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 by Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com It wasn't pretty, but it was effective. And in the final analysis, that's all that counts. Looking for its first regional victory in 16 years, the North Muskegon boys' soccer team made a first-half goal stand up in sending out McBain N... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2021 Courtesy of MIHSSCA with LocalSportsJournal.com reports The first member of the 2021 Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Hall of Fame is former Fruitport and Western Michigan Christian soccer coach David J. Hulings. Hulings began his high school coaching career in 1994 as the g... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Western Michigan Christian volleyball secured the Lakes 8 title on Saturday with a sweep of Orchard View and Ludington. The Warriors topped OV 25-15, 25-18 and 25-5 while breezing past Ludington 25-7, 25-10 and 25-16. Kyala Wiersema led the Warr... 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 26, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake's girls golf team finished second in the OK Blue this season and were rewarded with five players on the all-conference first team. Final standings 1, Coopersville. 2, Spring Lake. 3, tie, Holland Christian and Unity Christian. 5, GR West Cath... READ MORE
Oct 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com BOYS Fremont's boys cross country team came away with the CSAA Gold championship this season, with Newaygo finishing eighth overall. Final standings 1, Fremont. 2, tie Big Rapids and Reed City. 4, Chippewa Hills. 5, Tri-County. 6, Central Montcalm. 7,... 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 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Haven, Spring Lake and North Muskegon are the three local boys soccer teams left standing as regionals commence this week. All three will be in action Tuesday night in regional semifinal. In Division 1, Grand Haven will travel to Kentwood to ... READ MORE
Oct 25, 2021 By Jon Styf LocalSportsJournal.com Brianna Stawski didn’t know what to expect when she was called to center court. The Reeths-Puffer senior hitter had just reached the 1,000-kill plateau in the second of three matches on Oct. 7. The other matches stopped and the audio be... 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 24, 2021 Local SportsJournal.com Ludington's girls cross country team had four runners finish in the top 10 and cruised to an overwhelming victory at the Late Season Warrior Invitational at Remus Chippewa Hills on Saturday. A total of 15 girls teams competed. The Orioles with 62 ... READ MORE
Oct 23, 2021 by Craig Beilfuss Local SportsJournal.com The visiting Hesperia Panthers finished on a high note Friday evening, as they outlasted the Shelby Tigers in a hard fought 34-20 win. It was the most offensive production of the long season for the youthful Shelby Tigers, under th... 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 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake football team made up some lost ground after facing a 21-point deficit at halftime but fell 35-28 in an intense showdown with Allendale. The Lakers rallied back, finding the end zone three consecutive times with scores from Andrew Vonw... READ MORE
Oct 23, 2021 Local SportsJournal.com Holton's Austin Fowler led a fourth-quarter offensive explosion but it wasn’t quite enough in a 43-30 loss to Newaygo. Fowler led the potent Red Devils (5-4) with 26 of 33 passing for 250 yards with four touchdowns while running for 33 yard on seve... READ MORE
Oct 23, 2021 By John Karafa and Greg Wickstrom LocalSportsJournal.com For the second consecutive week, Muskegon Catholic pulled a rabbit out of its hat with a last minute win against formidable foes. This time the victory came in a 30-28 win over Oakridge in the final regular-season game.... READ MORE
Oct 23, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal In an up-and-down season, the Ludington football team finished the 2021 campaign on a downer when the Orioles lost a 25-0 game to North Muskegon on the road Friday night. The Orioles completed the nine-game schedule with a 3-6 record, an... READ MORE
Oct 23, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Ravenna found success out of the backfield with running backs Thomas McCullough and Dayton Thomas each recording three rushing touchdowns in a 55-19 win over Central Montcalm. McCullough ran for 168 yards on eight carries, averaging 21 yards a carry, ... READ MORE