Oct 14, 2023 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The message among the Reeths-Puffer Rocket boys' cross country team all week long was really quite basic. "Play it smart." And that mentality, along with the first-place finish by Jaxon Allen, propelled the Rockets to the G... READ MORE
Oct 14, 2023 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - First it was Abby Vanderkooi and now it's her sister, Grace, who is dominating the girls' race in the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet. Abby, now a sophomore running at Grand Valley, won the GMAA meet all... READ MORE
Oct 09, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com PORTAGE - Seth Norder led the Grand Haven Buccaneers to a second-place finish at the highly competitive Portage Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Brighton captured the boys' team title with 83 points, followed by Grand Haven with 128. Mona Shores fi... READ MORE
Oct 07, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com PORTAGE - The Fremont boys finished 12th and the Packer girls were 33rd in Saturday's Portage Cross Country Invitational. The girls finished with 795 points for their 33rd-place finish. Leading runners for Fremont were Linnea Paige in 31st, Joelle Patten... READ MORE
Oct 07, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com PORTAGE - The Western Michigan Christian girls cross country team finished second in Division 4 of the Portage Cross Country Invitational. Johannesburg-Lewiston finished atop the team standings with 74 points. WM Christian was second with 85, followed... READ MORE
Oct 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE – Ludington had six runners place in the top 11 spots, helping the Orioles’ girls capture first place in the third West Michigan Conference Lakes Division Jamboree, held at Manistee High School. The Orioles had 27 points overall, followed... READ MORE
Sep 30, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com ALLENDALE - Western Michigan Christian's Matthias Morse won the individual title in Saturday's Allendale Falcon Cross Country Invitational. Morse led the Warrior boys to a fourth-place finish with a time of 16:14.93. Montague finished eigh... READ MORE
Sep 30, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com ALLENDALE - The Grand Haven girls cross country team ran away from the field in Saturday's Allendale Falcon Invitational. The Bucs' top runners finished 1-2-3 and finished with 36 points, 46 points ahead of runner-up Rockford. Reeths-Puffer finishe... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND RAPIDS -- The Mona Shores and Reeths-Puffer cross country teams all finished in the middle of the pack at Wednesday's OK-Green jamboree. In the girls race, Zeeland East dominated and won the overall title with 23 points. Zeeland West was s... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND RAPIDS - The Western Michigan Christian girls' cross country team claimed the third Alliance League jamboree on Tuesday with a one-point victory over Grand Rapids West Michigan Aviation. The Warriors, led by individual winner Grace VanderKooi, f... READ MORE
Sep 20, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com WYOMING - The Western Michigan Christian cross country teams both claimed second place in Wednesday's Alliance League jamboree. The race was at Pinery Park in Wyoming. In the girls' race, Grand Rapids West Michigan Aviation captured the title with 29... READ MORE
Sep 17, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com SPARTA - The Western Michigan Christian girls cross country team is having a solid season thus far. On Saturday, the girls won the Sparta Invitational's Silver Division with a narrow victory over Pewamo-Westphalia. The Division included Division ... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal MONTAGUE - Led by a 1-2 finish, the Ludington Orioles captured the West Michigan Conference-Lakes cross country jamboree in Montague on Tuesday. Ludington's Summer Brower and Annabelle Lowman helped the Orioles easily outdistance the rest of the field. Lu... READ MORE
Sep 10, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Western Michigan Christian Warriors swept both the boys and girls races in Saturday's Hill and Bale event at Fremont. The White Division included the smaller schools in Saturday's race. The WMC girls, led by overall winner Grace Vanderk... READ MORE
Sep 10, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Fruitport Trojan girls cross country team had a strong day on the course on Saturday and won the Red Division in the Hill and Bale Cross Country Meet in Fremont. The Trojans had 50 points to take the team title. Grandville was second with ... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2023 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE--The Ludington and Hart cross country teams both enjoyed a successful day on Thursday afternoon at the Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational. The event was run at Riverside Park in Scottville. The Orioles won the girls' division ov... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MESICK--The Mason County Eastern Cardinals swept the first West Michigan D cross country jamboree on Thursday afternoon. The event was run at Mesick High School. In girls action, the Cardinal easily ran past Pentwater as they had five runners finish in t... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2023 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND HAVEN--Grand Haven junior Valerie Beeck has been selected as the Local Sports Journal's Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Month for August. Beeck won the only race she has run this season (Aug. 25) when she won the 2023 Under the... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Western Michigan Christian girls' cross country team captured the first Alliance League Jamboree on Wednesday with all five runners finishing in the Top 10. The event was run at Muskegon Catholic Central. WM Christian finished with 28 ... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON--The Reeths-Puffer boys cross country team had a successful day on Tuesday afternoon as they finished in second place in the OK Conference-Green Jamboree. The race as at Reeths-Puffer High School. Zeeland West took the top spot with 32 points wh... READ MORE