May 03, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake girls soccer team blanked Fruitport 4-0 in a Lakes 8 soccer game on Monday. The Lakers jumped out to a 2-0 lead 10 minutes into the contest on goals by Emily Batts and Laney Peasely. Spring Lake led 2-0 at halftime. The Lakers added to t... READ MORE
May 03, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - The West Michigan Whitecaps’ six-game home stand got off to a bumpy start, to say the least. With two outs in the top of the ninth of Monday’s game against Beloit, Whitecaps right fielder Jose Azocar lost a fly b... READ MORE
May 02, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - Most colleges are in final exam season, so it’s only fitting that the Muskegon Community College baseball team is currently facing its biggest test of the year. The Jayhawks are currently sixth in the Michigan Community... READ MORE
Apr 30, 2016 By Steve Gunn and Justin Haggerty LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - Obviously the West Michigan Ironmen can’t score a touchdown every time they get the ball. It just seemed that way for a while. Last week the Ironmen recorded touchdowns on all 10 of their offensive po... READ MORE
Apr 29, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fremont baseball team picked up a 4-1 Lakes 8 Conference victory over defending state champion Muskegon Catholic on Friday behind a combined one-hitter from Conner Cook and Brandon Clark. Cook started the game for the Packers, pitching five inning... READ MORE
Apr 29, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake softball team picked up a Lakes 8 Conference doubleheader sweep, 8-1 and 9-3, over Fruitport on Friday. The Lakers improve to 14-0 on the season and 6-0 in league play while Fruitport dropped to 6-2 in Lakes 8 action. In Game 1 the ... READ MORE
Apr 29, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Community College softball team split a doubleheader against Kalamazoo Community College on Friday. The Jayhawks won the opener 8-1, then fell 3-2 in the nightcap. In Game 1 Bri Mairose led MCC with a double, three singles and two RBIs... READ MORE
Apr 28, 2016 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP - What were the odds that Elysia Mattos would become a record-breaking soccer goalie? Unlike most high school players, she never participated in organized soccer until her freshman year of high school. And that only... READ MORE
Apr 28, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Reeths-Puffer girls soccer team got more than a conference victory on Thursday night. The Rockets beat a good Mona Shore squad, their crosstown rival. They used a three-goal hat trick from sophomore Haley Ruiter to claim a 5-1 victory over the ... READ MORE
Apr 28, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps stayed above the .500 mark in the young season with an 8-3 victory over the host Cedar Rapids Kernels on Wednesday. West Michigan is now 10-9 after trading victories with Cedar Rapids in the first two games of the series. T... READ MORE
Apr 27, 2016 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Spring Lake girls’ soccer team never gives up, and it’s definitely not ready to surrender its perch atop the Lakes 8 Conference. The Lakers demonstrated that in their exciting 5-4 overtime shootout victory over a very g... READ MORE
Apr 27, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Fruitport's Jensyn Stanberry turned in a performance worthy of the record books on Wednesday. The Trojans' forward scored a school single-game record six goals, carrying the Trojans to a 9-1 victory over Orchard View in Lakes Eight Conference action. ... READ MORE
Apr 27, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington golfer Chase Lakari was having one of those roller coaster rounds in Monday's Shelby Invitational at Oceana Golf Club. Maybe all that drama was too much for his grandfather to watch, because he left the course before the real gut check began... READ MORE
Apr 26, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The North Muskegon girls soccer team produced a convincing win over Hart on Tuesday, 7-1. North Muskegon jumped out to a 4-0 lead before Hart could get on the scoreboard. Reyna Johnson had two goals for the Norse in the first half while Grace Beren... READ MORE
Apr 26, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake softball team just keeps rolling. The Lakers downed WMCC (the WMC, Muskegon Catholic co-op team) 10-0 in both games of a doubleheader on Tuesday. Spring Lake is now 12-0 on the season. Pitcher Lauren Somers picked up the win for ... READ MORE
Apr 26, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall baseball team shut down Shelby in a doubleheader, 10-0 and 13-0, in a West Michigan Conference game on Tuesday. The Vikings are now 8-2 on the season and 7-1 in league play, while Shelby falls to 1-7 in conference games. In Game 1 the... READ MORE
Apr 24, 2016 By Justin Haggerty LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK – West Michigan Whitecaps infielder Will Maddox has started the 2016 campaign on a tear. He had another two hits on Sunday, raising his season average to a sizzling .404. But his hits didn’t help the Whitecaps ... READ MORE
Apr 24, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grand Haven softball team had no trouble posting a 3-0 record and winning the Alma Invitational on Saturday. The Bucs, now 8-1, won the three games by a combined score of 42-7. They beat Alma 11-1 and Lake Fenton 13-4 in preliminary rounds, then b... READ MORE
Apr 24, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com A lot of people may not know it, but one of the driving forces behind the West Michigan Whitecaps grew up in Muskegon and lives in Norton Shores. Denny Baxter dreamed of bringing professional baseball to the area and made it happen with the launch of ... READ MORE
Apr 24, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal,com' MUSKEGON - The Muskegon Community College softball team is having a great season by any measure. But the Jayhawks haven’t been able to reach the top of their conference, mostly because they can’t get past Lansing Community Coll... READ MORE