Sep 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Big Reds had plenty of close football games the first four weeks of the season. But not Friday night as Muskegon shut out Grand Rapids Union 63-0 at Hackley Stadium. Quarterback Shawn Pfenning went 6-for-8 passing for 155 yards and two... READ MORE
Sep 23, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Big Reds are an up-and-coming soccer team with a lot of spunk, but the Mona Shores Sailors are still the kings of the O-K Black Conference. The Sailors proved that again Tuesday afternoon, overcoming a furious Muskegon comeback to post a 5-... READ MORE
Sep 22, 2014 By Victor Skinner Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – Muskegon Big Red quarterback Shaun Pfenning is not DeShaun Thrower. Some might even say he’s the opposite of the all-everything playmaker he’s been tapped to replace during his senior year of varsity football. “H... READ MORE
Sep 19, 2014 By Mike Mattson Local Sports Journal Perhaps, no school in the state can match Muskegon’s difficult four-game stretch to open the 2014 high school football season. That’s why Coach Shane Fairfield and the Big Reds were extra pumped up after routing East Grand Rapids 37... READ MORE
Sep 18, 2014 Local Sports Journal One goal is all Fruitport needed in a 1-0 Lakes 8 Conference soccer win Thursday against Muskegon Catholic Central. The lone goal came at the 20:19 mark in the second half when Zack Shane assisted on a Noah Hendricks goal. The Trojans (7-3, 4-1) outsh... READ MORE
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Sep 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON -- The Mona Shores girls' cross country team won two OK Conference Black Division dual meets Wednesday while the Sailors' boys team split in two meets. Mona Shores beat Muskegon 15-50 and added a 23-32 victory over the Zeeland East Chix. Zeelan... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2014 Local Sports Journal Grandville – a sleeping football giant in the OK Red Conference – proved it’s back in the West Michigan spotlight. The host Bulldogs gave unbeaten Muskegon all it could handle on a rainy Friday night in the Big Reds’ 24-16 victory. It proved to be a... READ MORE
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Sep 06, 2014 Local Sports Journal Week 2 of high school football action took place Friday night and two of the area's best teams showed they have some skill. Muskegon overcame a rough first half to top Grand Rapids Christian 29-22 and Mona Shores rolled past Fruitport 48-7. For Muskegon... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2014 By Mike Mattson Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Muskegon coach Shane Fairfield saw his team experience a bad case of “fumble-itis” in the second quarter against Grand Rapids Christian. But the Big Reds overcame those three lost fumbles and an 11-point halftime deficit to ... READ MORE
Sep 02, 2014 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal Muskegon Big Reds will be on the air this 2014 football season, after all, with 103.7 FM The Beat carrying radio broadcasts of the games. The locally-owned radio station announced the new deal on Tuesday and named longtime Big Red ... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2014 By Mike Mattson Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Muskegon coach Shane Fairfield has no problem celebrating a big football victory. And they don’t come much bigger than the Big Reds’ thrilling 21-14 win against state power Detroit Catholic Central Friday night at Hackley... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Big Reds football season is finally here and not much could be better to watch than the game winning touchdown by senor running back Alezay Coleman. Coleman broke free for a 40-yard touchdown strike off the pitch from quarterback Shawn Pfe... READ MORE
Aug 21, 2014 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal Lorenzo Rodriguez' life story almost reads like a Disney movie. The former factory worker and school custodian became the head coach of the woeful, last-place Shelby High School football program in 2006. Eight years later he's turned the T... READ MORE
Aug 04, 2014 Local Sports Journal Just as former Muskegon High School standout Ronald Johnson saw a new opportunity open up in the NFL, the door closed just as quickly. Johnson, who won a pair state football championships (2004, 2006) with Muskegon and played for the University of Sout... READ MORE
Jun 19, 2014 Local Sports Journal Taylor Craymer and Will Roberson showed just how tough basketball players are along the lakeshore. Craymer, a Grand Haven graduate, scored 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds as the D&W All Stars defeated the Family Fare All Stars 41-40 on Wednesd... READ MORE
May 31, 2014 Local Sports Journal At Rockford High School, the Muskegon area earned two individual All-State place finishers at Saturday’s Division 1 Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state track and field meet. And both were high jumpers. Mona Shores senior Adreon ... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Here are the girls area qualifiers for the MHSAA state finals track meet on Saturday. Division 1 High jump: Amy Kober, Grand Haven; Chloe Fox, Reeths-Puffer. Long jump: Jasmine Gulley, Mona Shores. 100: Kynihay Brown, Muskegon. Division 2 Pole vault: Amy Grace Shoop... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Kaitlin Richardson tallied a hat trick to lead Reeths-Puffer to a 5-0 win over Muskegon in a Division 2 district soccer opener on Tuesday. The Rockets advance to play Coopersville on Thursday at 4 p.m. at CoopersvilleHigh School. Olivia Nelson and Br... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 MUSKEGON AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME 2013-14 MALE STUDENT ATHLETES THE WINNER Name: Deshaun Thrower School: Muskegon High School Academics: 2.8 gpa Athletics: Basketball (4 years), Football (4 years), Track (3 years). All-state, all-area, all-conference in football. Mr. Bask... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 MUSKEGON AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME 2013-14 FEMALE STUDENT ATHETE AWARD THE WINNER Name: Morgan Giddings School: Oakridge High School Academics: 3.83 gpa Athletics: Softball (4 years), Basketball (4 years), Volleyball (1 year). Four-time all-conference, three-time all-are... READ MORE