Sep 06, 2014 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal WHITEHALL - The West Michigan Conference has literally turned upside down. Last year Shelby went 7-0, won the league, and advanced all the way to the state semifinals. Whitehall only won a single game and finished next to last in the conf... READ MORE
Aug 28, 2014 Local Sports Journal GRANT – There were a few football shockers on the opening night of high school football, but perhaps none bigger than the upset at Grant. The host Tigers stunned West Michigan Conference power Shelby 14-6 Thursday in Scott Keelean’s return as head coach... READ MORE
Aug 21, 2014 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal Lorenzo Rodriguez' life story almost reads like a Disney movie. The former factory worker and school custodian became the head coach of the woeful, last-place Shelby High School football program in 2006. Eight years later he's turned the T... READ MORE
May 28, 2014 Local Sports Journal Ludington's golf team qualfied for the Division 3 state finals after placing third at the Division 3 meet Wednesday at Eagle Glen Golf Course in Farwell. The Division 3 state finals will be at The Meadows at Grand Valley State University in Allendale on... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Whitehall blanked West Michigan Conference foe Shelby 5-0 in a Division 3 district soccer game on Tuesday. The win sends Whitehall into the district semifinals on Thursday at 5 p.m. against Orchard View at Oakridge High School. The Vikings scored fou... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Mason County Central scored a run in the top of the sixth inning to earn a 5-4 Division 3 pre-district baseball win over Shelby on Tuesday. The win sends MCC into the district semifinals where they will face Montague on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Mason... READ MORE
May 24, 2014 Local Sports Journal Montague took home a pair of wins against Shelby in their doubleheader on Friday. The Wildcats won 6-4 in the opener and captured the nightcap 11-2. Cody Gjertsen posted two hits for Montague who jumped ahead 3-1 after the first inning. Ryan Loudermild... 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 20, 2014 Local Sports Journal Katie Hendrickson picked up pitching wins in both games as North Muskegon swept Shelby 6-1, 6-0 in a West Michigan Conference doubleheader on Tuesday. Hendrickson tossed 14 innings allowing eights hits, one earned run and fanning 21 in the doubleheader.... READ MORE
May 20, 2014 Local Sports Journal Mona Shores scored a pair of runs in the first and second innings and made that stand up as they beat Grand Rapids Union 5-2 in an OK Black Conference game on Tuesday. Noah Dykstra and Julian Loera both had three hits each for the Sailors. ... READ MORE
May 16, 2014 Local Sports Journal Three straight singles in the seventh inning helped Fruitport to a 9-8 win in the nightcap and earn a Lakes 8 doubleheader sweep of Fremont on Friday. Lindsey Helsen’s single plated the winning run for the Trojans. “We were struggling and she mad... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal Oakridge advanced past the first round the West Michigan Conference soccer tournament on Wednesday with a 6-0 win over Shelby. The Eagles led 5-0 by halftime as Shelbe Wilde tallied the first two goals of her hat trick to put her team up 2-0. Aliza Olse... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 By Local Sports Journal SHELBY - The Whitehall Vikings and Mason County Central Spartans slugged away at each other Tuesday, but it was Whitehall which came away as the boys' track champions in the West Michigan Conference league meet. Whitehall turned back Mason Central... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal SHELBY - The Whitehall Vikings showed its team depth in winning the West Michigan Conference girls' league meet Tuesday night. Whitehall scored 130 points to turn back runner-up Montague. Montague ended with 104 points. It was Whitehall's balance that... READ MORE
May 05, 2014 Local Sports Journal Whitehall scored a pair of goals in each half and beat North Muskegon 4-0 in Monday. Kelsey Gensler and Sam Heubler scored first half goals for Whitehall in the opening half. In the second half, Lauren Baustert and Sarah Schmiedeknecht scored for Whi... READ MORE
May 05, 2014 Local Sports Journal A pair of four run innings helped carry Holton to an 11-2 win over Shelby on Monday. The Red Devils scored four runs in the third inning and four more in the fifth. Aaron Poling led Holton with three hits and Hayden Cregg collected two. Brendan Cr... 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 28, 2014 Local Sports Journal Shelby split a doubleheader with Manistee an Monday winning the opener 2-1 and dopping the nightcap 8-3. In Game 1, Shelby's Miranda Unger gave up four hits, one run, and had seven strikeouts, while also having the game winning double in the second inni... READ MORE
Apr 26, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Shelby Tigers could muster just one run in the top of the seventh inning of Friday’s doubleheader opener versus host Grant, while Grant needed late-inning run support in the nightcap to come away with to slight victories to complete to non-league s... READ MORE