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After being shut out in Game 1, the Reeths-Puffer softball team slugs its way to an 11-4 victory over Mona Shores
Posted on 04/21/2021By Adam Trombley
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TWP. – There was little evidence of it in Game 1, but the young Reeths-Puffer softball team can definitely hit.
The Rockets...
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West Michigan Ironmen return to action with an impressive 57-0 thrashing of the Chicago Power in season opener
Posted on 04/18/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Alex Carder obviously hasn’t lost his touch.
Carder, the West Michigan Ironmen’s star quarterback for the first four...
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West Michigan Ironmen ready to start fresh, hosting Chicago on Saturday in season opener with Carder under center
Posted on 04/16/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The 2020 season started and ended with disappointment for the West Michigan Ironmen – all within a...
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Mona Shores girls soccer team improves to 3-1 with an impressive 5-0 shutout victory over Reeths-Puffer
Posted on 04/16/2021By Aaron Poling
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP — Every spring sports high school team has challenges this season, because they haven’t played in two years,and a high...
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Oakridge baseball team sweeps Whitehall in a league doubleheader, still looks strong after missing the 2020 season
Posted on 04/15/2021By Adam Trombley
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The last time the Oakridge baseball team took the field prior to this season was in the state semifinals two...
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Fruitport softball team improves to 4-0 on the season with two come-from-behind victories over GR West Catholic
Posted on 04/14/2021By Jason Millis
LocalSportsJournal.comFRUITPORT – The Fruitport softball team is luckier than a lot of spring teams that missed out on the 2020 season.
The Trojans...
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Lumberjacks upset at home by lowly Dubuque, fall four points behind Chicago in conference championship race
Posted on 04/11/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – From this point on, every game is pretty important for the Muskegon Lumberjacks, and losses to lesser...
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Skorpik leads Lumberjacks to their first shutout victory in more than two years, a 3-0 win over Dubuque Fighting Saints
Posted on 04/10/2021By Dave Hart
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MUSKEGON – It had been a very long time since the Muskegon Lumberjacks had posted a shutout victory.The Lumberjacks last...
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Kent City girls fight back hard in the fourth quarter, come up just two points short in their bid for a state championship
Posted on 04/9/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comEAST LANSING – After three years of falling short in the state tournament, the talented Kent City girls basketball team was really...
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Lumberjacks beat Dubuque 5-1, clinch a playoff spot, and pull within two points of Chicago in the race for first place
Posted on 04/8/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks officially qualified for the USHL playoffs with a 5-1 home ice victory over Dubuque...
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Coach Hamilton has high-flying Lumberjacks primed to accomplish big things, headed into final home weekend
Posted on 04/7/2021By Steve Gunn
Loca;lSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – It’s been a pretty amazing week for Muskegon Lumberjacks Coach Mike Hamilton.
Last Friday, he became the all-time winningest coach in...
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Kent City girls overcome a shaky first quarter to beat Calumet 59-53 and advance to Friday’s state championship game
Posted on 04/7/2021By Steve Gunn and Aaron McClorey
LocalSportsJournal.comEAST LANSING – Now we know how the Kent City girls basketball team reacts when faced with a close...
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Talented and determined Kent City girls basketball team prepared for its final push toward a Division 3 state championship
Posted on 04/6/2021By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comKENT CITY – It starred out with a juvenile “Fab Four,” so to speak, and Coach Scott Carlson was aware of the...
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Kent City girls basketball team throttles Schoolcraft 52-19 in Division 3 quarterfinals, moves on to the state Final Four
Posted on 04/5/2021By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comPORTAGE – The Kent City girls basketball team has been really good for several years now, but the Eagles are soaring to...
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Lumberjacks beat elite Team USA Under-18s yet again, Mike Hamilton becomes Muskegon’s all-time winningest coach
Posted on 04/2/2021By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks had a few exciting things to celebrate after Friday night’s home victory.
The streaking Jacks...
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North Muskegon’s fun ‘Cinderella’ run ends with a big loss to Grand Rapids Covenant Christian in Division 3 regional final
Posted on 04/1/2021By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comFENNVILLE – The North Muskegon boys basketball had a fun “Cinderella” type of run in the state tournament, but it came to...
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Kent City girls crush Covenant Christian 69-23 in the Division 3 regional finals, move on to state quarterfinals on Monday
Posted on 03/31/2021By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comGRANDVILLE – The state tournament is supposed to get more difficult as teams advance through the brackets, but someone forgot to tell...
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Grand Haven boys play tough, but fall to powerful Forest Hills Northern 61-57 in Division 1 regional semifinal contest
Posted on 03/31/2021By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – The Grand Haven boys basketball team had not played a regional game since 2012, but the Bucs certainly didn’t...
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Whitehall wrestling squad advances to the state title match for the first time in history, before falling to powerful Dundee
Posted on 03/31/2021By Steve Gunn and Aaron Poling
LocalSportsJournal.comKALAMAZOO – The Whitehall wrestling team may not be any closer to beating Dundee – and that’s true for...
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McManus brothers lead suddenly-hot Norse boys to a 63-60 regional win over Ithaca and a spot in the regional finals
Posted on 03/31/2021By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comFENNVILLE – The North Muskegon boys basketball team took the phrase “survive and advance” literally on Tuesday night in its 63-60 Division...
