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North Muskegon girls soccer team wins Division 4 state championship with an exclamation point, 5-0 over Royal Oak Shrine
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Clippers lose late lead, fall to Jet Box Baseball Club 3-2
June 19, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Clippers have struggled at Marsh Field this season, going win one of five games entering tonight’s contest.
That trend unfortunately continued as the Clippers jumped out to a 2-0 lead but gave up three runs in the …
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North Muskegon girls soccer team wins Division 4 state championship with an exclamation point, 5-0 over Royal Oak Shrine
June 19, 2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comEAST LANSING – The North Muskegon girls soccer team was clearly tired of being just one of the best.
The Norse were ready to prove, once and for all, that they were the very best – …
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Clippers win another game in comeback fashion, defeat Michigan Monarchs 10-6
June 19, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Clippers scored nine unanswered runs to erase a five-run deficit as they defeated the Michigan Monarchs 10-6 on Friday night.
The victory snaps Muskegon’s two-game losing streak and improves its record to 7-7 on the season, good …
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Confident North Muskegon girls soccer team ready to battle defending champion Royal Oak Shrine for state title
June 18, 2021By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTH MUSKEGON – The North Muskegon girls soccer program has accomplished a lot of impressive things over the past few years, but now the Norse have entered unchartered territory, with the ultimate prize at their fingertips.…
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Spring Lake girls soccer team puts up a strong fight in first half, but loses to Bloomfield Hills Marion 3-0 in state finals
June 18, 2021By Steve Gunn and Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comEAST LANSING – Spring Lake girls soccer coach Becky May was just being honest earlier this week when she summed up her team’s chances to win the Division 2 state finals:
“To say …
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Holton softball team loses six-run lead, falls to Rudyard 9-8 on a walk-off homer in the Division 4 state semifinals
June 18, 2021By Steve Gunn and Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comEAST LANSING -On Thursday, Holton Coach Kirk Younts was talking about the possibility of his talented team becoming the first Muskegon County squad to reach the state softball finals, and perhaps the first …
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Muskegon Clippers give up five runs in another disastrous inning, fall to the Grand Lake Mariners at home, 7-3
June 18, 2021By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Clippers have gotten into a bad habit of allowing opponents to score a big burst of runs over an inning or two, and it’s costing them.
They can come from behind and …
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Whitecaps drop fourth straight game, now 19-19 overall on the season
June 18, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The West Michigan Whitecaps fell for the fourth straight time, losing 6-3 at Lake County on Thursday night.
Trailing 1-0 in the fifth inning, Corey Joyce hit his first home run of the season to give the Whitecaps a …
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Cinderella Spring Lake girls soccer team hoping to beat the odds one more time in Friday’s Division 2 state title game
June 17, 2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comSPRING LAKE – In the early weeks of the 2021 season, absolutely nobody considered the Spring Lake girls soccer team a candidate to win a Division 2 state championship.
The Lakers were playing without their head …
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Holton Red Devils trying to do something no Muskegon County team has ever done – win a state softball championship
June 17, 2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comHOLTON – The Holton softball team has been in hot pursuit of a state championship for several years now, and the Red Devils may finally reach that lofty goal this weekend.
It would be the first …
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Whitecaps blow late lead once again for second straight heartbreaking loss at Lake County
June 17, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
For the second straight game, the West Michigan Whitecaps blew a late lead and fell 4-2 in a road contest at Lake County.
A fielder’s choice RBI by Reynaldo Rivera in the second inning gave the Whitecaps a 1-0 …
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Clippers fall way behind again, but fail to complete the comeback this time, falling 8-4 to the Royal Oak Leprechauns
June 17, 2021By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – They say lightning rarely strikes twice in the same place, even when conditions are highly favorable. That was certainly the case for the Muskegon Clippers on Wednesday.
The Clippers took an early one-run lead, …
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North Muskegon girls soccer team finally gets elusive win in the semifinals, ready for play for D4 state title on Saturday
June 16, 2021By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comCOMSTOCK PARK – The North Muskegon girls soccer team has played in three straight Division 4 state semifinal games at Comstock Park High School, and the first two ended in miserable frustration.
In 2018 the Norse …
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Read about Jacob Buchberger’s budding pro baseball career in the most recent LSJ magazine!
June 16, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
Montague High School graduate Jacob Buchberger has launched his professional baseball career.
After wrapping up his collegiate career at Davenport University, Buchberger signed a free-agent contract with the St. Louis Cardinals last summer, and is currently playing for the …
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Clippers rebound from a six-run deficit, and get their first home victory of the season, with an 8-7 win over Lima Locos
June 16, 2021By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Clippers have been snake bitten of late, losing four in a row, including three straight one-run decisions.
On Tuesday night at Marsh Field, it looked like the losing streak would continue after …
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Whitecaps blow late lead, drop road series opener at Lake County after crucial fielding error
June 15, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The West Michigan Whitecaps surrendered three runs in the bottom of the ninth on Tuesday night in a 4-2 loss to Lake County.
With a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning, second baseman Wenceel Perez made a fielding error …
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Spring Lake girls soccer team wins another heart-stopper, 2-1 over Byron Center, to earn a berth in Division 2 state finals
June 15, 2021By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comHOLLAND – The Spring Lake girls soccer team – particularly senior Zoe Komar – certainly has a flair for the dramatic.
Last Thursday, Komar scored in overtime to give the Lakers a 1-0 regional championship game …
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Holton softball team rolls past Portland St. Patrick 6-1 to earn another berth in the Division 4 state semifinals
June 15, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
Close is not close enough for the Holton softball team anymore.
The Red Devils advanced to the state semifinals in both 2015 and 2017, only to lose each time. On Tuesday they punched their ticket to the semifinal round …
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Muskegon Clippers drop both games of doubleheader to Jet Box by a one run
June 13, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Clippers dropped two close games in a doubleheader on Saturday against the Jet Box Baseball Club.
The Clippers lost the opener 3-2, then fell in the nightcap by an 8-7 margin.
Muskegon has lost three in a …
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Muskegon Risers women fall to Lansing United 5-1, but show improvement from last week’s painful 10-goal loss
June 13, 2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Everything is pretty relative when you’re a new team in a tough league, regardless of the sport.
There will be losses, and some will be pretty ugly. What matters in the first year is …
