Dec 01, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com High School basketball has returned! The 2021-22 girls basketball season kicked off on Tuesday night and area fans were thrilled to be back in the stands. Here are your headlines from Tuesday night's girls basketball matchups: Kent City girl... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com Anything can happen once you get to the state championship meet. At least that’s what several area cross country teams are counting on Saturday when the regional champions, and other top finisher, convene for the final meet of the se... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON - Holton suffered from a case of nerves to start Monday night's MHSAA Division 3 district quarterfinal match against Mason County Central and trailed 11-1 in the first set. But the Red Devils quickly recovered, overcame that deficit and rolled on... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The MHSAA state volleyball tournament kicks off today around the state of Michigan. Teams from around west Michigan will be "setting up" in district tournaments and fighting for a coveted state championship. Fruitport was the last area team to... READ MORE
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Oct 30, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalsportsJournal.com Muskegon Heights - The Muskegon Heights Tigers won their first home football playoff game in school history on Saturday afternoon with a high-scoring 66-42 victory over the Holton Red Devils. The game was played at Phillips Field. “I... READ MORE
Oct 28, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Central State Activities Association (Silver Division) champion Kent City landed six runners on the girls all-league team. The Kent City boys, who finished runner-up to White Cloud, had three selections to the first team. GIRLS Final standings 1, Ke... READ MORE
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 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 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 23, 2021 Local SportsJournal.com Holton's Austin Fowler led a fourth-quarter offensive explosion but it wasn’t quite enough in a 43-30 loss to Newaygo. Fowler led the potent Red Devils (5-4) with 26 of 33 passing for 250 yards with four touchdowns while running for 33 yard on seve... READ MORE
Oct 20, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Kent City's boys’ cross country team survived a tight race with White Cloud on Tuesday. The Eagles pulled out a narrow 31-34 victory in the CSAA Silver Championships in an event hosted by Lakeview. It wasn’t so close for the Eagles’ girls who ran a... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com It was what you might call a photo finish in the boys portion of the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet. The Whitehall Vikings edged the Fruitport Trojans by the narrowest of margins on Saturday, winning 63-64. In the girls race, Mo... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet is set for Saturday at Oak Ridge Golf Course, located at 513 W. Pontaluna Road in Norton Shores. Reeths-Puffer comes as the defending champions in both the boys and girls races. The boys bring a... 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 12, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association volleyball is set for Saturday at two sites, Mona Shores High School and Orchard View High School. The teams are seeded 1-8 with Western Michigan Christian being the top seed. WMC is followed by Oakridge, Reeths-P... READ MORE
Oct 10, 2021 Localsportsjournal.com Mason County Eastern girls cross country team had a strong, consistent performance on Saturday and won the Pentwater Falcon Invitational. While the Cardinals did not have a top 3 finisher, they did edge out Frankfort 31-33 for the team title. The event w... READ MORE
Oct 09, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com An explosive finish to the end of the first half powered Holton over Hesperia in a CSAA-Silver matchup on Friday. In the 56-12 victory over Hesperia, Holton quarterback Austin Fowler connected with Bret Hosmer on three straight touchdowns before the half,... 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 05, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk Local SportsJournal.com It's often said in sports that there's nothing better than home cooking. You won't find the White Cloud boys cross country team arguing with that premise after it gobbled up the third CSAA Conference cross country jamboree that it hosted... READ MORE
Oct 04, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal The Fruitport Trojans boys cross country team edged out the Whitehall Vikings and captured the Fruitport Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. The meet was at Rycenga Park. Fruitport finished with 31 points, followed by Whitehall with 34... READ MORE
