Sep 20, 2015 LocalSportsJouranl.com Grand Haven overcame cross-river rival Spring Lake 2-1 in front of approximately 700 soccer fans on Saturday. Drew VanAndel lifted Grand Haven with the game winning goal, with an assist from David Krapohl. Grand Haven took a 1-0 halftime le... READ MORE
Sep 18, 2015 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP - A young Spring Lake football team got a hard fought win over Orchard View on Friday night, and the Lakers hope the triumph will lead to more of the same this fall. The Lakers, unable to do much on offense most of... READ MORE
Sep 17, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com Fremont earned one match win on Thursday against Spring Lake. The Packers beat the Lakers 25-23, 25-19, but lost to Calvin Christian 25-23, 25-17 and Grant 25-17, 25-23. Bryar Vasquez led the Packers with 14 kills and 13 digs and Katie Parkhurst ha... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake soccer team crushed Fremont 8-0 on Tuesday, forcing the mercy rule with 17 minutes remaining in the game. Bradley Debien led the Lakers with two goals on the day. Ryan Zietlow, Keegan George, Justin Pedersen, Ben Mast, and Nolan ... READ MORE
Sep 15, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com Fruitport's varsity volleyball squad continued to roll in its rivalry against Spring Lake on Tuesday, as the Trojans downed the Lakers, 3-1. Fruitport, the defending Lakes Eight Conference champions, improve their season record to 10-5, while Spring L... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2015 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com SPRING LAKE – Not even the referees could cost Fruitport its first football victory of the season. The Trojans committed seven penalties on offense, which made scoring a bit of a challenge. But Fruitport survived the miscues in the ... READ MORE
Sep 11, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake shut out Orchard View 7-0 in Lakes 8 soccer action on Thursday night. Ryan Zietlow led the Lakers with a pair of goals. Dylan Constantine, Bradly Debien, Baruch Kamps, Ben Mast and Chase Plumber each scored for Spring Lake.... READ MORE
Sep 04, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake football team picked up its first win of the season, defeating Holland 22-13 in non-league action on Thursday night. The Lakers rallied for the victory by scoring 13 of their points in the fourth quarter. Spring Lake led 15-13 w... READ MORE
Sep 01, 2015 By Justin Haggerty LocalSportsJournal.com SPRING LAKE – The Spring Lake soccer program closed its long time stadium - “The Swamp” - in the spring, and opened its brand new facility on Tuesday with a boys game against Reeths-Puffer. The grand opening couldn’t ha... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2015 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND HAVEN- The city of Grand Haven has been hosting a unique outdoor volleyball event for the past three years. And the hometown high school team has dominated the tournament every year. That trend continued Friday, with the Grand H... READ MORE
Aug 27, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake football team suffered a tough loss in its season opener against Coopersville, falling 28-10 Thursday night. The Lakers fell behind 15-3 at the end of the first half thanks to the Broncos' quarterback-wide receiver duo of Chad Borgma... READ MORE
Aug 27, 2015 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores and Spring Lake soccer teams played to a 1-1 tie Wednesday in a non-league matchup. The Lakers took the lead on a first half goal by Keegan George. Mona Shores forced the tie in the second half with a goal on a penalty kick fr... READ MORE
Aug 26, 2015 By Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com Two weekends, four nights of prep football. What a great early season treat for area high school football fans. I’m not sure why - I thought I heard someone say it’s because Labor Day is late this year - but there will be game... READ MORE
Aug 25, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall volleyball team won all three of its matches 2-0 over Spring Lake, Oakridge and Muskegon Catholic on its home court Monday night in a Lakes 8/West Michigan Conference crossover meet. Bri Copley led the Vikings with 15 kills and six aces,... READ MORE
Aug 23, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake soccer team claimed the championship with a pair of wins Friday in the Hudsonville Unity Christian Crusader Cup tournament. Alec Palmer and Ryan Zietlow each made their shots in an overtime shootout to give the Lakers a 2-0 win over We... READ MORE
Aug 22, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com Wow, what a great party! Local Sports Journal, along with our terrific partners from WLCS 98.3 FM, Tatra Hall and Sport Clips, hosted the first annual LSJ high school football preview section release party on Friday night. We were crossing our fing... READ MORE
Aug 06, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com It’s the time of year when area sports fans start wondering when they can get their copy of the annual Local Sports Journal high school football preview section. This year they can get their copy at a football party! On Friday, August 21, Local S... READ MORE
Jun 19, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington soccer player Jacquelyn Lynch and Western Michigan Christian's Alexys Riksen were recently named first-team All-State by the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association. Lynch scored over 130 goals in her high school career and was hon... READ MORE
Jun 06, 2015 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com HOLLAND -- In a season full of dominating performances turned in by the Spring Lake softball team, the Lakers experienced one more on Saturday at Hope College's Wolters Softball Stadium. Unfortunately, the great performance came from... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2015 By Adam Knorr LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND RAPIDS - The tough part for the Spring Lake girls soccer team will be finding a silver lining to a heartbreaking loss. The Lakers played DeWitt to a 0-0 tie after two overtimes Friday in the Division 2 regional finals at Forest Hi... READ MORE