Aug 30, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Community College Jayhawks men's and women's cross country teams both finished fourth in the 2014 Vanderbilt Invitational at Hope College on Saturday. Zach Ripley, whose college was not identified, won the men's race with a time of 25.10. J... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2014 By Mike Mattson Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Muskegon coach Shane Fairfield has no problem celebrating a big football victory. And they don’t come much bigger than the Big Reds’ thrilling 21-14 win against state power Detroit Catholic Central Friday night at Hackley... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Fruitport soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision to Rockford Thursday in a non-league soccer match. Rockford opened the scoring midway through the first half with a goal from Austin Garnsay. The Rams finished the scoring with 15 minutes left in the game... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores girls cross country team overcame wet and muddy conditions Thursday to take third place in the East Grand Rapids Pioneer Classic Invitational. Junior Jackie Seward was the individual winner of the race while teammate Morgan Dennison f... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2014 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Oakridge coach Cary Harger was eager to find out how his young team stacked up against a respected state football power like Grand Rapids West Catholic. The verdict? The Eagles have a lot of work to do, particularly when it com... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Grand Haven boys cross country team took first place in the Kenowa Hills Cross Country Invitational Thursday with 79 points in the Black Division 5000 meter run. Grand Haven Freshman Nicholson Jack took third place individually with a time of 16:50.... READ MORE
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Aug 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Big Reds football season is finally here and not much could be better to watch than the game winning touchdown by senor running back Alezay Coleman. Coleman broke free for a 40-yard touchdown strike off the pitch from quarterback Shawn Pfe... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal Sophomore running back Brady Tate rushed for 197 yards on 14 carries and scored four touchdowns, helping the Hart Pirates down Manistee Catholic 37-8 Thursday in a non-league football opener for both schools. The victory was a much needed boos... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT -- Rookie Grand Haven Buccaneer football coach Jason Duram didn't have to wait very long for his first victory. Duram's Buccaneers rallied for 10 points in the fourth quarter and came away with a 17-14 non-league victory... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Ludington Orioles struggled on offense and fell to Manistee 27-7 in their season opener. Manistee jumped out to a 15-0 lead after the first quarter and led 21-7 at halftime. Another fourth quarter touchdown gave Manistee the 27-7 final. “The d... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal Defense highlighted the Mason County Central Spartans' attack in a 40-0 rout Thursday night over Benzie Central. Although the score says otherwise, Mason County Central Coach Scott Briggs noted that the defense kept the Spartans in the game, until the... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Fremont Packers opened the centennial season of football at their school on a high note, downing Sparta 24-14 in a non-league contest on their home field. Fremont quarterback Christian Wade put the Packers on the board in the first quarter with a 15... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal WYOMING -- Whitehall ousted Kelloggsville 54-26 on Thursday night, starting its season off on a high note. Quarterback Zarren Aylor led the offensive attack for Whitehall, scoring six touchdowns. Aylor was 8-of-10 passing with 233 yards and four scores... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - There's good news for Reeths-Puffer fans who were worried about scoring after losing some key players from last season: The new guys look pretty darned good, and DeAndre Oakes-Owens, a returning standout from last season, is be... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal WYOMING -- The Muskegon Heights football team mourned one of its teammates that passed away last week on Thursday. On the same day of their friend’s funeral, the Tigers played a football game and came up short to Godwin Heights 42-12. “I was just te... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 By Dave Hart Local Sports Journal NORTH MUSKEGON - North Muskegon's Dynamic Duo of sophomore Vernonell Smith and senior Logan Waller led the host Norsemen to a 42-7 victory over Holton in front of a huge crowd Thursday night. The duo of Smith and Waller combined for almo... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 By Lucas Rains Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - It’s almost unheard of for a freshman to play on a varsity football team - especially at quarterback. But Orchard View’s Jayden Day made his first impressive start at quarterback on Thursday, leading the host Cardinals t... READ MORE
Aug 28, 2014 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal Welcome to the 2014 high school football season! Based on the information we gathered while putting together our high school football preview section, this is bound to be another banner year for Muskegon area teams. The preview sect... READ MORE
Aug 27, 2014 By Mike Mattson Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - There’s a saying Dereko Riley lives by each day. It’s an inspirational line from rapper Chief Keef and it goes like this: “Baby, you know how I’m rocking.” What does it mean? “It means you know what I am... READ MORE
Aug 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Battle of the Boardwalk Grand Haven d. Fruitport 25-14, 25-9 Fruitport d. Spring Lake 25-13, 25-19 Mona Shores d. Spring Lake 27-25, 25-22 Mona Shores d. Fruitport 28-26, 27-25 Grand Haven d. Spring Lake 28-30, 25-7, 15-8 ... READ MORE