Apr 11, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com PENTWATER -- The weather finally cooperated, and the Pentwater girls softball team was able to get the season started with a non-league doubleheader against Mason County Eastern at home Monday night and swept both games, 15-0 and 18-5. Game one saw Mikayl... READ MORE
Apr 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER -- Hart's boys and girls teams swept the Mason County Eastern Invitational at Custer on Wednesday, while the Cardinal girls were third and the boys 10th. Pentwater's girls were seventh and the boys eighth. The Pirate boys scored 51 points to ou... READ MORE
Mar 19, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com (The feature photo above includes from left to right; David Nemecek, Jaden O'Hagan and John O'Hagan) John O'Hagan had a bucket list when he started officiating 37 years ago, in 1985, and that was to work a state final in each of the spor... READ MORE
Mar 09, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MCBAIN -- Pentwater's boys basketball team ran into a buzzsaw Wednesday night in a MHSAA Division 4 district semifinal with the undefeated McBain Northern Michigan Christian and came away with a 68-29 loss. The Comets burned the Falcons for an 18-7 lea... READ MORE
Mar 07, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com PENTWATER -- After falling behind, 8-0 to Marion in Monday night's opening round of the MHSAA Division 4 district at home, Pentwater recovered and took off, soaring to a 62-55 victory over Marion to extend its season for another game. It could have been... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com PENTWATER -- Pentwater's boys basketball team closed the regular season Thursday night with a Western Michigan D League game against undefeated Mesick, and couldn't match the Bulldogs' hot shooting in a 76-37 loss at Pentwater. Mesick, which finished the... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com PENTWATER -- Pentwater's boys basketball team celebrated Senior Night with a 58-49 victory over Manistee Catholic Central on Tuesday night in the Western Michigan D League in a makeup game. The Falcons found themselves trailing, 11-7 after the first qua... READ MORE
Feb 28, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MARION -- Down four points at halftime, the Pentwater girls basketball team felt good about its prospects in Monday night's MHSAA Division 4 district at Marion, but then came the third period and that was the end. Walkerville outscored the Falcons by nine... READ MORE
Feb 26, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MESICK -- It wasn't the kind of finish Pentwater's girls basketball team wanted as it heads into the post-season, as the Falcons dropped a 40-28 loss to Mesick on the road Friday night in the Western Michigan D League. Pentwater started out on a positive ... READ MORE
Feb 26, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER -- Coming into the game on a hot streak, Pentwater's boys basketball team nearly overcame a 13-point halftime deficit but eventually fell short, losing to homestanding Mason County Eastern, 60-50 on Friday night in the Western Michigan D League. Th... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2022 By Ron Pesch LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon area’s wild success in football has been celebrated on many occasions. But what about basketball? On 166 occasions, between 1917 and 2021, boys teams from schools in the Greater Muskegon area have advanced to the fina... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MESICK -- Pentwater's girls basketball team brought down the curtain on the regular season Thursday night with a 40-38 loss to Mesick on the road in the Western Michigan D League. It's been an up and down season for the Falcons, who never were able to h... READ MORE
Feb 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Pentwater got off to a fast start, opening up a 10-point lead and never looked back in cruising to a 49-36 boys basketball victory over Manistee Catholic Central on Wednesday night on the road in the Western Michigan D League. Switching defe... READ MORE
Feb 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com We've reached the final week of the girls high school basketball season and that can mean just one thing. The Michigan High School Athletic Association tournament is right around the corner. Area teams will be vying for district titles beginning on Monda... READ MORE
Feb 21, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com PENTWATER -- Shaking off a loss to Bear Lake on Saturday night, the Pentwater Falcons rallied from an early deficit to pull off a 58-47 upset over the Marion Eagles at home Monday night in the Western Michigan D League. It was the third time in their l... READ MORE
Feb 20, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com BEAR LAKE -- Pentwater girls basketball coach Joe Gorton admitted he was a little nervous about Saturday night's makeup game at Bear Lake. For one thing, there would be no junior varsity game. Plus, the Falcons would play the second game... READ MORE
Feb 20, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com BEAR LAKE -- It's been a busy two weeks for the Pentwater boys basketball team, playing three games a week to squeeze in the full compliment of 20 for the season. Not that head coach Ashley Lubera is using that as an excuse, but the Falc... READ MORE
Feb 18, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com PENTWATER -- Pentwater's boys basketball team won its second straight game Friday night, cruising to a 71-28 thrashing of Big Rapids Crossroads Academy at home in the Western Michigan D League. Starting out strong, the Falcons dropped in 21 points in th... READ MORE
Feb 17, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com PENTWATER -- Snapping a two-game losing streak, the Mason County Eastern girls basketball team used some tenacious defense to turn back Pentwater, 38-29 in the Western Michigan D League on Thursday night at Pentwater. It was Parents' Night for the Falcons... READ MORE
Feb 16, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com PENTWATER -- Poor shooting plagued the Pentwater boys basketball team in the first half, but defense held the key in the end as the Falcons rallied for a 51-41 victory over Bear Lake Wednesday night in the Western Michigan D League at home. Shots wouldn... READ MORE