Apr 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HART -- Hart's girls softball team opened the 2022 spring season Tuesday afternoon with a non-conference doubleheader sweep of visiting Mason County Eastern, 21-0 and 24-1 at home. Finley Kistler started the first game in the pitcher's circle for the Pi... READ MORE
Apr 05, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HART -- Improved weather certainly was welcome Tuesday afternoon as the Hart baseball team played Mason County Eastern in a non-conference doubleheader at home and won both games, 5-2 and 4-3. Game one saw Brandon VanderZanden lead the hitting parade, as... READ MORE
Apr 02, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The awards keep piling up for the Kent City Eagles girls basketball team as the Associated Press announced its Division 3 all-state basketball teams. Kent City’s Lexie Bowers and Western Michigan Christian’s Kyla Wiersema were both ... READ MORE
Mar 26, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT -The Fremont girls soccer team notched their first win of the season with an 8-1 rout over Hart on Friday afternoon in a non-conference matchup. The Packers maintained offensive pressure the entire game, scoring four goals in each half. The sc... READ MORE
Mar 26, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT--The Oakridge girls soccer team dropped their opening match of the season on the road with a 1-0 loss in a game versus Fruitport on Friday evening. Oakridge goalkeeper Izzy Glassford allowed just a single goal while making 15 saves. The Eagle�... READ MORE
Mar 19, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com (The feature photo above includes from left to right; David Nemecek, Jaden O'Hagan and John O'Hagan) John O'Hagan had a bucket list when he started officiating 37 years ago, in 1985, and that was to work a state final in each of the spor... READ MORE
Mar 10, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON—The Holton Red Devils advanced to the Division 4, district final game on Friday evening with a Wednesday evening, hard fought win over the Hart Pirates 54-45, in a game played at Western Michigan high school. Holton held a sl... READ MORE
Mar 08, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON—The Hart Pirates made quick work of the Hesperia Panthers on Monday evening in the opening round of the Division 4 boys district basketball tournament being held at Western Michigan Christian by a score of 63-36. Hart jumped ... READ MORE
Mar 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com DETROIT -- Nothing like facing the biggest challenge in the biggest match of the year in the MHSAA individual state wrestling finals at Ford Field in Detroit on Saturday. Which is what Mason County Central senior Andrew Quinn did. Quinn, who eclipsed 100... READ MORE
Mar 05, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON—The Hart Pirates were in total control of their district girls basketball match-up with Western Michigan Christian on Friday evening in Holton and led by ten 33-23 at the seven minute mark of the third quarter, before the Warrio... READ MORE
Mar 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com It's time for the big show in Michigan high school wrestling, the MHSAA individual state finals, and once again the area has a bulging contingent of wrestlers vying for titles in all four divisions at Ford Field in Detroit on Friday and Saturday. A to... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HART--The Pirates were unselfish as they totaled 15 assists in the 69-59 win over White Cloud on Thursday evening. White Cloud got off to a hot start leading 19-10 at the end of the first quarter and 31-24 at halftime. In the third quarter, Hart caught fi... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON -- Hart's girls basketball team won its third straight game, and punched its ticket to the MHSAA Division 3 district championship game with a convincing 59-22 victory over Holton on Wednesday night in Holton. The Pirates went on a 6-0 tear to sta... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HART -- Hunter DeLora and Garrett Wever combined to score 42 points as the Oakridge boys basketball team defeated Hart, 68-39 on Tuesday night in the West Michigan Conference. Oakridge exploded for a 27-3 first quarter and never looked back. Each team sco... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE -- Host Montague put the defensive clamps down on visiting Hart on Friday, rolling the Pirates in a 63-30 victory. Head coach Dave Osborne's squad improves to 13-5 overall and 8-5 in the West Michigan Conference. "I was really pleased with our d... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com KALAMAZOO -- Had a couple of matches gone the other way, it's difficult to guess just how the dual would have shaken out for the Hart wrestling team Friday night. But, as it is that didn't happen, and the Pirates saw their season come to an end with a ... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2022 By Ron Pesch LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon area’s wild success in football has been celebrated on many occasions. But what about basketball? On 166 occasions, between 1917 and 2021, boys teams from schools in the Greater Muskegon area have advanced to the fina... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com HART—The Hart Pirates put the finishing touches on a perfect 2021-2022 West Michigan Conference season on Thursday evening. The host Pirates earned a 47-35 victory over the Oakridge Eagles. A quick start by the Lady Pirates was exact... READ MORE
Feb 24, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HART -- West Michigan Aviation Academy flew into Hart's gym for a non-conference boys basketball game with the Pirates, and took off with a 77-42 victory Wednesday night. The Pirates couldn't get their offense started, and they also had trouble keeping ... READ MORE
Feb 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com We've reached the final week of the girls high school basketball season and that can mean just one thing. The Michigan High School Athletic Association tournament is right around the corner. Area teams will be vying for district titles beginning on Monda... READ MORE