Apr 20, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY - The Grant baseball team went 1-1 at the Kent City Invitational on Saturday. The Tigers fell to Sparta 3-1 in the opening game, but bounced back with a vengeance to blank host Kent City 13-0. Jacob Gates took the loss on the mound against the... READ MORE
Apr 18, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com BELDING - The Grant softball team took the first game of a doubleheader against Belding that was cut short due to weather on Friday. Payton Shoemaker helped lead the Tigers to a 5-3 victory with strong efforts on the mound and at the plate. Shoemaker th... READ MORE
Apr 17, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The Grant softball team topped Big Rapids 5-3 and 11-3 in a doubleheader on Wednesday evening. In the opening game, Payton Shoemaker allowed two hits and struck out five batters. Emma Thompson led the offense with three hits, including a double ... READ MORE
Apr 17, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The Grant baseball team built a lead and never let it go in a 6-1 CSAA-Red victory over Tri County on Wednesday. A single by Austin Gragg and an error from Tri County gave the Tigers a 3-0 lead by the bottom of the third that set the tone. Owen ... READ MORE
Apr 15, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com HOWARD CITY - The Grant baseball team split a twin bill against Howard City Tri-County on Monday. Both teams traded leads in the opener before the Tigers pulled ahead in the top of the fifth inning on the way to a 14-7 win. The Tigers fell short in t... READ MORE
Apr 14, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com HOWARD CITY - The Grant softball team overpowered Tri County with 25 hits on the evening in a doubleheader sweep on Monday. The Tigers won 18-1 and 26-6. Payton Shoemaker gave up just two hits and struck out five batters in the opening game. Emma Thomps... READ MORE
Apr 11, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT – Grant hosted Ludington in a non-conference baseball doubleheader Thursday and swept the Orioles, 5-1 and 4-2. Rory Fish gave up zero hits on the mound for the Tigers in Game 1, striking out seven and walking just two over four innings. Austin... READ MORE
Apr 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT – The Ludington girls softball team dropped a non-conference doubleheader to Grant by scores of 19-4 and 14-4 at Grant on Thursday. “There were definitely huge improvements tonight over our first doubleheader,” Orioles coach Sierra Hol... READ MORE
Apr 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY - Juliet Gonzalez scored the game's only goal with less than four minutes remaining and lifted the Grant Tigers to a 1-0 soccer victory over the host Shelby Tigers on Thursday. Grant made the most of their shots as Shelby outshot them, 10-5. Gran... READ MORE
Mar 22, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Oakridge girls soccer team opened the 2025 season on a strong note with a convincing 5-1 victory over Grant on Friday. The Eagles’ Nana Raap set the tone early with a first-half hat trick. Sienna Eacker wrapped up the scoring in the secon... READ MORE
Mar 13, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com The Local Sports Journal hosted its Second Annual Varsity Blues Athletic Awards show on March 8 at the Frauenthal Theater in downtown Muskegon. The evening included a blues band, the recognition of three-sport athletes throughout the area and naming the... READ MORE
Mar 07, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT – The Grant girls’ basketball team captured a Division 2 district title on Friday night, defeating Sparta 37-27 to advance to regionals. Grant will take on Spring Lake at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Grand Rapids West Catholic. Spring Lake defeated Monta... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com The following are pairings, sites and times for this week’s Division 1, 2, 3, and 4 girls basketball district tournaments involving area teams. The winners of each district will advance to next week’s regional completion at various sites. DIVIS... READ MORE
Feb 28, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The Grant girls basketball team finished the regular season with a double-digit victory as they took down Oakridge, 60-33, on Thursday. The Tigers led 13-7 after the first quarter and outscored the Eagles, 15-6, in the second quarter for a 28-13 l... READ MORE
Feb 26, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com ADA - The Grant boys' basketball team fell to Comstock Park 62-58 in the Division 2 district semi-final at Forest Hills Eastern on Wednesday evening. “We needed to be better tonight in several areas, probably including my coaching, but I'm very proud of... READ MORE
Feb 23, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com The following are pairings, sites and times for this week’s Division 1, 2, 3, and 4 boys basketball district tournaments involving area teams. The winners of each district will advance to next week’s regional completion at various sites. DIVI... READ MORE
Feb 22, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS - The Grant boys' basketball team earned the outright CSAA-Red title with a 79-77 triple-overtime win over Big Rapids on Friday night. “I haven't said much on social media about this adventure I've been on since June and a return to coaching... READ MORE
Feb 19, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com MORLEY-STANWOOD – The Grant boys’ basketball team earned at least a share of the CSAA Red league title with a 91-50 win over Morley Stanwood on Tuesday. "It took a few minutes for us to get going tonight,” Grant coach Dan George said. “We still ... READ MORE
Feb 16, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grant Tigers are sending two wrestlers to the Michigan High School Athletic Association individual state wrestling tournament. On Saturday, senior Alex Russo and junior Kashton Atwood both finished third to earn a spot in the finals. Russo wrestles at... READ MORE
Feb 15, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com REED CITY – The Grant boys’ basketball team remained unbeaten in CSAA play with a 68-51 win over Reed City on Friday. “This was a physical game,” said Grant coach Dan George. “I’m just happy to go home with a win and no one on either team ... READ MORE