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Prep football remains on track for fall kickoff, so it’s time to order your LSJ football preview!
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Prep football remains on track for fall kickoff, so it’s time to order your LSJ football preview!
July 30, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comThe high school football season was not cancelled on Wednesday! That means our local teams remain on track to play this fall!
That...
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Media malpractice: It was wrong to publish a story about a coach’s daughter who tested positive for COVID
July 6, 2020MUSKEGON – There are very few organized sports happening anywhere right now.
That means sports journalists have little or nothing of any substance to report.
For the...
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Grand Valley grad who became a Major League groundskeeper mourns the loss of his father to COVID-19
June 22, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comSEATTLE – “I do feel him with me at the park. Where else would he rather be than at the ballpark?”
Those are...
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Muskegon’s Tony Ferguson returns to the ring on Saturday in a featured pay-per-view UFC bout
May 8, 2020By Nich Wolak
LocalSportsJournal.comThe UFC is one of the first pro sports organizations to return from the COVID-19 shutdown, and a local fighter will be...
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Local sports community mourns the loss of Clayton Cochran, a state champion basketball player and veteran referee
May 3, 2020By Jason Goorman
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON HEIGHTS – Clayton Cochran was a basketball referee, and a very good one at that.
But he was truly passionate about the...
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R-P football coach Matt Bird feeling healthy and hopeful again, following a month-long bout with COVID-19
April 29, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – Matt Bird, like all football coaches, is certainly hoping there will be a season this fall.
But after what he’s...
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[VIDEO] COVID Dreams by Leo Valdez: “We shall read again”
April 27, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
LSJ photographer Leo Valdez has certainly been dreaming of all the games everyone is missing right now.
So it was not surprising Leo somehow found a...
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Despite the interruption, former WMC star Evan Bruinsma far from finished with European basketball career
April 22, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comNEW ERA – When his college basketball career concluded at the University of Detroit Mercy, Evan Bruinsma seemed likely to follow the...
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LSJ podcast: An interview with Shelby’s Fred Inglis, who spent years as a sports journalist, covering California’s top stars
April 18, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
Fred Inglis grew up in Shelby, and a lot of people around Oceana County know him and love him.
But relatively few folks have a full...
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After leading his team to another district title, Hart’s Travis Rosema is the Division 3-4 All-LSJ Coach of the Year
April 14, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comHART – He may be only two years into his tenure as head coach of the Hart girls’ basketball team, but Travis...
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Courtney Kemp, who coached Ravenna to a 20-0 regular season, headlines the Division 3-4 boys All-LSJ team
April 13, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comRAVENNA – The Ravenna boys basketball team very much needed a steadying hand going into the 2019-20 season, following several months of...
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Former football star Cody Kater is the Division 1-2 All-LSJ girls basketball Coach of the Year
April 10, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMONTAGUE – On Feb. 20, the Montague and Hart girls basketball teams met in the last conference game of the season, with...
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Muskegon’s Coach Guy heads up the 2019-20 Division 1-2 boys All-LSJ basketball squad
April 9, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Keith Guy believed his team had the talent, experience and momentum to make a serious run at a state championship.
We...
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The XFL season ended just as Tyree Jackson was getting his opportunity as a pro quarterback
April 9, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The last 15 months have been a whirlwind for former Mona Shores quarterback Tyree Jackson.
That whirlwind may be the exact...
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Muskegon Risers announce that they’ve cancelled their summer outdoor season
April 7, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Covid-19 pandemic already took away the spring sports season in the Muskegon area, and on Monday night it started...
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Legendary WMC soccer coach Dave Hulings retires a few months earlier than planned
April 6, 2020By Jason Goorman and Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – What high school coach doesn’t dream of having his final game be a victory in the...
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West Michigan Ironmen still hoping for a chance to complete their 2020 season
April 3, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The West Michigan Ironmen, now in their fifth season, are accustomed to winning on a regular basis.
They are also accustomed...
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R-P soccer star Jaxon Carpenter shows he has a knack for musical theater, as well
April 2, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – Jaxon Carpenter already had a reputation as a great soccer player.
Now he’s demonstrated that he can play other pressure-filled...
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Eleven area boys basketball teams left to wonder if they would have been district champions
April 1, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Marcelo Conklin had been working toward his chance to be part of a district championship basketball team for four years.
The...
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After an up-and-down season, Lumberjacks say the talent is in place for a big 2020-21
March 31, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks’ 2019-20 season was like an interesting movie with a twisting and turning plot – but no final...
