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 LocalSportsJournal.com Grant and Fremont walked away co-champs at Hesperia volleyball's annual Lori Vargas Volley Against Violence Tournament where 15 teams competed in the 12-hour awareness event. Hesperia, Newaygo, White Cloud, Fremont, Grant, Marion, Cedar Springs, Pen... 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 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com BOYS Fremont's boys cross country team came away with the CSAA Gold championship this season, with Newaygo finishing eighth overall. Final standings 1, Fremont. 2, tie Big Rapids and Reed City. 4, Chippewa Hills. 5, Tri-County. 6, Central Montcalm. 7,... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2021 Local SportsJournal.com Ludington's girls cross country team had four runners finish in the top 10 and cruised to an overwhelming victory at the Late Season Warrior Invitational at Remus Chippewa Hills on Saturday. A total of 15 girls teams competed. The Orioles with 62 ... READ MORE
Oct 23, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com It was a great night to be a senior at Grant as the Tigers ran past Kent City with a 19-0 shutout at home on Senior Night. Grant quarterback Brady Jacobs showed up and showed out on both sides of the ball for his last game of the season. The sen... 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 20, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Home course advantage put the Fremont Packers boys’ cross country team in its comfort zone on Tuesday. That, and a pack of solid runners, led the Packers to an easy 33-85 victory over Big Rapids in the CSAA Gold Cross Country Championship. Fremo... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague Wildcats captured their second straight Division 4 state title in girls golf on Saturday. The Wildcats and Lansing Catholic actually tied for the lead with a two-day total of 675. However, the tiebreaker favored the Wildcats as the team’s f... READ MORE
Oct 16, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grant Tigers football team lost a heartbreaker in the final seconds to CSAA-Gold foe Central Montcalm on Friday. The Hornets found the end zone in the final 53 seconds, caping a 25-21 win over Grant. The Tigers fell into an early hole as the Ho... 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 09, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Grant fell into a 14-0 hole against the visiting Big Rapids Cardinals on Friday evening and the Tigers couldn't claw back, dropping a 21-12 decision. The Tigers had some momentum going into the half, as Brady Jacobs capped a 16-play drive with a 5-yard t... 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 Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The Fremont Packer boys placed three runners in the top four finishers and ran away with the CSAA Gold Cross Country Jamboree on Tuesday. The event was in Big Rapids. Fremont finished with a score of 33, followed by Reed City with 85. ... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Week 6 high school football is on the books. Here are the headlines from Friday night's games. Oakridge hangs on over North Muskegon, Vanderputte leads Eagle ground game with 265 yards (+PHOTO GALLERY) Muskegon Catholic Central breaks int... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grant Tiger’s football team went head to head in a CSAA-Gold "Battle of M37" matcup against neighboring rival Newaygo on Friday. In a battle of will power, the Tigers found a way out, winning 12-7. Grant QB Brady Jacobs pulled out the victry ... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2021 *Today's story can be found in hard-copy print in the LocalSportsJournal.com September magazine at area outlets in west Michigan. By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.comSpring Lake football is having a ton of fun this fall, racking up wins behind a raucous student section and ... READ MORE
Sep 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Week-5 high school football came through with surprising wins and challenging losses on all sides of the ball. Take a look at the LSJ's Friday high school football headlines for September 25. The Ludington Orioles disrupt Lakes 8 race,... READ MORE
Sep 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Brady Jacobs intercepted a Fremont pass in the end zone with 20 seconds left to seal a Grant win on Friday night. The Tigers outlasted the Packers 20-14 in a Central State - Gold showdown. Jacobs played well on both sides of the ball, goi... READ MORE