All posts by Jason Goorman
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WMC girls basketball roundup: N. Muskegon outlasts Mason County Central
LocalSportsJournal.com
The North Muskegon girls basketball team won its West Michigan Conference opener over Mason County Central Friday night by a 45-42 margin.
The Spartans led 36-31...
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Risers opening winter season on Saturday with more knowledge of indoor game
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Risers are becoming more familiar with the indoor soccer game, and when they take the field on Saturday...
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Special state championship edition magazine featuring a Mona Shores football at area news stands today!
LocalSportsJournal.com
The Mona Shores Sailors, led by an amazing performance by backup quarterback Brady Rose, stunned everyone by capturing a Division 2 state championship with a...
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Reeths-Puffer hockey team’s winning streak ends in a 6-1 loss to Byron Center
By Alex Plough
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Bad bounces and turnovers in its own zone plagued the Reeths-Puffer hockey team Wednesday night against visiting Byron Center, resulting...
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Lumberjacks love what they see from new forward Cameron Berg so far
By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks recently completed two trades to help get the team back on track after going through a rough...
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Girls basketball roundup: Montague opens season with close win over Fremont
LocalSportsJournal.com
The Montague girls basketball team won a close season opener 48-45 against Fremont on Tuesday night.
The Wildcats sealed the contest by making their free throws...
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WMC girls use their height advantage to down Fruitport Calvary 50-29 in season opener
By Noah Genson
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – Depth is frequently an issue for small school basketball teams, and that’s definitely the case for the Western Michigan...
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Lumberjacks grab 3 of 4 points in weekend split with Chicago, fall in OT at home
By Jason Goorman
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Call the Muskegon Lumberjacks streaky if you like – and that seems to be the case so far this season...
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Big Reds fall short in title game yet again, lose 30-7 to River Rouge
By Steve Gunn, Dave Hart and Mitchell Boatman
LocalSportsJournal.comDETROIT – Detroit’s Ford Field has simply not been a hospitable place for the Muskegon Big Reds.
The...
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Lumberjacks beat first-place Chicago on the road, end four-game losing streak
LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks ended their four-game losing streak on Friday, and it came against the top team in the United States Hockey League.
The Jacks broke...
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Backup QB Rose shines again, leading Mona Shores to first state football championship
By Steve Gunn, Dave Hart and Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comDETROIT – Leading a game-clinching drive in a state championship game is a tough enough assignment for...
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Big Reds determined to make their annual trip to Ford Field a success on Saturday
By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Shane Fairfield has heard it all before.
A few hours after his Muskegon Big Reds edged DeWitt last Saturday to advance...
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Lumberjacks get three goals from the new guys, but still fall 8-6 to Team USA U-17 squad
By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks made two big trades earlier this week, to add some spark to the lineup...
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After dramatic playoff wins, Sailors facing one more huge hurdle in D2 state finals
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – At this point, it almost feels like the Mona Shores football team has a date with destiny.
Of course everyone...
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Lumberjacks trying to right the ship, acquire Rem Pitlick’s brother from Omaha
By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – After Danil Gushchin closed out his amazing four-goal performance to propel the Muskegon Lumberjacks to a 4-3 overtime win on...
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Muskegon Lumberjacks lose 5-2 in Omaha, suffer their third straight loss
LocalSportsJournal.com
Fifteen minutes into the game, it looked like the Muskegon Lumberjacks were on their way to snapping out of their recent funk.
But the Omaha Lancers...
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Rose steps in as QB, leads Mona Shores to a wild 57-56 state semifinal victory
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comOKEMOS – The Mona Shores football team has been resilient all season, and on Saturday the Sailors showed the world just how...
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Montague loses OT heartbreaker in state semifinals on questionable TD call
By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comCLARE – The Montague Wildcats were just a couple of defensive stops away from advancing to the Division 6 state championship game...
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Big Reds pushed hard in state semifinals, but Martinez leads them to a 28-21 victory
By Mitchell Boatman
LocalSportsJournal.comKENTWOOD – It wasn’t as pretty or dominant as most of their wins this year, but the Muskegon Big Reds outlasted a...
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Lumberjacks continue slow November with a 4-1 loss in Omaha
LocalSportsJournal.com
The month of November has not been kind to the Muskegon Lumberjacks.
After starting the month with an amazing comeback overtime win against Waterloo, the Lumberjacks...
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