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After an up-and-down season, Lumberjacks say the talent is in place for a big 2020-21
Posted on 03/31/2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks’ 2019-20 season was like an interesting movie with a twisting and turning plot – but no final...
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Joe Buck gives Norton Shores tennis whiz kids Drew and Reid Hackney national exposure
Posted on 03/30/2020By Jason Goorman and Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – At the rate they’re developing, there’s a good chance that Drew and Reid Hackney will get...
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Pro kiteboarder Marc Hoeksema reflects on the comradery of kiteboarding on Lake Michigan
Posted on 03/29/2020By Marc Hoeksema
LocalSportsJournal.comBrothers of the wind we are.
Sounds like something Yoda might say?
There is definitely a feeling of using “the force” when we are...
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Despite crisis, Muskegon’s Tony Ferguson may still get his shot at UFC title
Posted on 03/27/2020By Nich Wolak
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The sports world has come to a halt with the outbreak of COVID-19.
Former Oakridge star Sophia Wiard learned a lot in first season at University of Toledo
Posted on 03/26/2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Every athlete that goes from being a high school star to a college role player has an adjustment period, and...
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Bill Zalba stuck around after Fury playing days, to the benefit of the R-P hockey team
Posted on 03/25/2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Muskegon hosted professional hockey for 50 years, before the last team folded following the 2009-10 season and gave way to...
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MCC Jayhawks men’s basketball team had amazing season, despite premature end
Posted on 03/24/2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Community College men’s basketball team was having a truly historic season, with a 26-4 record, a 21-game winning...
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Sterken led Ravenna to great football and basketball seasons, despite serious hearing impairment
Posted on 03/23/2020By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comRAVENNA — As the family story goes, the significance of Trevor Sterken’s hearing impairment wasn’t truly recognized until his ability to read...
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Hot Grand Haven squad plows past Mona Shores, prepares for Big Reds on Friday
Posted on 03/12/2020By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND HAVEN — Grand Haven did everything it needed to do in the Division 1 district semifinals at Grand Haven High School...
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Ravenna’s perfect season comes to an end with a 47-37 loss to Kent City in D3 semifinals
Posted on 03/11/2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Ravenna boys basketball teams’ perfect season came to a painful end in a 47-37 loss to Kent City on Wednesday in a Division 3...
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Kent City girls lose another tournament heartbreaker to Pewamo Westphalia
Posted on 03/11/2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMORLEY – The Kent City girls basketball program has become a powerhouse over the last three seasons.
But each season has ended a...
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Reeths-Puffer girls shut down by East Grand Rapids 49-35 in D1 regional semifinals
Posted on 03/11/2020By Dave Tomczak
LocalSportsJournal.comHOLLAND – The Reeths-Puffer girls basketball team’s dream season came to a halt in the Division 1 regional semifinals on Tuesday.
Making their...
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Young WMC girls squad bows out of tournament with a loss to Ithaca in regional semis
Posted on 03/11/2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMORLEY – The Western Michigan Christian girls basketball team, talented but young, learned two fundamental lessons on Tuesday about playing good teams...
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R-P’s Hunter McCall fulfilled a lot of dreams by winning a state wrestling title on Saturday
Posted on 03/10/2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – When Hunter McCall won a Division 2 state wrestling championship on Saturday at Detroit’s Ford Field, he accomplished a...
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Big Reds appear to be in postseason form in a 74-44 blasting of Grand Rapids Union
Posted on 03/10/2020By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND HAVEN – Something about the postseason brings out an extra burst of energy for the Muskegon Big Reds.
Not that they were...
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Grand Haven shoots the lights out in a 73-56 win over Reeths-Puffer in boys districts
Posted on 03/10/2020By 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
Posted on 03/9/2020By 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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R-P’s Emcee Williams and teammates ready to test themselves in tough D1 districts
Posted on 03/8/2020By 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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Risers show off their offense, improve to 4-1-1, with an 18-5 blasting of Kalamazoo
Posted on 03/8/2020By 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
Posted on 03/7/2020By 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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