Mar 03, 2014 Keenan George's 20-point performance led the Spring Lake boys basketball team over Whitehall on Monday night 60-43 in a Class B district opening round game. George also had six rebounds and five steals to lead the Lakers to the district semifinals where they will play Orchar... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Fruitport Trojans nearly surprised west Michigan in its opening Class B boys district basketball contest against Coopersville as the Trojans nearly upset the Broncos 44-43. Fruitport held a lead late, but couldn’t hold on as Coopersville stormed b... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Grandville Calvin Christian advanced to the Class C boys dsitrict semifinals with a 79-33 win over Ravenna on Monday night. Host Calvin Christian will now face Kent City in Wednesday's semifinals at 7 p.m. Calvin Christian built a 19-2 lead after one... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal A strong first half on Monday night led to a 55-43 victory for the Pentwater boys basketball team over Mason County Eastern in a Class D district first round game. The Falcons jumped out to a 15-9 lead after the first quarter and led at halftime 24-14... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Grant opened up Class B boys district play with a 44-35 win over Sparta on Monday night. The Tigers advance to play Fremont on Wednesday night at 6 p.m. at Newaygo High School. Grant led 9-5 aftr one quarter and never looked back. The Tigers led 1... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Aaron Sydnor and Eddie Tornes led the Muskegon Heights Academy to a Class C district opening win over Saugatuck 72-59 on Monday night in boys basketball. Sydnor led the Tigers with 20 points and four steals, four assists and two blocks in the game. To... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal A big fourth quarter led the Montague boys basketball team to a Class C district boys basketball win over Holton on Monday night. The Wildcats went into the locker room at halftime trailing the Red Devils 24-16. The Wildcats would cut into the d... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Shelby roled into the Class C district semifinals with a 70-29 win over Hesperia on Monday night. The host Tigers will take on Hart in the semifinals on Wednesday at 8 p.m. Shelby led 19-7 after one quarter and 31-13 at halftime. The Tigers pulled... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal North Muskegon was knocked out ot the Class C boys district basketball tournament on Monday night after falling to Fennville 48-43. The Norsemen got off to a good start and led15-13 after one quarter. NM trailed 23-21 at halftime and could not reboun... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Mason County Central reached the boys Class B district semifinals at Manistee with a 51-33 win over the host Chippewas on Monday night. Mason County Central raced to a 10-1 lead after one quarter and never looked back. MCC built a 28-11 halftime lead... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Mona Shores bowed out of the Class A boys district basketball tournament after falling to Kenowa Hills 50-45. The Sailors fell behind early trailing 18-9 after one quarter and 28-24 at halftime. Kenowa Hills outscored Mona Shores 22-21 in the second ... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal March Madness is here and WLCS 98.3 FM has area basketball fans covered. Jon Russell and Cal VanSingel will be traveling to Muskegon High School to catch the opening and closing of the Class A boys basketball district tournament this week. Monday Cl... READ MORE
Mar 02, 2014 Local Sports Journal Grand Haven's boys bowling team had high hopes of winning a bowling state championship on Saturday but fell just short. The Bucs fell to Detroit U-D Jesuit in the finals. The Bucs bowled a 995 as a team in the last day of competition but it was not enou... READ MORE
Mar 02, 2014 By Jim Moyes Local Sports Journal When my long time sidekick Gene Young informed me that Keith Guy had been hired to perform double duty at Muskegon High School a couple of years ago, we both were unanimous in our opinion that the Big Reds had hit a home run with Guy. ... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2014 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Maybe, just maybe, this weekend's two thrilling overtime victories will give the Muskegon Lumberjacks the momentum they need to squeeze into the playoffs. The Lumberjacks, who have been hovering around the .500 mark all season,... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2014 By Dave Tomczak Local Sports Journal KALAMAZOO - For the first time in the playoffs, Reeths-Puffer fans got to relax. For the first time in three weeks, so did the Rockets coaches. After winning their past six games, including two to start the playoffs, by one goal, the Ro... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal The No. 2 nationally ranked high school boys basketball team, Chicago Curie, has forfeited its 2013-14 season. An internal Chicago Public Schools investigation revealed seven of the team’s players were academically ineligible to play. The Condors were... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2014 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – It’s been a long time since the Muskegon girls basketball has laid claim to a district hoops title. Twelve years, in fact. Big Reds head coach Taushauna Burrel should know. She was there. Burrell helped lead her 2... READ MORE
Feb 28, 2014 Local Sports Journal Senior Dylan Krim was in the spotlight on Friday night has he eclipsed the 1,000 point mark as Fremont defeated Reed City 61-47 in boys basketball. Krim, who needed 15 points to reach the 1,000 mark, ended the game with 19 points and eight rebounds.... READ MORE
Feb 28, 2014 Local Sports Journal A strong second quarter led the Holland Black River girls basketball team to a win over 53-31 win over North Muskegon on Friday night 53-31 in a Class C district title game at Fennville High School. Holland Black River jumped out to a 28-16 halftime... READ MORE