Oct 25, 2013 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal Can anyone believe it’s Week 9 already? It seems like yesterday we were planning our football tab for area pigskin fanatics. How many memories were made this season and how many more are right on the edge of becoming a dream come tru... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2013 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake sweeps Sparta Tri SPARTA – Spring Lake rolled into Sparta Thursday evening for a tri meet with the host Spartans and visiting White Cloud. The Lakers left with wins against both teams. Spring Lake defeated White Cloud 25-16, 25-20, a... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2013 For Fairfield and Jewett, the battle for OK Black title will come down to which team is toughest By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – This past August, who could have imagined heading into Week 9 of the 2013 high school football season that the Muskegon/Reeths... READ MORE
Oct 22, 2013 Local Sports Journal Daily newspapers have downsized, and their coverage of local sports has decreased. That has left many of our local athletes - particularly high school kids - without the full recognition they deserve. The reporters at Local Sports Journal are dedicated ... READ MORE
Oct 19, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Big Reds are clicking on all cylinders heading into next week's conference championship showdown with Reeths-Puffer. They demonstrated that with a 54-0 throttling of Zeeland East Friday in O-K Black football action. Muskegon exploded for... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2013 Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT – Kenowa Hills logged two first-half goals, and added four more in the second half to turn back the Big Reds 6-3 at Thursday’s Div. 2 district semifinal match. Muskegon’s Daniel Sischo scored twice, and teammate Adrian Briseno added a th... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2013 By Jim Moyes Local Sports Journal How I wish I were back in the Port City this week to see who wins the big game Friday night at Mona Shores. There appears to be a number of area teams that are playoff bound this year, creating some interesting district clashes in a couple of w... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2013 Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – The Reeths-Puffer girls cross country simply outlasted the best of the OK Black Conference Wednesday evening, taking the conference meet trophy scoring 35 points. The next three schools all finished with under 80 points in what turned out t... READ MORE
Oct 16, 2013 Local Sports Journal Daniel Sischo's three goals propelled the Muskegon Big Reds to a 7-1 victory over Fremont Tuesday in the opening round of Division 2 boys soccer districts. Muskegon raced to a 4-0 halftime lead and never looked back. Adrian Briseno, Omar Navarro,... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2013 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Big Reds punched their ticket to the playoffs on Friday night with a 40-0 knockout of Kenowa Hills on Friday night. The victory earns the Big Reds (6-1) an automatic berth into the playoffs. “We wanted to make sure we got i... READ MORE
Oct 11, 2013 Local Sports Journal Caleb Sampson scored on a breakaway with six minutes remaining to give Reeths-Puffer a 3-2 victory over Muskegon Thursday in O-K Black soccer action. The Rockets finished the regular season 8-11-3 overall and 5-5 in conference play. Reeths-Puffer jum... READ MORE
Oct 08, 2013 Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – It was a big Monday night for the Muskegon Big Red volleyball after defeating Benton Harbor 3-1 in non-league action. “This was a huge team win for us where everyone made a difference,” said Big Reds coach Greg Roberts. “When you look... READ MORE
Oct 04, 2013 Local Sports Journal GRAND RAPIDS - Muskegon score 49 first half points and rolled to an OK Black Conference win, 52-14, over host Grand Rapids Union Friday. Javanutae Thomas rushed for 117 yards on nine carries and scored twice, Deshaun Thrower added 55 yards on seven carr... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2013 By Jim Moyes Local Sports Journal This ‘ole’ announcer is so upset with his picks for the last couple of weeks that I’ve decided to head back home this weekend to get this problem fixed. After meeting with many of my ‘bird dog snoops’ in some of my favorite ‘water... READ MORE
Sep 29, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal WHITEHALL - Mona Shores’ Sam Kling has learned that it pays to remain patient in a challenging game like tennis. He remained patient each of the last two years, as he watched many of his teammates win individual city championships while... READ MORE
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Sep 28, 2013 Local Sports Journal Mona Shores put everything on the line on Friday night and came up just short of beating Muskegon. The winningest team in Michigan high school football history showed why they are so tough to defeat. The Big Red have size, athleticism and hit hard. T... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2013 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal A standing room crowd of 10,000 was treated to a classic high school football game on Friday night at Mona Shores. The host Sailors were deadlocked at 20-all with the Muskegon Big Reds, but a dramatic 53-yard touchdown catch by Tavon Jac... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2013 Sailors fall in conference play for first time since 2011 Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – It has been a difficult two-day stretch for the Mona Shores boys soccer team, losing a 4-3 overtime thriller Wednesday to Grand Rapids Union, and then were stunned Thursday with a 3-... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2013 By Jim Moyes [email protected] Local Sports Journal Just when I was about to truly believe I have become a ‘gifted’ predictor of local high school football games, I got a real slap in the face with my mediocre record from week 4. If I don’t show a vast improvement with ... READ MORE
Sep 24, 2013 Local Sports Journal Cody Loss propelled Reeths-Puffer to a 3-1 overtime win over Muskegon on Tuesday. Loss scored a pair of goals in the Rocket win. Reeths-Puffer held a 1-0 halftime edge as Loss scored off a Zack Anderson assist. Muskegon was able to tie the score 1-1 ... READ MORE