Feb 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Community College women defeated Ancilla College 71-49 at home on Monday. Jayhawk defense led to 25 points off Ancilla turnovers. Quanieshia McBride sparked a slow start by MCC with eight quick points in just two minutes to give MCC a lea... READ MORE
Feb 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal An eight-point first quarter advantage helped the Western Michigan Christian girls to a 43-28 victory over Hart in a nonleague basketball game on Monday night. The Warriors led 9-1 after one quarter and cruised from there. Junior Alyssa Wright led th... READ MORE
Feb 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal A 22-10 second half allowed the Reed City girls basketball team to escape with a 39-21 victory over Newaygo Monday in a Central State Activities Association contest. Newaygo only trailed by six at halftime, but doomed itself by only scoring 10 points i... READ MORE
Feb 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Catholic girls basketball team can be very tough to beat when its firing on all cylinders. That's what happened Monday when the Crusaders pounded a good Whitehall team 86-47 in non-league action. Momo Neal scored 21 points, Tootie T... READ MORE
Feb 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Hesperia kept up for one quarter, before the Holton girls took control and cruised to a 61-31 win Monday in Central State Activities Association basketball. Holton led 12-11 at the first buzzer, extended its advantage to eight at halftime, then lowere... READ MORE
Feb 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Fremont boys basketball team used a big fourth quarter to overcome an early deficit en route to a 63-46 win over Fruitport Monday in a Lakes 8 Conference matchup. The Packers trailed 21-14 after one quarter and led 28-26 at halftime, then pulled a... READ MORE
Feb 02, 2014 Local Sports journal Shelby over came a slow start to sneak out a 61-59 victory over Whitehall in WMC girls basketball action on Saturday. The Tigers trailed 15-9 after the first quarter. The Tigers went to work in the second half overcoming a 33-29 halftime deficit to cut ... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal Jeff Beckman hit a go-ahead basket with just seconds remaining, then Brody Lee nailed a free throw to give Shelby a dramatic 50-48 victory Saturday over Whitehall in West Michigan Conference basketball. The victory allowed Shelby to remain unbeaten with... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal Senior center Bernard Smith poured in 28 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to lead the Western Michigan Christian Warriors to a 59-42 nonleague basketball victory over the host Oakridge Eagles. Smith, who is closing in on 1,000 career points, scored ei... READ MORE
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Feb 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal Montague's Luke VanBoxel continued to show why he's a top player in the area as the Wildcats edged North Muskegon 60-53. VanBoxel scored 33 points along with eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. The two teams played to a slow 7-3 Montague firs... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal Blake Siersema's 31 points and 10 rebounds were enough for Fremont to top Orchard View, 79-54 for another Lakes 8 basketball win on Saturday. The Packers topped the Cardinals for the second straight night after their previous matchup was snowed out. Fre... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2014 Muskegon hosted OK Black Conference foe Grand Rapids Union Friday night (click here to read the write up on the game), and Local Sports Journal's Tim Reilly was there with camera in hand. Check out his best shots of the night: ... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Lumberjacks fell prey on the road to Waterloo, 5-1 on Friday. The Black Hawks scored three second period goals to burry the Lumberjacks. Matt Iacopelli scored his 28th goal of the season and the game’s first goal to put Muskegon on top 1-... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon girls basketball team had seven players score en route to a 59-32 win over Grand Rapids Union. The Big Reds built a 30-20 halftime lead and finished with 18 fourth quarter points. Keiarra Guy and sophomore forward Mardrieka Cook led the... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Tri-County girls basketball team collected 24 points from the free throw line, including seven in overtime, to nap a 50-46 win over Fruitport Friday in Lakes 8 Conference action. Kelsey Hashband scored 28 points for Tri-County. Iyana Brown led Fr... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal Reiko Johnson’s 31 points and a 20-4 Spring Lake first-quarter run was enough to get past Grant 56-43 in Lakes 8 girls basketball. Johnson drained five 3-pointers on the night. Kelsee Zuidema had 10 points, 13 rebounds, three steals and two blocks for... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal A hot start Friday night for visiting Hesperia didn’t translate into a win versus Morley-Stanwood in Central States Activities Association basketball action. The Panthers led 17-12 after one, but couldn’t keep up with the Mohawks the rest of the way... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal Tristen Moore’s 30 points led Shelby past Ravenna, 66-44 in WMC girls basketball. Moore shot 13 of 24 from the floor for the Tigers who had 24 offensive rebounds as a team. Shelby trailed 13-10 after the first quarter but managed to tie the score 27-2... READ MORE
Jan 31, 2014 Local Sports Journal Fremont continued its winning ways with a 49-30 win over Orchard View in Lakes 8 boys basketball action. The Packers held OV to just 10 second half points, three in the third quarter. The Packers fell behind early to a 12-8 first quarter deficit but res... READ MORE