Mar 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANDVILLE - The Mona Shores girls' lacrosse team fell, 13-5, in a Tier 2 conference matchup against Grandville on Monday. Lainee Carmean netted three goals and had three draw controls. Reese Smith added a goal, two assists and four draw controls, while C... READ MORE
Mar 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Mona Shores baseball team opened the season with a 7-4 loss to North Muskegon on Monday. North Muskegon jumped out on the Sailors early, scoring six runs in the first three innings. Mona Shores' Brady Recknagel drove in two runs wit... READ MORE
Mar 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Western Michigan Christian baseball team kicked off the season with a doubleheader sweep over West Michigan Aviation Academy on Monday. The Warriors won by scores of 11-5 and 8-1. In game one, Will Liggett had two doubles, two runs an... READ MORE
Mar 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com LEXINGTON, KY - The Muskegon Community College men's golf team completed a round and a half in the Garner Invitational before being stopped due to darkness on Monday. The Jayhawks will finish the second and third rounds on Tuesday. Ben Zwick leads the Ja... READ MORE
Mar 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLLAND - The Mona Shores girls soccer team held off West Ottawa, 1-0, on Monday evening. Shay Norden scored the lone goal with an assist from Lilly Houle. Kylie Dusenberry, Addison Fisher, Emma Anderson and Amelia Coffin gave strong defensive efforts to ... READ MORE
Mar 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANDVILLE - The North Muskegon softball team split the evening against Grandville Calvin Christian on Monday. Braedi Baker helped lead the Norse to a 5-3 win as she struck out 12 batters. Baker surrendered eight hits, three runs and a walk over seven inn... READ MORE
Mar 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - Riley Chase and Mia Clemence helped propel the Fremont girls soccer team to an 8-0 rout over Comstock Park in the season opener on Monday evening. Chase and Clemence each ended the night with a hat trick. The Packers outshot Comstock Park 27-2.... READ MORE
Mar 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON - The Holton softball team opened the season in dominating fashion against Montague on Monday. In game one, Kenzie Greene threw a no-hitter and struck out seven batters to help lead the Red Devils to a 15-0 win. Greene earned three RBI and a doubl... READ MORE
Mar 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Mona Shores boys lacrosse team opened the season with a 16-8 loss against a tough Tier 1 East Grand Rapids squad on Saturday. The Sailors were slated to take on Grandville before they canceled due to field conditions. Fortunately, EGR ... READ MORE
Mar 24, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Muskegon Lumberjacks were only 20 minutes away from earning an easy two points in the USHL standings on Sunday night. But it was anything but easy. The Lumberjacks entered the game with a three-goal lead, but Team USA fought back to cut th... READ MORE
Mar 24, 2024 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Muskegon Lumberjacks are heading to the Clark Cup playoffs. The Lumberjacks came into Saturday night needing a win and Cedar Rapids loss to clinch their first postseason berth since the 2022 campaign. Muskegon surely did its p... READ MORE
Mar 23, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the results for the small school division of Friday's Grand Valley State University Laker Challenge track meet. Ravenna, Montague and Hart were three area boys' teams that competed. All three finished in the top 5 of the team standings. The meet... READ MORE
Mar 23, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the results of Friday's indoor track meet for the Grand Valley Laker Challenge in the small division in girls track. Hart and Montague were the teams that competed that are in the coverage area of the Local Sports Journal. Included are team scores... READ MORE
Mar 23, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Muskegon Lumberjacks earned a critical two points in the United States Hockey League standings on Friday night with a 3-2 victory over the Sioux City Musketeers. The game was played at Trinity Health Arena and saw the end of Muskegon'... READ MORE
Mar 22, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the area athletes who placed in the top five in their respective events on Thursday in the Grand Valley State University Laker Challenge. The meet was run at the Kelly Family Sports Center on the GVSU campus. Area teams competing included Grand H... READ MORE
Mar 22, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Mona Shores girls' soccer team topped Grand Haven, 1-0, in non-conference play on Thursday night. Lilly Houle scored the lone goal off of an assist from Ella Kinney. Goalkeeper Jersey VanderWall posted the shutout in net for the Sailo... READ MORE
Mar 21, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake girls' lacrosse team opened the season with a 17-3 victory over Mona Shores on Wednesday. Reese Smith paced the Sailors with two goals while Cambree Bowen added one. Freshman goaltender Ansley Heyward stopped seven shots faced and Lainee ... READ MORE
Mar 21, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - Shay Norden made sure the Mona Shores girls soccer team opened in style. Norden scored four goals on Wednesday and led the Sailors to a 6-3 victory over Allendale. The Sailors led 5-2 at the half and cruised to the victory. Ava F... READ MORE
Mar 20, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com There was no way North Muskegon was settling for a tie against Western Michigan Christian in its girls soccer season opener on Wednesday. That cold attitude led Norse sophomore Alex Johnson to dig deep for the game-winning goal with 6.1 seconds le... READ MORE
Mar 20, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Valley State University Laker Challenge Wednesday Boys Team scores 1, Rockford 53; 2, East Kentwood 48; 3, Grand Haven 45.33; 4, Whitehall 32; 5, Holland West Ottawa 29.50. Other area teams 14, Fremont 14 16, Spring Lake 9 27, Fruitport 1 He... READ MORE