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Lumberjacks emerge from week-long break with a 4-0 win in Clark Cup playoff opener
By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Sometimes a layoff can hurt a playoff hockey team, causing some sluggishness for a game or two.
The Muskegon Lumberjacks sat...
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Ironmen finally get a quality opponent, lose a heartbreaker to West Virginia 33-28
By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – After winning their first two games by a combined score of 163-6, the West Michigan Ironmen were...
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Lumberjacks begin playoffs determined to prove their great regular season was no fluke
By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Winning championships is all about timing.
It’s not the team playing well at the beginning of the season,...
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Oakridge basketball, baseball standout TJ Ruel ready to soar in final varsity season
By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comEGELSTON TOWNSHIP – In a day and age where more and more athletes are specializing in one sport at the high school...
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Ironmen season schedule revamped after the Chicago Aztecs fail to materialize
By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – West Michigan Ironmen fans might have wondered what happened to the team’s scheduled road game this weekend against the Chicago...
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Lumberjacks primed for playoffs after a meaningless loss in final regular season game
By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – For any Muskegon Lumberjacks fans who were alarmed by Saturday night’s 8-1 loss to the Chicago Steel...
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Holton softball team rallies past Hesperia in Game 1; completes sweep in nightcap
By Noah Genson
LocalSportsJournal.comHOLTON – Like most years, the Holton softball team is one of the best in the area, and perhaps the state.
The state...
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Friday soccer roundup: Mueller, Grevel each score three in North Muskegon’s big win
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Sophia Mueller and Abby Grevel each scored three goals in the North Muskegon girls soccer team’s 10-0 victory over Montague on Friday in West Michigan...
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Mona Shores, Spring Lake battle to a 1-1 girls soccer tie in the April rain and snow
By Dave Tomczak
LocalSportsJournal.comSPRING LAKE – The Mona Shores and Spring Lake girls soccer teams faced off Wednesday, in a game between two local powers...
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Oakridge bats come to life in a 10-3, 12-1 baseball doubleheader sweep of Whitehall
By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comWHITEHALL – Oakridge senior Jaxon Fri didn’t have to think long when asked what would be the key for the Eagles baseball team...
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Whitecaps score just enough to win their home opener, break into the victory column
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comCOMSTOCK PARK – For one inning on Saturday, the West Michigan Whitecaps’ offense woke up.
And that provided all the necessary runs in...
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Whitecaps primed for opener, hoping to extend playoff streak to six straight seasons
By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comCOMSTOCK PARK – When the West Michigan Whitecaps open up their 2019 Midwest League regular season on Thursday in South Bend at...
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Ironmen open their league season with another convincing victory, 68-6 over Indianapolis
By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – In pass-happy arena football, it’s essential for a team to have a calm quarterback with a strong,...
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Lumberjacks blow a two-goal lead in a disastrous third period, fall 5-3 to Waterloo
By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – For two periods on Friday night, it looked like the Muskegon Lumberjacks were well on their way...
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Ironmen linebacker Derek VandenBosch: A local guy who loves to play for Muskegon fans
By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Three weeks ago, when the West Michigan Ironmen played their first game of the season, Derek VandenBosch was introduced as...
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Lumberjacks, city of Muskegon agree on a lease to keep the team at L.C. Walker Arena
By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The city of Muskegon has provided impressive new renovations to the L.C. Walker Arena, to make it more comfortable and...
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Afanasyev’s shootout goal gives Lumberjacks a 4-3 win over Lincoln, ends two-game losing streak
By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Conventional wisdom says the first-place Muskegon Lumberjacks should never have to fight so hard for a victory...
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Lumberjacks’ cold streak continues with an ugly 5-1 home loss to Youngstown Phantoms
By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Most teams go through rough stretches over the course of a long season.
And after the great start...
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Big Reds’ amazing comeback falls just short in a 54-50 loss in D1 state semifinals
By Steve Gunn and Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND RAPIDS – There are different ways to look at the Muskegon girls basketball team’s exciting and heartbreaking loss...
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LSJ Magazine: Mark Hughes remembers March Madness in Michigan
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March madness is here and that mean’s the LSJ’s March magazine is well timed to hit the streets.
This time of year makes former Reeths-Puffer...
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