Mar 26, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT--The Oakridge girls soccer team dropped their opening match of the season on the road with a 1-0 loss in a game versus Fruitport on Friday evening. Oakridge goalkeeper Izzy Glassford allowed just a single goal while making 15 saves. The Eagle�... READ MORE
Mar 23, 2022 FREMONT-- The Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association named Fremont High School's David Walls as the Region 3, Athletic Director of the Year. Walls was honored on March 20 with 14 administrators state wide by the MIAAA. The annual Mid-Winter Conference meet... READ MORE
Mar 11, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SPARTA--Sparta held off the Fremont Packers in the second half as they won a defensive battle 53-40 on Friday evening in a Division 2 district basketball game at Sparta. Fremont led at the end of the first quarter 16-14. Sparta took the lead going into ha... READ MORE
Mar 10, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SPARTA --Fremont's boys basketball team defeated Newaygo, 70-40 in a MHSAA Division 2 district semifinal Wednesday night at Sparta. The Packers got off to a hot start, outscoring the Lions, 17-4 in the first quarter. The Lions just kept going, with a 20-1... READ MORE
Mar 10, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON--Three Muskegon Community College women’s basketball players – Mariah Pringle, Julia Tierman, Susan Sizman and Trina Lewis - earned 2021-22 all-conference honors while Jayhawk head coach Jason Cooper was voted the Coach of the Year in the Mich... READ MORE
Mar 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FLINT--Something special is brewing with the Muskegon Community College women's basketball team, and you can feel the electricity in the air. After having a team breakfast Saturday morning, and then a walkthrough, the Jayhawks had a 45-minute break to get... READ MORE
Mar 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com DETROIT -- Nothing like facing the biggest challenge in the biggest match of the year in the MHSAA individual state wrestling finals at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday. Which is what Mason County Central senior Andrew Quinn did. Quinn, who eclipsed 100... READ MORE
Mar 05, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FLINT -- Muskegon Community College women's basketball team faced Mid-Michigan in regional play Thursday at Flint, and pulled away in the second half for a 68-48 win to advance to the regional finals Saturday against Grand Rapids Community College. The ... READ MORE
Mar 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com It's time for the big show in Michigan high school wrestling, the MHSAA individual state finals, and once again the area has a bulging contingent of wrestlers vying for titles in all four divisions at Ford Field in Detroit on Friday and Saturday. A to... READ MORE
Mar 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com For the first time ever, the girls have their own MHSAA individual state wrestling tournament in all four classes, and West Michigan will be represented by a total of 13 grapplers this weekend at Ford Field in Detroit. Yes, it's the same site where the bo... READ MORE
Mar 02, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK--Emmerson Goodin provided a dominate performance for the Lions en route to a 51-17 win over the Fremont Packers on Wednesday evening. Newaygo powered out to a 27-11 halftime lead. The Lions used a 20-1 third quarter to officially put the gam... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- Muskegon Community College's women's basketball program hosted Schoolcraft College on Monday night in the MCCAA state championship game. Early on the Jayhawks had the momentum, going into the halftime break with a convincing 46-28 lead after... READ MORE
Feb 28, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK—The Fremont Packers won a tightly contested game and showed resilience throughout in their 51-45 win at Comstock Park. Fremont started the ballgame leading 9-6 at the end of the first quarter. Their lead shrunk in the second quarter to one... READ MORE
Feb 27, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Ludington's boys swimming and diving team competed in the Coastal Conference Championship meet in Manistee on Friday and Saturday, finishing second behind the Chippewas, 531-477. Fremont took third with 240. During the preliminaries on Friday... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com REED CITY -- Fremont's girls basketball team tuned up for next week's district tournament with a 44-34 road victory Friday night over Reed City in the Central State Activities Association-Gold. It was the Packers' second consecutive win, and sends them i... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2022 By Ron Pesch LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon area’s wild success in football has been celebrated on many occasions. But what about basketball? On 166 occasions, between 1917 and 2021, boys teams from schools in the Greater Muskegon area have advanced to the fina... READ MORE
Feb 24, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com REMUS -- Fremont's boys basketball team extended its winning streak to two games Wednesday night with a convincing 76-41 road victory over Chippewa Hills in the Central State Activities Association-Gold. With the district tournament less than two weeks aw... READ MORE
Feb 24, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT -- With the girls basketball district tournament next week, Fremont enjoyed its best offensive night of the season Wednesday, and needed just about all of them, too, to get past Chippewa Hills, 65-60 in a non-conference game at home. It was a cl... READ MORE
Feb 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- The Muskegon Community College Women's basketball program hosted Lake Michigan Community College on Wednesday night and rolled up a convincing 66-42 victory over the Red Hawks. The Jayhawks came into the game with a goal of taking care of busi... READ MORE
Feb 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com We've reached the final week of the girls high school basketball season and that can mean just one thing. The Michigan High School Athletic Association tournament is right around the corner. Area teams will be vying for district titles beginning on Monda... READ MORE