Sep 25, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Fremont Packers' golf team will go down as the winner of the first-ever Newaygo County Girls Golf Invitational. The invitational was played at Waters Edge Golf Course. Fremont shot a season-low 373 and is the lowest by a Fremont team in at ... READ MORE
Sep 22, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – Growth has been a theme for Shelby volleyball in 2023 and it seems the Tigers are hitting their stride in late September as they downed North Muskegon and Newaygo in Thursday night action. Shelby started their night against Newaygo where they... READ MORE
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Sep 14, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com Here is the area leaderboard for high school football teams through three weeks of the season. ... READ MORE
Sep 10, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Western Michigan Christian Warriors swept both the boys and girls races in Saturday's Hill and Bale event at Fremont. The White Division included the smaller schools in Saturday's race. The WMC girls, led by overall winner Grace Vanderk... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY -The Kent City volleyball team overtook CSAA Conference foe Newaygo in four sets on Wednesday evening. The Eagles came out on top 26-24, 17-25, 25-14 and 25-15. Cailynn Hartzell contributed 39 assists with three aces while Maddie Ge... READ MORE
Sep 01, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS--The Newaygo Lions were no match for the Big Rapids Cardinals on Friday evening in a 42-14 Central State Activities Association (CSAA) loss. The Cardinals racked up 407 yards in total offense with 320 of those yards comingon the ground. On t... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Kent City boys and girls cross country teams dominated the Early Eagle Invite on Tuesday afternoon at Kent City High School. In the boys' race, Kent City senior Samuel Martini led the way for the Eagles finishing in the top spot with a time... READ MORE
Aug 26, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Kent City Eagles came from behind to spoil Ralph Munger's debut as the Newaygo Lions head football coach on Friday evening. The Eagles came away with a 14-13 non-conference win. The two teams originally were scheduled to play o... READ MORE
Aug 25, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com Kent City--The Newaygo Lions and Kent City Eagles will play two football games on Friday evening to make up for the junior varsity and varsity contests that were postponed on Thursday. The JV game will get underway at 5 p.m. with the varsity g... READ MORE
Aug 24, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT--The anticipated high temperatures and heat index are causing some havoc with athletic events scheduled for Thursday evening. Tonight's varsity contests, Newaygo at Kent City and Grant at Kelloggsville games scheduled for a 7 p.m. start time have be... READ MORE
Jun 18, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Chippewa Hills and Central Montcalm girls track teams sat atop the CSAA Conference with league records of 9-1. Kent City finished third with a record of 8-1-1 and Morley Stanwood was fourth at 7-2-1. Big Rapids finished 6-4 while Newaygo... READ MORE
Jun 18, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Tri-County boys track team had control of the CSAA Conference and finished on top with a 10-1 record. Kent City came in second place with a record of 9-1, followed by Reed City in third, 8-2. Big Rapids wrapped up with a record of 7-3. Whi... READ MORE
Jun 18, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The CSAA selected its all-conference girls' soccer teams and multiple local players took home top honors. Newaygo's girls soccer team finished atop the CSAA Conference and all-league selections with seven athletes. Tri County was just behin... READ MORE
Jun 17, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Big Rapids boys golf team claimed the CSAA Bronze and landed six golfers on the first team for all-league honors. Big Rapids finished with a 1,627 followed by Reed City with 1,820. Lakeview rounded out the top three with 1,913. Kent City w... READ MORE
Jun 16, 2023 Feature photo information: Front Row L-R: Devin Garbow (Morley Stanwood), Russell Toth (Newaygo), Mason Ruether (White Cloud), Brody Sleeper (Big Rapids), Cameron Bracy (Central Montcalm), Oakley Obenauf (Grant), Troy Atwood (Kent City), Mayson McNeilly (Big Rapids) ... READ MORE
Jun 16, 2023 Feature photo information: Front row L-R: Lauren Alexander (Central Montcalm), Emma Bliss (Grant), Gracie Stamp (Newaygo), Savannah Miller (Kent City), Jayci Hance (Grant), Jacee Hoffman (Kent City), Josie Cornell (Big Rapids), Hannah Stellini (Kent City), Kaitlyn ... READ MORE
Jun 07, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO -- Spring Lake jumped out early and were never threatened on Wednesday in a 10-3 Division 2 regional baseball victory over the host Newaygo Lions. The Lakers scored three in the first, one in the fourth and four insurance runs in the sixth to adva... READ MORE
Jun 07, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com CLARE -- The tournament road ended for the Newaygo Lions on Tuesday night in the Division 3 regional semifinal game. The Lions dropped a 5-0 decision to the Elk Rapids Elks. Both teams came into the game without a loss on the season. Newaygo finished with... READ MORE
Jun 03, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO -- Montague nearly pulled off a soccer upset of undefeated Newaygo Lions in Friday night's girls districts title game. It came down to penalty shots to decide the outcome, and it was the Lions who emerged victorious at the end of the maratho... READ MORE