Apr 13, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY - The Shelby baseball team took both games of a twin bill against Mason County Eastern on Friday. The Tigers won 15-0 and 12-2. Eli Kelley gave up just one hit and struck out 10 batters in the opening game for the Tigers. Chase Simon led ... READ MORE
Apr 13, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY – Shelby swept visiting Mason County Eastern, 13-3 and 15-6 in a non-conference girls softball doubleheader Friday afternoon. Jayna Burmeister was dominant in the pitcher's circle for the Tigers in Game 1, ringing up 12 strike outs while no-h... READ MORE
Mar 22, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON – The Mason County Eastern baseball team opened the season Friday with a 11-4 non-conference loss at Holton. A big bottom half of the first inning powered the Red Devils after the Cardinals got on the board first when Eric Vercshuren drew... 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 04, 2025 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com ONEKAMA – Mason County Eastern is moving on in the Division 4 district after taking down Pentwater on Monday. Mason County Eastern opened up with a flurry and rode that quick start to a convincing 37-20 win in the first round o... 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 28, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER – It wasn't the kind of game the Mason County Eastern girls basketball team would have preferred going into the post-season when the Cardinals struggled to match White Cloud's intensity and physicality in dropping a 51-29 non-conference game t... 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 21, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com ONEKAMA – It certainly wasn't the finish to the regular season the Mason County Eastern boys basketball team was hoping for Thursday night with the district tournament starting next week. The Cardinals lost to Onekama, 72-28. Aaron Drake scor... READ MORE
Feb 15, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER – Sometimes, you just have to get tough, and that's just what the Mason County Eastern girls basketball team did in Friday night's home game with Baldwin. Crashing the boards and playing air tight defense, the Cardinals dominated the Panthers... READ MORE
Feb 07, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER – The Pentwater Falcons outscored Mason County Eastern by double digits in each of the first three quarters en route to a 76-34 West Michigan “D” League win Friday night. Pentwater led 23-10 after one quarter, stretched that to a 27-point lea... READ MORE
Jan 29, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER – Finally, there was some relief for the Mason County Eastern boys basketball team Tuesday night. Mired in a seven-game losing streak, the Cardinals benefited from some home cooking and a struggling Big Rapids Crossroads team to break thr... READ MORE
Jan 11, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com PENTWATER – It was one of those nights for the Pentwater boys' basketball Friday when the team chemistry showed up big time, resulting in a lopsided 84-20 win over Mason County Eastern in the West Michigan D League. With its stifling defense smo... READ MORE
Jan 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com BALDWIN – The Mason County Eastern girls' basketball team traveled to Baldwin for a West Michigan D League game Thursday night and came away with a 51-29 blow out win. Eastern came out a bit sluggish in the first quarter and permitted the Panthe... READ MORE
Jan 04, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com BALDWIN – Baldwin ended the Mason County Eastern boys basketball team's undefeated streak in the West Michigan D League with a 66-35 win on Friday night. Mason Eastern had won its first three league games before Friday night. Eastern kept t... READ MORE
Dec 20, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER – Holton had three players score in double figures as the Red Devils pulled out a thrilling 59-54 overtime win over Mason County Eastern on Thursday night at Custer. It was the Red Devils' first win of the season. The Cardinals suffe... READ MORE
Dec 07, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER – Mason County Eastern recorded its first boys' basketball win of the season after two straight losses, topping West Michigan D League foe Walkerville, 54-15. In the game played in Custer, the Cardinals turned up the defensive heat on the... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com BROOKLYN - Two area boys cross country teams finished among the top 10 at Saturday's Division 3 state meet. The Mason County Eastern Cardinal boys claimed sixth place with a score of 252. White Cloud came in ninth with 309. Hillsdale Academy won the team... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2024 GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY DIVISION 4 GIRLS REGIONAL MEET AT BENZIE CENTRAL TEAM SCORES 1, Bear Lake-Onekama 61; 2, Grand Traverse Academy 69; 3, Buckley 77; 4, Maple City Glen Lake 90; 5, Mason County Eastern 96; 6, Leland 96. MASON COUNTY EASTERN: 9, Lucy Shoup, 20:22.89; 12, Bra... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com BENZIE - The Mason County Eastern Cardinals' boys will be running in the Division 4 state cross country finals next week. The Cardinals won the Division 4 regional crown on Saturday at Benzie Central. MCE finished with 55 points and tied with Maple City G... READ MORE