Apr 19, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Western Michigan Christian soccer team finally found a way to get a shot past Reeths-Puffer goalie Elysia Mattos and escaped with a 1-0 victory Saturday in non-league action. The Warriors improved their record to 3-0 on the season. Mattos turned ... READ MORE
Apr 18, 2014 Local Sports Journal It took 60 minutes, but the visiting Ravenna Bulldogs snuck away with the 1-0 victory over Mason County Central in West Michigan Conference girls soccer action. “I felt we were in control all game,” said Bulldog head coach Sean Wilson. “It was jus... READ MORE
Apr 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Grand Haven softball team put the area on notice Thursday by sweeping a doubleheader from highly-regarded North Muskegon, 5-4 and 8-5. Mikayla Gronback’s RBI double in the top of the seventh lifted the Bucs over the Norse in Game 1. Grand Have... READ MORE
Apr 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal Ravenna and Shelby battled to a 1-1 tie Thursday in a West Michigan Conference soccer match. Shelby scored the only goal of the first half. The named of the scorer was not available. Emma Pahl scored for Ravenna in the second half with an assist from Ja... 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
Apr 16, 2014 Local Sports Journal Oakridge couldn’t keep its early momentum going against Holland Black River and ended up on the short end of a 2-1 decision Wednesday in non-league soccer action. Brandy Weaver scored seven minutes into the contest, giving Oakridge a 1-0 lead. Nichole... READ MORE
Apr 16, 2014 Local Sports Journal Muskegon Catholic Central and Mona Shores renewed their cross-town rivalry in high school baseball Wednesday, with the Crusaders grabbing an 8-3 win. The two teams looked like they might have a tight contest as the Sailors led 2-1 after the first inn... READ MORE
Apr 15, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Oakridge girls soccer team is taking up where they left off last season. The reigning conference champion Oakridge Eagles showed why they are the class of the league Tuesday after dominating conference opponent Montague 7-0. “Overall it was a g... READ MORE
Apr 15, 2014 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal Whitehall girls soccer coach Dan Nichols knows from experience how graduations can affect a coach’s scheme. He has the unenviable task of filling two huge holes left by the graduation of defender Jonna Johnson and midfielder Morgan Kell... READ MORE
Apr 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal Alexys Riksen scored four goals to lead Western Michigan Christian to a season-opening 8-0 win over Whitehall on Monday. WMC led 2-0 at halftime and scored six second-half goals. "The two goals against the wind in the first half made a big difference... READ MORE
Apr 12, 2014 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal There’s a lot to be excited about in Wolf Lake as the Oakridge Eagle varsity soccer team returns a ton of talent from last year’s 16-2-2 squad. The Eagles sport nine returning starters, and, with just two seniors on the roster, the te... READ MORE
Apr 11, 2014 Local Sports Journal Tony Jasick has had quite a whirlwind year so far in 2014. The Whitehall native just came off his best season as a coach in the division 1 college ranks at Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne, when his Mastodons won a school record 25 games. His team nearly... READ MORE
Apr 08, 2014 Local Sports Journal Western Michigan Christian’s girls soccer team has plenty of talent for the upcoming season. However, Coach David Hulings is looking for some leaders to step up and fill a void left from last year’s senior class. “This is a great group of playe... READ MORE
Apr 03, 2014 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal It isn’t often that the Reeths-Puffer Rocket baseball team has a down year, but last season’s 13-14 campaign lacked the success of previous seasons. But that fact does not dampen Reeths-Puffer’s mood heading into 2014. “(We) al... READ MORE
Apr 02, 2014 Local Sports Journal ALLENDALE -- Seven area track performers are getting ready to start the outdoor season after recently winning an event in an indoor meet at Grand Valley State University. The three-day meet had 2,500 entries in the Kelly Family Sports Center on GVSU's A... READ MORE
Mar 24, 2014 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal North Muskegon High School is looking for a new boys varsity basketball coach. The school decided not to renew the contract of varsity basketball coach Jeff Cooke. After 18 years with Cooke at the helm, the Norse wanted to move in ... READ MORE
Mar 23, 2014 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal Louisiana Tech is heading the the NIT quarterfinals. And a big reason for that is Reeths-Puffer grad Chris Anderson. Anderson, who has averaged 12 points and six rebounds per game this season, busted loose for 18 points, eight re... READ MORE
Mar 13, 2014 Local Sports Journal Undefeated Godwin Heights ended Spring Lake's basketball season with a 63-50 win over the Lakers in the Class B regional championship game at Godwin Heights High School on Tuesday night. The win sends Godwin Heights into Tuesday's Class B quarterfinals ... READ MORE
Mar 12, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Shelby Tigers seemed like they had a spot secured in the Class C basketball quarterfinals. Then Pewamo-Westphalia's Nick Spitzley and Lane Simon got hot and applied sudden death to the Tigers' outstanding season. Shelby led 55-49 with less than t... READ MORE
Mar 10, 2014 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal For the second time in as many games, the Spring Lake Lakers need overtime to advance in the boys state basketball tournament. This time, they snuck past Comstock Park, 62-60, for the school’s first-ever regional victory. Spring Lake... READ MORE