May 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com Emma Bliss posted victories in both games on Thursday and led the Grant Tigers to a softball sweep of Sparta. Grant won the opener 12-7 and the nightcap, 9-8. Bliss had five strikeouts in the opener seven in the nightcap. In the first game, T... READ MORE
May 11, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND RAPIDS -- Kent City battled back in the nightcap and earned a softball doubleheader split with Forest Hills Eastern on Thursday. The games were played at Cornerstone University. In the opener, Forest Hills won, 3-1, while Kent City took the nightca... READ MORE
May 11, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ravenna Bulldogs were blanked in the opener, but stormed back in the nightcap to earn a doubleheader split with Hamilton. Hamilton won the opener, 3-0, while Ravenna won the nightcap, 8-5. In the first game, Addison Gillard took the loss for the Bull... READ MORE
May 11, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com ZEELAND -- It was a battle from start to finish as Oakridge traveled to Zeeland to take on Zeeland West in a non-league doubleheader. Complete games by Kaelinn Jozsa and Kylee Willea led the Eagles to a sweep of the doubleheader, 3-2 and 5-4. ... READ MORE
May 10, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- Heavy hitting by the Oakridge Eagles produced a sweep of a non-conference softball doubleheader against Sparta on Wednesday. The host Eagles won the opener, 14-5, and the nightcap, 16-1 in four innings. In the first game, Kaelinn Jozsa pitche... READ MORE
May 10, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HESPERIA -- Hart's girls softball team swept a West Michigan Conference Rivers Division doubleheader at Hesperia on Tuesday, 13-11 and 17-6. In the opener, Gabby Quijas went the distance in the circle, allowing 11 hits and four earned runs while issui... READ MORE
May 09, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT -- Fremont swept a West Michigan Conference Lakes Division softball doubleheader from Ludington on Tuesday. Both games ended in a score of 11-1. Jody Meisenheimer pitched the first game for the Orioles and went all five innings, giving up 13 hi... READ MORE
May 09, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com ZEELAND -- Mona Shores ran into a hot-hitting Zeeland East softball team on Tuesday and lost both games of a twinbill. Zeeland West won the opener, 16-4, and the nightcap, 18-2. Grace Michelli, the losing pitcher in Game 1, belted a home run ... READ MORE
May 09, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON -- The Holton Red Devils scored 26 runs in two games and swept the North Muskegon Norse in a West Michigan Conference softball doubleheader. Holton won the opener, 13-4, and the nightcap, 13-0. In the first game, Ryann Robins belted two home runs ... READ MORE
May 06, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- The Ravenna Bulldogs are the Tier 1 champions in the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association softball tournament. It was the second straight Tier 1 title for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs had a solid day on the diamond with a 13-2 victory over Hol... READ MORE
May 06, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com WHITE CLOUD -- The Kent City Eagles used solid hitting and the pitching of Jacee Hoffman to sweep White Cloud in a softball doubleheader on Friday. Kent City won the opener, 13-3 and the nightcap 12-0. Hoffman pitched seven innings in the opener and allo... READ MORE
May 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HART -- White Cloud earned a pair of non-conference softball victories on Thursday afternoon, 7-3 and 14-13, against the Hart Pirates. White Cloud trailed in the opener, 2-0, after three, but climbed into a 2-2 tie with a pair of runs in the top of the fi... READ MORE
May 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- In a matchup of two teams ranked in honorable mention in Division 3, Oakridge and Hamilton battled to a doubleheader split on Thursday. Hamilton won the first game, 11-2, and the host Eagles won the nightcap, 9-4. All-stater Maddi... READ MORE
May 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com The Reeths-Puffer Rockets split a non-league softball doubleheader on Thursday. Lowell won the opener, 11-8, and the Rockets won the nightcap, 11-8, in come-from-behind fashion. In the opener, the Rockets had 11 hits, led by Lainey McDaniel with three sin... READ MORE
May 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON -- The host Holton Red Devils dropped a pair of softball games to the No. 1 team in Division 3 on Thursday. Evart won the first game, 10-4, and the nightcap, 4-2. Holton came into the game ranked No. 4 in Division 4. In the opener, Evart scored fi... READ MORE
May 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON--An unusual occurrence happened on Wednesday night for the Reeths-Puffer Rockets. They dropped two softball games to Zeeland East. The Rockets came in with a 15-1 record and left at 15-3. Reeths-Puffer lost the first game, 9-4, and the second ga... READ MORE
May 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- The Kent City Eagles and Big Rapids Cardinals hooked up for an instant classic softball game on Wednesday. But, that was Game 1 and they played a doubleheader. In the opener, the Cardinals scored seven runs in the top of the ninth inning and ... READ MORE
May 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ravenna Bulldogs needed just seven innings of play to sweep a doubleheader from the Hesperia Panthers on Wednesday. The Bulldogs won the opener, 24-0 in three innings, and the nightcap 17-0 in four innings. Kara Postema led the hitting attack in the ... READ MORE
May 03, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON -- Holton blew out Shelby, 16-0 and 18-0, in a West Michigan Conference Rivers Division softball doubleheader at home Wednesday. Ryan Robins twirled a no-hit gem from the pitcher's circle in the first game over three innings and recorded seve... READ MORE
May 03, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Visiting Whitehall swept a doubleheader from Ludington, 13-1 and 15-0, in the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division Wednesday. In the first game, Onnyka Dempse led the Vikings with two hits, one a triple, and four runs scored, while Evie Da... READ MORE