Mar 01, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON—Yes, the headline is correct. After having lost to Shelby twice during the regular season by solid scores of 33-12 and 47-18, the Lady Norsemen of North Muskegon pulled off the huge upset on Monday evening in the opening round o... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2022 LocalSportsjournal.com RAVENNA -- Shelby seemed intent on stealing a road victory against West Michigan Conference rival Ravenna on Friday. The host Bulldogs had other ideas. The Bulldogs turned in an inspired fourth-quarter comeback to shock the Tigers, 51-47. With the victor... READ MORE
Feb 25, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE--Montague's girls basketball team put a capper on the regular season Thursday night with its second consecutive win, turning back Shelby, 42-39 at home in the West Michigan Conference. "Not our best game overall," said Wildcats' coach Nick Thal... 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 24, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON--Joseph Hayes poured in 27 points and grabbed 20 rebounds on Wednesday and led the Shelby Tigers to a 65-47 victory over the Orchard View Cardinals in a boys nonleague basketball game. Shelby came out strong and raced to an 18-8 lead in the openi... 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 Reeths-Puffer brought home the championship trophy from the Division 2 competitive cheer district competition at Reeths-Puffer on Friday night, Feb. 19. The Rockets, the only area team to win a district title, had a battle with Bryon Center, but finished ... READ MORE
Feb 20, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com CHARLEVOIX--Mason County Central is sending three wrestlers to the MHSAA Division 3 state finals next month, including two regional champions, while Hart crowned two regional champions and qualified two others for the finals and Shelby had two qualifiers. ... READ MORE
Feb 19, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY—The Montague Wildcats led from start to finish on Friday evening as they swept the season series from Shelby with a 61-54 road win. The Tigers found the going rough against Montague 6’7” sophomore Isaiah Atchison at both en... READ MORE
Feb 17, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY -- The Shelby girls basketball team ended its three-game losing streak Thursday night with a 44-21 win over Ravenna in a West Michigan Conference matchup. It was a defensive battle in the first quarter, as neither team could produce much offense w... READ MORE
Feb 16, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY -- Trailing by four at halftime, the Shelby boys basketball team rallied in the second half for its third-straight win and overturned visiting Mason County Central, 54-44 in a West Michigan Conference game at home on Tuesday. Just as perilous as ... READ MORE
Feb 14, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- Kent City and Grant each had two individual district champions crowned, while Montague had one titlest Saturday at the MHSAA Division 2 district tournament at Orchard View. Eagles sophomore Carson Gorton won the 103-pound weight class with ... READ MORE
Feb 12, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com With a dominating 48-20 Western Michigan Conference win over the Shelby Tigers on Friday evening, the Montague girls basketball team improved to 9-1 in the conference and now sits just behind the first-place Hart Pirates. Taking control immediately, t... READ MORE
Feb 11, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY—The Shelby Tigers swept the season series over the Hart Pirates on Thursday evening but for the second time in two weeks almost gave up a double digit second half lead in their 49-44 West Michigan Conference win. With the excep... READ MORE
Feb 08, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY -- Mason County Central's girls basketball team came out strong offensively, weathered a storm from Shelby and notched a 49-37 victory Tuesday night in the West Michigan Conference. After building an 11-5 lead at the end of the first quarter, the S... READ MORE
Feb 07, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON—The Shelby Tigers hit the road on Monday evening for a key non-conference game against the Holton Red Devils and came home with a come from behind 43-40 win. Bishop Lee and Joseph Hayes were too much for the Red Devils to handl... READ MORE
Feb 05, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY--Using a hefty first half lead the Oakridge boys basketball team held off the Shelby Tigers 59-48 in a WMC showdown on Friday evening. Oakridge jumped out to a four point advantage over Shelby with a 11-7 scoring advantage after the first eight m... READ MORE
Feb 04, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com HART—Coming off only its second loss of the season to Caledonia on Tuesday evening, the Hart Pirates girls basketball team made quick work of the Shelby Tigers with a convincing 60-25 win on Thursday evening. The Pirates were led by a... READ MORE
Feb 02, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com NORTH MUSKEGON—The North Muskegon boys basketball team rallied from a first half deficit on Monday evening and held on to get by Shelby 57-51 in a West Michigan Conference battle. The Norsemen eventually built a second half lead of 18... READ MORE
Feb 02, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com The Shelby girls basketball team handed Orchard View another loss on the season, running away with a 52-33 win at home on Tuesday evening in a non-conference battle. The Tigers wasted no time, grabbing a 15-5 scoring run to open up the game and a ... READ MORE