All posts by Jason Goorman
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Whitecaps drop fourth straight game, now 19-19 overall on the season
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The West Michigan Whitecaps fell for the fourth straight time, losing 6-3 at Lake County on Thursday night.
Trailing 1-0 in the fifth inning, Corey Joyce...
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Cinderella Spring Lake girls soccer team hoping to beat the odds one more time in Friday’s Division 2 state title game
By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comSPRING LAKE – In the early weeks of the 2021 season, absolutely nobody considered the Spring Lake girls soccer team a candidate...
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Holton Red Devils trying to do something no Muskegon County team has ever done – win a state softball championship
By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comHOLTON – The Holton softball team has been in hot pursuit of a state championship for several years now, and the Red...
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Whitecaps blow late lead once again for second straight heartbreaking loss at Lake County
LocalSportsJournal.com
For the second straight game, the West Michigan Whitecaps blew a late lead and fell 4-2 in a road contest at Lake County.
A fielder’s choice...
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Clippers fall way behind again, but fail to complete the comeback this time, falling 8-4 to the Royal Oak Leprechauns
By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – They say lightning rarely strikes twice in the same place, even when conditions are highly favorable. That was certainly the...
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North Muskegon girls soccer team finally gets elusive win in the semifinals, ready for play for D4 state title on Saturday
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comCOMSTOCK PARK – The North Muskegon girls soccer team has played in three straight Division 4 state semifinal games at Comstock Park...
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Read about Jacob Buchberger’s budding pro baseball career in the most recent LSJ magazine!
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Montague High School graduate Jacob Buchberger has launched his professional baseball career.
After wrapping up his collegiate career at Davenport University, Buchberger signed a free-agent...
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Clippers rebound from a six-run deficit, and get their first home victory of the season, with an 8-7 win over Lima Locos
By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Clippers have been snake bitten of late, losing four in a row, including three straight one-run decisions.
On Tuesday...
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Whitecaps blow late lead, drop road series opener at Lake County after crucial fielding error
LocalSportsJournal.com
The West Michigan Whitecaps surrendered three runs in the bottom of the ninth on Tuesday night in a 4-2 loss to Lake County.
With a 2-1...
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Spring Lake girls soccer team wins another heart-stopper, 2-1 over Byron Center, to earn a berth in Division 2 state finals
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comHOLLAND – The Spring Lake girls soccer team – particularly senior Zoe Komar – certainly has a flair for the dramatic.
Last Thursday,...
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Holton softball team rolls past Portland St. Patrick 6-1 to earn another berth in the Division 4 state semifinals
LocalSportsJournal.com
Close is not close enough for the Holton softball team anymore.
The Red Devils advanced to the state semifinals in both 2015 and 2017, only to...
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Muskegon Clippers drop both games of doubleheader to Jet Box by a one run
LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Clippers dropped two close games in a doubleheader on Saturday against the Jet Box Baseball Club.
The Clippers lost the opener 3-2, then fell...
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Muskegon Risers women fall to Lansing United 5-1, but show improvement from last week’s painful 10-goal loss
By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Everything is pretty relative when you’re a new team in a tough league, regardless of the sport.
There will be losses,...
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Whitecaps extend winning streak to three games with 9-0 victory over Lansing on Saturday night
LocalSportsJournal.com
The West Michigan Whitecaps defeated Lansing 9-0 on Saturday night to win their third straight game overall.
In total, six different Whitecaps hitters finished with two...
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Holton softball uses strong offensive effort to take home Division 4 regional championship
LocalSportsJournal.com
The Holton softball team won a Division 4 regional championship on Saturday, defeating Marion 18-4 in the semifinals and Mesick 7-1 in the regional championship.
With...
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North Muskegon baseball team’s great season ends abruptly in a 9-0 loss to top-ranked Buchanan in regional semifinals
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND RAPIDS – As the years go by, the players on the North Muskegon baseball team will have a lot to be...
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Young Grand Haven softball team puts up a fight, learns some lessons, before falling in Division 1 regional semifinals
By Mitchell Boatman
LocalSportsJournal.comPARK TWP. — Heading into Saturday’s regional semifinal game against state-ranked Grandville, Grand Haven softball coach John Hall just wanted his young team...
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Whitecaps win second straight over Lansing behind another solid Spencer Torkelson offensive night
LocalSportsJournal.com
The West Michigan Whitecaps won their second straight game over Lansing, winning 9-4 on Friday night.
After falling behind 3-0, Dillon Dingler hit a RBI groundout...
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Clippers’ winning streak comes to a halt with a painful 15-5 loss at home to the Michigan Monarchs
By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Of course all winning streaks must come to an end.
But it sure will be nice when the Muskegon Clippers, unbeaten...
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Hope Johnson, Natalie Pannucci each score hat tricks as Norse girls soccer team rolls to a Division 4 regional championship
LocalSportsJournal.com
Nobody has slowed down the North Muskegon girls soccer team lately, and now we know for sure that Kalamazoo Christian, the team that beat the...
