Oct 27, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Area cross country teams will be hitting three courses over the next three days with the intent on qualifying for the state finals. Several area teams and individuals will be looking to make headlines at regionals. The action begins Thursday with a Divis... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2021 Courtesy of MIHSSCA with LocalSportsJournal.com reports The first member of the 2021 Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame is former Fruitport and Western Michigan Christian soccer coach David J. Hulings. Hulings began his high school coaching career in 1994 as the g... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2021 Local SportsJournal.com The Michigan High School Athletic Association released the dates and start times for the first-round games in the high school football playoffs. A total of 13 area high school football teams qualified for the post-season. Teams hosting opening-round game... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake's girls golf team finished second in the OK Blue this season and were rewarded with five players on the all-conference first team. Final standings 1, Coopersville. 2, Spring Lake. 3, tie, Holland Christian and Unity Christian. 5, GR West Cath... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake's girls cross country team placed three runners in the top 10 and claimed the Mel Hall Invitational on Saturday. Those high finished helped the Lakers overtake Hart, which had the top two finishers in the race. Spring Lake won the event 47-57... READ MORE
Oct 23, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Week 9 football, is in the books. The 2021 high school football season started back on Aug. 25 and continued to entertain fans around west Michigan each Friday night. Big Reds fans have once again been treated to another conference title, as M... READ MORE
Oct 21, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Some area football teams appear to have clinched berths in the MHSAA playoffs, while others are on the bubble as the 2021 regular season concludes this weekend. With strength of schedule now entering into the picture, a few teams with 5-4 records, or even... READ MORE
Oct 21, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake's boys and girls cross country teams made it a clean sweep at the OK Blue Conference Championships on Wednesday afternoon. The meet was hosted by Holland Christian. The Lakers featured the individual winner in both races. Senior Ian Hill won ... READ MORE
Oct 20, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com In a thrilling five-set showdown, Spring Lake volleyball topped rival Fruitport on Tuesday. The Lakers won with set scores of 25-21, 29-31, 25-23, 28-30 and 15-13. Kyla Kobylak led the Lakers with 54 assists and 14 digs while sophomore Kalli Lewko... READ MORE
Oct 20, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fruitport boys soccer team moved on to the Division 3 district finals as they shutout Whitehall 5-0 on Tuesday. Sam Gieske netted a hat trick to lead the Trojans. Fruitport scored quickly as Bode Anspach put the Trojans up 1-0, heading in a pa... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com It was what you might call a photo finish in the boys portion of the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet. The Whitehall Vikings edged the Fruitport Trojans by the narrowest of margins on Saturday, winning 63-64. In the girls race, Mo... READ MORE
Oct 16, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Paschal Jolman ran for a 90-yard touchdown to break the tie to give Fruitport a 22-14 O-K Blue Conference victory over Allendale on Friday night. Jolman finished with a game-high 184 yards on the ground. Quarterback Gavin Reames went 5-for-10 for 1... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet is set for Saturday at Oak Ridge Golf Course, located at 513 W. Pontaluna Road in Norton Shores. Reeths-Puffer comes as the defending champions in both the boys and girls races. The boys bring a... READ MORE
Oct 13, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com There is plenty at stake as area teams head into Week 8 of the high school football season. There are conference championships to be won, there are bragging rights on the line and there is positioning for the playoffs, which being in two weeks. No area ga... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association volleyball is set for Saturday at two sites, Mona Shores High School and Orchard View High School. The teams are seeded 1-8 with Western Michigan Christian being the top seed. WMC is followed by Oakridge, Reeths-P... READ MORE
Oct 09, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fruitport Football team piled on the scoring against host Holland Christian in O-K Blue Conference play on Friday posting a final score of 52-16. Quarterback Gavin Reames steered the ship for the Trojans passing 11 of 20 for four touchdowns including ... READ MORE
Oct 08, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss Local Sports Journal.com It’s here already. Week 6 of Friday night high school football has arrived and the Local Sports Journal will be covering 14 games tonight. There are some interesting matchups, rivalry games and games that could determine some confere... READ MORE
Oct 06, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake's girls cross country team ran to a first-place finish in the second OK Blue Jamboree of the season Wednesday, easily getting past second-place Allendale, 39-62. Coopersville served as the host for the event. Grand Rapids W... READ MORE
Oct 06, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fruitport Trojan’s boys soccer team took down the visiting Hamilton Hawkeyes on Monday with a 3-0 win in the opening round of O-K Blue Conference tournament. The Trojans came alive after a scoreless first half and opened up with an Eli Aldridge go... READ MORE
Oct 04, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal The Fruitport Trojans boys cross country team edged out the Whitehall Vikings and captured the Fruitport Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. The meet was at Rycenga Park. Fruitport finished with 31 points, followed by Whitehall with 34... READ MORE
