Apr 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Orchard View girls soccer team blanked Grant, 3-0, on Friday evening. The Cardinals led 1-0 at halftime and tacked on two more in the shutout over Grant. Edeline Fernandez led the Cardinals with a goal and an assist. Cassidy Noordhoek... READ MORE
Apr 24, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grant softball team took two games from White Cloud on Tuesday night in doubleheader action. The Tigers won the opener 9-7, then cruised to a 10-3 victory in the second contest of the night. Reese Gragg won game one from the circle, allowing five run... READ MORE
Apr 14, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ravenna softball team finished on top in the Kubasiak Neighborhood tournament on Saturday. The Bulldogs opened with a 15-0 rout over Grant, won a game by forfeit then blanked Cedar Springs in the title game. Riley Homoly threw a perfect game with fiv... READ MORE
Apr 09, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com In a high-scoring softball contest on Tuesday, Grant outlasted Morley-Stanwood 18-12 in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The nightcap was suspended in the third inning due to darkness. In the opener, Emma Thompson led the Tigers wi... READ MORE
Mar 09, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Fremont girls basketball team claimed their first Division 2 district title since 2009 with a 49-40 win over Grant on Friday. For the first time since 1978, the Packers won a conference and district title in the same year. Jessica Bennett h... READ MORE
Feb 28, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Newaygo boys’ basketball team overcame an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit on Wednesday night in a Division 2 district semifinal contest and defeated Grant, 61-57. The Lions trailed by five points at halftime and 51-34 heading into the four... READ MORE
Feb 28, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Next week, the girls will be hitting the court in the MHSAA district basketball tournament. The action starts on Monday with opening-round games, followed by the district semifinals on Wednesday and district finals on Friday. Area teams will be competing... READ MORE
Feb 27, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY - A solid shooting night from Maddie Geers helped push the Kent City girls' basketball team past Grant, 46-35, on Tuesday night. Free throws were key in the win and Geers went 17-of-24 from the line and accumulated 28 points. The Eagles held a ... READ MORE
Feb 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the scores from Monday night's boys district basketball games. This post will be updated throughout the evening as more scores come available. Boys' districts will continue on Wednesday with district semifinal games and Friday with district fina... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Area boys' basketball teams are gearing up for March Madness (even though we're still in February). Boys' districts will be played Monday, Wednesday and Friday at eight sites throughout the area. Please note that start times at Orchard View tonight and W... READ MORE
Feb 24, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - Foul trouble and physical play pushed the Grant girls' basketball team to a 64-57 overtime loss to CSAA opponent Morley Stanwood on Friday night. “We were closing in on a 20-point lead and we got our third foul on four of our key players, two ... READ MORE
Feb 23, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The Montague boys' basketball team capped off the regular season with a 75-67 win against Grant on Thursday. The Wildcats outscored the Tigers 43-30 in the first half. The Tigers managed to find a spark in the second half and made a valiant ef... READ MORE
Feb 20, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - Julie Ashbaugh was on fire with a career-high 32 points to help the Grant girls basketball team top Whitehall 71-44 on Tuesday evening. The Tigers led 31-23 after the first two quarters and led the rest of the way. “The girls buckled down and ... READ MORE
Feb 19, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com REED CITY - The Grant boys' basketball team struggled to score in the second half and fell to Reed City, 60-41, in the first round of the CSAA tournament on Monday night. The Tigers trailed 29-23 at the halftime break, but went on to be outscored 31-18 ov... READ MORE
Feb 16, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com All nine players scored for the Grant boys’ basketball team in a 62-42 victory over Kent City on Friday night in CSAA action. Lucas Swanson paced the Tigers with 10 points while Zaiden Phillips and Ethan DeLong each added eight. Oakley Obenauf and Aiden... READ MORE
Feb 14, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The White Cloud boys basketball team shook off Grant, 77-70, in CSAA play on Wednesday evening. The Indians were down 23-18 after the first quarter, but managed to cut the deficit to go into the halftime break tied at 38-all. The momentum continue... READ MORE
Feb 14, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The Grant girls basketball team overpowered White Cloud, 50-23, in CSAA play on Wednesday night. The Tigers didn’t quite have the spark they were looking for on offense, but adjusted to make up for it with their defense. “Our defensive rotati... READ MORE
Feb 13, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - Julie Ashbaugh became the Grant High School all-time career point scorer on Tuesday night in the Tigers' 66-26 victory over injury-riddled Holton. Ashbaugh reached the 1,055-point mark and took over the top spot in school history. “We knew Holt... READ MORE
Feb 12, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The Grant boys basketball team grabbed the lead in the second half and bagged a 77-74 CSAA victory over Central Montcalm. Monday's game saw the Tigers trailing 36-34 at the half, but overcame Central Montcalm in the third quarter. Zaiden Phillips... READ MORE
Feb 12, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Area wrestling will be well represented next weekend for the MHSAA Individual Wrestling Tournament. On Saturday, area wrestlers were vying for individual district titles at six district tournaments throughout the area. In all, more than 90 area wrestlers... READ MORE