Oct 14, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com At least a share of the West Michigan Conference title will be riding on the outcome of Friday’s game between the Montague Wildcats and the host Whitehall Vikings. Gametime is 7 p.m. The visiting Wildcats enter this week leading the... 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 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 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 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 Montague volleyball team was unable to pull past rival Whitehall Vikings on Tuesday, falling in three games. Whitehall won with scores of 25-9, 25-23 and 25-19. Jaelyn Sundberg set up her teammates with 16 assists, she made eight blocks, four digs... 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 by Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com It was another long night for the young Shelby Tigers, as the Montague Wildcats rolled into town and spoiled the Shelby Homecoming festivities by shutting out the Tigers on their home field, 70-0. Montague would find the end zone for fo... 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 30, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague Wildcats have come a long way since their 35-0 loss to Edwardsburg in the season opener last month. Since then, the Wildcat defense has been nearly flawless. During their four-game winning streak, that includes two shut... 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 27, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Montague volleyball went 2-1 at its own quad on Saturday. The Wildcats topped Holton and Ludington, but fell in three games to Spring Lake. Ally Collins led Montague with ten aces and two digs, Alissa Wynn had 32 digs, five a... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake volleyball went 2-1 on Saturday at a Montague quad invite. The Lakers posted victories over Holton (25-14, 25-17, 25-15) and Montague (23-25, 25-17, 25-15). The Lakers fell just short against Ludington falling with set scores of 25-2... READ MORE
Sep 25, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The Ludington High School girls golf team hosted the Ludington Invitational at Lincoln Hills Golf Club on Friday on a beautiful and sunny fall day that saw the Spring Lake Lakers finish atop the leaderboard. The Lakers finishing wit... 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 LocalSportsJournal.com Ravenna had ideas of ruining homecoming for Montague on Friday night. But, after scoring the game's first touchdown, Montague's defense took over in a 14-7 win over Ravenna. Tugg Nichols scored the winning touchdown on a 26-yard second-quarter pass from ... READ MORE
Sep 23, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com North Muskegon pulled away with a 2-1 victory over Montague on Wednesday in West Michigan Conference boys soccer action. The Norse were led by Juan Quintero who scored off a pass from Dylan Schultz. Jack Injerd found the net off an assist from Jack Bahors... READ MORE
Sep 22, 2021 by Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The Hart Pirates swept there second consecutive West Michigan Conference Cross Country Meet on Tuesday afternoon, held at Montague High School. The Pirate girl’s, ranked #1 in the Lower Pennisula, Division 3, Associated Press Poll... READ MORE
Sep 18, 2021 By Kam Willer LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague Wildcats and Oakridge Eagles eagerly met on Friday night for a highly anticipated West Michigan Conference matchup. The Wildcats explosive speed was too much for Oakridge, resulting in a 33-7 Wildcat win. ”We knew they were ... READ MORE