Area News
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Dozens of area athletes perform well at regionals, qualify for track and field state finals
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A total of 29 individual area athletes, as well as four relay teams, won championships at regional track and field meets at various locations on...
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Whitecaps blow two different four run leads in fourth straight home loss to Great Lakes
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The West Michigan Whitecaps fell for their fourth straight game on Sunday with a 11-9 home loss to Great Lakes.
In the first inning, the Whitecaps...
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Whitecaps offense held to two hits in third straight loss to Great Lakes
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The West Michigan Whitecaps were held to only two hits on Saturday night in a 7-1 home loss to the Great Lakes Loons.
Great Lakes took...
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Whitecaps fall 4-3 on Friday night to division leading Great Lakes
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The West Michigan Whitecaps fell 4-3 to Great Lakes on Friday night in the third game of a five game home series.
The Whitecaps took a...
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Orchard View softball team wins two against WMC/MCC, stays perfect in league
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The Orchard View girls softball team remained unbeaten in Lakes 8 Conference play with a 17-6 and 12-0 doubleheader sweep over the WMC/MCC co-op squad...
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Friday prep baseball roundup: WMC and Reeths-Puffer collect walk-off victories
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The Western Michigan Christian baseball team rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to steal a 4-3 victory over Shelby on...
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Friday soccer roundup: Whitehall advances to conference title game against NM
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The Whitehall girls soccer team downed Ravenna 5-1 on Friday in a West Michigan Conference Tournament semifinal game.
Rileigh Thommen led the Vikings with two goals...
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North Muskegon girls tennis team runs away with Division 4 regional championship
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The North Muskegon girls tennis team won a Division 4 regional championship on Friday at Grand Rapids South Christian High School.
The Norse finished with 26...
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Ironmen opponent cancels, so team will play a traditional outdoor team on Saturday night
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MUSKEGON – The West Michigan Ironmen have run into another scheduling snafu, once again through no fault of their own.
That means their scheduled home game...
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Thursday baseball roundup: Fruitport scores 17 runs in league victory over Muskegon
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The Fruitport baseball team cruised to a 17-2 win over Muskegon on Thursday in an O-K Black Conference contest.
The Trojan’s pitcher Landen Fielstra went the...
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Thursday girls soccer roundup: Iris Herald’s five goals leads R-P over Muskegon, 10-0
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Iris Herald’s five goals propelled the Reeths-Puffer girls soccer team to a 10-0 O-K
Black Conference win over Muskegon on Thursday.Morgan Szost, Kendall Jones, McKenna...
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Thursday softball roundup: Fruitport takes two games against Mona Shores in twin bill
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The Fruitport softball team swept Mona Shores in an O-K Black Conference doubleheader 7-4 in both games on Thursday.
Jenna Springstead’s three-run home run was the...
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How do you do better than All-State? Fruitport hurdler Ethan Flores wants to find out
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comFRUITPORT – He may have been an All-Stater in 2018, but that isn’t quite enough for Fruitport junior Ethan Flores.
He finished seventh...
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Whitecaps surrender walk-off, lose third straight with 7-6 loss at Lansing
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The West Michigan Whitecaps lost their third straight and ultimately were swept in a series...
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Wednesday softball roundup: Spring Lake continues impressive season with blowout win
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The Spring Lake softball team used yet another dominating performance on Wednesday to defeat Grand Rapids Catholic Central 20-1.
With the win, Spring Lake improves to...
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Wednesday soccer roundup: Ravenna, Muskegon Catholic and Ludington all win
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The Ravenna girls soccer team defeated Shelby 1-0 on Wednesday in the first round of the West Michigan Conference tournament.
Alexys Shimmel had the lone goal...
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Kendall Jones nets two goal on Tuesday as Reeths-Puffer defeats Fruitport
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The Reeths-Puffer girls soccer team topped Fruitport 4-2 on Tuesday in an OK-Black conference matchup.
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Kayla Fessenden collects 13 strikeouts on Tuesday as Oakridge wins big
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Kayla Fessenden threw a no-hitter in game one for the Eagles on Tuesday as the Eagles defeated North Muskegon 10-0 and 15-6.
Fessenden also racked up...
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Tuesday baseball roundup continued: Oakridge and Reeths-Puffer both victorious
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The Oakridge baseball team swept North Muskegon on Tuesday in a doubleheader, winning 7-0 and 12-2.
In Game 1, Koleman Wall picked up the win, striking...
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Mona Shores baseball team splits with Jenison, setting up a showdown on Thursday
By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comJENISON – The games the Mona Shores baseball team played in on Tuesday were the type that often determine postseason championships –...
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