Apr 22, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MORLEY -- The Kent City Eagles plated a total of 27 runs in a softball sweep of Morley-Stanwood on Friday. In the opener, the Eagles posted an 11-3 victory. They came back in the nightcap and won, 16-1, in four innings. Jacee Hoffman led the hitting atta... READ MORE
Apr 22, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MORLEY -- Kent City's Kyler Larson dominated Game 2 of a baseball doubleheader against Morley-Stanwood on Friday. His performance earned the Eagles a split of a pitching-dominated afternoon. Morley-Stanwood won the first game 2-1 and behind the 18-strikeo... READ MORE
Apr 22, 2023 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Kent City varsity girls' soccer team earned their first victory of the season on Friday evening, beating Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills, 6-0. The Eagles got on the board with 27 minutes left in the first half when freshman ... READ MORE
Apr 19, 2023 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Newaygo varsity softball team traveled down M-37 to take on Kent City and earned two victories, 8-4 and 13-12. The games were played in the CSAA conference. Kent City kicked off the scoring in the opener by putting up... READ MORE
Apr 19, 2023 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Kent City baseball team pulled out a 5-4 extra inning victory over Newaygo on Tuesday afternoon in CSAA conference action. The host Eagles won in a 12-inning thriller in the first game of the doubleheader and made it th... READ MORE
Apr 17, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY-- The Reeths-Puffer Rockets and Grand Rapids West Catholic captured division titles at Saturday's Kent City Golf Invitational. The fifth annual event was at The Falls of Barber Creek. There were 19 teams in the field. The teams were divided int... READ MORE
Apr 16, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com SPARTA -- The Kent City Eagles posted one victory and one tie in Saturday baseball action. The Eagles tied host Sparta 6-6 in a game in which the Spartans scored five in the first inning. That forced Kent City to play catchup the rest of the way. Kyler L... READ MORE
Apr 16, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- Kent City and Ravenna co-hosted the Kubasiak Softball Tournament on Saturday. The event is in honor of Peter and Erika Kubasiak, a pair of Ravenna students that lost their lives in an automobile accident in 2016. After opening with a 4-3 ... READ MORE
Apr 13, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- The host Kent City Eagles plated nine runs in the second inning and cruised to a 15-3 baseball victory over the Orchard View Cardinals on Thursday. After scoring nine runs in the second, the Eagles added four more in the third. Troy Atwood, ... READ MORE
Apr 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Kent City girls softball team opened up the season by sweeping a doubleheader from Lakeview on Tuesday afternoon. Kent City won the opener, 7-4, and the nightcap, 8-2. The Central State Activities Association matchup was played in Kent Cit... READ MORE
Apr 11, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -- The host Kent City Eagles earned a split of a doubleheader with Lakeview on its home field on Tuesday. The Eagles won the opener 8-5, but dropped the nightcap, 5-4. In Game 1, sophomore Zach Flegel pitched six innings and allowed two earned ... READ MORE
Mar 29, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Kent City Eagles broke a 4-all tie with a run in the bottom of the seventh inning on Tuesday and defeated the Fremont Packers 5-4. Webb Longcore led Kent City with three hits and two RBI. Zane Kik had the Eagles' only other hit. The Eagles... READ MORE
Mar 28, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- The Kent City Eagles spoiled the home opener for the Oakridge Eagles on Monday with a 10-7 extra inning victory. Nine Kent City hits and nine Oakridge walks walks highlighted the victory for the visitors. Ryan Darling and Webb Longcore ... READ MORE
Mar 10, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON – North Muskegon may very well be playing its best basketball at the most important time of year. Coach Chuck Rypstra said his team had stretches of their best offensive production of the season on Friday at Holton High School, helping the Nors... READ MORE
Mar 09, 2023 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY--The wait is over for the Hart girls' basketball team. The Pirates captured their first regional title since 1992 with a 37-34 victory over the Kent City Eagles, which finished as state runners-up the past two seasons in Division... READ MORE
Mar 09, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON--The Kent City Eagles are moving on to the district championship game after getting by the Holton Red Devils on Wednesday, 55-35. The Division 3 semifinal game played at Holton High School. The victory puts Kent City into the district title game at... READ MORE
Mar 08, 2023 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal SHELBY--The Lexie Bowers shooting show was on display as Kent City routed the Saugatuck Trailblazers in a Division 3 regional semifinal game, 66-32, on Tuesday evening. Bowers burned the nets for 30 first-half points, including going 6-of-9... READ MORE
Mar 04, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com LAKEVIEW--Lexie Bowers and Hailey Kamphuis combined for 33 points as Kent City won its sixth consecutive district girls basketball title with a 49-45 victory over Morley-Stanwood on Friday night. Bowers, a senior, had a game-high 17 points. along ... READ MORE
Mar 02, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT -- Kent City celebrated Senior Night in a rather unique way on Thursday night before its 57-47 victory over Grant. Recently, the Eagles' Senior Night was postponed so Grant stepped up and allowed the Eagles to honor their seniors on the Tigers' home... READ MORE
Mar 02, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com LAKEVIEW--Kent City began what it hopes is a long tournament run with a 49-22 victory over Holton on Wednesday night. The Division 3 district semifinal game was played at Lakeview. The Eagles (19-4) will now face Morley-Stanwood, a team they defeated twi... READ MORE