Apr 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE – Mason County Central scored a walkoff victory over Hart in Wednesday's West Michigan Conference baseball opener. The host Spartans won, 11-10. The second game made it to the fifth inning before darkness forced postponement. Hart was... READ MORE
Apr 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE – The Mason County Central girls' softball team opened its season and West Michigan Conference Rivers Division schedule hosting Hart on Wednesday night. Hart captured a 16-9 victory in the opener and the second game was called in the ... READ MORE
Mar 13, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com The Local Sports Journal hosted its Second Annual Varsity Blues Athletic Awards show on March 8 at the Frauenthal Theater in downtown Muskegon. The evening included a blues band, the recognition of three-sport athletes throughout the area and naming the... READ MORE
Mar 06, 2025 By Scott VanSickle LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE - A fast start and 26 points from freshman Jayna Burmeister led Shelby past host Mason County Central for the third time this season to a Division 3 girls basketball district semifinal win on Wednesday. The Tigers go... READ MORE
Mar 04, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE – Firing on all cylinders right from the start, Mason County Central's girls basketball team savored some home cooking in Monday night's MHSAA Division 3 district game on its home court with a 75-24 blow out of Hesperia. It was the th... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com The following are pairings, sites and times for this week’s Division 1, 2, 3, and 4 girls basketball district tournaments involving area teams. The winners of each district will advance to next week’s regional completion at various sites. DIVIS... READ MORE
Feb 27, 2025 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY – Trailing by one at half, the Manistee boys' basketball team finally got its offense going in the third quarter and pulled away from Mason County Central for a 50-35 win Wednesday night in the MHSAA Division 3 district semif... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY – After battling CSAA-Silver champion Kent City to an 18-all halftime tie, the Mason County Central girls' basketball team fell victim to a hot-shooting Eagles team in the third quarter and eventually lost, 44-33, in non-conference action T... READ MORE
Feb 24, 2025 By Scott VanSickle LocalSportsJournal.com After expanding to 14 schools and two divisions at the start of the 2022-23 school year, the West Michigan Conference will realign in 2026-27. Based on enrollment numbers this year, Hart will move up to the bigger Lakes Divisio... READ MORE
Feb 23, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com The following are pairings, sites and times for this week’s Division 1, 2, 3, and 4 boys basketball district tournaments involving area teams. The winners of each district will advance to next week’s regional completion at various sites. DIVI... READ MORE
Feb 22, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com HESPERIA – The Mason County Central girls basketball team recorded its highest scoring night of the season on Friday in a 69-33 West Michigan Conference Rivers Division victory at Hesperia. The win snapped Central's five-game losing streak. Senio... READ MORE
Feb 21, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE – Cole VanderHaag scored 23 points in leading the Mason County Central boys basketball team past Hesperia, 62-39 in a West Michigan Conference Rivers Division game Thursday night. Trent Hawke added 10 points, Jose Lopez eight and Jaxon Mu... READ MORE
Feb 19, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE – Everyone dressed for the game scored Tuesday night as the Mason County Central boys' basketball team rolled to a 65-38 non-conference win over Montague. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for the Spartans. “We a... READ MORE
Feb 15, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY – Cole VanderHaag and Jaxon Munoz accounted for 39 points as the Mason County Central boys basketball team topped Shelby, 63-40 in a West Michigan Conference Rivers Division game Friday night. The victory snapped the Spartans' three-game losi... READ MORE
Feb 14, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE--- Hitting seven 3-pointers in the first half, the Shelby girls basketball team handed Mason County Central a 47-35 loss Thursday in a West Michigan Conference Rivers Division matchup. Leading that long range blitz by the Tigers was t... READ MORE
Feb 11, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND RAPIDS – The Mason County Central boys' basketball team struggled at the start and never really got anything going in a 58-31 non-conference loss at Grand Rapids Covenant Christian on Tuesday night. A 21-7 first-quarter deficit left the Sp... READ MORE
Feb 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE – Mason County Central senior point guard Mallory Miller became the seventh Spartan girls' basketball player to reach 1,000 career points on Monday night. Unfortunately, the milestone came in a heartbreaking 57-54 non-conference loss ... READ MORE
Feb 09, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE - The Fremont boys basketball team pulled away after a first-quarter deficit and took down Mason County Central, 63-56, on Saturday. The Packers trailed 18-13 after the first quarter, but went on an 18-7 run to take a 31-25 lead at halftime. T... READ MORE
Feb 07, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE - The Hart Pirates held down Mason County Central in its 53-41 West Michigan Conference boys basketball win on Friday. The teams played to an even 14-all standoff after the first quarter, and the Pirates were able to stifle MCC in the second... READ MORE
Feb 07, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com The Hart Pirates turned up the pressure on the offensive end in the second half on Thursday and defeated Mason County Central, 57-45, in a WMC Rivers contest. Mason County Central took a 23-18 lead into halftime on the strength of its halfcourt defense. T... READ MORE