May 19, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Montague baseball team overcame a one-run deficit by scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth en route to a 6-5 victory over North Muskegon Monday in West Michigan Conference action. The Wildcats (8-15, 3-7) trailed 5-4 in the sixth when Abram... READ MORE
May 19, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores girls tennis team wrapped up its season by finishing 8th in a 12-team field at last week's Division 1 regionals at Holland High School. Winning first round matches for the Sailors were Sophie Gossett (No. 2 singles), Madison Hronek (No. ... READ MORE
May 19, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Western Michigan Christian girls soccer team showed off its skills against a tough opponent Monday, downing Holland Black River 3-1. Both WMC and Black River are highly ranked in the state. WMC improved to 13-1-1 on the season. Alyssa Benedict op... READ MORE
May 18, 2014 Local Sports Journal Pitcher Rachel Younts showed off her stamina Saturday, tossing 18 innings to lead the Holton softball team to the championship of the Titan Invitational at Traverse City West High school. The Red Devils downed Reed City 9-0, Spring Lake 3-2 and Travers... READ MORE
May 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Grand Haven softball team defeated Whitehall, Ludington, and Montague on Saturday to win the 2014 White Lake Invitational. In the championship game, the Buccaneers overcame a 2-1 deficit with a three-run homer by Kaylee Hartwell in the second inning... READ MORE
May 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal Brody Vanderlinde gave up a run in the first inning then blanked Zeeland East the rest of the way, leading the Reeths-Puffer baseball team to a 2-1 victory over Zeeland East Friday in O-K Black Conference action. The Rockets did not give up the l... READ MORE
May 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Hesperia softball team rallied from an early nine-run deficit and outlasted Shelby 22-20 Saturday in the finals of the Oceana County Tournament. Shelby led 13-4 after three innings before Hesperia exploded for seven runs in the fourth inning, nine i... READ MORE
May 16, 2014 Local Sports Journal Oakridge scored a pair of first-half goals as they beat Ludington 3-1 on Friday. Emily Jacoutot scored a pair of first-half goals for the Eagles. Shelbe Wilde scored a minute into the second half for Eagles. Oakridge outshot Ludingtono 4... READ MORE
May 16, 2014 Reeths-Puffer 2, Zeeland East 1: Brody VanderLine scattered six hits in seven innings to pick up the win. R-P scored single runs in the third and fourth innings. Joe Champoux had four hits for R-P and Trevor Mosher had a pair of hits.... READ MORE
May 16, 2014 Local Sports Journal Three straight singles in the seventh inning helped Fruitport to a 9-8 win in the nightcap and earn a Lakes 8 doubleheader sweep of Fremont on Friday. Lindsey Helsen’s single plated the winning run for the Trojans. “We were struggling and she mad... READ MORE
May 16, 2014 Kent City 10, Kelloggsville 0: Randy Thompson tossed a two-hitter with seven strikeouts to lead the Eagles. Jake Krueger was 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Luke Scheuneman was 2-for-4 with two runs batted in. Ben Cebelak also knocked in a pair of runs for Kent City.... READ MORE
May 15, 2014 Local Sports Journal Matt Iacopelli impressed everyone in Muskegon with his dazzling offensive skills last season. Apparently the rest of the United States Hockey League noticed, as well. Iacopelli, a forward for the Muskegon Lumberjacks, has been named to the first tea... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 By Local Sports Journal SHELBY - The Whitehall Vikings and Mason County Central Spartans slugged away at each other Tuesday, but it was Whitehall which came away as the boys' track champions in the West Michigan Conference league meet. Whitehall turned back Mason Central... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal Muskegon Community College golfer Oliver Shepardson advanced to the National Junior College Athletic Association national finals after finishing seventh place Tuesday in the regional tournament. Shepardson shot an 80 to wrap up a final score of 226... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores girls tennis team fell to Ludington 5-3 in a nonconference match on Tuesday. Sophie Gossett and Madison Hronek won their singles matches for the Sailors while Maddie Myhre and Marissa Duff were the lone doubles winners for Mona Shores.... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal The West Michigan Christian girls soccer team jumped all over Grand Rapids Prep 8-0 in River Valley Conference action Tuesday. Lauren Myers, Taylor Denison, Mykayla Denison, and Alexys Riksen each had two goals to lead the Warriors to the victory. ... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores softball team was dominant Tuesday, claiming decisive 16-0 and 15-0 victories over Muskegon in O-K Black Conference action. Pitcher Desi Parker got the win in both games for the Sailors, striking out a total of six. Saddie Vela had three... READ MORE
May 13, 2014 Local Sports Journal Trevor Mosher pitched a complete game shutout and knocked in the winning run in the fifth inning, giving Reeths-Puffer a 3-0 victory Tuesday over Zeeland East in the first game of an O-K Black Conference doubleheader. Mosher scattered three hits while s... READ MORE
May 13, 2014 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON -- Two local players, Kyle Kurant and Andrew Ruthkoski, both found ways to advance Monday in one of 111 Local Qualifying golf tournaments for the 114th U.S. Open golf tournament. Kurant, 49, a Mona Shores High Scho... READ MORE
May 12, 2014 Local Sports Journal Muskegon Community College is in fourth place after two rounds of the NJCAA Regional Golf Tournament. MCC has a two-round score of 608 and trails leader Owens Community College out of Ohio by 26 strokes. Oliver Shepardson of MCC is tied for fourth ov... READ MORE