Nov 03, 2012 DIVISION 3 BOYS STATE FINALS RESULTS 1, Jackson Lumen Christi 129; 2, Marlette 137; 3, Calvin Christian 147; 4, Benzie Central 187; 5, Freeland 196; 7, Mason County Central 223; 8, Watervliet 250; 9, Stockbridge 261; 10, Lansing Catholic 312; 11, Hemlock 324; 12, Saranac 338; 13... READ MORE
Nov 03, 2012 Local Sports Journal Mason County Central's Chase Barnett finished third overall to lead the Mason County Central Spartans to a seventh-place finish at the Division 3 boys state cross country finals at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn on Saturday. Mason Count... READ MORE
Oct 30, 2012 BOYS CROSS COUNTRY STATE FINALS QUALIFIERS DIVISION 1 GRAND HAVEN TEAM: Jordan Diephouse, Nick Johnson, Justin Pippel, Turner Sale, Will Swain, Andrew Tafelski, Ashkii Wilson. MONA SHORES: Jacob Baker. DIVISION 2 WHITEHALL TEAM: Brayden Berson, Mitch Boyce, Reiley Br... READ MORE
Oct 27, 2012 Local Sports Journal Newaygo placed third at the Division 3 boys cross country regional at Allendale on Saturday and qualified for the state finals meet. The Lions finished with 130 points to place third, while Calvin Christian took team honors with 42. Grant (145) finis... READ MORE
Oct 27, 2012 Local Sports Journal The Newaygo Lions earned a trip to the Division 5 football finals on Friday night with a 20-7 victory over neighboring Grant. The victory sends the Lions into next week's game against undefeated Reed City, which defeated Manistee 48-14 in its predistric... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2012 Local Sports Journal Here are capsules on the area’s high school football playoff games for this week. DIVISION 2 Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills (5-4) at Muskegon (8-1), 7 p.m. Friday. These teams met in Week 8 at Kenowa Hills with the Big Reds running away with a 45-7 vic... READ MORE
Oct 19, 2012 Local Sports Journal The Grant Tigers are heading to the playoffs after coming through in a must-win situation at Whitehall on Friday night. The Tigers defeated the Vikings 21-12 in a 'win or go home' scenario. Whitehall scored first on a 6-yard touchdown pass from Steve... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2012 Local Sports Journal Grant’s district soccer run ended Wednesday night with a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Tri-County. Tri-County moves on to face off against Comstock Park – which earned a 4-2 victory over Reed City in Wednesday’s other district semifinal game – in F... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2012 Grant advances to play Tri-County after a 4-2 victory over LeRoy Pine River Monday afternoon in the Division 3 boys soccer district opener in Pine River. Grant picked up single goals from Alex Barajas and Juan Espinoza, while teammate Adan Ochoa netted two scores in the vic... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2012 Local Sports Journal Brit Giese, Dakota Davis and Peter Sepinski scored one goal each in Newaygo's 5-3 loss to Tri-County in a Division 3 boys soccer district game. Tri-County moves on to the district semifinals to take on Grant, a 4-2 winner over LeRoy Pine River. Wed... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2012 Local Sports Journal Grant outscored Orchard View 17-0 in the second half to earn a 31-6 Lakes 8 Conference win at home on Friday. The Tigers took a 14-0 first-half lead after a 3-yard Kyle Russell run and a 53-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Bomay to Brandon Bouwkamp. ... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2012 Shelby 49, Ravenna 14 Ravenna 7 – 7 – 0 – 0 – 14 Shelby 7 – 35 – 7 – 0 – 49 S – Brody Lee 44 pass from Spencer Peters (Andy Fortier kick) R – Nick Timlin 1 run (Alejandro Ponce kick) S – Nathan Lentz 6 run (Fortier kick) S – Lentz 6 run (Fortier ki... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2012 Local Sports Journal Big Rapids defeated Grant 3-1 Thursday night in boys' soccer action. Juan Herrera scored the lone goal for the Tigers.... READ MORE
Oct 10, 2012 Local Sports Journal The visiting Pentwater Falcons posted a 4-1 boys soccer victory over the Grant Tigers on Wednesday night. Grant's lone goal was scored by Alex Barajas. ... READ MORE
Oct 08, 2012 BOYS SOCCER Division 3 at LeRoy Pine River Monday, Oct. 15 Grant at LeRoy Pine River, 5 p.m. Tri-County vs. Newaygo Lakeview vs. Reed City Belding vs. Comstock Park Wednesday, Oct. 17 Grant-LeRoy Pine River winner vs. Tri-County-Newaygo winner, 3 p.m. at LeRoy Pine ... READ MORE
Oct 06, 2012 Local Sports Journal Grant scored three times in the second quarter to break a 7-all tie in a 28-13 Lakes 8 Conference win over Tri-County on Friday. The host Tigers’ Garrett Bomay scored on a 33-yard run for the game’s opening touchdown, but Tri-County returned the ens... READ MORE
Oct 05, 2012 North Muskegon 29, Ravenna 8 North Muskegon 15 7 0 7 - 29 Ravenna 0 8 0 0 - 8 NM – Logan Waller 56 run (Nick Duplissis pass from Adrian Anderson) NM – Mitch Edick 41 run (Anders... READ MORE
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Sep 28, 2012 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT – For three quarters it sure looked like the Fruitport Trojans would waltz to an easy victory and a playoff berth on Friday night. But along came the fourth quarter and that brought the Grant Tigers to life. But in the end, th... READ MORE
Sep 28, 2012 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SUMMARIES FRUITPORT 21, GRANT 14 Grant 0 - 0 - 0 - 14 -- 14 Fruitport 6 - 8 - 7 - 0 -- 21 F - Tyler Fehler 3 run (pass failed) F - Aaron Veihl 19 pass from Fehler (Mitchell Reyes from Fehler) F - Reyes 8 pass from Fehler (Matt Boroff kick) G - Br... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2012 Local Sport Journal Orchard View was off and running with five first-half goals on Thursday in a Lakes 8 soccer game against the Grant Tigers. The Cardinals added three more in the second to finish the game with an 8-0 victory. The game was called at that point under ... READ MORE