Oct 03, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fruitport volleyball team lost to Grandville 2-1 on Saturday in the finals of the Byron Center Invitational. The Trojans ended the day with a 4-1 record, defeating Grand Rapids West Catholic, Grand Rapids Covenant Christian and Grant 2-0. They th... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com A year after only winning one game last year, the Hesperia Panthers have officially qualified for the state football playoffs. The undefeated Panthers qualified with an exclamation point, beating White Cloud 61-14 on Saturday on a Central State Activi... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores volleyball team won two of its four matches on Saturday in the East Grand Rapids Invitational. The Sailors lost to Rockford and Lakewood 2-0, before defeating Traverse City West and Schoolcraft 2-0 in their final two matches. Grace... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Haven played to a scoreless tie with Portage Central, the seventh-ranked team in the state, in non-league soccer action on Saturday. Garrison Mast and Max Anthes combined for the shutout in goal for Grand haven. The Bucs got strong defensive ... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grand Haven Buccaneers swept Grandville 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-19) in O-K Red Conference play on Thursday. Emily Lachmann led Grand Haven with 14 kills while Katie Cole added 33 assists. Grand Haven is now 30-4-0 on the season.... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Orchard View football team defeated Ludington 33-13 on Friday night in a Lakes 8 game. The Cardinals are now 2-4 on the season a 2-2 in conference play. Ben Rodriguez opened the scoring with a 27-yard field goal to give Orchard View 3-0 lead w... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague Wildcats scored 14 unanswered fourth quarter points on Friday night to edge out the North Muskegon Norsemen 27-26 in a Western Michigan Conference football game. After entering the fourth quarter down 26-13, Wildcats' quarterback Jacob ... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 LocalSportsJornal.com Spencer Knizacky tossed three touchdown passes to lead Mason County Central to a 39-6 non-conference football win over Manistee on Friday night. Knizacky connected on TD passes of 34 yards to Dylan Hearns and six and 24 yards to Ryan Mount. Cody So... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES – For a while it looked like Friday’s Mona Shores-Reeths-Puffer game might be a flashback to a few years ago, when the contest between the cross-town rivals was pretty competitive. The Sailors, who came into the game h... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 LcoalSportsJornal.com The Ravenna Bulldogs overpowered the Shelby Tigers 45-7 on Friday night in Western Michigan Conference action. Nick Castenholz started the scoring with a 27-yard touchdown pass to Alex Jawor in the first quarter. Seth Morgan found the end zone with ... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 By Adam Knorr LocalSportsJournal.com The Zeeland East Chix came in to Hackley Stadium with notions of pulling off an OK-Black conference upset against the Muskegon Big Reds on Friday evening. And for a moment it looked like they might take an early lead. But then realit... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Shelby Tigers were able to hold off the Grant Tigers 2-1 in non-league soccer action on Thursday. In the first half, Darwin Rameriz scored off an assist from Danny Beckman only four minutes into the game. The Tigers tied the game 1-1 in the sec... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mason County Central soccer team tied 2-2 with Manistee on Thursday in non-league soccer. Cody Newman scored both of the Spartan goals. Joseph Slivka had two assists for MCC. Mason County Central is now 2-9-2 on the year.... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - Under normal circumstances Matej Paulovic may have been starting his college hockey career this fall. That’s the usual progression for players who have spent their teen development years in the United States Hockey League.... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Big Reds beat Kenowa Hills 2-0 on Thursday night in a OK Black Conference game on Thursday night. Both Angelo Hernandez-Sias and Angel Demetrio Lopez led Muskegon with a goal and an assist each. Goalkeeper Scott Villanueva stopped al... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Hart Pirates beat Reed City 3-1 on Thursday in a nonconference game. Austin Vanderlaan scored the first two goals of the day for the Pirates, while Logan Wells scored the third goal. John Guadarrama picked up an assist for the Pirates.... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2015 By Justin Haggerty LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – In their first meeting of the season, the Muskegon Catholic boys soccer team beat Orchard View by four goals. In the two weeks since that encounter, the Cardinals have made significant strides and entered Thursday nigh... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2015 By Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com As hard is it is to believe, it’s already October, and the annual high school football playoff picture is starting to take shape again. Three local undefeated teams - Mona Shores, Hesperia and Montague - could become the first to ... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores Sailors defeated the host Muskegon Big Reds in straight sets, 25-12, 25-11, 25-11 in a OK Black Conference volleyball match Thursday evening. Mona Shores was led by Ryleigh Wehler with eight aces and two kills. Ann Veenstra had... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores Sailors beat Zeeland East 1-0 on Thursday in a OK Black Conference game. Kevin Quigg scored the lone goal of the game on an assist from Bryce Stone. Mona Shores goalkeeper Tyler LeMense picked up the shutout victory for the Sailors ... READ MORE