May 25, 2014 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal Sometimes life doesn’t work out the way we want it to. While championships are one measure of team sport success, more often athletes must learn to deal with bitter loss. Exhibit A: In high school varsity athletics, only one team... READ MORE
May 23, 2014 Mona Shores, Grand Haven at District 1-1 tournament at Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, May 22, 2013 Team results (Top 6 teams advance to regional tourney): 1. Rockford 307, 2. Mona Shores 316, 3. Forest Hills Central 320, 4. Grandville 322, 5. Grand Haven 326, 6. Northview 338... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 Local Sports Journal Mona Shores senior Marquon Sargent pulled up lame at the end of his anchor leg of the Sailors winning 4x100 meter relay team at Wednesday's 32nd Annual Meijer West Michigan All-Star track and field Meet at Reeths-Puffer, preventing the speedster from going... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 Local Sports Journal Mackayla Zimmer's goal about 24 minutes into the game gave the Oakridge girls soccer team a 1-0 victory over Whitehall Wednesday and the West Michigan Conference championship. Goalkeeper Nicky Wall got the shutout for Oakridge. Summer Messerchmidt had a... READ MORE
May 21, 2014 Local Sports Journal Reeths-Puffer pitcher Brody Vanderlinde tossed six innings of three-hit baseball Wednesday to lead Reeths-Puffer to a 5-2 victory over Mona Shores in the first game of an O-K Black Conference doubleheader. Tyler Moss and Jacob Petrick each had RBIs for... READ MORE
May 21, 2014 Local Sports Journal Amy Gillings had three hits and Sarah Jones knocked in four runs, helping the Mona Shores softball team pull out a 5-2 victory over Wyoming Wednesday in non-league action. Pitcher Desi Parker collected the win for the Sailors, who are 16-15 on the seaso... READ MORE
May 20, 2014 Local Sports Journal Below is the final entry list for tomorrow's (May 21) annual Meijer West Michigan All-Star track and field Invitational held at Reeths-Puffer High School. The meet features the best runners, jumpers and throwers along the West Michigan shoreline, i... READ MORE
May 20, 2014 Local Sports Journal Katie Hendrickson picked up pitching wins in both games as North Muskegon swept Shelby 6-1, 6-0 in a West Michigan Conference doubleheader on Tuesday. Hendrickson tossed 14 innings allowing eights hits, one earned run and fanning 21 in the doubleheader.... READ MORE
May 20, 2014 Local Sports Journal Mona Shores scored a pair of runs in the first and second innings and made that stand up as they beat Grand Rapids Union 5-2 in an OK Black Conference game on Tuesday. Noah Dykstra and Julian Loera both had three hits each for the Sailors. ... READ MORE
May 19, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Montague baseball team overcame a one-run deficit by scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth en route to a 6-5 victory over North Muskegon Monday in West Michigan Conference action. The Wildcats (8-15, 3-7) trailed 5-4 in the sixth when Abram... READ MORE
May 19, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Western Michigan Christian girls soccer team showed off its skills against a tough opponent Monday, downing Holland Black River 3-1. Both WMC and Black River are highly ranked in the state. WMC improved to 13-1-1 on the season. Alyssa Benedict op... READ MORE
May 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal Brody Vanderlinde gave up a run in the first inning then blanked Zeeland East the rest of the way, leading the Reeths-Puffer baseball team to a 2-1 victory over Zeeland East Friday in O-K Black Conference action. The Rockets did not give up the l... READ MORE
May 16, 2014 Reeths-Puffer 2, Zeeland East 1: Brody VanderLine scattered six hits in seven innings to pick up the win. R-P scored single runs in the third and fourth innings. Joe Champoux had four hits for R-P and Trevor Mosher had a pair of hits.... READ MORE
May 16, 2014 Local Sports Journal Three straight singles in the seventh inning helped Fruitport to a 9-8 win in the nightcap and earn a Lakes 8 doubleheader sweep of Fremont on Friday. Lindsey Helsen’s single plated the winning run for the Trojans. “We were struggling and she mad... READ MORE
May 15, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Western Michigan Christian girls soccer improved to 11-1-1 overall and 8-0 in the River Valley Conference following Thursday’s 8-1 victory over Tri-Unity Christian. With the victory, the Warriors finish as the outright conference champions. “... READ MORE
May 15, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Whitehall Vikings are on a roll. Posting their second shutout win in as many games, the Vikings mercied Mason County Central 8-0 Thursday afternoon in girls West Michigan Conference girls soccer action. Whitehall, which led 6-0 at the halftime br... READ MORE
May 15, 2014 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal Track and field is different from other sports in that competitors stand face-to-face, toe-to-toe and wish the entire field, with complete sincerity, “Good luck.” And then they run their tails off trying to beat each other. The... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 By Local Sports Journal SHELBY - The Whitehall Vikings and Mason County Central Spartans slugged away at each other Tuesday, but it was Whitehall which came away as the boys' track champions in the West Michigan Conference league meet. Whitehall turned back Mason Central... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal SHELBY - The Whitehall Vikings showed its team depth in winning the West Michigan Conference girls' league meet Tuesday night. Whitehall scored 130 points to turn back runner-up Montague. Montague ended with 104 points. It was Whitehall's balance that... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores girls tennis team fell to Ludington 5-3 in a nonconference match on Tuesday. Sophie Gossett and Madison Hronek won their singles matches for the Sailors while Maddie Myhre and Marissa Duff were the lone doubles winners for Mona Shores.... READ MORE