All posts by Jason Goorman
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Grand Haven shoots the lights out in a 73-56 win over Reeths-Puffer in boys districts
By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND HAVEN – All coaches hope that their team is playing its best basketball when tournament time rolls around.
It’s a dream scenario...
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Undefeated Ravenna rolls into the Division 3 districts with a 59-41 victory over the Norse
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comRAVENNA – The Ravenna boys basketball team made school history last week by completing a 20-0 regular season.
But that means nothing now...
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Monday boys hoops district roundup: Spring Lake opens postseason with D2 win over OV
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The Spring Lake boys basketball team opened Division 2 district play with a 62-48 win over Orchard View on Monday.
The Lakers wasted no time on...
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R-P’s Emcee Williams and teammates ready to test themselves in tough D1 districts
By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – Four years ago, Emcee Williams got his chance to play varsity basketball at Reeths-Puffer, purely out of necessity.
The previous...
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Who’s playing who, when and where in this week’s boys basketball district tournaments
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The following are matchups, dates, times and sites for this week’s Division 1-4 high school boys basketball district tournaments.
The champion of each district tournament will...
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Berg scores 20th goal, but Lumberjacks fall short, losing 4-3 to Tri-City
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The Muskegon Lumberjacks kept grinding and nearly fought back from a two-goal deficit on Saturday, but ended up falling 4-3 to the Tri-City Storm in...
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Risers show off their offense, improve to 4-1-1, with an 18-5 blasting of Kalamazoo
By Steve Gunn and Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – It’s interesting to imagine what the Muskegon Risers might have accomplished if they had been in a...
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Lauren Ross nets 37 points, leading Reeths-Puffer past Muskegon in D1 district title game
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – It’s unclear how much high school basketball is left in the career of Reeths-Puffer senior Lauren Ross, before she...
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Williams strong in goal, helping Lumberjacks beat Tri-City 4-1 on the road
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The Muskegon Lumberjacks need to finish off the regular season strong if they want to qualify for the Clark Cup playoffs next month.
Good goaltending will...
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WMC girls basketball team downs Saugatuck 59-40, wins Division 3 district championship
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The Western Michigan Christian girls basketball team refers to itself as the “Great 8.”
That’s because only eight girls went out for the varsity squad this...
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Fruitport Calvary girls fight off stubborn MCC, win seventh straight D4 district title
By Mitchell Boatman
LocalSportsJournal.comFRUITPORT TWP. — The Fruitport Calvary Christian girls basketball team has relied on its seniors to carry the load this season.
But when...
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Spring Lake girls hang on to their lead this time, beat Montague and win D2 district title
By Dave Tomczak
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Spring Lake girls basketball players still felt the sting of their first meeting with Montague in December, when they...
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Ironmen pay dearly for mistakes in a 47-37 season opening loss to Music City Fire
By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Arena football is played on a short field as it is – only 50 yards instead of...
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Hart girls basketball squad overcomes slow start, defeats Evart to win D3 district
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The Hart girls basketball squad overcame a rough start and managed to dig deep and defeat Evart 50-38 on Friday to win a Division 3...
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Kent City opens contest strong, holds off Morley-Stanwood to win Div. 3 district
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An early lead ended up giving the Kent City girls basketball team the edge in their District finals game against Morley Stanwood Friday night, defeating...
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Ironmen ready to open their fifth season on Friday with a home game against Music City
By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON -T he West Michigan Ironmen had one stumbling block last season – the West Virginia Roughriders.
The Ironmen finished the regular season...
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Thursday boys hoops roundup: Whitehall finishes regular season with a victory
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The Whitehall boys basketball team ended its regular season with a 44-36 win over Fruitport on Thursday in non-league play.
The Vikings led 8-6 after the...
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Big Reds boys basketball squad ends regular season with four-point win over Kalamazoo Central
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The Big Reds boys basketball team ended the regular season with a close 49-45 victory over Kalamazoo Central on Thursday in non-league action.
Nash Vern paced...
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Fruitport’s Crue Cooper finished second in regionals, and wants to top that at state
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comFRUITPORT – When the Michigan High School Athletic Association individual wrestling state finals begin on Friday at Detroit’s Ford Field, Crue Cooper...
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Reeths-Puffer hockey team rallies past TC West to win Division 1 regional championship
By Alex Plough
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – It’s one thing to lose a hockey game.
It’s quite another to lose on your home ice to close out an...
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