Dec 14, 2012 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal SPRING LAKE– Spring Lake’s Austin Johnson wasn’t having a very good shooting night. Over the first two quarters of the host Lakers’ 58-39 victory over Lakes 8 foe Grant, the bruising senior forward had just seven points on less ... READ MORE
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 11, 2012 Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – The host Reeths-Puffer Rocket girls basketball squad successfully utilized a first quarter full-court press to cruise to the 46-20 non-league victory over rival Whitehall. “The press created turnovers that led to quick baskets,” said Re... READ MORE
Dec 11, 2012 Local Sports Journal WHITEHALL – The third quarter proved to be the difference in an important early season West Michigan Conference boys basketball match-up between Oakridge and Whitehall, with the host Vikings falling 53-47 after being outscored 17-12 in the third quarter.... READ MORE
Dec 08, 2012 The visiting Kent City girls basketball team put up 27 first-quarter points on host Cedar Spring and never looked back, taking the OK Conference crossover contest 71-50. Kent City’s Justine Wolter, a junior, scored a game-high 22 points, going 8-for-8 from the charity stripe... READ MORE
Dec 08, 2012 Local Sports Journal Cedar Springs defeated Kent City 62-53 Friday night in OK Crossover boys basketball. Jake Krueger and Austin Thompson each finished with 15 points but it wasn’t enough for the visiting Eagles, as four Cedar Springs players finished with double-digit s... 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
Dec 07, 2012 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal GRAND HAVEN – Coming off last season’s Class A state title, the Grand Haven girls basketball squad has some pretty high expectations for this year. And after Friday night’s blowout of rival Mona Shores, those expectations are only g... READ MORE
Dec 07, 2012 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal MONTAGUE - This year's edition of the Montague boys basketball team is like a firecracker just waiting to go off.You know the fuse is lit, but you're never quite sure when it's going to explode.Thursday night versus North Muskegon, the host ... READ MORE
Dec 05, 2012 Morgan Giddings and Keyara Wiard combined for 43 points as Oakridge rolled past Fruitport 66-28 in a non-conference game Tuesday night. Giddings scored 22 points and added 10 steals and Wiard added 21 points as Oakridge improved to 2-0 on the season. Haylie Hank and Alexis ... READ MORE
Nov 23, 2012 MHSAA Division 2 state football finals BIRMINGHAM BROTHER RICE 35, MUSKEGON 28 M 0-7-7-14-28 BBR 7-7-0-21-35 Scoring Summary BBR – Corey Lacanaria 16 pass from Cheyne Lacanaria (Jason Alessi kick). BBR – Joshua Flye 9 pass from Alex Malzone (Alessi kick). M �... READ MORE
Oct 29, 2012 VOLLEYALL Districts Class C at Holton Morley Stanwood d. Holton 25-17, 17-25, 25-18, 25-13 Holton stats POINTS-ACES: Rachel Younts 7-2, Morgan Sundberg 8-0, Megan Latsch 6-0. ASSISTS: Latsch 30. KILLS: Younts 16, VanBlargan 6, Liz Colvin 3. DIGS: Younts 11,... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2012 VOLLEYBALL Central States Activities Conference Chippewa Hills d. Holton 20-25, 21-25, 19-25 Holton stats: ACES: Rachel Younts 4, Morgan Sundberg 1. POINTS: Younts 14, Megan Latsch 6, Sundberg 3. ASSISTS: Latsch 15. KILLS: Younts 7, Jacki Stone 6, VanBlargan 5. D... READ MORE
Oct 23, 2012 VOLLEYBALL Non-Conference Fruitport d. Shelby 25-11, 25-19 Fruitport d. Orchard View 25-14, 25-14 Fruitport d. North Muskegon 25-15, 25-16 Fruitport stats POINTS: Jessica Meloche 20, Alexis Black 1, Breanne Bo 25, Autumn Wigner 4, Jenelle Vest 10, Francesca Cerniglia 7,... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2012 Local Sports Journal MONTAGUE - The Ludington Orials advance to face Whitehall in its Division 3 district final match with Wednesday night's 5-0 victory over Shelby. The Orioles used two first-half scores to cruise to the victory, led by Miguel Munoz-Martin. Teammates Zeb J... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2012 Local Sports Journal Grant’s district soccer run ended Wednesday night with a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Tri-County. Tri-County moves on to face off against Comstock Park – which earned a 4-2 victory over Reed City in Wednesday’s other district semifinal game – in F... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2012 Local Sports Journal Mona Shores Serena Gale-Butto won the OK Black Conference girls cross country title Wednesday, helping the Sailors to a third-place finish. Mona Shores scored 66 points at the final conference meet of the season. Sailor freshman Morgan Dennison a... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2012 Local Sports Journal VOLLEYBALL Central States Activities Conference Morley Stanwood d. Holton 25-20, 25-14, 25-17 Holton stats: POINTS: Megan Latsch 9, Morgan Sundberg 5, Rachel Younts 4. ACES: Latsch 1, Sundberg 1, Younts 1. ASSISTS: Latsch 18. KILLS:... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2012 Local Sports Journal Fremont grabbed the early 1-0 lead Tuesday evening, but it was all Kenowa Hills after that as the host Knights downed the Packers 5-2 to advance to Thursday's Division 2 district semifinal match against Fruitport. Peter Brown scored the hat trick for Ke... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2012 Local Sports Journal The Grand Haven Bucs advanced Tuesday to its Division 1 district semifinal game with a 4-0 victory over Grandville. An early score by the Bucs' Willie Bennick got the home squad's offense churning, producing additional goals by Kevin LaCroix, who also h... READ MORE