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Winston scores 40, Muskegon girls beat Jenison and clinch O-K Black championship
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comJENISON – Alyza Winston picked the right night to have the performance of her career.
Her Muskegon girls basketball team traveled to Jenison...
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Ravenna, Mona Shores win GMAA bowling titles; Zwart and Major take individual honors
By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – There’s nothing worse than coming close to a championship, then falling just short.
That’s what happened to the Ravenna boys...
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Big Reds get revenge in a big way, overwhelming Reeths-Puffer 63-28 in league showdown
By Dave Tomczak
LocalSportsJournal.comUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – What a difference a month has made for the Muskegon basketball team.
And what a difference Jarvis Walker makes.
The Big...
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Fremont boys capture 13th straight victory with an easy league win over Newaygo
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The Fremont boys basketball team won its 13th straight game on Tuesday with a convincing 78-52 victory over Newaygo in CSAA Gold Division action.
Fremont controlled...
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Grand Haven wrestlers Miller, Rhone extend great seasons with individual district titles
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND HAVEN – The Grand Haven wrestling squad had its share of success this season, before ending with a loss in team...
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Grand Haven boys put up a fight, but fall to first-place Hudsonville 52-44
By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comHUDSONVILLE – Because of their offensive struggles, Grand Haven’s varsity boys basketball team has often needed to scrap, claw and outwork the...
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Reeths-Puffer boys fight off Mona Shores 59-54, gain a big conference victory
By Jason Goorman
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – The Reeths-Puffer-Mona Shores rivalry is not an unfamiliar topic for Rockets boys basketball coach Lance Johnson.
It’s just been an...
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Lumberjacks find the net three times in first period, then hold on for a 4-3 victory
By Dave Tomczak
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Sparked by an early power-play opportunity, the Muskegon Lumberjacks struck quickly Friday, then held on when they had to.
The Jacks scored three...
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Oakridge girls get revenge, plus a big conference win, with a 42-29 victory over Whitehall
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comEGLESTON TOWNSHIP – It’s safe to say that the Oakridge girls basketball team had Friday night circled since Jan. 8, when the...
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Norse boys use a big fourth quarter to pull away from Ravenna in key league clash
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The North Muskegon boys basketball team took a big step in its push for another West Michigan Conference championship with a 57-45 victory over a...
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Reeths-Puffer takes home Division 2 wrestling title, Hart captures Division 4
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The Reeths-Puffer wrestling team took home a Division 2 district title on Wednesday with a 66-18 semifinal victory over Muskegon and a 60-17 victory over...
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Tuesday boys basketball roundup: Muskegon beats GR Union, Shelby grabs second win of the season
LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Big Reds needed a big fourth quarter to cruise past Grand Rapids Union 73-47 on Tuesday night in an O-K Black boys basketball...
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Victory snatched away from Muskegon Risers, fall to rival Detroit Waza Flo in OT
By Jason Goorman
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Muskegon Risers had a victory shoved into the jaws of defeat against rival Detroit Waza Flo on Saturday night.
Despite...
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Grand Haven girls improve to 12-0 with a 55-25 win over Zeeland West at the Pit
By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND HAVEN – Even playing in a gym that the community considers an old treasure for watching high school basketball, the Grand Haven...
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Lumberjacks snap out of slump with a 5-4 road victory over Sioux City
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The Muskegon Lumberjacks were certainly determined to get back on the right track, after being swept in a pair of games last weekend at home.
They...
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Some basketball games still on for Friday night, Grand Haven set to host Zeeland West in the Pirate’s Pit
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Thanks to the polar vortex of 2019, area athletes have missed quite a few days of school and practice.
Many area high schools are on their...
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WMC’s Sytsema pushes through pain, shoots underhand free throws, to help her team keep winning
By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – If this wasn’t her final season, or if Western Michigan Christian’s girls basketball team was having a disappointing winter,...
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Lumberjacks’ offense is quiet again, and they lose their second home game in two nights
By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The power outage continued at L.C. Walker Arena on Saturday night.
It had nothing to do with electricity...
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Jacks slumber on offense, fall 1-0 to Fargo Force in an overtime shootout contest
By Dave Tomczak
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The West Michigan weather wasn’t the only thing cold on Friday night.
The Muskegon Lumberjacks struggled in front of 2,755 home...
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Luke Anhalt returns triumphantly to the court, just 43 days after near tragedy
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comFRUITPORT – If you didn’t know the story of Luke Anhalt before Friday night, you’d have thought he was one of the...
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