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Mona Shores girls soccer team improves to 3-1 with an impressive 5-0 shutout victory over Reeths-Puffer
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Mona Shores girls soccer team improves to 3-1 with an impressive 5-0 shutout victory over Reeths-Puffer
April 16, 2021By Aaron Poling
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP — Every spring sports high school team has challenges this season, because they haven’t played in two years,and a high percentage of players are first-year varsity.
But the Mona Shores girls soccer team is …
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Mitchell scores six times to lead Spring Lake lacrosse over Reeths-Puffer
April 15, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
A six-goal performance from Zach Mitchell led the Spring Lake lacrosse team to a 9-4 win over Reeths-Puffer Thursday.
Keegan Fritsche added two goals and Jake Vinkemulder had one goal for the Lakers. Andrew Von Wahlde, Luke Rantanen, and …
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Duer, Bush, Whitaker earn singles wins for Lakers as Spring Lake tennis splits with Grand Haven
April 15, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
Spring Lake won three singles matches en route to earning a split with Grand Haven in girls tennis action Thursday afternoon.
Maddy Duer won No. 2 singles in two sets, 6-1, 6-3, Gabriella Bush won No. 3 singles 6-0, …
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Thursday baseball roundup: Piasecki’s walk-off homer lifts Mona Shores over Zeeland East
April 15, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
Mona Shores’ Aaron Piasecki came through in the clutch to push the Sailors to a win Thursday. With the Sailors trailing 4-2 in the seventh inning, Piasecki connected on a walk-off three-run homer to give the Sailors the win.…
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Girls soccer roundup: Osborne scores twice to lead Montague over Muskegon Catholic
April 15, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
A two-goal performance from Braquelle Osborne led Montague to a win over Muskegon Catholic Central Thursday night. The Wildcats topped MCC 5-1 in non-conference action.
Osborne’s goals were assisted by Katie Weesies and Emma Jensen. Jensen also had a …
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Oakridge baseball team sweeps Whitehall in a league doubleheader, still looks strong after missing the 2020 season
April 15, 2021By Adam Trombley
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The last time the Oakridge baseball team took the field prior to this season was in the state semifinals two years ago.
Although the Eagles haven’t played much since then, due to the cancellation …
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Wednesday softball roundup: Kara Postema has monster offensive day to lead Ravenna to victory
April 14, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Ravenna softball team was dominant on Wednesday, defeating Mason County Central 9-2 and 22-7.
Emma Gilliard picked up her first varsity win in Game 1, striking out 13 whlie allowing two runs on five hits.
Offensively, Kara Postema …
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Mona Shores boys golf team takes first place at OK-Green Conference jamboree
April 14, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Mona Shores boys golf team took home first place in the OK-Green Jamboree at Clearbrook on Wednesday.
Mona Shores finished with a team of score of 160 while Reeths-Puffer totaled 186 for second place.
Jeff Lenartowicz, Andrew Taylor, …
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Wednesday tennis roundup: Fruitport falls while Whitehall and Muskegon Catholic win
April 14, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Fruitport girls tennis team fell narrowly 5-3 to West Catholic in a conference clash on Wednesday night.
Winning matches for the Trojans were Alison Blakeman (No.1 singles), Hope Busscher (No.2 singles) and Grace Sweet (No.3 singles).
WHITEHALL 8, …
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Muskegon Community College beats Lake Michigan behind Sammy Hecht hat-trick
April 14, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
Sammy Hecht opened up the Muskegon Community College womens soccer season with a hat-trick on Wednesday, helping her team win 4-0 over Lake Michigaan College.
McKenna Bruin, Rylie Camp, Madi Papenhagen and Cameryn Ensor all picked up assists on …
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Tuesday soccer roundup: Maggie Evans nets a hat-trick for Whitehall in victory over Montague on Tuesday
April 14, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Whitehall girls soccer team defeated Montague 4-2 in a rivalry matchup on Tuesday night.
Maggie Evans led the Vikings with a hat-trick while Cam Evans netted the fourth Whitehall goal.
Gwen Gould picked up the victory in net …
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Fruitport softball team improves to 4-0 on the season with two come-from-behind victories over GR West Catholic
April 14, 2021By Jason Millis
LocalSportsJournal.comFRUITPORT – The Fruitport softball team is luckier than a lot of spring teams that missed out on the 2020 season.
The Trojans would have only had one senior on the team last season, if they …
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Tuesday baseball roundup: WMC splits non-league twin bill with Newaygo
April 13, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Western Michigan Christian baseball team split a non-conference twin bill on Tuesday defeating Newaygo 4-2 in the opening game, then falling by a 7-2 margin in the night cap.
In Game 1, Sam Sipe dominated for 6 ⅓ …
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Tuesday softball roundup: Oakridge cruises to a twin bill sweep over Hesperia
April 13, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Oakridge softball squad remained unbeaten on the season with a pair of wins over Hesperia on Tuesday night by scores of 13-2 and 16-0 in a double header sweep.
In Game 1, Brooklyn Galdeen pitched a complete game …
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Tuesday girls soccer roundup: Balanced scoring attack propels OV over Fremont 7-0
April 13, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
Seven different players scored a goal for the Orchard View girls soccer team, who blanked Fremont 7-0 in their season debut on Tuesday.
Kyah McGruther, Cassidy Noordhoek, Kylee Carmean, Aleya Jones, Madysen Pastor, Tania Furlough and Damaya Harrison all …
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Whitehall baseball team opens up season with strong offensive showing in a non-conference victory
April 12, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Whitehall baseball team picked up a 10-9 non-conference victory over Coopersville on Monday night in their first game of the season.
Pitcher Christian Smolen picked up the victory, allowing four runs while striking out eight over five innings.…
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Lumberjacks upset at home by lowly Dubuque, fall four points behind Chicago in conference championship race
April 11, 2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – From this point on, every game is pretty important for the Muskegon Lumberjacks, and losses to lesser teams are costly.
In the end they could mean the difference between first and …
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Skorpik leads Lumberjacks to their first shutout victory in more than two years, a 3-0 win over Dubuque Fighting Saints
April 10, 2021By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.com
MUSKEGON – It had been a very long time since the Muskegon Lumberjacks had posted a shutout victory.The Lumberjacks last blanked a team more than two years ago, on April 6, 2019 in Green Bay, …
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Kent City girls fight back hard in the fourth quarter, come up just two points short in their bid for a state championship
April 9, 2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comEAST LANSING – After three years of falling short in the state tournament, the talented Kent City girls basketball team was really hungry for a championship.
So hungry, in fact, that the Eagles overcame a bad …
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Lumberjacks beat Dubuque 5-1, clinch a playoff spot, and pull within two points of Chicago in the race for first place
April 8, 2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks officially qualified for the USHL playoffs with a 5-1 home ice victory over Dubuque on Thursday, which is hardly surprising news.
The Jacks have been good all year, …
