Sep 28, 2013 Local Sports Journal It's been a tough season thus far for the Montague Wildcats, but they made up for it in a big way Friday with a wild 56-34 victory over Whitehall in the annual "Battle of White Lake." Montague improved to 3-2 while Whitehall dropped to 0-5. The Wildc... READ MORE
Sep 28, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Newaygo Lions bounced back from a disappointing loss to Reed City last week with a 28-0 victory over previously unbeaten Hesperia Friday in Central State Athletic Association football action. "That was a tough, physical, smash mouth game,' said Newa... READ MORE
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Sep 28, 2013 Trojan offense rolls to 50-10 victory behind Derek White’s 252 rushing yards and Mitchell Reyes’ four-TD performance By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT – What better way to celebrate 50 years of Fruitport Trojan football than to beat a conference opponent... READ MORE
Sep 28, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal A big throng of Reeths-Puffer fans turned out Friday night to find out if their resurgent 3-1 Rockets were the real deal. A few hours later they got their answer, leaving their excited student section chanting “Four and one! Four and ... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2013 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal A standing room crowd of 10,000 was treated to a classic high school football game on Friday night at Mona Shores. The host Sailors were deadlocked at 20-all with the Muskegon Big Reds, but a dramatic 53-yard touchdown catch by Tavon Jac... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2013 Local Sports Journal Top-ranked Oakridge survived an upset bid from rival Ravenna and earned a 31-27 West Michigan Conference win on Friday night. The Eagles led 10-7 at halftime and scored 21 third-quarter points. Austin Wright scored a pair of touchdowns on runs of... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2013 Local Sports Journal East Kentwood High School quarterback Kyle Freiberg completed 14-of-20 passes for 203 yards and four touchdowns here Friday night in leading the Falcons to a 34-14 football victory over the Grand Haven Buccaneers. The victory boosted East Kentwood t... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Lumberjacks pulled out a dramatic, last-second victory on Friday night in Ann Arbor. Goaltender Jordan Uhelski stopped a penalty shot with 4 seconds remaining to preserve a 5-4 victory over Team USA. The victory gives Muskegon a 2-0 reco... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2013 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal A pistol-toting spectator from Hudsonville Freedom Christian brought a boys soccer game to an abrupt halt on Thursday night. Western Michigan Christian coach David Hulings pulled his team off the field and asked fans to exit Warrior Field af... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2013 Local Sports Journal A poll every now and then to gage how football fans see things shaping up is always good for a Friday pick me up (if we really needed one on a Friday). The LSJ has put up Week 5 football matchups on its Game Poll page. Click here to make your picks t... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2013 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal Week 5 football is here and that means football teams are looking to make a turn at the midway point of this season. Yes, I'm basically in the basement. But I'm not breaking down game tape of what happened to Newaygo last week. Nor am ... READ MORE
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Sep 27, 2013 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal The King of the Great Lakes Test Fest has arrived in Grand Haven and no one is more excited than area kiteboarders. The three-day event takes place at Grand Haven City Beach and is sponsored by MacKite Surf Shop. Action kicks off o... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal I’ve been listening to them whine in Muskegon bars since 2006. And we’ve all heard them bloviate on sports talk radio shows across the state. They are Tiger fans, they claim, but they hate Jim Leyland. They love nothing more t... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2013 Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT – It was one for the ages Thursday night as the Fruitport Trojans defeated Lakes 8 rival Spring Lake 5-4 in double overtime to remain undefeated in the league. Fruitport’s Zack Gilson finished with four goals in the victory. “A classi... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2013 Local Sports Journal GRAND RAPIDS – The Reeths-Puffer Rocket boys soccer team notched a 4-1 victory Thursday over OK Black foe Kenowa Hills. The Knights, whom Reeths-Puffer head coach Keith Knapp called “a physical, high-pressing team,” let down their guard just enoug... READ MORE
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Sep 26, 2013 Potential Big Ten college recruit stays focused on what matters in Trojan country By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT – Just talking to him, Fruitport senior left tackle Chris Hendricks doesn’t immediately strike one as the monosyllabic stereotype linemen are... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2013 Local Sports Journal Fruitport quarterback Luc Kostamo was a scoring machine Friday night, running for two touchdowns and passing for two more as the Trojans downed host Fremont 40-19 in a Lakes 8 conference matchup. Kostamo opened the scoring in the first quarter with a 38... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2013 Local Sports Journal Matias Keyes’ interception with 12 seconds left sealed the 32-29 victory for Orchard View over Howard City Tri-County. The Vikings had driven down to the Cardinals’ 18 before Keyes made his second interception of the night. “A win is a win and ... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2013 Local Sports Journal Hudsonville quarterback Mason Opple threw four touchdown passes to lead Hudsonville to the 35-14 win. Opple was 8-of-9 passing for 196 yards to lead Hudsonville. Reeths-Puffer’s Garrett Blanshire was 6-of-8 for 155 yards and an interception, Julian... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2013 Local Sports Journal For a while it looked like Whitehall might be able to hang in there with league power Shelby. But the Tigers running game wore down the Vikings over the last three quarters, and Shelby (2-0) walked away with a 35-7 victory in the West Michigan Conferenc... READ MORE