Jan 12, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Grand Haven Bucs hockey team opened its play in the 35th annual Stan Konrad Hockey Showcase with matchups against Canton and Midland on Friday and Saturday at Lakeshore Sports Centre in Muskegon. The Buc fell on Friday to an 8-7 in a su... READ MORE
Jan 11, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com HUDSONVILLE - The Grand Haven girls' basketball team got big games from Gillian Sorrelle and Mallory Woiteshek to secure their first OK Conference-Red win of the season on Friday night. The Bucs took down Hudsonville, 57-36. Hudsonville led 13-10 after t... READ MORE
Jan 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Haven nearly turned around a rough start in its 71-66 O-K Red loss to Hudsonville on Friday night. The Bucs scored 24 points in the fourth quarter, but couldn't recover from a 10-point first quarter and 9-of-16 shooting from the free-throw ... READ MORE
Jan 06, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com ROCKFORD - The Grand Haven boys' bowling team opened OK-Red play on Monday with a big victory over host Rockford. The Bucs claimed a 26-4 victory. Grand Haven won both baker games (202-193 and 259-206). The 259 games was a season high for the... READ MORE
Jan 04, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com ROCKFORD - The Grand Haven girls basketball team opened the OK Conference-Red season with a 60-48 loss against Rockford on Friday. It was the first loss of the year for the Bucs. The Bucs were sluggish in the opening quarter and found themselves behind, ... READ MORE
Dec 21, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com For every great local basketball rivalry, there's at least one kid practicing in their driveway at home getting ready for their big moment to shine. Grand Haven's Kaden Strong got his chance for glory on Friday in the Bucs' 50-49 win over Spring Lake... READ MORE
Dec 20, 2024 The Grand Haven girls’ basketball team cruised to a 62-30 victory over Spring Lake on Friday night. The Bucs jumped out to a 21-0 lead at the end of the opening quarter, led 35-6 at halftime and had a 49-18 advantage heading into the final frame of the contest.’ Abby Spon... READ MORE
Dec 18, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Grand Haven Buccaneer bowling teams won Tuesday's Sherman House Bowling Jamboree by a wide margin. The event was at Sherman Bowling Center in Muskegon. The Bucs rolled into town and took home the bowling pin trophy and bragging rights. In... READ MORE
Dec 15, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MIDLAND - The Grand Haven girls' basketball team pushed its win streak to five with a 50-35 victory over Midland on Saturday. The Buccaneers took a narrow 21-17 lead after the first half and 31-25 lead after three quarters. The lead grew even further ... READ MORE
Dec 14, 2024 MUSKEGON - Grand Haven held the host Rockets to just two points in each of the first three quarters en route to a 54-11 victory Friday night. Kendall Gillis scored a game-high 13 points, including 3-for-3 from beyond the arc and 2-for-2 from the charity stripe for Grand Haven.... READ MORE
Dec 07, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.co GRAND HAVEN – Grand Haven took control of its game with Ludington early on Friday night and defeated the visiting Orioles, 55-22. Grand Haven led 14-6 after one quarter and extended it to 29-10 at the half. Gillian Sorrelle led Grand Haven (... READ MORE
Dec 04, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANDVILLE - The Grand Haven girls basketball team sparked off the season with a 52-40 win against Calvin Christian on Tuesday. The Bucs held a small 11-10 lead going into the second quarter, but fired off an 18-4 scoring run to stretch that lead to 29-14... READ MORE
Nov 13, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The area's most successful soccer teams during the season also landed the most players on the all-state teams. The teams were announced by the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association. Five players earned first-team all-state honors, includ... READ MORE
Nov 07, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com COOPERSVILLE - The Grand Haven volleyball team snapped their 17-year district title streak with a tough and tight loss to Coopersville, 20-25, 23-25, 22-25, in the Division 1 district semifinal on Wednesday. “We came into the match feeling really good a... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com BROOKLYN - The boys from Grand Haven captured eighth place in Saturday's Division 1 cross country state finals. The meet, which was run at Michigan International Speedway, featured a dominating performance by Northville, which won the team title with 99 p... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com BROOKLYN - The girls from Holland West Ottawa ran a strong race on Saturday at the Division 1 state cross country finals. The Panthers, which finished third, were led by Helen Sachs, a senior, who finished second in 17:01.7. Midland Dow senior Victoria Ga... READ MORE
Oct 31, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND HAVEN - The Grand Haven volleyball team took down Grandville, 25-18, 25-20, 25-14, in an OK-Red match to wrap up the regular season on Tuesday. “It was a special night honoring our five seniors, Reghan Miller, Ashley Fumarolo, Sara Weber, Dyllan M... READ MORE
Oct 27, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND HAVEN - The Grand Haven volleyball team was a perfect 3-0 in a quad match on Saturday on its home court. The Bucs didn’t drop a single set all day with wins against Forest Hills Central (25-15, 25-13, 25-16), Dewitt (25-12, 25-15, 25-16) and Zeela... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com ALLENDALE - The Holland West Ottawa girls' cross country team turned in a dominating performance on Saturday and ran away with the Division 1 regional title. The Panthers finished with 32 points, far ahead of runner-up Grand Haven (81 points) and Rockford... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com ALLENDALE - The Grand Haven boys track team claimed second place in Saturday's Division 1 regional cross country meet. The meet, at Allendale, finished with Jenison and Grand Haven tied with 44 points. Jenison won the tiebreaker based on the finish of its... READ MORE