Jun 08, 2014 Local Sports Journal Several area golf teams made their way to the state finals this weekend as did a number of individuals. North Muskegon (Div. 4) and Ludington (Div. 3) both finished fourth while Pentwater (Div. 4) finished 11th. Ludington's fourth place finish in Di... READ MORE
Jun 04, 2014 Local Sports Journal MHSAA GOLF STATE FINALS Friday and Saturday Division 1 Forest Akers East, Michigan State University Mitchell White, Mona Shores Division 2 Forest Akers West, Michigan State University Ben Kramer, Spring Lake Division 3 The Meadows, Gra... READ MORE
May 31, 2014 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake pole-vaulters Allie and Gabriella LeRoux finished first/second in the pole vault completion at Saturday’s Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Div. 2 state meet. Coupled with a state-title winning 800 meter performance by the ... READ MORE
May 31, 2014 Local Sports Journal A five-run fifth inning was enough for Fruitport as the Trojans beat Spring Lake 9-5 in the Division 2 championship game played at Spring Lake on Saturday. The wins sends Fruitport to regional play at Hope College next Saturday. Fruitport scored a si... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Fruitort Trojans needed a shootout to advance to the Division 2 district championship soccer match on Thursday. Lakes 8 Conference rivals Fruitport and Spring Lake battled to a 1-1 tie before a shootout was needed to decide a winner. The Trojans ... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Here are the girls area qualifiers for the MHSAA state finals track meet on Saturday. Division 1 High jump: Amy Kober, Grand Haven; Chloe Fox, Reeths-Puffer. Long jump: Jasmine Gulley, Mona Shores. 100: Kynihay Brown, Muskegon. Division 2 Pole vault: Amy Grace Shoop... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake won the Lakes 8 baseball title by sweeping Tri-County 3-2 and 5-1 on Tuesday. Ben Winsemius got the game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th inning in Game 1, then Spring Lake jumped on Tri County by scoring three runs in the first two ... READ MORE
May 24, 2014 Local Sports Journal Grand Haven trounced on its cross-river rival Spring Lake in softball on Friday. The Bucs won 14-1 in Game 1 and beat the Lakers 9-4 in Game 2. Kaylee Hartwell pitched a 5-hitter with six strikeouts in the opener for Grand Haven. Kylie Masko had thre... READ MORE
May 18, 2014 Local Sports Journal Pitcher Rachel Younts showed off her stamina Saturday, tossing 18 innings to lead the Holton softball team to the championship of the Titan Invitational at Traverse City West High school. The Red Devils downed Reed City 9-0, Spring Lake 3-2 and Travers... READ MORE
May 12, 2014 Local Sports Journal A run-scoring hit by Kylie Maskjo plated the eventual game-winning run as Grand Haven topped Hudsonville 3-2 in an OK Red Conference game on Monday. It had been over 30 since the Bucs had beaten Hudsonville, which came into the game ranked eighth in Div... READ MORE
May 12, 2014 Local Sports Journal Oakridge scored a pair of second half goals as the Eagles beat Hart 2-0 on Monday in a West Michigan Conference match. Shelbe Wilde scored a minute into the second half for Oakridge with an assist to Aliza Olsen. Nicole Karel scored Oakridge's second... READ MORE
May 10, 2014 By Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT -- Nine first places finishes, including three by Zack Gilson, helped carry the host Fruitport Trojans to the Lakes Eight Conference track meet championship Friday. Gilson won the 200- and 400-meter dashes and added a first place in the l... READ MORE
May 10, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Spring Lake Lakers ran away with the girls team title Friday in the Lakes Eight Conference track meet. Spring Lake won the girls title with 211 points, taking 10 first-place finishes. Carlyn Arteaga won the 200- and 400-meter dashes while Grace... 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
Apr 28, 2014 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake broke a scoreless tie with a goal with 15 minutes left in the second half and went on to beat Western Michigan Christian 2-0 on Monday in a nonconference match. Morgan Carey and Mariada Gezon scored goals for the Lakers and Saebryn Peel adde... READ MORE
Apr 27, 2014 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal GRAND HAVEN: For the first 18 minutes of Saturday night's conclusion to LaxFest 2014, Grand Haven looked like it was going to succumb to Spring Lake. The Bucs had fallen behind 3-0 to a gritty Laker squad who was getting good bounces a... READ MORE
Apr 21, 2014 Local Sports Journal North Muskegon used a five-run first inning to earn an 8-2 win over Fruitport in non-league softball action Monday. The Norse outhit the Trojans 9-1. Alexis Black had Fruiport's lone hit a double in the fifth winning. Coopersville 10, Spring Lake ... READ MORE
Apr 21, 2014 Local Sports Journal Fruitport's Alex Brown stole home to tie the game in the top of the seventh inning and Kyle Fialek's RBI ground out plated the winning run in the top of the eighth inning as the Trojans beat host North Muskegon 6-5 Monday in a non-conference baseball gam... READ MORE
Apr 02, 2014 Local Sports Journal ALLENDALE -- Seven area track performers are getting ready to start the outdoor season after recently winning an event in an indoor meet at Grand Valley State University. The three-day meet had 2,500 entries in the Kelly Family Sports Center on GVSU's A... READ MORE
Mar 13, 2014 Local Sports Journal Undefeated Godwin Heights ended Spring Lake's basketball season with a 63-50 win over the Lakers in the Class B regional championship game at Godwin Heights High School on Tuesday night. The win sends Godwin Heights into Tuesday's Class B quarterfinals ... READ MORE