Oct 21, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Some area football teams appear to have clinched berths in the MHSAA playoffs, while others are on the bubble as the 2021 regular season concludes this weekend. With strength of schedule now entering into the picture, a few teams with 5-4 records, or even... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com One of the more hotly contested football races in recent memory produced tri-champions in the West Michigan Conference. Montague, Oakridge and Whitehall all finished atop the standings with 6-1 records. And to the victors go the spoils, namely on the West... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com It was what you might call a photo finish in the boys portion of the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet. The Whitehall Vikings edged the Fruitport Trojans by the narrowest of margins on Saturday, winning 63-64. In the girls race, Mo... READ MORE
Oct 16, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Through one half, Oakridge had what looked to be a comfortable lead on West Michigan Conference rival Ravenna. The Eagles led by 29 points at the half, but then the Bulldogs got ornery and a comfortable victory turned into a nail-biter. Ravenna re... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet is set for Saturday at Oak Ridge Golf Course, located at 513 W. Pontaluna Road in Norton Shores. Reeths-Puffer comes as the defending champions in both the boys and girls races. The boys bring a... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Hart volleyball team competed in a tri match between Hesperia and Oakridge on Thursday ending in a split. The Pirates started out with a win over Hesperia (25-11, 13-25, 15-10) and ended in a hard loss against Oakridge (21-25, 25-18, 15-13). L... READ MORE
Oct 13, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com There is plenty at stake as area teams head into Week 8 of the high school football season. There are conference championships to be won, there are bragging rights on the line and there is positioning for the playoffs, which being in two weeks. No area ga... READ MORE
Oct 13, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Christian boys soccer team closed out its 2021 regular season with a 4-1 win over Oakridge in a wet and stormy non-conference showdown on Monday. Warrior Senior Jamie Choe put his team up 1-0 on an assist from Gavin Riksen, six minut... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2021 LocalSportsJournal Nothing like a clean sweep and that's what the Hart Pirates accomplished a soggy West Michigan Conference cross country championship. The meet was run at Shelby. Both the girls and the boys came away with first-place finishes and both victories came in convi... READ MORE
Oct 08, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss Local Sports Journal.com It’s here already. Week 6 of Friday night high school football has arrived and the Local Sports Journal will be covering 14 games tonight. There are some interesting matchups, rivalry games and games that could determine some confere... READ MORE
Oct 05, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The Hart Pirates swept the third West Michigan Conference Jamboree on Tuesday afternoon by outdistancing the Whitehall Vikings in both races. Hart slipped by Whitehall with 35 points to Whitehall’s 44. Mason County Central was third w... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Week 6 high school football is on the books. Here are the headlines from Friday night's games. Oakridge hangs on over North Muskegon, Vanderputte leads Eagle ground game with 265 yards (+PHOTO GALLERY) Muskegon Catholic Central breaks int... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2021 *Today's story can be found in hard-copy print in the LocalSportsJournal.com September magazine at area outlets in west Michigan. By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.comSpring Lake football is having a ton of fun this fall, racking up wins behind a raucous student section and ... READ MORE
Sep 25, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Week-5 high school football came through with surprising wins and challenging losses on all sides of the ball. Take a look at the LSJ's Friday high school football headlines for September 25. The Ludington Orioles disrupt Lakes 8 race,... READ MORE
Sep 24, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Oakridge outpaced visiting Hart in an explosive West Michigan Conference football matchup Friday night. The Eagles benefited from a dominant second quarter en route to a 56-32 win over the Pirates. Oakridge was led by a trio of running backs who ea... READ MORE
Sep 22, 2021 by Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The Hart Pirates swept there second consecutive West Michigan Conference Cross Country Meet on Tuesday afternoon, held at Montague High School. The Pirate girl’s, ranked #1 in the Lower Pennisula, Division 3, Associated Press Poll... READ MORE
Sep 20, 2021 LocalSportsJournal Kent City's Lila Volkers and Samuel Martini took top medalist honors at the Sparta cross country invitational over the weekend. Volkers, a freshman, took first place in the girls Silver division with a time of 19:29.94. The sophomore Martini finishe... READ MORE
Sep 18, 2021 By Kam Willer LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague Wildcats and Oakridge Eagles eagerly met on Friday night for a highly anticipated West Michigan Conference matchup. The Wildcats explosive speed was too much for Oakridge, resulting in a 33-7 Wildcat win. ”We knew they were ... READ MORE
Sep 16, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.comThe Oakridge Eagles are one of a handful of area football teams sporting a 3-0 record. In fact, it’s been a common occurrence over the years to see the Eagles undefeated during the early stages of the season. But Friday night wil... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall Vikings climbed to 4-0 in the Western Michigan conference with a volleyball victory over Oakridge on Tuesday. In a tight series of games, Whitehall won with set scores of 23-25, 25-23, 25-19, and 25-21. While The Vikings were ch... READ MORE