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 26, 2021 Local SportsJournal.com The Michigan High School Athletic Association released the dates and start times for the first-round games in the high school football playoffs. A total of 13 area high school football teams qualified for the post-season. Teams hosting opening-round game... READ MORE
Oct 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com It was a close race for the top spot in the hotly contested OK Green conference for girls golf. When the final scores were tallied, Zeeland West finished with 40 points and narrowly slip by Zeeland East, which had 38. Mona Shores was third (37 points), fo... READ MORE
Oct 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores Sailors were crowned the OK Green tennis champs with a narrow 14-12 victory over Holland. Final standings 1, Mona Shores (6-0). 2, Holland (5-1). 3, Zeeland West. 4, Reeths-Puffer. 5, Zeeland East. 6, Grand Rapids Union. 7, Wyoming. Not ... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake's girls cross country team placed three runners in the top 10 and claimed the Mel Hall Invitational on Saturday. Those high finished helped the Lakers overtake Hart, which had the top two finishers in the race. Spring Lake won the event 47-57... 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 Local SportsJournal.com Demetri Roberson had a 70-yard interception return touchdown and an 80-yard touchdown catch to lead Mona Shores to a 49-0 win over Wyoming. Roberson finished with two catches for 88 yards while quarterback Mark Konecny was 6 of 9 passing for 141 yard... 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 21, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Reeths-Puffer Rocket boys cross country team gave it a shot, but in the end, fell one point short in the OK Green Conference cross country championship. Zeeland West escaped with a 54-55 victory on a soggy course Wednesday afternoon at Reeths-Puffer. ... READ MORE
Oct 20, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Mona Shores volleyball fell to No. 1 seeded Zeeland East in four tight games on Tuesday in the O-K Green conference tournament. The Sailors fells 25-18, 21-25, 25-21 and 25-18. Leading the way for the Sailors was Kyann Hellmann with 13 digs, 10 as... READ MORE
Oct 19, 2021 By Jon Styf LocalSportsJournal.com For Mona Shores junior Robyn Hunt, life is a balancing act. With swimming, cross country, a full slate of Advanced Placement courses and choir this fall, it could easily be overwhelming. As swimming coach Mick Homan said, “She never co... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com It was what you might call a photo finish in the boys portion of the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet. The Whitehall Vikings edged the Fruitport Trojans by the narrowest of margins on Saturday, winning 63-64. In the girls race, Mo... READ MORE
Oct 16, 2021 By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.com Thomas Wolfe wrote his most famous novel, “You Can’t Go Home Again” more than 80 years ago, warning that people tend to look at the past in an overly nostalgic light – and that things will never be quite as good or pure as you rememb... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2021 HOLLAND -- Mona Shores bounced back from a disappointing loss last week against rival Muskegon with a blowout victory against the Holland Dutch. Sailors' quarterback Mark Konecny tossed five touchdown passes -- all in the first half -- helping the Sailors roll to a 76-24 victo... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet is set for Saturday at Oak Ridge Golf Course, located at 513 W. Pontaluna Road in Norton Shores. Reeths-Puffer comes as the defending champions in both the boys and girls races. The boys bring a... 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 Mona Shores volleyball topped Holland in the opening match of the O-K Green tournament on Tuesday. The Sailors topped Holland with set scores of 25-23, 25-13 and 25-21. Multiple players led on the court for the Sailors. Grace Norris made 17 digs... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association volleyball is set for Saturday at two sites, Mona Shores High School and Orchard View High School. The teams are seeded 1-8 with Western Michigan Christian being the top seed. WMC is followed by Oakridge, Reeths-P... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores volleyball team played well despite losing a teammate in the first set of the day and went on to finish 1-2. The Sailors opened with a loss at the hands of Portage Central (27-25, 25-21), then found redemption against Forest Hills Eastern... READ MORE
Oct 09, 2021 By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.com It’s hard to imagine that many of the 875 football victories in the history of Muskegon High School were much sweeter than the one on Friday night. Muskegon traveled across town to rival Mona Shores as the underdog and made a resounding s... READ MORE
