the win. Megan   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal The Oakridge Eagles and Whitehall Vikings split a pair of WMC baseball games on Tuesday. Whitehall won the opener 4-2 and Oakridge took the second game 14-4. In the opener, Whitehall scored two runs in the first inning on a Ray Copley double and an RBI single by Ian Zweigle to take a 3-0 lead. A groundout by Zweigle played another run in the fifth inning. Copley   Read More ...

BASEBALL West Michigan Conference All-conference baseball team PITCHERS Tristen Schultz, Sr., Montague Jordan Wahr, Sr., Oakridge Spencer Peters, Sr., Shelby Honorable mention: Rogan McEvoy, Sr., North Muskegon. CATCHERS Scott Sittser, Jr., Oakridge Noah Robart, Jr., Whitehall Honorable mention: Brandon Stine, Sr., Montague INFIELDERS Adrian Anderson, Sr., North Muskegon Zachary Gaule, Sr., Montague Zach Zweigle, Sr., Whitehall Jordan Fairchild, Soph., Oakridge Jacob Buchberger, Fr., Montague Ryan Compeau, Jr., North Muskegon Honorable   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal The host Oakridge Eagles received two goals from Aliza Olsen and one from Ashley Weaver in a 3-0 soccer victory over North Muskegon on Monday night. Weaver scored 23 minutes into the first half with an assist from Shelbe Wilde. In the second half, Olsen won the ball near midfield and dribbled through several NM defenders en route to her first goal of the game. Olsen scored   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Jamie Potts delivered a key two-out, two-run single that sparked Grand Valley State’s baseball team into the Division II Baseball National Championship for the sixth time in the last 11 years. Pott’s key hit came in the eighth inning of GVSU’s 6-3 victory over Bellarmine in the winner-take-all final game. He had three hits and knocked in three runs. For the tournament, Potts batted .556 (10-for-18) with one   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Oakridge shut out Montague 4-0 in a first-round game in the West Michigan Conference soccer tournament. First-half goals by Brandy Weaver and Ashley Weaver gave the Eagles a 2-0 lead. Keyara Wiard and Jade Ware assisted on the goals. In the second half, Aliza Olsen scored with help from Wiard and Jade Ware scored with an assist to Kaitlyn McLain. “We had a solid game of possession,   Read More ...