Dec 01, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com High School basketball has returned! The 2021-22 girls basketball season kicked off on Tuesday night and area fans were thrilled to be back in the stands. Here are your headlines from Tuesday night's girls basketball matchups: Kent City girl... READ MORE
Dec 01, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Kent City girls basketball picked up right from where it left off after last season's Division 3 state finals appearance. The Eagles travelled to Muskegon to face off against the Big Reds in Tuesday's season opener and walked away with a 41-30 win. ... READ MORE
Dec 01, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Mona Shores defense stepped up in its 54-31 girls basketball win over visiting Forest Hills Eastern in its season opener on Tuesday. The Sailors held Eastern to just 16 total points after taking a 16-15 first-quarter lead. Mona Shores sophomore ... READ MORE
Dec 01, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Catholic girls basketball team had few responses for visiting Wyoming Potter's House in its 42-16 non-league loss on Tuesday. The Crusaders fell behind 12-3 after the first quarter and trailed 26-7 at half time. MCC was led by Erin ... READ MORE
Nov 30, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com With a strong 29 point fourth-quarter run, the Spring Lake girls basketball team opened their season with a convincing 67-28 rout over the Fremont Packers on Tuesday. Both teams spent the first quarter shaking off the rust as Spring Lake lead 6-0 afte... READ MORE
Nov 28, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Lumberjacks showed Saturday night they have bright spots in their armor, but they also still have a number of holes to work on and clean up. The Lumberjacks responded after a horrendous 7-3 loss to Madison on Friday night, with a 5-4 win... READ MORE
Nov 27, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Trent Benedict hasn't just been hot to start the 2021-22 Mona Shores hockey season. The senior forward has been on fire. Benedict tallied his third-straight hat trick performance on Friday night in the Sailors' 9-1 win over visiting Grand Haven. ... READ MORE
Nov 27, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Lumberjacks have needed a winning streak since they started the 2021 season. Coming into Friday night, the Lumberjacks had finally done just what they needed to do and that was put together a four-game win streak. Unfortunatel... READ MORE
Nov 24, 2021 By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.com Rumor has it there are some high school football games being played this weekend at Ford Field in Detroit. But without any Muskegon-area teams taking part in the festivities, it’s like Christmas without snow, Easter without eggs or the Fo... READ MORE
Nov 24, 2021 By Jim Moyes LocalSportsJournal.com Although the football fortunes at Orchard View have taken a sharp nose-dive in recent seasons, how ironic is it that two former Orchard View grads will battle it out for a state championship this weekend. Although Cardinal fans were ... READ MORE
Nov 22, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The high school hockey season kicked off this past weekend with rivals Mona Shores and Reeths-Puffer facing off. Mona Shores' Trent Benedict proved he was way more than the Rockets could handle, tallying a hat trick and three assists as the Sailors c... READ MORE
Nov 19, 2021 By Jim Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com Winning a volleyball state championship demands consistent effort and some momentum. In front of a great crowd at the Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek on Friday, No. 1. ranked Western Michigan Christian hoped to combine those two... READ MORE
Nov 17, 2021 By Jim Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com Western Michigan Christian girls volleyball wanted to make a statement in Tuesday's Division 3 quarterfinals against a fighting Watervliet team. From the looks of the final score, it did exactly that. The Warriors cruised to a ... READ MORE
Nov 16, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com Columbus – So, what’s it like playing for the highly-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes football team in Columbus? “It’s a dream come true,” said Cameron Martinez, the former Muskegon Big Reds quarterback and current defensive back fo... READ MORE
Nov 13, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com LANSING -- Defending state champion Montague scored first and was feeling pretty good about themselves on Saturday afternoon in its Division 6 regional championship game. But, they didn't score again until Lansing Catholic Central ha... READ MORE
Nov 13, 2021 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders had a front row seat on Friday night. What they saw was a fast, confident, yet loose, football team in the Lawton Blue Devils. Lawton put on a show to remain undefeated with a convincing 41-22 vi... READ MORE
Nov 12, 2021 By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND RAPIDS - The only question for some of the so-called experts was how quickly before Grand Rapids Catholic Central would get to a running clock in Friday’s regional championship game against visiting Oakridge. Only one slight p... READ MORE
Nov 12, 2021 By Jim Moyes LocalSportsJournal.com A recent posting in one of the social medial platforms by former Muskegon grad Brad Young stoked up the fires for the ‘ole announcer’ of that classic battle at Hackley Stadium from 1971. Where in the world has 50 years gone by s... READ MORE
Nov 12, 2021 By Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com Starting on the right foot is not easy to do when trying to win a regional volleyball title. The deeper a team gets into the MHSAA state tournament, the better the competition. Western Michigan Christian did not let a scary o... READ MORE
Nov 11, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague Wildcats and Lansing Catholic Central are both on a mission. The Wildcats are looking to repeat as the Division 6 state football champions. Lansing Catholic was eliminated in the semifinals a year ago and is looking to t... READ MORE