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Fruitport sweeps Fruitport Invitational

Oct 02, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT--The Fruitport Trojans swept their own cross country invitational on Saturday held at Rycenga Park. In the boys division Fruitport finished with a total of 19 points. They were followed by Muskegon Catholic Central (66), Grand Rapids West Catho... READ MORE

Ludington shifts it into high gear in second half, runs away from Manistee

Fruitport captures ‘Battle on the Bayou’ with convincing victory over Spring Lake

Whitehall flexes its muscle in 42-8 victory over Oakridge

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Fruitport sweeps Fruitport Invitational

Oct 02, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT--The Fruitport Trojans swept their own cross country invitational on Saturday held at Rycenga Park. In the boys division Fruitport finished with a total of 19 points READ MORE

Mason County Eastern boys take 2nd place at Cecil R Burch Invite

Oct 02, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LEROY--The Mason County Eastern boys cross country team finished in second place at the Cecil R. Burch Memorial Cross County I... READ MORE

Shelby wins homecoming game against Holton

Oct 01, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY -- Shelby's football team is on a roll, taking a 14-0 lead at the half and finishing with a convincing 26-6 win over vi... READ MORE

Ludington shifts it into high gear in second half, runs away from Manistee

Oct 01, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Ludington only had the ball three times in the first half and led by just 10 points in Friday night's showdown wi... READ MORE

Football

Shelby wins homecoming game against Holton

Oct 01, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY -- Shelby's football team is on a roll, taking a 14-0 lead at the half and finishing with a convincing 26-6 win over visiting Holton in the West Michigan Conference-Rive... READ MORE

Ludington shifts it into high gear in second half, runs away from Manistee

Oct 01, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Ludington only had the ball three times in the first half and led by just 10 points in Friday night's showdown wi... READ MORE

Big Rapids’ explosive offense too much for Grant

Oct 01, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS--The Grant Tigers defense didn't have any answers for the explosive Big Rapids Cardinals offense on Friday evening.... READ MORE

North Muskegon’s air attack too much for Montague

Oct 01, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE--The North Muskegon offense proved to be too much for the Montague defense on Friday evening. The Norse earned a 27-... READ MORE

Volleyball

Young leads WMC past Fruitport Calvary Christian in volleyball action

Oct 01, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES -The Western Michigan Christian volleyball team topped Fruitport Calvary Christian in three sets on Friday evening. The Warriors claimed the win, 25-15, 25-16 an... READ MORE

Mason County Eastern gets by Baldwin in five sets

Sep 30, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com BALDWIN -- Mason County Eastern's girls volleyball team found itself in a battle with Baldwin in a Western Michigan D League m... READ MORE

Gauthier has big night for Shelby as Tigers get by Whitehall in girls volleyball action

Sep 29, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com WHITEHALL -- It was just the kind of test the Shelby girls volleyball team needed as the Tigers look forward to the post-seaso... READ MORE

Pentwater gets three-set victory over Big Rapids Crossroads Academy

Sep 29, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com PENTWATER -- Pentwater's girls volleyball team defeated Big Rapids Crossroads Academy in three quick sets (25-19, 25-14 and 25... READ MORE

Soccer

Claeys, Castillo each have hat tricks in leading Shelby over Lakeview

Sep 30, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY -- Carson Claeys and Mauricio Castillo each had a hat trick as the Shelby boys soccer team shutout Lakeview, 7-0 at home in a non-conference game Thursday night. Alan A... READ MORE

Ludington soccer team improves to 16-1-1 with shutout over Big Rapids

Sep 29, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Big Rapids made things difficult for the Ludington offense in Thursday night's non-conference boys soccer match a... READ MORE

Gieske, Rebone score two goals each as Fruitport cruises past Oakridge

Sep 29, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -The Fruitport boys soccer team routed Oakridge in non-league play on Thursday evening. The Trojans blanked the Eagl... READ MORE

Castillo, Garcia each connect for two goals as Shelby beats Orchard View

Sep 29, 2022 LocalSpoirtsJournal.com SHELBY -- Mason Garcia and Mauricio Castillo each scored two goals in the Shelby boys soccer team's 4-0 West Michigan Confere... READ MORE

Cross Country

Fruitport sweeps Fruitport Invitational

Oct 02, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT--The Fruitport Trojans swept their own cross country invitational on Saturday held at Rycenga Park. In the boys division Fruitport finished with a total of 19 points... READ MORE

Mason County Eastern boys take 2nd place at Cecil R Burch Invite

Oct 02, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LEROY--The Mason County Eastern boys cross country team finished in second place at the Cecil R. Burch Memorial Cross County I... READ MORE

OK Green Jamboree Results from Wednesday afternoon

Sep 29, 2022 LocalSportsJounral.com GRAND RAPIDS--Grands Rapids Union hosted the OK Green Jamboree at Riverside Park on Wednesday afternoon. In the boys division... READ MORE

Hart’s girls are chasing history this cross country season

Sep 29, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com HART -- Hart's girls cross country team is attempting to do something no other team, regardles... READ MORE

Tennis

Mona Shores settles for third-place finish in OK Green tennis tournament; Reeths-Puffer fifth

Sep 30, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLLAND - The Mona Shores and Reeths-Puffer boys tennis teams competed in the OK Green tournament on Friday. The Sailors finished in third place with 40 points, w... READ MORE

Mona Shores takes the 2022 GMAA tennis tournament

Sep 28, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES -The Mona Shores boys tennis team took the top spot at the GMAA tennis tournament on Wednesday. The S... READ MORE

GMAA City Tennis Tournament rescheduled for Wednesday

Sep 27, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES—The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association (GMAA) tennis tournament that was rained out last Saturday has been ... READ MORE

Mona Shores tops Zeeland East in Thursday tennis action

Sep 22, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES -The Mona Shores boys tennis team downed Zeeland East on Thursday evening. The Sailors won by a score of 6-2. ... READ MORE

Golf

Mona Shores finishes in second place at OK Green golf championship

Sep 28, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com WEST OLIVE--The Mona Shores girls golf team finished with a second place finish at the OK Green Golf Championship on Wednesday afternoon which was played at Pigeon Creek Golf C... READ MORE

Montague girls golf team takes top spot at Rocket Invitational

Sep 28, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON—The Montague girls golf team won the Rocket Invitational on Tuesday afternoon. The event was played at Lincoln Go... READ MORE

Orioles take top spot at Ludington golf invitational on Friday

Sep 24, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON--The Ludington Orioles took the top spot at their own golf invitational on Friday afternoon at Lincoln Hills Golf Cl... READ MORE

Mona Shores girls golf team takes top spot at OK Green Jamboree

Sep 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON—The Mona Shores Sailors girls golf team won the last OK Green Jamboree of the season on Thursday afternoon shooting... READ MORE

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Ludington swimming team defeats Manistee, 124-51

Sep 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Recording nine first-place finishes, including in two relay events, the Ludington girls swimming and diving team defeated Manistee, 124-51 at the READ MORE

Turtles swim team falls to Zeeland in league action

Sep 21, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com ZEELAND - The Greater Muskegon Co-op swimming team faced rough waters against Zeeland in OK Rainbow action on Tue... READ MORE

Mahler qualifies for state meet as Ludington swim team falls to Traverse City West

Sep 16, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Ludington sophomore Cora Mahler qualified for the MHSAA state meet in the 100-yard butterfly with a first-place f... READ MORE

Greater Muskegon co-op gets by Grand Rapids Catholic in Tuesday swimming action

Sep 14, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Greater Muskegon Co-op swim and dive team took down Grand Rapids Catholic Central 100-78 on Tuesday evening. T... READ MORE

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Rally ‘Caps Surge Late, 5-4 in 10

Aug 11, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com BELOIT, WI – The West Michigan Whitecaps rallied from two different two-run deficits and took their first lead of the ballgame on a go-ahead RBI-single from Esney Chacon in READ MORE

Manistee Saints season comes to an end with 10-9 loss to the Chicago Clout in the NABF World Series

Aug 08, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com BATTLE CREEK -- For the second consecutive year, the Manistee Saints were eliminated in the quarterfinals of... READ MORE

Whitecaps Drop Fastest Game in Franchise History

Aug 08, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LANSING – A franchise record-low 67 minutes of baseball was played on Sunday at Jackson Field as a rain-shortened contest wa... READ MORE

‘Caps ‘Cruz’ to Slugfest Victory

Aug 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LANSING – Trei Cruz’s three-run homer highlighted a seven-run sixth inning as the West Michigan Whitecaps hung on to defe... READ MORE

Pentwater drops Division 4 regional semifinal to Lake Leelanau St. Mary, 6-3

Jun 12, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON— It was a rough couple of innings that cost the Pentwater Falcons in Saturday's Division 4 softball regional semifinal loss to Lake Leelanau St. Mar READ MORE

Ravenna comes up short, 1-0, in Division 3 regional championship game to Grandville Calvin Christian

Jun 11, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com RAVENNA -- Ravenna's girls softball team was one win away from competing in the MHSAA Division 3 state quarterfinals, but lost... READ MORE

Hart manages only one hit in 8-1 Division 3 semifinal loss to Evart

Jun 11, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com CLARE -- Hart's tournament run ended in the MHSAA Division 3 regional semifinals with an 8-1 loss to Evart at Clare on Saturda... READ MORE

Grand Haven falls 3-1 in extra innings to Rockford in Division 1 softball regional semifinal game

Jun 11, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com JENISON -- Grand Haven pushed the game into extra innings, but Rockford scored two runs in the top of the ninth to escape with... READ MORE

Mason County Eastern graduate Eli Shoup signs with Trine University

Jun 13, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER -- A multiple sport athlete, Mason County Eastern graduate Eli Shoup particularly excelled in cross country and track and field. It is in those spo READ MORE

Kent City runner Kierra Flegel heading to Grace Christian University

Jun 13, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--Kent City runner Kierra Flegel will continue her athletic and academic career at Grace Christia... READ MORE

Kent City’s Alyeska Linsley signs with Cornerstone University

Jun 13, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--Kent City's Alyeska Linsley has signed her national letter of intent to run at Cornerstone Univ... READ MORE

Ludington girls finish eighth in Division 2 track finals

Jun 09, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND RAPIDS--Ludington’s girls track team had a solid day at the Division 2 state finals with an eighth... READ MORE

Montague’s Cale Coppess signed to wrestle at Wheaton College

Apr 15, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE—Montague senior Cale Coppess has signed his national letter of intent and will be joining the wrestling team at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illino READ MORE

Whitehall’s Jenkins repeats as wrestling champion while Quinn from MCC and Roberson from Hesperia capture state titles

Mar 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com DETROIT -- Nothing like facing the biggest challenge in the biggest match of the year in the MHSAA individual state wrestling ... READ MORE

Montague’s Emma Pendell one of the first female wrestling state champions

Mar 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com DETROIT -- The first female state individual wrestling champions wrote their names into the history books at Detroit's Ford Fi... READ MORE

Forty Seven local wrestlers to compete in boys state championship matches this weekend

Mar 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com It's time for the big show in Michigan high school wrestling, the MHSAA individual state finals, and once again the area has... READ MORE

WMC tops Muskegon Catholic in cross-town rival soccer matchup

Sep 14, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com Western Michigan Christian used a strong offensive attack to top cross-town rival, Muskegon Catholic Central, 8-0 on Tuesday. Cole DeJoung led the Warriors with two goals READ MORE

Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Famer Gene Visscher passes away at 81

Aug 09, 2022 By Jim Moyes LocalSportsJournal.com Yet another great one has left us. Former Muskegon Big Red and Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Famer Gene Viss... READ MORE

Kent City graduate William Oberg to play wheelchair basketball at Edinboro University

Jul 21, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--At birth, William Oberg was dealt a tough set of circumstances. Despite that, he has pushed for... READ MORE

Dan Butler is a familiar face in Fruitport through coaching, law enforcement

Jun 30, 2022 By Nate Dugener LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT--Dan Butler bleeds Fruitport blue. And, in his profession, he wears "the blue." Butler, a 1994 gr... READ MORE

Chicago spoils Muskegon Lumberjacks’ home opener, 5-1

Sep 30, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON--The Chicago Steel have proven to be a nemesis for the Muskegon Lumberjacks over the last few years. That was evident again on Friday night when the Steel posted a 5- READ MORE

Muskegon Lumberjacks heading home after 1-1 record at USHL Fall Classic

Sep 24, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com PITTSBURGH -- The Muskegon Lumberjacks' special teams came up short on Friday night and the result of a 6-4 setback to the Tri... READ MORE

Lumberjacks start USHL season with explosive first-period comeback at USHL Fall Classic

Sep 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Lumberjacks opened their 2022-23 USHL hockey season with their backs against the wall in Pittsburgh for the USHL ... READ MORE

Muskegon Lumberjacks slip in Game 5 of Eastern Conference finals, fall 8-4 to visiting Madison

May 13, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Lumberjacks' dream of hoisting the Clark Cup was cut short with an 8-4 loss to Madison at Mercy Health Arena in... READ MORE

Peytin Brake signs with Valparaiso University for bowling

Apr 01, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--Kent City’s Peytin Brake is headed down to Indiana in the fall to continue her education and bowling career at Valparaiso University. Brake si READ MORE

Fruitport boys bowling team wins OK Conference-Blue title

Feb 20, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com RAVENNA--The Fruitport bowling team capped off their regular season with both squads posting a third-place finish overall with... READ MORE

Fruitport bowling caps off regular season play with wins over GR West Catholic

Feb 18, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fruitport bowling team capped off their regular season with a dominant 2-0 sweep over Grand Rapids West Catholic at No... READ MORE

Whitehall sweeps GMAA city bowling championships, VanDuinen takes girls individual title for Vikings, Fruitport’s Gage Wadland captures boys title

Feb 17, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall bowling program is officially tops in Muskegon County. Both the Vikings boys and girls varsity squads capt... READ MORE

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