Feb 29, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo girls basketball team topped Lakeview, 47-37, to cap off the regular season on a strong note on Thursday night. "Solid win for the girls tonight. We came out really well in the first quarter,” said Newaygo coach Nathan Thomasma. �... READ MORE
Feb 28, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Newaygo boys’ basketball team overcame an 18-point fourth-quarter deficit on Wednesday night in a Division 2 district semifinal contest and defeated Grant, 61-57. The Lions trailed by five points at halftime and 51-34 heading into the four... READ MORE
Feb 28, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Next week, the girls will be hitting the court in the MHSAA district basketball tournament. The action starts on Monday with opening-round games, followed by the district semifinals on Wednesday and district finals on Friday. Area teams will be competing... READ MORE
Feb 27, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo girls basketball team fell short to Central Montcalm, 40-37, in the first round of the CSAA tournament on Tuesday evening. "Tough loss tonight,” said Newaygo coach Nathan Thomasma. “It felt like we really played well in the first... READ MORE
Feb 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - Caris Nelson helped lead the Newaygo boys' basketball team to a 66-62 comeback win in the Division 2 district opener against Howard City Tri-County on Monday. Nelson poured in 21 points, dished out seven assists and grabbed six rebounds. The ... READ MORE
Feb 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the scores from Monday night's boys district basketball games. This post will be updated throughout the evening as more scores come available. Boys' districts will continue on Wednesday with district semifinal games and Friday with district fina... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Area boys' basketball teams are gearing up for March Madness (even though we're still in February). Boys' districts will be played Monday, Wednesday and Friday at eight sites throughout the area. Please note that start times at Orchard View tonight and W... READ MORE
Feb 23, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com REMUS - The Newaygo girls basketball team earned a solid 54-22 CSAA victory over Chippewa Hills on Friday night. The Lions led 29-10 after the first two quarters and stretched it out in the second half even further. “The team played a pretty complete g... READ MORE
Feb 22, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo boys' basketball team closed out the CSAA tournament with an 82-40 rout over Central Montcalm on Wednesday evening. "I was really happy with our ball movement tonight and our team defense,” said Newaygo coach Jason Long. “Thi... READ MORE
Feb 21, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO – A tight game between Shelby and Newaygo girls basketball teams ended with the Lions on top, 48-41. Celebrating Senior Night, Newaygo was tested for a majority of the night. The Lions held a 29-21 lead at halftime after Elsha Jibson scored seve... READ MORE
Feb 19, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo boys basketball team opened the CSAA tournament and topped Chippewa Hills, 58-48, in a back-and-forth game on Monday evening. Blake Kerr led the Lions' attack with 16 points and Josiah Long added 15 points. Logan Klomp added eight po... READ MORE
Feb 19, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Oakridge girls basketball team, led by a double-double performance by Anna Lundquist, made a fourth-quarter comeback and took down Newaygo, 46-38, on Monday night. The Lions led 30-25 going into the fourth quarter, but the Eagles went on a ... READ MORE
Feb 16, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS - The Newaygo boys basketball team fell to Big Rapids, 65-50, in their final regular season game of the season on Friday. Logan Klomp put up half of the Lions’ points with 25, while Caris Nelson had 11 points and five assists. Josiah Long pul... READ MORE
Feb 15, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS - The Newaygo girls basketball team came out sluggish and fell to Big Rapids, 49-24, in CSAA play on Thursday night. “This was our third straight game where we started off slow and it cost us tonight,” said Newaygo coach Nathan Thomasma. ... READ MORE
Feb 14, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Newaygo girls basketball team topped Orchard View, 50-20, on Tuesday evening. The Lions led 23-14 at the half then went on an 18-2 third-quarter scoring run to put the game out of reach. Naomi Schillman scored 14 points for the Lions, whil... READ MORE
Feb 13, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO – A tale of two halves saw Newaygo’s boys basketball team come out on top of Shelby 73-60 on Monday. Turnovers have plagued the Tigers all year, so only having six in the first half was a huge success and a big reason Shelby held an advantage ... READ MORE
Feb 12, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Area wrestling will be well represented next weekend for the MHSAA Individual Wrestling Tournament. On Saturday, area wrestlers were vying for individual district titles at six district tournaments throughout the area. In all, more than 90 area wrestlers... READ MORE
Feb 10, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Josiah Long scored 26 points to lead the Newaygo boys’ basketball team to a high-scoring 81-76 win over Tri-County on Friday night. Logan Klomp added 16 points while pulling down eight rebounds and dishing out four assists for the Lions. Blake Kerr had ... READ MORE
Feb 10, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com HOWARD CITY - Lilly Holmes helped lead the Newaygo Lions to a CSAA win over Howard City Tri-County on Friday. Holmes posted a double-double of 14 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks as the Lions won, 55-25. “Slow start for the team tonight,” said New... READ MORE
Feb 08, 2024 MHSAA TEAM WRESTLING DISTRICTS Here are the results from this week's MHSAA team wrestling district tournaments. Fruitport (Division 2), Hart (Division 3), Whitehall (Division 3) and Muskegon Catholic (Division 4) all advance to team regional competition next Wednesday. Division... READ MORE