Aug 25, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Fruitport soccer team started clicking on all cylinders Monday, beating Coopersville 4-0 in a non-league matchup.The Trojans took control by scoring twice in the first 10 minutes of the game. Fruitport's Zach Shane opened the scoring when he took a... READ MORE
Aug 23, 2014 Local Sports Journal Noah Hendricks scored the only goal of the game in the first half, giving the Fruitport soccer team a 1-0 victory over Kalamazoo Central Saturday in the Justin Bailey Memorial Shootout at the Portage Soccer Complex. Reeths-Puffer also competed in the ev... READ MORE
Aug 23, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Kent City volleyball team opened its season Friday with three wins, two losses and one tie against various opponents. In pool play, the Eagles lost to Zeeland West by scores of 25-17, 25-15; tied Thornapple-Kellogg 25-20, 19-25; and defeated Godwin... READ MORE
Aug 21, 2014 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal Lorenzo Rodriguez' life story almost reads like a Disney movie. The former factory worker and school custodian became the head coach of the woeful, last-place Shelby High School football program in 2006. Eight years later he's turned the T... READ MORE
Jun 26, 2014 Local Sports Journal Three area baseball players were named first-team all-staters and four more were second-teamers in a recent announcement by the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association. Top-ranked Muskegon Catholic led the way with three selections, including ... READ MORE
Jun 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal Three area girls soccer players were honored by being named first-team all-state by the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association. Kaitlin Richardson from Reeths-Puffer, Amanda Skidmore from Orchard View and Alexys Riksen from Western Michigan Chr... READ MORE
Jun 07, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Whitehall baseball team saw its great season come to an end Saturday with a 4-2 loss to Gladwin in in a Division 2 regional semifinal game in Cadillac. Gladwin broke open a 1-1 game with a pair of runs in the fifth inning. Whitehall finished the ... READ MORE
Jun 02, 2014 BASEBALL REGIONALS Saturday Division 2 (at Hope College) East Grand Rapids vs. Fruitport, 10 a.m. Holland Christian vs. GR Catholic, noon Finals, 2 p.m. Division 2 (at Cadillac) Newaygo vs. Escanaba, 10 a.m. Gladwin vs. Whitehall, noon Finals, 2 p.m. Di... READ MORE
May 31, 2014 Local Sports Journal Reeths-Pufer's Kaitlin Richardson scored with four minutes left in the second overtime to lift R-P to a 2-1 win over Fruitpor in a Division 2 district soccer championship match on Saturday at Coopersville High School. Reeths-Puffer (14-3-3) faces Mount ... READ MORE
May 31, 2014 Local Sports Journal A five-run fifth inning was enough for Fruitport as the Trojans beat Spring Lake 9-5 in the Division 2 championship game played at Spring Lake on Saturday. The wins sends Fruitport to regional play at Hope College next Saturday. Fruitport scored a si... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Fruitort Trojans needed a shootout to advance to the Division 2 district championship soccer match on Thursday. Lakes 8 Conference rivals Fruitport and Spring Lake battled to a 1-1 tie before a shootout was needed to decide a winner. The Trojans ... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Here are the boys area qualifiers for the MHSAA state finals track meet on Saturday. Division 1 Long jump: Brentton Smith, Grand Haven. High jump: Adreon Billips, Mona Shores Pole vault: Brandt Gruizinga, Grand Haven. 100: Marquon Sargent, Mona Shores. 100 hurdles: Coll... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Alex Bowen's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning scored Travis Grimm with the winning run as Fruitport beat Allendale 3-2 in a Division 2 pre-district baseball game on Tuesday, The win sends the Trojans into Saturday's district semifinal game a... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Fruitport advanced to the Division 2 soccer district semifinals with a 4-0 win over Sparta on Tuesday. The Trojans will face Spring Lake in a district semifinal game on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Coopersville High School. Grace Carmean, Marissa Hassevort,... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 Local Sports Journal Fruitport split its Lakes 8 baseball double header with Howard City Tri-County on Thursday. The Trojans won Game 1 6-2 but fell 4-3 in the nightcap. Travis Grimm picked up the Game 1 win on 4 1/3 innings pitched with three strikeouts and four hits. A... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 MUSKEGON AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME 2013-14 MALE STUDENT ATHLETES THE WINNER Name: Deshaun Thrower School: Muskegon High School Academics: 2.8 gpa Athletics: Basketball (4 years), Football (4 years), Track (3 years). All-state, all-area, all-conference in football. Mr. Bask... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 MUSKEGON AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME 2013-14 FEMALE STUDENT ATHETE AWARD THE WINNER Name: Morgan Giddings School: Oakridge High School Academics: 3.83 gpa Athletics: Softball (4 years), Basketball (4 years), Volleyball (1 year). Four-time all-conference, three-time all-are... 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 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 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores softball team was dominant Tuesday, claiming decisive 16-0 and 15-0 victories over Muskegon in O-K Black Conference action. Pitcher Desi Parker got the win in both games for the Sailors, striking out a total of six. Saddie Vela had three... READ MORE