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Trent Benedict tallies third-straight hat trick in Mona Shores’ 9-1 win over Grand Haven

Nov 27, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Trent Benedict hasn't just been hot to start the 2021-22 Mona Shores hockey season. The senior forward has been on fire. Benedict tallied his third-straight hat trick performance on Friday night in the Sailors' 9-1 win over visiting Grand Haven. ... READ MORE

Lumberjacks 4-game win streak snapped in ugly loss to visiting Madison

A year without Ford Field magnifies our past football glory

Moyes’ Memories: A pair of OV Grads square off for the football state title at Ford Field

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Trent Benedict tallies third-straight hat trick in Mona Shores’ 9-1 win over Grand Haven

Lumberjacks 4-game win streak snapped in ugly loss to visiting Madison

Nov 27, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Lumberjacks have needed a winning streak since they started the 2021 season. Coming into Friday night, ... READ MORE

Mona Shores hockey tops Lowell 9-1, continues play against Grand Haven on Friday

Nov 26, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores hockey team went into the Thanksgiving break with a 9-1 win over visiting Lowell on Wednesday. From the ... READ MORE

Mona Shores defeats Caledonia in hockey 9-1

Nov 26, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores Sailor’s hockey team opened up O-K Green Conference action on Wednesday night with a bang piling it on Caled... READ MORE

FootBall

A year without Ford Field magnifies our past football glory

Nov 24, 2021 By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.com Rumor has it there are some high school football games being played this weekend at Ford Field in Detroit. But without any Muskegon-area teams taking part in th... READ MORE

Moyes’ Memories: A pair of OV Grads square off for the football state title at Ford Field

Nov 24, 2021 By Jim Moyes LocalSportsJournal.com Although the football fortunes at Orchard View have taken a sharp nose-dive in recent seasons, how ironic is i... READ MORE

Former Mona Shores standout Jacob Wahlberg making the most of his opportunities for the Purdue Boilermakers

Nov 19, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal West Lafayette – The Purdue Boilermakers have a reputation in college football for their ability to knock off... READ MORE

Proof In Print Muskegon Heights 1992 Football Season

Nov 17, 2021 By Ron Pesch LocalSportsJournal.com Cinque Moody, now known as Mr. Moody, Dean of Students within the Grand Rapids Public School District, laughs as... READ MORE

CROSS COUNTRY

Grand Haven boys take seventh in Division 1 cross country state finals

Nov 07, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grand Haven boys cross country team finished seventh in the Division 1 state final at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn Saturday afternoon. Grand Haven s... READ MORE

Grand Haven girls finish 12th in Division 1 cross country state finals

Nov 07, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Haven's girls cross country team finished 12th in the Division 1 state championship race at Michigan International S... READ MORE

Spring Lake girls finish sixth in Division 2 cross country state finals

Nov 07, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake girls cross country was sixth at the Division 2 state championship meet Saturday afternoon at the Michigan Inter... READ MORE

Mason County Eastern takes 10th in Division 4 cross-country state finals, WMC finishes 14th

Nov 07, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Mason County Eastern's boys cross country team finished 10th at the Division 4 state final on Saturday at Michigan Internati... READ MORE

Baseball

Goodbye, amen and farewell: Words from retiring Muskegon Clippers Coach Walt Gawkowski

Aug 08, 2021 Thank you Muskegon Clipper fans! It has been two weeks since Aaron Hurd’s single to left field scored Wes Mitchell in the bottom of the ninth inning resulting in a walk-off win ag... READ MORE

Muskegon Clippers take two on the chin in doubleheader loss to Michigan Monarchs

Jul 08, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Clippers' battle to reach the playoffs took a slight step backwards on Wednesday in a twinbil... READ MORE

Muskegon Clippers split doubleheader with visiting Lima on Tuesday

Jul 07, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Clippers split their doubleheader with the visiting Lima Locos at Marsh Field on Tuesday. The Clippers... READ MORE

Clippers continue struggles against Royal Oak Leprechauns, fall 9-6

Jul 04, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Clippers have struggled against the Royal Oak Leprechauns this season. That trend continued Saturday night a... READ MORE

Hockey

Trent Benedict tallies third-straight hat trick in Mona Shores’ 9-1 win over Grand Haven

Lumberjacks 4-game win streak snapped in ugly loss to visiting Madison

Nov 27, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Lumberjacks have needed a winning streak since they started the 2021 season. Coming into Friday night, ... READ MORE

Mona Shores hockey tops Lowell 9-1, continues play against Grand Haven on Friday

Nov 26, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores hockey team went into the Thanksgiving break with a 9-1 win over visiting Lowell on Wednesday. From the ... READ MORE

Mona Shores defeats Caledonia in hockey 9-1

Nov 26, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores Sailor’s hockey team opened up O-K Green Conference action on Wednesday night with a bang piling it on Caled... READ MORE

MORE SPORTS

Muskegon Community College Lady Jayhawks get double overtime win against Hope JV squad

Nov 21, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Lady Jayhawks basketball team has opened their season strong taking wins in all three games so far putting them at 3-0 for the season so far. MCC added the third victory READ MORE

Kent City girls fight back hard in the fourth quarter, come up just two points short in their bid for a state championship

Apr 09, 2021 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com EAST LANSING - After three years of falling short in the state tournament, the talented Kent City girls baske... READ MORE

Kent City girls overcome a shaky first quarter to beat Calumet 59-53 and advance to Friday’s state championship game

Apr 07, 2021 By Steve Gunn and Aaron McClorey LocalSportsJournal.com EAST LANSING - Now we know how the Kent City girls basketball team reacts when faced with ... READ MORE

Talented and determined Kent City girls basketball team prepared for its final push toward a Division 3 state championship

Apr 06, 2021 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY - It starred out with a juvenile “Fab Four,” so to speak, and Coach Scott Carlson was aware of ... READ MORE

Local Sports Journal kicks off podcast debut with 2018 Summer Coaches Series

Aug 04, 2018 LocalSportsJournal.com There is new excitement in the air for the 2018-19 prep sports season at Local Sports Journal. Podcasts. The "2018 Summer Coaches Series" is now hitting the air as the READ MORE

Prep football highlights: Click here for an online version of the November LSJ magazine

Nov 02, 2017 LocalSportsJournal.com While area high school football teams and fans are gearing up for deep playoff runs, it's hard to forget the thrilling regu... READ MORE

Help us increase LSJ coverage of your favorite high school’s sports teams!

Jun 29, 2017 LocalSportsJournal.com With the decline of daily newspapers, local media coverage of high school sports has been disappearing in recent years. F... READ MORE

Register today for the first annual Local Sports Journal golf outing on June 2!

Apr 22, 2017 LocalSportsJournal.com Don’t forget to get your team signed up for the first annual Local Sports Journal Golf Outing, slated for Friday, June 2 a... READ MORE

Runner-up Spring Lake place five on OK Blue all-conference golf team

Oct 26, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake's girls golf team finished second in the OK Blue this season and were rewarded with five players on the all-conference first team. Final standings 1, Coopersville READ MORE

Ludington lands three golfers on Lakes 8 all-conference team

Oct 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington put three girls on the Lakes 8 All-Conference team. League champion Ludington All-Conference First team Emma Mc... READ MORE

Mona Shores places one golfer on OK Green Conference in a race that went down to the wire

Oct 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com It was a close race for the top spot in the hotly contested OK Green conference for girls golf. When the final scores were ta... READ MORE

Fit to be tied: Montague wins back-to-back Division 4 state golf titles using the tiebreaker

Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague Wildcats captured their second straight Division 4 state title in girls golf on Saturday. The Wildcats and Lansi... READ MORE

Jayhwks Soccer Season ends with 1-0 loss in semi-final round

Nov 20, 2021 LocalSportsJournal Though the season didn’t end the way they would have liked, the Jayhawks women’s soccer team really proved they are as strong as they have been, On Friday MCC fell to the numb READ MORE

Upset Alert: Muskegon Community knocks off No. 2 seed, advances to national semifinal in women’s soccer

Nov 18, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com For the first time in school history, the Muskegon Community College women’s soccer team is heading to the Final Four of t... READ MORE

North Muskegon soccer season ends with a 1-0 shutout to Potters House

Oct 28, 2021 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK – The North Muskegon Norsemen knew exactly what needed to be done on Thursday night to win a Divis... READ MORE

North Muskegon shuts out McBain Northern Michigan Christian 1-0

Oct 26, 2021 by Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com It wasn't pretty, but it was effective. And in the final analysis, that's all that counts. Looking for it... READ MORE

Greater Muskegon co-op girls swim team finishes in fifth at O-K Rainbow meet

Nov 08, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com On Friday the Greater Muskegon co-op girls swim team travelled to Zeeland West to battle in the O-K Rainbow Conference Meet. The Turtles earned a fifth place finish with a READ MORE

Greater Muskegon girls co-op swim team falls to Zeeland

Oct 28, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Co-op girls swim team took a 103-83 loss to Zeeland on Tuesday. The Turtles swam to 21 personal bes... READ MORE

Life’s a balancing act: How multi-sport athlete Robyn Hunt manages cross country and swimming in the same season for Mona Shores

Oct 19, 2021 By Jon Styf LocalSportsJournal.com For Mona Shores junior Robyn Hunt, life is a balancing act. With swimming, cross country, a full slate of Ad... READ MORE