Feb 02, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo boys basketball team finished on top of a 68-65 win over Hesperia at the Newaygo County Showcase on Saturday. The teams went back and forth for the entire game, but neither could take a substantial lead. With a minute left to play... READ MORE
Jan 31, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT - The Grant boys’ basketball team made easy work of Newaygo on Friday with a 92-31 victory. Sincere Hatch paced the Tigers with 24 points, while Zaiden Phillips added 22 and Ethan DeLong scored 12. "It always warms a coach's heart when every guy ... READ MORE
Jan 31, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANT – Newaygo needed all of its 22-14 halftime lead Friday night, riding that difference to the end for the 43-36 win over Grant. “It wasn’t a pretty win tonight, but we played when it counted to hold off Grant,” said Newaygo coach Nate Thomasma... READ MORE
Jan 28, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com RAVENNA - The Newaygo girls’ basketball team earned their 10th win of the season after beating Ravenna 44-35 on Tuesday night in a non-league contest. Amaya Lathrop led the Lions with 17 points, four rebounds and three steals. Ruby Hughes added 11 po... READ MORE
Jan 28, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Fruitport boys basketball team came back from a first-half deficit and finished on top of a high-scoring affair against Newaygo on Tuesday evening. The Trojans defeated the host Lions, 83-73. By halftime, the Trojans trailed 46-34, but came... READ MORE
Jan 24, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO – A hot start in the fourth quarter was enough to lift the host Lions past Reed City 36-25 Friday night. Newaygo (9-2, 5-1) went on a 7-0 run to start the final quarter, giving them a 32-19 lead that was enough to get the league win. “It was ... READ MORE
Jan 24, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO – The Newaygo Lions showed their toughness Friday night, fighting back and nearly evening the game with 10 seconds left, before dropping a heartbreaker, 80-75, to Reed City. Reed City led by double digits until late in the fourth quarter, includ... READ MORE
Jan 17, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com REMUS - The Newaygo boys basketball team made a late-game rally and captured a 61-55 CSAA-Red victory over Chippewa Hills on Friday night. The Lions trailed by seven points at halftime and were behind by 13 points with a quarter left to play. However, ... READ MORE
Jan 15, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Kent City boys basketball team blew by Newaygo, 76-53, on Tuesday evening. The Eagles set the tone early, making five 3-pointers in the first quarter to build a 27-12 lead they owned the rest of the game. The Eagles had four players record ... READ MORE
Jan 14, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY - The Newaygo girls basketball team rallied from a slow first half and took down Kent City, 37-31, on Tuesday night. “I am so proud of how the team fought and battled tonight,” said Newaygo coach Nathan Thomasma. “We didn't shoot the ball ... READ MORE
Jan 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS - It wasn't a good night for the Newaygo boys' basketball team on Friday night. The Lions traveled to Big Rapids and suffered a 70-54 loss at the hands of the Cardinals in a CSAA-Red matchup. Big Rapids took a big lead early, and though the Li... READ MORE
Jan 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS - The Newaygo girls' basketball team was handed its first CSAA-Red loss of the season on Friday night. The Lions found themselves down 23-11 at halftime against Big Rapids and couldn’t recover and lost, 45-30. “Big Rapids dictated the temp... READ MORE
Jan 07, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Montague boys basketball team led from start to finish to capture its second victory of the season on Tuesday evening. The Wildcats led 44-24 after the first two quarters and went on to down Newaygo, 71-42. “No secret that we had a rough ... READ MORE
Dec 20, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Newaygo boys’ basketball team pulled away in the second half that led to a 58-51 win over Tri-County on Friday night. The Lions trailed 16-10 at the end of the opening quarter, but went on a 13-7 second-quarter run to tie the game at halftime. The ... READ MORE
Dec 20, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo girls basketball team captured its third CSAA-Red victory with a convincing, 54-18, rout over Howard City Tri-County on Friday evening. The Lions got hot early with a 22-5 first-quarter scoring advantage and went on to lead 44-7 by h... READ MORE
Dec 17, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com LAKEVIEW - The Newaygo boys basketball team routed Lakeview, 74-43, on Tuesday evening. The Lions led by nine points going into halftime and came out to outscore Lakeview 20-5 in the third quarter. Hunter Yearsovich and Blake Kerr led the Lions with 16 p... READ MORE
Dec 17, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The host Newaygo Lions outscored Lakeview 23-4 in the second quarter enroute to a 52-28 win Tuesday night. It was Newaygo's fifth straight win. “The second quarter was one of those quarters where everything we put up went in,” Newaygo coach... READ MORE
Dec 13, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grant boys’ basketball team won its third straight game by a margin of 40-plus points in a 78-37 victory over Newaygo on Friday night. Ethan DeLong poured in 23 points to lead the Tigers to victory, while Zaiden Phillips added 21 and Sincere Hatch... READ MORE
Dec 10, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MORLEY - The Newaygo girls basketball team outdid Morley-Stanwood, 52-47, in a non-conference matchup on Tuesday night. The Lions took a 31-24 first half lead and led 41-30 after the third quarter. The Lions held off a late push by Morley Stanwood to secu... READ MORE
Dec 10, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - Newaygo withstood an early Morley-Stanwood run and slowly and methodically regained the advantage in earning a 61-54 home win. Newaygo had to chip away at the early Mohawk lead and eventually pulled ahead, a one-point lead at the half. Morley S... READ MORE