Jul 17, 2012 By Mike Mattson Local Sports Journal Muskegon Heights Public Schools closed a door on varsity football coach Tony Blankenship. And Blankenship still isn’t sure if another door will open for him coaching football in the Muskegon area this fall. He’s in a waiting game ri... READ MORE
Jul 17, 2012 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal Joe Tanis knows the importance of high school football to sports fans in Muskegon County. He wants to put Orchard View High School back into the mix when it comes to talking about teams with a shot at winning a state title. Tanis is the n... READ MORE
Jul 16, 2012 Radio stations WLCS- FM 98.3 and WVIB-FM 100.1 along with Local Sports Journal have announced a partnership that will benefit Muskegon area sports fans starting with the fast-approaching high school football season. Jon Russell, operations manager and high school play-by-play ... READ MORE
Jul 16, 2012 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal Jay VandeVoorde’s team of writers has persevered. VandeVoorde, a local author, set out last fall to join forces with seven Muskegon Lumberjacks’ hockey players to write a second children’s book about hockey in Muskegon. Joining... READ MORE
Jul 16, 2012 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal It was a busy spring for Orchard View High School athletic director Ken Overla. That’s because he replaced three head coaches for the quickly approaching fall sports season. Overla replaced a football coach, a boys varsity soccer coach ... READ MORE
Jul 15, 2012 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal Charlie VanRees got a taste of beach volleyball during his high school days at Western Michigan Christian High School. He was a standout soccer player and a basketball player, but one of his classmates at WMC got him started in beach vol... READ MORE
Jul 14, 2012 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal North Muskegon's Aya Johnson saw her run in the 86th Women's Western Golf Association National Junior Championship come to an end. Johnson lost 3 and 2 to Morgan Nadaline of Anderson, Ind., in the semifinal match of the championship flight... READ MORE
Jul 13, 2012 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal Mona Shores golfer Reed Hrynewich finished second this week at the American Junior Golf Association tournament. Hrynewich shot rounds of 70-73-72 for a total of 215 in The Memorial Tournament at the Kinsale Golf and Fitness Club in Powel... READ MORE
Jul 13, 2012 From the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Camping is defined as temporary outdoor living. That covers a pretty wide swatch of ground. To some folk, camping means tossing on a backpack and carrying a sleeping bag well away from civilization. To others, it c... READ MORE
Jul 12, 2012 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal North Muskegon’s Aya Johnson moved into the semifinals of the 86th Women’s Western Golf Association National Junior Championship with a pair of victories on Thursday. Johnson defeated Christine Paulsen from Ridgewood, N.J. 9 and 7 in her... READ MORE
Jul 12, 2012 Where are the fish biting? Take a look at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' weekly fishing report and make plans to get out this weekend. Grand Haven: Pier anglers caught chinook and steelhead on alewife and shrimp. Steelhead fishing was good with a north or east... READ MORE
Jul 11, 2012 MUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks are hoping fans will clear their weekend schedules this coming season. That’s because the Jacks will play 30 of their 32 home games on Friday or Saturday. There also will be more chances to see the team in 2012-13, as all 16 USHL Member ... READ MORE
Jul 10, 2012 By Mark Lewis LocalSportsJournal.com Whitehall native and former Pittsburgh Pirate all-star Nate McLouth was honored this week with an International League Player of the Week award McLouth, who now plays for the Norfolk Tide, had an outstanding week, blasting five home r... READ MORE
Jul 09, 2012 By Mike Mattson LocalSportsJournal.com Today, I look back and tip my hat to the 2002 Roosevelt Park Little League Major Boys All-Star Team. I served proudly as manager of this group of gritty 11- and 12-year-olds who finished as the state runner-up. Has it really been 10 y... READ MORE
Jul 08, 2012 By Mark Lewis LocalSportsJournal.com I don't need to tell you that it's hot outside. Whenever the thermometer starts kissing the 80s, we Michiganders, right on cue, begin retreating into cooler environs (read: air conditioned). So imagine what it is like for those of us... READ MORE
Jul 06, 2012 By Mark Lewis LocalSportsJournal.com Six area golfers had strong showings at this week's Coca-Cola Junior Classic Championship at Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs. Mona Shores golfer Reed Hrynewich was the area's top finisher, shooting a final-round 72 to finish seve... READ MORE
Jul 05, 2012 DNR Report as of Thursday, July 5. Onekama: Those heading straight out to 110 to 150 feet of water caught fish when trolling along the drop. Fish 80 to 90 feet down, good colors were blue and glow. Meat rigs worked best after the sun comes up. Manistee: Fishing slowed c... READ MORE
Jul 04, 2012 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal What does it mean to witness a great game? Usually, it is a match up between two evenly matched squads, and most of the time there is something important on the line, like a playoff berth or a conference title or a state championship. ... READ MORE
Jul 02, 2012 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal State Farm Insurance probably could have sold some life insurance policies to its spectators during last week’s West Michigan Baseball Association Major League championship game. State Farm Insurance (John Sepeshy Agency) captured a he... READ MORE
Jun 30, 2012 From Michigan Department of Natural Resources Talk to virtually anyone who has returned from a guided, wilderness fishing trip and the conversation invariably leads to one common subject: the shore lunch. Indeed, few culinary treats are much tastier than freshly caught, fre... READ MORE