May 31, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Orchard View girls soccer team finally solved its Oakridge curse. Two years ago the Cardinals lost to Oakridge in the district semifinals. Last year they fell to the Eagles in the finals. But Orchard View standout Amanda Skidmore made sure there ... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal Kaylee Harrell scored four goals to lead Orchard View to a 6-0 Division 3 district semifinal win over Whitehall on Thursday. Orchard View advances to Saturday's district title game at 1 p.m. at Oakridge High School against the winner of the Fremont and ... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Here are the girls area qualifiers for the MHSAA state finals track meet on Saturday. Division 1 High jump: Amy Kober, Grand Haven; Chloe Fox, Reeths-Puffer. Long jump: Jasmine Gulley, Mona Shores. 100: Kynihay Brown, Muskegon. Division 2 Pole vault: Amy Grace Shoop... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Orchard View blanked Newaygo 3-0 in a Division 3 ditrict soccer game on Tuesday. The win sends OV into the district semifinals on Thursday at 5 p.m. against Whitehall at Oakridge High School. The Cardinals scored all three of their goals in the openi... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 Local Sports Journal Western Michigan Christian played its last game of the regular season and took a 3-1 win over Orchard View in non-league soccer action on Thursday. Alexys Riksen scored the first of her two goals early in the first half to put WMC up 1-0. Riksen put the... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 MUSKEGON AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME 2013-14 MALE STUDENT ATHLETES THE WINNER Name: Deshaun Thrower School: Muskegon High School Academics: 2.8 gpa Athletics: Basketball (4 years), Football (4 years), Track (3 years). All-state, all-area, all-conference in football. Mr. Bask... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 MUSKEGON AREA SPORTS HALL OF FAME 2013-14 FEMALE STUDENT ATHETE AWARD THE WINNER Name: Morgan Giddings School: Oakridge High School Academics: 3.83 gpa Athletics: Softball (4 years), Basketball (4 years), Volleyball (1 year). Four-time all-conference, three-time all-are... READ MORE
May 12, 2014 Local Sports Journal Oakridge scored a pair of second half goals as the Eagles beat Hart 2-0 on Monday in a West Michigan Conference match. Shelbe Wilde scored a minute into the second half for Oakridge with an assist to Aliza Olsen. Nicole Karel scored Oakridge's second... READ MORE
May 03, 2014 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal WHITEHALL - There was a surprise on the boys side, and a return to norm for the girls at the 60th annual Greater Muskegon Athletic Association city track and field meet, held this year on the track of Whitehall High School. The Fruitpor... READ MORE
May 03, 2014 2014 Greater Muskegon Athletic Associaion City Track and Field Meet at Whitehall High School, May 2 Boys team results: 1. Fruitport 106 2.Mona Shores 104.33 3.Whitehall 81 4. Western Michigan Christian 51.33 5. Reeths-Puffer 44.33 6. Oakridge 42 7. Muskegon 26 8. North... READ MORE
Apr 30, 2014 Local Sports Journal The faces change on the Mona Shores boys golf team, but the results are usually the same. That was certainly the case Wednesday at Stonegate Golf Club, where the Sailors captured their 15th city championship in the past 16 years - in the Greater Muske... READ MORE
Apr 28, 2014 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake broke a scoreless tie with a goal with 15 minutes left in the second half and went on to beat Western Michigan Christian 2-0 on Monday in a nonconference match. Morgan Carey and Mariada Gezon scored goals for the Lakers and Saebryn Peel adde... READ MORE
Apr 25, 2014 Local Sports Journal Cody Gjertsen scored on an RBI single by David Rogers in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving Montague an exciting 6-5 win over Fremont Thursday in non-league baseball action. Rogers also had a big hit in the fourth inning, knocking in two runs with an... READ MORE
Apr 25, 2014 Local Sports Journal North Muskegon's Katie Hendrickson put on a show Thursday, pitching a five-inning no-hitter and hitting a grand slam as the Norse downed Orchard View 12-0 in non-league softball action. Hendrickson also had a solo homer and finished with five RBIs. A... READ MORE
Apr 21, 2014 Local Sports Journal Mariada Gezon and Saebryn Peel scored two goals each Monday to lead Spring Lake to a 6-0 Lakes 8 Conference girls soccer win over Ludington. Nora Adkins and Kayla Krueger also scored for the Lakers. Winning goalkeeper Anya Gordon made four saves. ... READ MORE
Apr 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Reeths-Puffer baseball team remained undefeated on the season by rolling over Muskegon 17-1 Thursday in a three-inning O-K Black Conference game. Rocket pitcher Branden Stack made his varsity debut by throwing a one-hitter with three strikeouts and ... READ MORE
Mar 05, 2014 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake slowly warmed up against Orchard View in its 50-30 Class B district semifinal win on Wednesday. The Lakers led 9-2 after the first quarter and then held OV scoreless in the second quarter to hold a 21-2 halftime lead. Nick Goeglein and Za... READ MORE
Mar 04, 2014 Local Sports Journal GRAND RAPIDS – The Orchard View girls basketball squad finish the season with a 14-5 overall record after falling Tuesday night to Grand Rapids Catholic Central in the regional semifinal game at GR South Christian High School. Catholic Central exerted... READ MORE
Feb 28, 2014 By David Hart Local Sports Journal Someone forgot to tell Oakridge and Orchard View that tip off was 7:00 p.m. for the District-52 Class B District Championship game. Both teams came into Friday night shooting cold from the field all throughout the first half. As both ... READ MORE
Feb 27, 2014 By Shawn Liverance Local Sports Journal The dream of winning an individual state wrestling championship is still alive for 30 local wrestlers after opening round matches at the Individual State Wrestling Finals at The Palace of Auburn Hills on Thursday. Hesperia led the wa... READ MORE