May 28, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - Winning division titles requires a lot of skill - and sometime a bit of luck. And luck was definitely on the side of the West Michigan Whitecaps on Friday night. The Whitecaps overcame a one-run deficit in the nin... READ MORE
May 26, 2016 By Andrew Johnson and Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon High School football team will be one of 14 high school squads opening their 2016 season at Michigan Stadium. The Big Reds will play Ann Arbor Pioneer on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. in a battle of the two... READ MORE
May 26, 2016 By Jason Goorman and Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The West Michigan Ironmen were all set for the big game, a Saturday night showdown on the road against the Chicago Blitz, with the American Indoor Football Northern Division championship on the line. But yest... READ MORE
May 26, 2016 By Adam Knorr LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - After suffering three straight losses on the road to start the season, the Muskegon Risers will finally get a chance to play for their home fans with a game against CKS Warta on Saturday at 6 p.m. The Risers, who currently pl... READ MORE
May 25, 2016 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT - In the fall Greg Vargas and Butch Grimm are super-focused and intense, because that’s what it takes to coach varsity football. In the spring they turn that intensity down seven or eight notches, because they’re not coach... READ MORE
May 25, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Catholic baseball team rallied from a six-run deficit to beat Fruitport 7-6 on Tuesday in the second game of a doubleheader. The victory gave the Crusaders their second consecutive Lakes 8 Conference championship. MCC finished its conf... READ MORE
May 25, 2016 By Justin Haggerty LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – It's been so long since the Spring Lake girls soccer team has given up a goal, even the Lakers’ coach, Jeremy Thelen, isn’t sure when it was. Regardless of its length, the streak continued on Tuesday when the Laker... READ MORE
May 24, 2016 By Mitchell Boatman LocalSportsJournal.com EGELSTON TOWNSHIP - The Oakridge girls softball team is more than just great. It’s also a very interesting team, for a lot of different reasons. The Eagles opened the season in spectacular fashion, winning 26 straight games b... READ MORE
May 24, 2016 By Jacob Arvidson LocalSportsJournal.com Numerous Muskegon-area athletes qualified for the Michigan High School Athletic Association state track and field state finals over the weekend, but six performances stood above the rest Six athletes reached the MHSAA track and fie... READ MORE
May 23, 2016 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - Sometimes birthday parties are a little late. But that doesn’t mean they lose their luster. The first game at Muskegon’s historic Marsh Field was played on May 4, 1916 between the old Muskegon Reds, a minor league prof... READ MORE
May 23, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com A team has to be good from top to bottom to win a regional tennis championship. That describes the North Muskegon girls tennis team. The Norse were dominant in last week’s Division 4 regional tournament at Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian, winn... READ MORE
May 23, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The No. 4 ranked (Div. 4) Spring Lake softball team faced one of its biggest challenges of the season at the Michigan Blue Chip Tournament at Byron Center on Saturday. The Lakers faced three skilled opponents and walked away with a 1-2 record on the... READ MORE
May 22, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps are creeping up on first place in the Midwest League’s Eastern Division standings, following Sunday’s 2-1 victory over the Fort Wayne Tincaps at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Whitecaps are now 22-18, good f... READ MORE
May 22, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Oakridge softball team got its first taste of defeat this season, dropping a 4-0 decision to Clinton on Saturday at the Michigan Blue Chip softball tournament in Byron Center. The Eagles, 27-2, followed up with an 8-1 win over Livonia Churchill... READ MORE
May 22, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Risers lost an early lead and ended up losing 4-1 on the road to Oakland County FC on Saturday. Paris Martins gave Muskegon a 1-0 lead with a goal early in the game. Muskegon's Adam Clauss started the play by sending a well-placed th... READ MORE
May 22, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Reeths-Puffer captured its first ever postseason tournament lacrosse victory on Friday, a 9-8 win over Holland Christian. Connor Weessies gave Reeths-Puffer a 9-7 lead with just 24 seconds left and that goal proved to be key. Holland Christian's L... READ MORE
May 21, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Mona Shores defeated visiting Fruitport 1-0 in a hard fought nonconference girls soccer game on Saturday afternoon. The contest was deadlocked late into the second half before the Sailors’ Sarah Mikesell found a sliver of space and found the back o... READ MORE
May 21, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps used great defense, timely hitting, and the services of Detroit Tigers pitcher Shane Greene in their 3-1 win over the host Fort Wayne TinCaps Friday at Parkview Field. Greene, who was on a minor league rehab assignment wit... READ MORE
May 20, 2016 By Jacob Arvidson LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT - The reaction from competitors always comes just moments after Fruitport’s discus star, Nick Kramer, releases his first warm-up throw. They realize, quite gloomily, that their best throws are at least 20 feet short of h... READ MORE
May 19, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - Derek Hill was a welcome sight at the top of the West Michigan Whitecaps' lineup on Thursday afternoon. Hill, the Detroit Tigers’ 2014 first-round draft pick, has been out of action since May 7, when he collided ... READ MORE