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 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.com Mason County Central's football team needed a win in Friday night's game in Lakeview to end the season on a positive note after all the struggles the Spartans have endured. But there were only smiles after the Spartans throttled Lake... 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 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com One of the more hotly contested football races in recent memory produced tri-champions in the West Michigan Conference. Montague, Oakridge and Whitehall all finished atop the standings with 6-1 records. And to the victors go the spoils, namely on the West... READ MORE
Oct 16, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com North Muskegon was playing with its second string quarterback, Denny Belmonte, to start the game, and its head coach, Larry Whitham, was in the hospital because of a health issue. As if that wasn't enough adversity for the Norsemen, ... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mason County Central volleyball team dropped rival Mason County Eastern in four matches on Wednesday. The Spartans cruised past the Cardinals with game scores of 25-8, 25-2, 22-25, 25-23. MCC Freshman Alayna Rafter played well, posting 14 ac... 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 The Mason County Central volleyball team fell to the Hart Pirates in three games on Tuesday. The Spartans fells 25-18, 25-16 and 25-22. Alayna Rafter led MCC with three aces, three digs and a kill, Ashlyn McKay made two blocks, Charlie Banks had s... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2021 LocalSportsJournal Nothing like a clean sweep and that's what the Hart Pirates accomplished a soggy West Michigan Conference cross country championship. The meet was run at Shelby. Both the girls and the boys came away with first-place finishes and both victories came in convi... 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 Mason County Central volleyball team struggled against North Muskegon on Tuesday, falling in three sets (25-13,25-6 and 25-16). Charlie Banks led for the Spartans with 11 digs, one kill and an ace. Alayna Rafter had seven kills, a kill and a block, ... READ MORE
Oct 05, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The Hart Pirates swept the third West Michigan Conference Jamboree on Tuesday afternoon by outdistancing the Whitehall Vikings in both races. Hart slipped by Whitehall with 35 points to Whitehall’s 44. Mason County Central was third w... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Week 6 high school football is on the books. Here are the headlines from Friday night's games. Oakridge hangs on over North Muskegon, Vanderputte leads Eagle ground game with 265 yards (+PHOTO GALLERY) Muskegon Catholic Central breaks int... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2021 *Today's story can be found in hard-copy print in the LocalSportsJournal.com September magazine at area outlets in west Michigan. By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.comSpring Lake football is having a ton of fun this fall, racking up wins behind a raucous student section and ... READ MORE
Sep 29, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mason County Central volleyball team took a loss to hard hitting Montague in Western Michigan Conference play on Tuesday. Adria Quigley scored one ace and had three digs for the Spartans. Charlie Banks had four kills and two aces while Jessica Ger... READ MORE
Sep 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Week-5 high school football came through with surprising wins and challenging losses on all sides of the ball. Take a look at the LSJ's Friday high school football headlines for September 25. The Ludington Orioles disrupt Lakes 8 race,... READ MORE
Sep 25, 2021 by Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.comMason County Central and Shelby both entered Week 5 seeking their first wins of the season. The Spartans walked away more than satisfied, topping the Tigers 50-0. MCC took advantage of four second-quarter Shelby turnovers and made quic... READ MORE
Sep 22, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Mason County Central stumbled into a three-game loss to the Ravenna Bulldogs in an WMC matchup on Tuesday. The Spartans fell, 25-5, 25-16 and 25-13. Adria Quigley had three digs and scored an ace for the Spartans. Amya Battice made two kills, Alay... READ MORE