Dec 14, 2012 Local Sports Journal SPRING LAKE – The Spring Lake girls basketball team wasted no time Friday night against Lakes 8 rival Grant, running out to the 23-10 halftime lead en route to at 46-29 victory. The Lakers took an early 10-6 lead after one and then outscored the Tiger... READ MORE
Dec 07, 2012 MUSKEGON – The Howard City Tri-County boys basketball team was able to keep Lakes 8 rival Orchard View at bay, outscoring the host Cardinals 29-24 across the second half to escape with the 50-44 win. The visiting Vikings led 21-20 at the break. Orchard View had one player... READ MORE
Oct 16, 2012 Local Sports Journal Lakes 8 Conference Spring Lake d. Tri-County 3-0 Spring Lake stats ACES: Kelsee Zuidema 4, Brooke TenBrink 2, Lydia Suchecki 2, Courtney Kyser 2, Padley Gallegher 1, Emily Blahnik 1. KILLS: Zuidema 13, Breanna Williams 6, Suchecki 4, Kyser 2, Bre ... READ MORE
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Oct 13, 2012 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal It certainly was a contrast of styles Friday night. And by every reasonable statistical assessment, the smash mouth approach of Muskegon Catholic Central dominated the visiting Fruitport Trojans. That is, dominated, except for the most... READ MORE
Oct 10, 2012 Local Sports Journal After a scoreless first half, the Orchard View Cardinals netted two goals in the final 40 minutes to nab the 2-1 Lakes 8 Conference soccer victory over visiting Ludington. The Cardinals’ Brandon Edwards kicked off the scoring, beating an Oriole defend... READ MORE
Oct 09, 2012 Volleyball West Michigan Conference Mason County Central d. Hart 25-16, 25-10, 25-17 Mason County Central stats POINTS - Lindsay Scheffler 17, Kenzie Ritzema 10, Kassidy Jensen 7, Jessica Overturf 7, Holly Olenchak 2. ACES – Ritzema 5, Scheffler 4, Jensen 2, Overtur... READ MORE
Oct 06, 2012 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal SPRING LAKE - If Spring Lake's contest Friday night versus Lakes 8 rival Ludington (2-5, 2-3) was a sandwich, it would have been the world's best bread atop and below the world's worst meat. That is, the host Lakers (4-3, 3-2) were unst... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2012 VOLLEYBALL River Valley Conference Western Michigan Christian d. Hudsonville Freedom Christian 25-10, 25- 16, 25-18. Western Michigan Christian stats KILLS – Rachel Bruinsma 12, Vanessa Eekhoff 8, Maria Ma 7, Julia Merz 3, Julianna Carter 1. ASSISTS: Merz 25, Ma 3. ACES: ... READ MORE
Sep 21, 2012 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SUMMARIES Muskegon 56, Reeths-Puffer 18 Muskegon 14 13 22 7 - 56 Reeths-Puffer 6 6 6 0 - 18 M - John King 33 run (Adrian Briseno kick) R-P - Johndries Betts-Render 37 run (pass faile... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2012 FRUITPORT 15, SPRING LAKE 6 S. Lake 0 - 6 - 0 - 0 - 6 Fruitport 0 - 6 - 3 - 6 - 15 SL - Jake Chittenden 1 run (kick failed) F - Dakota Gordon 16 run (kick failed) F - Matt Boroff 29 field goal F - Gordon 6 run (kick failed) Fruitport stats Dakota Gordon 12 carries, 57 y... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2012 By Dave Tomczak Local Sports Journal On a night when Tyler Fehler passed for 121 yards and rushed for another 40, only a bum ankle could slow down the Fruitport quarterback. And for visiting Fremont, by then, it was too late. Fehler ran for a touchdown and passed for tw... READ MORE
Aug 24, 2012 By Mike Mattson Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT – Former Fruitport coach Steve Wilson was all smiles before the Reeths-Puffer football game Thursday night. And his successor Greg Vargas was all smiles afterwards. The changing of the guard went off almost like it had be... READ MORE
Jun 09, 2012 Area sports fans, We know how much you love Muskegon area sports. And we loved bringing you the game stories, features, sports news, opinion columns and scores from throughout the community for many years. But something happened several months ago – a group of sportswriters ... READ MORE