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Nov 02, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal SHELBY – In a game that featured more offensive, defensive and special teams fireworks than an average team’s entire regular season, it was strange that Friday night’s game between Shelby and Montague in Round 1 of the playoffs came ... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal While seven of the Muskegon area’s playoff-bound teams face opponents for the first time of the season, two other match ups will be rematches of earlier showdowns. That is particularly true of what many are calling the biggest playoff ga... READ MORE
Oct 31, 2013 Shawn Liverance Local Sports Journal The Oakridge football program has always had the philosophy that they are a big family. Last season James Abriatis was welcomed into that family and it seems like a good fit for both Abriatis and the Oakridge football program. Ab... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Whitehall Vikings won three matches Saturday to capture the championship in the West Michigan Conference volleyball tournament. Whitehall defeated Ravenna 25-12, 25-11,25-14 in the title match. The Vikings beat Hart in the first round and Montague ... READ MORE
Oct 23, 2013 BOYS SOCCER West Michigan Conference all-league soccer team First team Whitehall: Matt Rohen, sr.; Andrew Jennings, sr.; Daniel DuBois, soph; Jake Knowlton, sr.; Windsor Marecek, jr.; Pat Johnson, jr. North Muskegon: Matt Kowalski, jr.; Justice Sikkema, fr.; Mont... READ MORE
Oct 18, 2013 Local Sports Journal Shelby wrapped up the West Michigan Conference championship with a 38-14 win over North Muskegon on Friday night. Devin Mussell scored on runs of 23 and 5 yards to lead the Tigers. Brady Lee caught a 34-yard pass from Tony Guerra, while Gue... READ MORE
Oct 18, 2013 Local Sports Journal Oakridge rolled to a 49-26 West Michigan Conference win over Mason County Central on Friday night. James Abriatis scored three times and Jerick Wambaugh and Alex Torrenga added a pair of touchdowns each to lead the Eagles. Wambaugh scored on a 5-yard... READ MORE
Oct 18, 2013 Local Sports Journal MONATGUE – The Montague Wildcats became playoff eligible Friday night after defeating conference foe Hart. And they did it in dominating fashion, defeating the visiting Pirates 64-21 to improve to 6-2 overall and 5-2 in the West Michigan Conference wh... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2013 Local Sports Journal WHITEHALL – Heading into Friday night’s game against Oakridge, Whitehall first-year head coach Tony Sigmon told his team that, because the visiting Eagles took a narrow loss to Shelby the week before, his Vikings would get everything Oakridge could giv... READ MORE
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Oct 12, 2013 With the Norse driving late in the game for the tying score, Montague’s Cameron Brayman picked off North Muskegon’s Brody Scott to preserve 35-28 win By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal NORTH MUSKEGON – Prior to Friday night’s West Michigan Conference showdown bet... READ MORE
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Oct 10, 2013 By day, the trio is as polite as they come. But come game time, Gannon, Fairfield and Rhyndress exhibit a sudden change in personality By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal NORTH MUSKEGON – It may be a well-worn trope, but North Muskegon head coach Mike Belmonte insists t... READ MORE
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Oct 05, 2013 Shelby Tigers become the first area team to earn an automatic playoff berth By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – There wasn’t one offensive category in which Shelby led Oakridge Friday night, in the clash of West Michigan Conference unbeatens at Oakridge�... READ MORE
Oct 05, 2013 Shawn Liverance Local Sports Journal The North Muskegon football team served notice on Friday that they are definitely in the mix for the West Michigan Conference championship. The Norsemen improved to 5-1 on the season and 4-1 in the WMC with a thrilling 29-27 win over Ra... READ MORE
Oct 05, 2013 Local Sports Journal SCOTTVILLE – Montague traveled north Friday night with hopes of notching its fourth win of the season. As they say, mission accomplished. The visiting Wildcats (4-2, 2-2) dominated West Michigan Conference foe Mason County Central, ringing up the f... READ MORE
Oct 04, 2013 Local Sports Journal HART – Whitehall Viking fans haven’t had a whole lot to cheer about this football season. That all changed Friday night. Whitehall junior running back Tripp Fillman had the game of his life, accumulating 326 rushing yards on just 13 carries and s... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2013 Senior fullback/linebacker embodies the steady rise of rural-power Shelby By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal SHELBY – No one could blame you if the first thing you think about when someone mentions Shelby High School is basketball. Hoops and wrestling, maybe basebal... 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 North Muskegon used a pair of second quarter touchdowns to earn a 14-0 West Michigan Conference win over host Mason County Central on Friday night. NM’s score came on a 22-yard pass from Brody Scott to Riley Fairfield and Mitch Edick’s 5-yard run.... READ MORE
Sep 21, 2013 Tigers score first 26 points of the contest to skate to 33-7 win over Wildcats By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal SHELBY – Don’t look now but in two weeks, the Shelby Tigers just might give Oakridge a run for its money. The host Tigers staked their claim Friday ni... READ MORE
Sep 20, 2013 Local Sports Journal Ravenna rolled to an easy 55-14 win West Michigan Conference win over Hart on Friday night. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 34-7 lead after one quarter and never looked back. Josh Kohanksi scored on runs of 64 and 36 yards in the opening quarter for Rav... READ MORE