SOCCER Semifinals Wednesday Division 1 Grandville 3, Novi 2 Troy 2, Rochester 1 (SO) Division 2  Richland Gull Lake 1, Spring Lake 0 (OT) Bloomfield Hills Marian 2, Fenton 1 Division 3 Grand Rapids South Christian 4, Grand Rapids Catholic Central 0 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 4, Flint Powers Catholic 1 Division 4  Grandville Calvin Christian 1, Kalamazoo Christian 0 Waterford Our Lady/Clarkston Everest 3, Lansing Christian 2 Finals Saturday Division 1 at Williamston   Read More ...

SOCCER Semifinals Wednesday Division 1 Grandville vs Novi at Holt – 6 pm Rochester vs Troy at Lake Orion – 6 pm Division 2  Richland Gull Lake vs Spring Lake at Plainwell – 6 pm Bloomfield Hills Marian vs Fenton at Fenton – 6 pm Division 3 Grand Rapids South Christian vs Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Hope College – 6 pm Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs Flint Powers Catholic   Read More ...

SOCCER Semifinals Wednesday Division 1 Grandville vs Novi at Holt – 6 pm Rochester vs Troy at Lake Orion – 6 pm Division 2  Richland Gull Lake vs Spring Lake at Plainwell – 6 pm Bloomfield Hills Marian vs Fenton at Fenton – 6 pm Division 3 Grand Rapids South Christian vs Grand Rapids Catholic Central at Hope College – 6 pm Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs Flint Powers Catholic   Read More ...

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 ...

SOCCER LAKES 8 ALL CONFERENCE SOCCER TEAM First team Jordyn Stanberry, jr., Fruitport Amanda Skidmore, sr., Orchard View Leann Latsch, sr., Spring Lake Molly Miedema, sr., Spring Lake Morgan Carey, fr., Spring Lake Hailey Hanks, jr., Fruitport Jacquelyn Lynch, soph., Ludington Hailey Pellegrom,sr., Spring Lake Taylor Miller, sr., Grant Elise Ketelaar, jr., Tri-County Molly Hallead, sr., Ludington (goalkeeper) Second team Megan Harken, soph., Spring Lake Alex Prout, soph., Spring Lake   Read More ...

SOCCER Girls regionals Division 2 (at Holland) Spring Lake 2, Grand Rapids Catholic 1 Plainwell 3, GR Forest Hills Northern 2 Finals: Spring Lake vs. Plainwell, 7 p.m. Thursday Division 3 (at Big Rapids) Oakridge 5, Cheboygan 4 Grand Rapids Catholic 2, Ludington 1 Finals: Oakridge vs. Grand Rapids Catholic, 6 p.m. Thursday Division 4 (at Western Michigan Christian) Grandville Calvin Christian 6, Hart 0 Western Michigan Christian 2, Charlevoix   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 ...

TRACK DIVISION 2 GIRLS (at Forest Hills Eastern)   Dearborn Divine Child 81; GR Forest Hills Eastern 53; DeWitt 32; GR Christian 30; Zeeland East 23; Remus Chippewa Hills 22; Detroit Country Day 20; Bloomfield Hills Lahser 18; East Grand Rapids 17; GR South Christian 17; Allendale 17; St. Johns 16; Dowagiac 14; Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingwood 13; St. Joseph 13; Milan 12; Armada 12; Mason 10; Eaton Rapids 10; Spring   Read More ...

TRACK Division 2 Boys Chelsea 64; GR Ottawa Hills 56; Williamston 35; Zeeland West 29; Detroit East English 28; Parma Western 24; GR Forest Hills Eastern 21; Cadillac 20; Petoskey 19; Three Rivers 18; Fowlerville 18; Ludington 18; Cedar Springs 17; Mason 16; Dearborn Heights Robichaud 14; Paw Paw 14; Allegan 13; Eaton Rapids 12; Stevensville Lakeshore 11; Melvindale 10; Byron Center 10; Battle Creek Harper Creek 10; Zeeland East   Read More ...

Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association Division 2 State Championships (at Zeeland West) Girls 1, Dearborn Divine Child 1,454; 2, Williamston 1,283; 3, Chippewa Hills 1,131; 4, Hamilton 1,081; 5, Spring Lake 1,007; 6, Zeeland West 989; 7, GR Christian 959; 8, Yale 955; 9, Belding 940; 10, Zeeland East 891; 11, Eaton Rapids 890; 12, St. Joseph 850.5; 13, DeWitt 832.5; 14, Milan 828. Spring Lake results High jump: 2,   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 Spring Lake and Reeths-Puffer split a pair of nonleague baseball games on Monday. Spring Lake won the opener 15-5 and Reeths-Puffer claimed Game 2 12-7. In the opener, Parker Richardson had two hits while Jacob Boes, JJ Covington,Tyler Moss, Trevor Mosher and Jacob Balkema each had one for the Rockets. The Rockets sealed the Game 2 victory on a long home run by Jake Wagenmaker in the   Read More ...

TRACK DIVISION 2 BOYS (At Houseman Field) 1, Zeeland West 130.33; 2, Allendale 85; 3, Zeeland East 66; 4, Hamilton 50; 5, Coopersville 48; 6, Spring Lake 48; 7, Whitehall 43; 8, Orchard View 41; 9, Sparta 38; 10, Hudsonville Unity Christian 30.33; 11, Fruitport 26.83; 12, Holland Christian 24; 13, Grant 22.5; 14, Fremont 10. DISCUS: 1, Quincy Byrd, ZE, 176-3. SHOT PUT: 1, Matt Kolean, Ham, 54-10 ¾;   Read More ...

TRACK DIVISION 2 GIRLS (At Houseman Field) 1, Hamilton 116.5; 2, Zeeland East 114.5; 3, Spring Lake 109; 4, Holland Christian 46; 5, Coopersville 44; 6, Allendale 42; 7, Sparta 42; 8, Zeeland West 40; 9, Fruitport 35; 10, Hudsonville Unity Christian 31; 11, Whitehall 23; 12, Grant 8; 13, Orchard View 6; 14, Fremont 6. DISCUS: 1, Kaylyn Hill, Allen, 138-4. SHOT PUT: 1, Brittany Casey, ZE, 40-5½. HIGH   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Spring Lake defeated Whitehall 12-6 and 16-8 on Monday in a pair of nonleague softball games. Desi Parker was the winning pitcher in the first game. She had four strikeouts. Ashley Kenna won the second game. She had three strikeouts.  

TRACK LAKES 8 MEET (At Orchard View) BOYS 1, Ludington 135; 2, Fruitport 118; 3, Grant 90; 4, Orchard View 62; 5, Spring Lake 57; 6, Fremont 36; 7, Howard City Tri-County 25. Shot put: 1, Brandon Bouwkamp, G, 44.7; 2, Trevor Boyd, G, 42-11; 3, Remington Rohrer, Lud, 40-2; 4, Rodney Morse, Frpt, 39-5; 5, Allen Keffer, Lud, 39-5. Discus: 1, Alan Jones, Frpt, 128-3; 2, Nic Kramer, Frpt,   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Spring Lake took the Lakes 8 conference track meet by scoring 178 points on Friday night at Orchard View High School. Ludinton (155) took second and Fruitport (74) finished third. Grant (44), Fremont (33), Howard City Tri-County (22) and Orchard View (17) followed. Check out the Spring Lake’s 4×400 relay team below.

Local Sports Journal Spring Lake swept a Lakes 8 doubleheader from Ludington on Thursday. The Lakers won 12-1 and 10-5. In the Lakers 12-1 win, Codey Houts had three RBI’s and Kyle Zietlow had three hits. Kyle Houts fanned eight in earning the pitching win for Spring Lake. In the Lakers 10-5 win, Dillon Groover had three hits and knocked in a pair of runs, while JP Batts also had   Read More ...

Local Sports Journal Dillon Groover pitched a gem for the Spring Lake Lakers in the first game of a Lakes 8 baseball twinbill against Fruitport on Tuesday. Spring Lake won the opener 2-0 and Fruitport took the second game 9-2. In the opener, Groover pitched seven scoreless innings and allowed just one hit. He struck out six and walked two. Travis Grimm took the loss for the Trojans. In his   Read More ...