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LocalSportsJournal.com magazine: Montague’s Pat and Drew Collins discuss the real value of prep football
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LocalSportsJournal.com magazine: Montague’s Pat and Drew Collins discuss the real value of prep football
November 27, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
Pat Collins has been coaching the Montague football team to local and statewide success for 17 years. His son, senior quarterback Drew Collins, has been...
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Lumberjacks home opener postponed; team working on a patchwork schedule as COVID disrupts play
November 18, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks’ first two scheduled home games of the 2020-21 season, slated for Nov. 27-28 against the Youngstown Phantoms,...
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Coaches of area playoff teams proud of their players, wonder if prep football could really start up again
November 16, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – There are four Muskegon County teams still standing in the 2020 high school football state playoffs.
But if conditions don’t improve...
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Dunbar, Gushchin each tally hat tricks as Lumberjacks keep scoring and finally beat Chicago 10-8
November 15, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
Tyler Dunbar and Danil Gushchin each tallied three-goal hat tricks to lead the Muskegon Lumberjacks to a wild 10-8 victory on the road over the...
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Big Reds blast Marquette 47-21 to capture their ninth straight district football championship
November 14, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The good news for Muskegon fans is that their Big Reds won their ninth consecutive district championship on Saturday, and...
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Top-ranked Montague turns district championship showdown into an easy win, 36-7 over MCC
November 14, 2020By Mitchell Boatman
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON — In a battle of local small school powers, Montague showed why it’s ranked No. 1 in the state.
The Wildcats were in...
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Oakridge finally gets a district championship with a 50-12 pounding of Tri County in Division 5 action
November 14, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comEGELSTON TOWNSHIP – The Oakridge football program got a bit of redemption on Friday night in a 50-12 Division 5 district championship...
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Mona Shores survives another big scare and pulls out a 43-35 win over Caledonia in district finals
November 13, 2020By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – Fortunately Mona Shores’ Sailor Stadium wasn’t a mud pit during Friday night’s Division 2 district championship game.
Otherwise, Caledonia might...
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Whitehall’s impressive turnaround season ends with a 41-13 loss to FH Eastern in district finals
November 13, 2020By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comWHITEHALL – It was quite the turnaround season for the Whitehall football team, despite the way it ended.
The Vikings, who finished the...
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Corey Vanderputte putting up big yards for Oakridge as he fills the very big shoes left by Quinn
November 12, 2020By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comEGELSTON TOWNSHIP — You could say there are two people in Corey Vanderputte’s life who motivate him to be the best he...
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LSJ Gridiron Playoff Picks Week 3: Two pickers are now gone headed into district finals weekend
November 12, 2020By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comWinning week in and week out never gets old.
For the second straight week, I prevailed in the LSJ “Last Man Standing” gridiron...
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After two playoff near misses, Montague QB Drew Collins, teammates focused on finishing the job
November 12, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMONTAGUE – It would seem safe to assume that Pat Collins probably groomed his son to be a quarterback from the time...
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Whitehall volleyball team falls in three sets to Grand Rapids Christian in D2 regional semifinals
November 11, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Whitehall volleyball team ran into a very powerful Grand Rapids Christian squad on Tuesday in a Division 2 regional semifinal match and lost 3-0.
The...
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Muskegon Catholic volleyball team exits state tournament with a regional semifinal loss to Fowler
November 11, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Catholic volleyball team ended its season with a 3-0 loss to state-ranked Fowler on Tuesday in a Division 4 regional semifinal match in...
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North Muskegon volleyball squad bows out of D3 regionals with a four-set loss to Calvin Christian
November 10, 2020By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comSHELBY – The North Muskegon volleyball squad had a very good 2020 season, winning its first district title since 2018 and finishing...
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Grand Haven volleyball team falls to Rockford for third time this season, this time in regional semifinals
November 10, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comROCKFORD – They say it’s tough to beat a good team three times in one season.
But the Grand Haven volleyball team, which...
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Lumberjacks allow four unanswered goals, lose early lead, fall to Green Bay 4-2
November 7, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks suffered their first loss of the season, falling to the Green Bay Gamblers 4-2 on Saturday night at the Resch Center in...
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North Muskegon football team puts a scare into Pewamo-Westphalia, but falls 18-17 in playoff thriller
November 7, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The North Muskegon football team was a huge underdog to defending state champion Pewamo-Westphalia in a Division 7 playoff game on Saturday, but very nearly...
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Montague football team plows past previously unbeaten Clare, setting up playoff showdown with MCC
November 7, 2020By Mitchell Boatman
LocalSportsJournal.comMONTAGUE — A showdown of Muskegon County’s top small-school football programs is set for next weekend, when state powers Montague and Muskegon...
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Muskegon Big Reds roll on offense in their 34-12 district semifinal playoff victory over Cedar Springs
November 7, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon football team has never lost to Cedar Springs in three prior playoff matchups.
The games have been kind of...
