Area News
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Montague breaks open close game with a big second half, beats Clinton 40-14 to claim Division 6 state championship
Posted on 01/22/2021By Andrew Johnson and Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comDETROIT – The Montague football team was dominant all season – an unusually long season, which lasted from September...
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Mona Shores outlasts a stubborn Warren De La Salle 25-19 to capture its second straight Division 2 state championship
Posted on 01/22/2021By Steve Gunn and Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comDETROIT – Early in Friday’s Division 2 state championship game, it looked like Mona Shores might have an easy...
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Cam Berg found his scoring touch after trade to Lumberjacks, now near the top of the league scoring race
Posted on 01/22/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – In the second half of the 2019-20 season, Cameron Berg proved that he could score a lot of goals against...
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Montague football team will try to put finishing touches on a perfect season in Division 6 state finals on Friday
Posted on 01/21/2021By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMONTAGUE – You’ll often hear football teams talk about having a sense of brotherhood and family-like bonds.
For the Montague varsity football team,...
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Mona Shores preparing to defend its Division 2 state championship in third title matchup with Warren De La Salle
Posted on 01/20/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – Back in 2014, Coach Matt Koziak’s Mona Shores Sailors were babes in the woods when it came to the...
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Lumberjacks Notes: Jacks trade big scorer Rhett Pitlick to Tri-City in exchange for forward Nick Portz
Posted on 01/19/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The short Rhett Pitlick era is over in Muskegon.
Pitlick, the talented forward who scored a lot of goals for the...
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Mona Shores hockey team, community mourn the tragic death of a player following a weekend vehicle accident
Posted on 01/19/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
NORTON SHORES – The Mona Shores High School hockey team and Norton Shores community is mourning the tragic loss of senior defenseman Brennan...
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Lumberjacks give up four unanswered goals in the first period, fall to elite Team USA Under-18 squad 7-3
Posted on 01/18/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
A bad first period doomed the Muskegon Lumberjacks on Monday in a 7-3 loss to the elite Team USA Under-18 squad at the USA Hockey...
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Muskegon Big Reds’ hopes for a fifth straight appearance in the state football finals dashed in a 14-0 loss to DeWitt
Posted on 01/16/2021By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comLANSING – The Muskegon football team was 12-0 in state semifinal football games before losing 14-0 to DeWitt on Saturday in the...
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The monkey is off Montague’s back: Wildcats avenge last year’s state semifinal loss with a 49-14 thrashing of Grayling
Posted on 01/16/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMONTAGUE – There were probably a few Montague fans who were a little worried in the early going on Saturday, when their...
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Mona Shores storms back from halftime deficit, beats Traverse City Central to advance to the Division 2 state finals
Posted on 01/16/2021By Mitchell Boatman
Lumberjacks kill off a slew of penalties, then rise up in the third period to beat Green Bay Gamblers 4-1
Posted on 01/15/2021By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks had to defeat the referees before they could beat Green Bay on Friday night.
The Lumberjacks killed off...
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After a string of nail-biting playoff wins, Mona Shores is ready for anything in Saturday’s semifinal against TC Central
Posted on 01/15/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – Maybe, in some ways, it’s good that the Mona Shores football team had a long break during its state...
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After tasting a rare regular season defeat, Big Reds are refocused on state title goal, ready for DeWitt in semifinals
Posted on 01/15/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – For a team that wins a lot, year after year, the thrill of victory can lose its edge.
And when winning...
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Gushchin scores two second-period goals, pushing the Lumberjacks past last place Youngstown 4-2
Posted on 01/14/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Danil Gushchin picked the right night to rediscover his scoring touch.
The Muskegon Lumberjacks hosted the last-place Youngstown...
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Patience paid off for Muskegon senior Jacarri Kitchen, who waited two seasons for the chance to show off his talent
Posted on 01/14/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMU8KEGON – Not too many talented high school running backs have to spend two seasons mostly on the bench, waiting for their...
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Lumberjacks fail to win second straight in comeback fashion, fall to Green Bay 4-2
Posted on 01/9/2021LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks looked to score another comeback victory on Saturday a day after erasing a three-goal deficit.
The Lumberjacks entered the final period trailing by...
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DeKuiper’s dramatic field goal as time runs out gives Mona Shores a 24-21 regional win and a berth in state semifinals
Posted on 01/9/2021By Mitchell Boatman
But with a third-consecutive berth...
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Montague plows past Montrose 41-16 in regional final, ready to avenge last year’s heartbreaking loss in state semifinals
Posted on 01/9/2021By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMONTAGUE – It didn’t take long to see that the Montague football team was still very determined to return to the state...
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Big Reds look great after long layoff, beat East Grand Rapids 24-0 to claim fifth straight regional championship
Posted on 01/9/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Muskegon football coach Shane Fairfield never dreamed he would be standing on the turf at Hackley Stadium in the bitter...
