Feb 04, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the top finishers in the Central States Athletic Association for wrestling. CSAA Wrestling Tournament 1. Chippewa Hills (8-0) 2. Lakeview (7-1) 3. Reed City (6-2) 4. Tri-County (5-3) 5. Kent City (4-4) 6. Grant (3-5) 7. Central Montcalm (2... READ MORE
Feb 02, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo girls basketball team used a balanced attack to fly by White Cloud for a 40-17 CSAA win on Friday. The Lions led 18-4 at the half and never looked back. “A lot of positives came out of the game tonight,” said Newaygo coach Nat... READ MORE
Jan 31, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - It was a rough night for the Newaygo Lions' boys on Wednesday night. Reed City waltzed into the home of the Lions and left with a 64-42 victory. Newaygo was led in scoring by Blake Kerr with eight points followed by Logan Klomp and Caris Nelson... READ MORE
Jan 31, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo girls basketball team gave up a first-half lead and narrowly fell to Reed City, 37-35, in CSAA play on Wednesday evening. “Tough loss for us tonight,” said Newaygo coach Nathan Thomasma. “Reed City is a pretty good team, and to... READ MORE
Jan 27, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS - The Grant boys basketball team toppled Big Rapids in overtime on Friday night, 68-63. The game was a CSAA matchup. Zaiden Phillips led the Tigers with 26 points, while Blake Rider scored 11 points. Kyle Cook and Lucas Swanson chipp... READ MORE
Jan 19, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo boys basketball team bagged its fifth CSAA victory of the season over Lakeview on Friday. The Lions poured in 25 points in the first quarter and never looked back and won, 64-43. Logan Klomp led the Lions with 17 points and Josiah L... READ MORE
Jan 19, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - Despite a valiant double-double effort from Lillian Holmes, the Newaygo girls' basketball team fell short to Lakeview in a 36-32 CSAA loss on Friday. The Lions were down by five points at halftime and could not make up the deficit in the secon... READ MORE
Dec 20, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MORLEY - Aaron Vanderwest led the Kent City Eagles boys basketball team to a CSAA victory over Morley-Stanwood on Tuesday night. Vanderwest poured in 22 points, pulled down five rebounds and dished out three assists as the Eagles defeated the Mohawks, 53-... READ MORE
Dec 19, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grant boys’ basketball team held on to defeat Newaygo 73-66 on Tuesday night. The Tigers led by 10 points at halftime before Newaygo cut its deficit to 52-49 through three quarters of play. The Lions were paced by Caris Nelson with 17 points and si... READ MORE
Dec 19, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com WHITE CLOUD - The White Cloud boys basketball team put up a fight in a CSAA Conference game against Big Rapids on Tuesday, but lost 61-38. “A tough loss for sure,” said White Cloud coach Robert Jones. “I feel for the guys. They played with a lot of ... READ MORE
Dec 19, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com WHITE CLOUD - The White Cloud girls basketball team struggled against an athletic Big Rapids team on Tuesday and lost the CSAA matchup, 59-18. “We had moments where we looked really good, but we have areas that we need to work on,” said White Cloud co... READ MORE
Oct 21, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY - The Kent City volleyball team finished on top in the CSAA Conference tournament on Saturday. The Eagles were undefeated with wins against Grant (25-17, 25-18), Reed City (25-20, 19-25, 17-15) and Morley-Stanwood (25-12, 22-25, 15-13). Maddie ... READ MORE
Oct 20, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The Kent City volleyball team clinched a share of the CSAA Conference title with a four-set victory over Grant on Thursday. The Eagles won, 31-29, 25-9, 20-25 and 25-20. Maddie Geers led the way with 25 digs, 23 kills, three aces and two blocks, ... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MORLEY - The Kent City volleyball team dropped a hard-fought CSAA match to Morley-Stanwood on Tuesday. The Eagles fell short in three sets, 25-20, 26-24 and 25-16. Cailynn Hartzell had 18 assists and three aces while Maddie Geers had 17 digs, 13 kills an... READ MORE
Jan 08, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- Excelling in every fact of the game, including shooting from long range, the Kent City boys basketball team rolled to a 72-18 victory over Hesperia in the Central State Activities Association-Silver on Friday night at Kent City. The Eagles so... READ MORE
Oct 28, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Central State Activities Association (Silver Division) champion Kent City landed six runners on the girls all-league team. The Kent City boys, who finished runner-up to White Cloud, had three selections to the first team. GIRLS Final standings 1, Ke... READ MORE
Oct 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com BOYS Fremont's boys cross country team came away with the CSAA Gold championship this season, with Newaygo finishing eighth overall. Final standings 1, Fremont. 2, tie Big Rapids and Reed City. 4, Chippewa Hills. 5, Tri-County. 6, Central Montcalm. 7,... READ MORE
Oct 20, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Kent City's boys’ cross country team survived a tight race with White Cloud on Tuesday. The Eagles pulled out a narrow 31-34 victory in the CSAA Silver Championships in an event hosted by Lakeview. It wasn’t so close for the Eagles’ girls who ran a... READ MORE
Oct 08, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss Local Sports Journal.com It’s here already. Week 6 of Friday night high school football has arrived and the Local Sports Journal will be covering 14 games tonight. There are some interesting matchups, rivalry games and games that could determine some confere... READ MORE
Oct 06, 2021 by Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The Fremont Packer boys placed three runners in the top four finishers and ran away with the CSAA Gold Cross Country Jamboree on Tuesday. The event was in Big Rapids. Fremont finished with a score of 33, followed by Reed City with 85. ... READ MORE