Dec 06, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com REED CITY - The Newaygo boys' basketball team used a steady stream of points to capture an 81-65 CSAA-Red victory against Reed City on Friday. Hunter Yearsovich, Ethan Reyburn, Isaiah Miedema and Blake Kerr combined for 70 points for the Lions. “The te... READ MORE
Dec 06, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com REED CITY - The Newaygo girls basketball team buckled down after a slow start to top Reed City, 35-27, in their first CSAA-Red game of the season on Friday evening. “Impressive win for the team tonight,” said Newaygo coach Nathan Thomasma. “Reed Cit... READ MORE
Dec 05, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com SPARTA - The Newaygo girls' basketball team bounced back from its loss in the season opener with a 52-24 rout over Sparta on Wednesday evening. “We played much more controlled on both the defense and offense than we did on Monday,” Newaygo coach Nat... READ MORE
Dec 03, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo boys basketball team went down early and couldn’t recover in a 71-41 loss to Lowell on Tuesday evening. The Lions found themselves behind 38-15 by halftime. Hunter Yearsovich led the scoring for the Lions with 10 points. Isaiah Mi... READ MORE
Dec 03, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE - The Montague girls' basketball team capitalized on foul trouble by Newaygo to put them away 61-49 in the season-opener on Monday. "Fouls killed us in the first half and throughout the game,” Newaygo coach Nathan Thomasma said. “We also ... READ MORE
Nov 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Ravenna boys basketball team kicked off the season with a 48-40 victory over Newaygo on Monday evening. “It wasn't pretty, but we gutted out a win against an athletic Newaygo squad,” said Ravenna coach Courtney Kemp. “We were locke... READ MORE
Nov 14, 2024 By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.com Dionne Warwick asked us the musical question back in 1967: “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” Here’s TK’s question for you today: Do you know the way to Menominee? MapQuest wasn’t much help, advising me to take the Lake Express C... READ MORE
Nov 09, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - The Newaygo Lions are heading to the Division 6 regional football playoffs after a nail-biting 35-34 victory over Central Montcalm on Friday night. It wasn't look so good for the Lions in the early going as the hosts fell behind 16-0. However, C... READ MORE
Nov 07, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - The Fremont volleyball team shook off a first-set loss to top Newaygo, 19-25, 25-7, 25-17, 25-18, in the Division 2 district semifinals on Wednesday night. The Packers’ Mia Clemence led the way with 15 kills, four aces and 24 digs. Averi Zimme... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com BROOKLYN - Two area boys' cross country teams competed in Saturday's Division 3 finals meet at Michigan International Speedway. Western Michigan Christian finished 16th and Hart came in 20th to cap their season. Traverse City St. Francis ran away with th... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2024 By Scott VanSickle LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO - It took a half of football for the Newaygo offense to get on track, but it was worth the wait for the home fans. The Lions racked up nearly 200 yards of second-half offense Friday behind junior running back Porter Slo... READ MORE
Oct 31, 2024 By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.com “Home, where my thought's escapin' … Home, where my music's playin' … Home, where my love lies waitin' silently for me.” Simon & Garfunkel certainly waxed poetically about home back in 1966, but does home - more specifically, ho... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com ALLENDALE - Three Western Michigan Christian Warriors finished in the top 10 in Saturday's Division 3 girls' regional cross country meet. That pushed the Warriors to the regional title and a spot in next Saturday's state final meet at Michigan Internation... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com ALLENDALE - Western Michigan Christian senior Matthias Morse took first place in Saturday's Division 3 regional cross country meet. Morse toured the course in 16:02.79 and led the Warriors to a second-place finish and a berth in next weekend's state final... READ MORE
Oct 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - Newaygo's Porter Slominski had a big night to help close out the regular season with a 21-14 comeback win over Fremont on Friday night. The Packers had an edge at the end of the first quarter with a 68-yard touchdown run from Karter Frens and a ... READ MORE
Oct 11, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Newaygo football team dropped their second game of the season on Friday night, falling to Big Rapids 41-20. Blake Kerr went 11-for-18 passing for 112 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. Hunter Yearsovich caught three passes for 61 yar... READ MORE
Oct 10, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT - Joey Mansfield and Deagan Klimek helped propel the Fremont boys soccer team to an 8-0 win against Newaygo in the opening round of the Division 3 district tournament on Wednesday. Mansfield wrapped up the game with four goals and an assist. Kli... READ MORE
Oct 08, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE - The Montague girls golf team is heading to the Division 4 state finals. The team finished runner-up at Tuesday's Division 4 regional final at Old Channel Trail Golf Club. The Wildcats (386) took second place behind regional champ, Grand Rapid... READ MORE
Oct 04, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO – The host Newaygo Lions pounded the ball and used some timely passing to overcome an early deficit and defeated Chippewa Hills 27-16 in a Central State Gold matchup Friday night. After Chippewa Hills opened up the scoring and took a 6-0 lead to... READ MORE
Sep 21, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NEWAYGO -- Tyler Larios-Mendez had a hat trick as Hart concluded a three-game week Friday evening by blitzing Newaygo, 8-0 in non-conference play on the road. The Pirates scored early and often against the Lions after Chase Lorenz struck the first... READ MORE