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Spring Lake girls squad uses first-half shutdown tactics to smother Holland Christian and gain a 47-29 conference win
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Grand Haven hockey team shuts down Jenison, stays atop conference race
March 4, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Grand Haven hockey team continued its winning ways with an 8-0 shutout of Jenison on Wednesday. Using a 3-0 first period lead, the Bucs shot out of the gate led by Braden Nielsen. The senior forward tallied… -
Mona Shores hockey turns tables on East Grand Rapids in win at home
March 4, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Mona Shores hockey team got paybacks on Wednesday night with a 5-2 win over East Grand Rapids, the lone team who has beaten the Sailors this season.
The Sailors used three unanswered second-period goals to down the Pioneers and …
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Wednesday girls basketball roundup: Mason County Central holds Shelby to just one point in fourth quarter to pick up a win
March 3, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Mason County Central girls basketball team defeated Shelby 46-33 on Wednesday night in a West Michigan Conference clash.
The Spartans led 33-32 headed to the fourth quarter before holding Shelby to just one point over the final eight …
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Wednesday boys basketball roundup: Western Michigan Christian knocks off Holton while Fremont blows out Newaygo
March 3, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The West Michigan Christian boys basketball team knocked off Holton 44-31 on Wednesday night in a non-conference clash.
In the second half, the Warriors’ defense held the Holton offense to just eight total points.
Owen Varnado and Brekken Fairfield …
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Wednesday bowling roundup: Fruitport boys narrowly fall while other area teams roll to victory
March 3, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Fruitport boys narrowly fell 16-14 to Coopersville on Wednesday night in a tightly contested OK-Blue conference clash.
Gage Wadland paced the Trojans with a series score of 450 while Cameron Weaver finished with a 428 series.
Evan Simonis …
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Wednesday wrestling roundup: Reeths-Puffer wrestling goes undefeated while Jacob Blawat picks up his 150th career victory
March 3, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Reeths-Puffer wrestling team went 3-0 on Wednesday, defeating Grand Haven 42-25, East Kentwood 66-15 and Hart 42-39.
Undefeated wrestlers for Reeths-Puffer were Connor Bloomstrom (112), Jacob Blawat (119), Kaden Malotke (130), Alex Chipman (135), Thade Radosa (152), Jimmy …
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Tuesday girls basketball roundup: Mona Shores uses balanced scoring again to down GR Union and improve to 8-1
March 3, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Mona Shores girls basketball team has been winning a lot of games with balanced scoring this season, and it happened again on Tuesday night.
Three Sailors scored in double digits, leading Mona Shores to a 56-45 victory over …
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Spring Lake girls squad uses first-half shutdown tactics to smother Holland Christian and gain a 47-29 conference win
March 3, 2021By Adam Trombley
LocalSportsJournal.comSPRING LAKE – The Spring Lake girls basketball team really needed a win, and the Lakers went out and got it on Tuesday the old-fashioned way – with stifling defense.
Spring Lake held Holland Christian to …
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Reeths-Puffer girls, still feeling the effects of an extra late start to the season, fall to Wyoming 66-53 in O-K Green action
March 3, 2021By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TWP. – Every high school basketball team in Michigan had its season delayed by nearly three months due to the COVID-19 virus.
But the Reeths-Puffer girls squad had to stew even longer, waiting an extra …
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Surprise! Muskegon Heights boys take the court for their first game of the season, a competitive 59-50 loss to WMC
March 3, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
In a very strange basketball season full of surprises, the latest arrived on Tuesday night, when the Muskegon Heights boys basketball team played a game.
The Tigers had their belated season opener against a good Western Michigan Christian squad, …
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Tuesday boys hoops roundup: Ravenna defeats Montague in OT on a buzzer beater from half court
March 2, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
Kyle Beebe nailed a shot from just inside the half-court line to propel the Ravenna boys basketball team to a 64-62 overtime win over Montague in a West Michigan Conference game on Tuesday.
Beebe led the Bulldogs with 20 …
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Come on, man! Do high school athletes really deserve public scorn if their masks fall down a bit in the heat of competition?
March 2, 2021On Tuesday, we posted a photo on our LocalSportsJournal.com Instagram page of a Muskegon High School basketball player going in for a layup.
He was flying through the air on his way toward the basket, with great physical exertion. To …
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The Mona Shores hockey team, inspired by the tragic loss of a teammate, has plowed out of the gate with a 9-1 record
March 2, 2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – There has probably never been a hockey team so happy and relieved to play a game than the Mona Shores Sailors were on Feb. 10, when they finally kicked off their season.
Of …
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Monday high school bowling roundup: Grant Haven boys, led by Austin Breuker, squeaks past East Kentwood 17-13
March 2, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Grand Haven boys bowling team edged East Kentwood 17-13 on Monday. Austin Breuker led the Bucs with games of 202 and 222 in the close match.
Collin Prokopec had games of 203 and 202 for Grand Haven while …
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Monday boys basketball roundup: Muskegon Catholic Central rallies in the fourth quarter to slip past Hart 33-30
March 1, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Catholic Central boys basketball team trailed for most of the game, but rallied down the stretch to claim a 33-30 non-conference victory over Hart on Monday.
The Crusaders trailed 8-1 after one quarter, 10-9 at halftime and …
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Fremont boys basketball holds on to beat Grant 58-55 in CSAA action, extending its winning streak to seven games
March 1, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Fremont boys basketball team lost a 15-point halftime lead but managed to hang on for an exciting 58-55 victory over Grant on Monday in a CSAA Gold Division matchup.
Grant took a one-point lead with 25 seconds to …
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Monday girls basketball roundup: Fruitport Calvary, Whitehall, Shelby, Fremont, Kent City and Holton post victories
March 1, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
McKena Wilson poured in 21 points and grabbed five rebounds to lead Fruitport Calvary Christian to a 53-29 victory over Orchard View on Monday in a non-league girls basketball game.
Cate Anhalt added 11 points and four rebounds for …
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Saturday boys basketball roundup: Reeths-Puffer, Spring Lake and Grand Haven all win big
February 28, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Spring Lake boys basketball team earned a well need win and got it against rival Fruitport on Saturday night with a 67-27 win at home.
The Lakers used a well balanced attack as 12 of 13 players scored …
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Lumberjacks win fifth straight, top Youngstown Phantoms 2-1 in shootout
February 27, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
It took a while for the Muskegon Lumberjacks to get on the board on Saturday night.
But the Lumberjacks finally ended their scoring drought past the halfway point of the third period to tie the game and force overtime.…
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Saturday girls basketball roundup: Western Michigan Christian stuns visiting Whitehall with 60-32 win
February 27, 2021LocalSportsJournal.com
Western Michigan Christian girls basketball caught Whitehall off guard on Saturday in a 60-32 home win for the Warriors.
Taylor Folkema led all scores with 23 points, 13 of those coming in the second half for WMC. The senior …
