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 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington put three girls on the Lakes 8 All-Conference team. League champion Ludington All-Conference First team Emma McKinley, sophomore, Ludington; Mackenzie Sarto, senior, Ludington; Sophia Sarto, junior, Ludington; Zoe Vanderstelt, Muskegon Catho... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Muskegon Catholic captured the final Lakes 8 Activities Conference football title this fall with a 3-0 mark. The league is disbanding after this school year. For their efforts, the Crusaders also reaped much of the rewards on the all-conference first te... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington's girls cross country team edged Western Michigan Christian for the Lakes 8 Activities Conference championship, while the Orioles’ boys team finished second behind champion Manistee. GIRLS First team Summer Brower, Ludington; Nadia Grierson,... 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 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal In an up-and-down season, the Ludington football team finished the 2021 campaign on a downer when the Orioles lost a 25-0 game to North Muskegon on the road Friday night. The Orioles completed the nine-game schedule with a 3-6 record, an... READ MORE
Oct 21, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Some area football teams appear to have clinched berths in the MHSAA playoffs, while others are on the bubble as the 2021 regular season concludes this weekend. With strength of schedule now entering into the picture, a few teams with 5-4 records, or even... READ MORE
Oct 19, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com In a race that came down to the wire, Ludington's girls cross country ream nosed out Western Michigan Christian at the Lakes 8 Activities Conference Championships. The meet was Tuesday at West Shore Community College campus. The Orioles took the second a... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague Wildcats captured their second straight Division 4 state title in girls golf on Saturday. The Wildcats and Lansing Catholic actually tied for the lead with a two-day total of 675. However, the tiebreaker favored the Wildcats as the team’s f... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Hart's boys and girls cross country teams dominated the competition at the Hart & Sole Invitational on Saturday. The Pirate girls captured the top three places and finished with 23 points. Runner-up Ludington had 42. Hart’s boys won by an even large... READ MORE
Oct 16, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington gave its seniors something to celebrate Friday night in their final home game with a 35-8 non-conference win over Morley Stanwood, and snapped a two-game losing streak as well. After the game, head coach Charlie Gunsell mad... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com If you plan to make a long run in the boys state soccer tournament, sooner or later, you’re going run up against a highly talented team. For the Reeths-Puffer Rockets, it was sooner rather than later. On Wednesday night, the Rockets dispatched the state... READ MORE
Oct 14, 2021 by Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington's girls cross country team sped to a 41-57 victory over Manton at the Chris Grabowski Memorial Invitational at Manistee on Thursday. Reed City finished third, Leroy Pine River was fourth, followed by Frankfort, Manistee, Grand ... 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 13, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Muskegon Catholic Central volleyball fell to Lakes 8 foe Ludington in three games on Monday. The Crusaders lost 25-12, 25-20 and 25-20. Leading MCC was Ella Muskovin with two aces, Erin LaVigne made nine kills and seven digs, Elaina LaGuire got fi... READ MORE
Oct 11, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ludington boy’s soccer team wrapped up their regular season with a 2-0 victory over Manistee on Thursday. Jacopo Cracco and Parker Wendt each put a score on the board for the Orioles while Mason Verstrat offered up an assist. Keeper Tiler Marriso... READ MORE
Oct 09, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington gave Belding all it could want, and then some, but fell short of getting the victory Friday night. The Orioles went into overtime before falling, 44-41 in the non-conference contest. Host Ludington (2-5) struck first, with quart... 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 06, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ludington Oriole’s boys soccer team shutout the visiting Shelby Tigers 2-0 in non-conference action on Monday. Leading for the Orioles was Spencer Holmes with a goal and an assist. Ultan Ryan also offered up a goal for the Orioles while Matthew ... READ MORE
Oct 06, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com It's going to be close. Muskegon Western Michigan Christian's girls cross country team has won both Lakes 8 Activities Conference cross country jamborees this season by the narrowest of margins. Back on Sept. 21 the Warriors managed to ... READ MORE