Apr 10, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com HESPERIA - The North Muskegon softball team cruised to a sweeping victory against Hesperia in a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Norse shut out the Panthers, 16-0, in the opening game. Madison Balon struck out 14 batters and gave up three walks, no hits and ... READ MORE
Apr 09, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com SPRING LAKE - The Spring Lake baseball team opened its doubleheader against Unity Christian with a 10-7 win on Tuesday. Both teams were tied at four after four innings, before the Lakers exploded for six runs in the bottom of the fifth. At the mo... READ MORE
Apr 09, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Reeths-Puffer Rockets posted a pair of league softball victories over the Mona Shores Sailors on Tuesday afternoon. The Rockets won the opener 12-0 and the nightcap, 13-7. In the first game, Lainey McDaniel allowed no hits in f... READ MORE
Apr 09, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com It wasn't the best of days for the Spring Lake Laker softball team, which suffered a pair of losses to state-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian. In the opener, the Crusaders won 15-2 in four innings and came back in the nightcap and won, 18-1. In the fir... READ MORE
Apr 08, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com ADA - The Reeths-Puffer boys' golf team kicked off the season against strong competition in the Forest Hills Invitational at Egypt Valley Country Club on Monday. The Rockets posted a score of 397 to finish 21st. “Egypt Valley is a tough course especial... READ MORE
Apr 08, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com LAKEVIEW - The Shelby girls' soccer team opened the season with a 2-0 shutout against Lakeview on Monday. “It was a good first game for us,” said Shelby coach Pete Peterson. “We came out strong in the first half, but struggled with possession and sh... READ MORE
Apr 08, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY - The Shelby baseball team had a dominating doubleheader sweep against Bear Lake on Friday. The Tigers blanked Bear Lake in the opener, 15-0, and won the nightcap, 18-3. Lalo Garcia threw a no-hitter on the mound in the first game. Eli Kelley had ... READ MORE
Mar 28, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Cold weather soccer seems to be the new normal for spring sports in 2024. Western Michigan Christian hosted Spring Lake on Wednesday night for a non-league girls soccer battle that again saw temperatures in the mid-30s. While the stinging cold air ... READ MORE
Mar 28, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - The Orchard View girls soccer team posted their first win of the young season as they blanked Grand Rapids Wellspring Prep, 2-0, on Wednesday evening. Cassidy Noordhoek and Audrey Letherby each netted a goal. Goalkeeper Emily Santos posted t... READ MORE
Mar 27, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Muskegon Catholic baseball opened its season on Monday and took care of Orchard View in a doubleheader. The Crusaders started with a 6-0 win and followed up with an 8-5 win in Game 2. MCC was led by pitcher Owen Lyonnais in Game 1 with six strikeo... READ MORE
Mar 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ravenna softball team opened the season with a pair of wins against Fremont on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs blanked Fremont 10-0 in the opener, then cruised to a 10-1 win in the nightcap. In the first game, Riley Homoly paced Ravenna with a double and... READ MORE
Mar 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com SAUGATUCK - The North Muskegon girls' soccer team cruised by highly ranked Saugatuck, 7-2, on Tuesday evening. The Norse controlled possession for the majority of the game. “The girls played some of the most creative and beautiful soccer I’ve seen si... READ MORE
Mar 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Mona Shores baseball team opened the season with a 7-4 loss to North Muskegon on Monday. North Muskegon jumped out on the Sailors early, scoring six runs in the first three innings. Mona Shores' Brady Recknagel drove in two runs wit... READ MORE
Mar 26, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Western Michigan Christian baseball team kicked off the season with a doubleheader sweep over West Michigan Aviation Academy on Monday. The Warriors won by scores of 11-5 and 8-1. In game one, Will Liggett had two doubles, two runs an... READ MORE
Mar 25, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com GRANDVILLE - The North Muskegon softball team split the evening against Grandville Calvin Christian on Monday. Braedi Baker helped lead the Norse to a 5-3 win as she struck out 12 batters. Baker surrendered eight hits, three runs and a walk over seven inn... READ MORE
Mar 23, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Here are the results for the small school division of Friday's Grand Valley State University Laker Challenge track meet. Ravenna, Montague and Hart were three area boys' teams that competed. All three finished in the top 5 of the team standings. The meet... READ MORE
Mar 21, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake girls' lacrosse team opened the season with a 17-3 victory over Mona Shores on Wednesday. Reese Smith paced the Sailors with two goals while Cambree Bowen added one. Freshman goaltender Ansley Heyward stopped seven shots faced and Lainee ... READ MORE
Mar 20, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com There was no way North Muskegon was settling for a tie against Western Michigan Christian in its girls soccer season opener on Wednesday. That cold attitude led Norse sophomore Alex Johnson to dig deep for the game-winning goal with 6.1 seconds le... READ MORE
Mar 20, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Valley State University Laker Challenge Wednesday Boys Team scores 1, Rockford 53; 2, East Kentwood 48; 3, Grand Haven 45.33; 4, Whitehall 32; 5, Holland West Ottawa 29.50. Other area teams 14, Fremont 14 16, Spring Lake 9 27, Fruitport 1 He... READ MORE
Mar 14, 2024 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake Laker boys' swimming team proved to be more than just a solid team in the pool this season. The Lakers also are also a solid team when it comes to excellence in the classroom. Spring Lake, which finished eighth in the recent state swimmin... READ MORE