Dec 18, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Hesperia wrestling team took advantage of Holton forfeits in six different weight classes Wednesday to gain a 42-25 Central States Activities Association dual match victory. Hesperia had one match winner - Gerrit Yates in the 130-pound matchup. Holt... READ MORE
Dec 16, 2014 By Justin Haggerty Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Orchard View’s Jayshonna Blackshire wasn’t taking any prisoners Tuesday. The senior standout came out at the top of her game, scoring 11 of her game-high 22 points in the first quarter to propel the Cardinals to an eas... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2014 Local Sports Journal North Muskegon's Avery Lowe finished third overall Saturday in the Division 4 Cross Country state finals in Brooklyn, Michigan. Lowe turned in a time of 19:14. The other Norse runners were Chloe Strach, who finished 20th with a time of 20:18; Corinne N... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2014 Local Sports Journal North Muskegon Norsemen won a high-scoring affair against non-conference foe Hesperia 42-25 in Friday night football action. The Norsemen held onto their slim playoff hopes with their fifth win of the season. Hesperia falls to 1-8 to end its season. ... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal Fremont relied on seven rushing touchdowns and earned its third win of the season with a 48-12 rout of Hesperia Friday night. Walker Christoffersen had a monster game on the ground for the Packers, running for 218 yards and four touchdowns. Blake Locke ... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2014 Local Sports Journal High school soccer Holton d. Hesperia 25-16, 25-14. 25-12 Holton Stats ACES: Shelbey Younts 3, Jacki Stone 2, Katie Wildfong 1 KILLS: Rachel Younts 11, Stone 7. ASSISTS: S. Younts 20. DIGS: Stone 12, R. Younts 11. BLOCKS: Liz Colvin 2, Stone 1. ... READ MORE
Oct 11, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Hesperia Panthers fell to Lakeview 35-14 on Friday night in front of the home crowd. Nathan McKeown scored from 15 yards out on a pass from quarterback Kade Witte to cut the Panthers deficit to 14-6 in second quarter. McKeown caught three pa... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Nearly two months of hard work finally paid off for the Hesperia Panthers, who broke into the victory column Friday with a 42-15 victory over White Cloud in Central State Activities Association football action. The Panthers, now 1-5 on the season, used a po... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal Holton d. Lake View 25-19; 25-20; 25-4 Holton Stats ACES: Ashley Friend 4, Rachel Younts 2. KILLS: R. Younts 12, Jacki Stone 11. ASSISTS: Shelbey Younts 31. DIGS: Stone 8, R. Younts 6. BLOCKS: Brandi Taylor 1, R. Younts 1. Kent City d. H... READ MORE
Sep 30, 2014 By Victor Skinner Local Sports Journal HESPERIA - In late July Damien Halverson was starting to prepare for a big senior season in cross country. He had every reason to be excited. The Hesperia runner had been an All-Stater in both his sophomore and junior seasons... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal After a four-year hiatus, the traveling "football trophy" has returned to Holton, thanks to the Red Devils’ 26-24 win Friday night against visiting Hesperia. Holton took care of business late with a 5-yard scoring run by Tirzo Angiano with just over a... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2014 Local Sports Journal Kent City and Hesperia found themselves in the soggy trenches of Hesperia High School on Friday and neither team looked like they could score. Not until overtime did Kent City overcome Hesperia, 8-0. The Eagles pulled out the win off a Chase Stokill to... READ MORE
Sep 10, 2014 Holton d. Hesperia 25-22; 16-25; 25-16; 25-9 Holton Stats ACE: Rachel Younts 4, Shelbey Younts 3. KILLS: R. Younts 16, Jacki Stone 13. ASSISTS: S. Younts 34. DIGS: R. Younts 13, Stone 9, Kaylee Slowik 8. BLOCKS: Liz Colvin 1. Holton improves to 2-1 in conference play. ... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2014 Local Sports Journal It's usually safe to assume that a team with a 19-point lead will hang on to win a football game. But that wasn't the case Friday in Hesperia. The host Panthers scored the first 19 points of the game, and led 19-7 at halftime, but Ludington responded with ... READ MORE
Aug 21, 2014 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal Lorenzo Rodriguez' life story almost reads like a Disney movie. The former factory worker and school custodian became the head coach of the woeful, last-place Shelby High School football program in 2006. Eight years later he's turned the T... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2014 Local Sports Journal DIVISION 3 DISTRICT 96 ALL-DISTRICT SOFTBALL TEAM Outfielders Paige Levin, Hesperia; Holly Whelan, Hesperia; Madeline Jazdzyk, Hesperia First Basemen Meredith Schmitz, Hesperia Second Basemen Lilly Lieffers, Ravenna Third Basemen Al... READ MORE
Jun 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal The boys track team from Mason County Central came within a cat’s whisker of winning Saturday’s Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Div. 3 state title. In fact they came withing six points. The Spartans, led by senior dominant dist... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Here are the boys area qualifiers for the MHSAA state finals track meet on Saturday. Division 1 Long jump: Brentton Smith, Grand Haven. High jump: Adreon Billips, Mona Shores Pole vault: Brandt Gruizinga, Grand Haven. 100: Marquon Sargent, Mona Shores. 100 hurdles: Coll... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Here are the girls area qualifiers for the MHSAA state finals track meet on Saturday. Division 1 High jump: Amy Kober, Grand Haven; Chloe Fox, Reeths-Puffer. Long jump: Jasmine Gulley, Mona Shores. 100: Kynihay Brown, Muskegon. Division 2 Pole vault: Amy Grace Shoop... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Nicole DePender struck out 13 and walked just three to lead Oakridge to a 9-1 Division 3 pre-district win over Hesperia on Tuesday. The win sends Oakridge into the district semifinals on Saturday where they will face White Cloud at 11 a.m. at Hesperia H... READ MORE