Jan 11, 2014 Local Sports Journal Nick Goeglein’s 31 points and 17 rebounds powered the Spring Lake boys basketball team to a 66-47 Lakes 8 Conference victory Friday over Howard City Tri-County. Spring Lake led Tri-County 36-28 at halftime before pulling away in the third quarter wi... READ MORE
Jan 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Orchard View pulled off a close Lakes 8 conference victory Friday night as they defeated Spring Lake 50-45 in overtime. The Cardinals (3-2) had a 24-22 lead at halftime and a 34-32 lead after the third quarter. Orchard View outscored Spring Lake 7-2 i... READ MORE
Jan 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – The host Orchard View boys basketball team looked ready battle Friday night, in its non-league game with Spring Lake, taking the 14-10 first-quarter lead. Unfortunately for the Cardinals (0-5), the Spring Lake Lakers held OV to just 10 poin... READ MORE
Dec 27, 2013 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal GRAND HAVEN -- The Grand Haven Buccaneers went into attack mode on defense and pulled away to a 53-31 nonleague boys basketball victory over the neighboring Spring Lake Lakers on Friday night. The Lakers took their only lead of the game ... READ MORE
Dec 26, 2013 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal GRAND HAVEN -- For the first time in the series history, either the host Grand Haven's Buccaneers or neighboring Spring Lake Lakers will walk away from Friday night's boys basketball game happier than usual. That's because, going into t... READ MORE
Dec 21, 2013 Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – Last Thursday, the Muskegon Big Red girls basketball team scored the 10-point win over a very good Oakridge squad in the opening night of the annual Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame girls hoops classic. But the conclusion of the tournament... READ MORE
Dec 19, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores girls basketball team broke open a close game with a 12-point edge in the third quarter and cruised past Spring Lake 50-31 Thursday in a Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame Classic matchup. "We finally executed some of our half court p... READ MORE
Dec 18, 2013 By Jim Goorman Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – The Mona Shores boys basketball team rode the hot shooting of Marcus Tumblin Wednesday night to nab a well- deserved 62-48 triumph over visiting Spring Lake. The physical contest was made worse by the fact that it was the ... READ MORE
Dec 16, 2013 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake coasted to a 58-20 non-league win over Allendale in girls basketball on Monday. The Lakers led 36-8 at halftime. The Lakers had eight girls score as Kelsee Zuidema and Reiko Johnson led with 14 points apiece. Jonhson also dished out five ... READ MORE
Dec 14, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Coopersville girls basketball team remained unbeaten Friday with a 57-47 victory over Spring Lake in a non-conference game. The Broncos led 26-20 at halftime and 45-33 after three quarters before sealing the victory. Coopersville (3-0) was led b... READ MORE
Dec 13, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Spring Lake boys basketball team opened up its season in exciting fashion Friday, going to overtime against Coopersville. But the Lakers came up short in the extra session and dropped a 55-52 non-conference decision to the Broncos. The game was t... READ MORE
Dec 12, 2013 Local Sports Journal The brand new high school basketball season is underway, and teams throughout the area are hitting the court with dreams of conference, district and state championships dancing in their heads. Local Sports Journal is ready to guide you into the new seas... READ MORE
Dec 11, 2013 Local Sports Journal Several local athletes have been named to the 2013 Muskegon All-Area high school girls swimming and diving team. Winning first team honors were Stephanie Shantz of Grand Haven in the 100 fly, Paige Rubleski of Spring Lake in diving, Jennifer Meulenbelt ... READ MORE
Dec 10, 2013 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake’s Courtney Kyser will be taking her volleyball talents to Spring Arbor University next fall. Kyser, a 5-foot-10 middle hitter/block, signed a letter of intent on Tuesday afternoon at Spring Lake High School. Spring Arbor is an NAIA... READ MORE
Dec 08, 2013 Local Sports Journal This year’s Meijer Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame Classic Basketball Tournament could double as the “Battle of I-96.” The 14-member MASHF board has seen the 12th-annual event evolve from a local tournament featuring the Muskegon vs. Muskegon He... READ MORE
Dec 06, 2013 Local Sports Journal FREMONT – Spring Lake cruised into Fremont Friday night looking to start the season off right, and cruised away with the 46-35 victory over Fremont in Lakes 8 girls basketball action. Kelsee Zuidema’s eight points the Lakers outgunned the host Packe... READ MORE
Nov 14, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Spring Lake volleyball team finally got the three-game match it was looking for, but not the way it wanted it. The Lakers, who won their first three state tournament outings with exhausting five-game matches, dropped a 3-0 decision to Grand Rapids S... READ MORE
Nov 12, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Spring Lake volleyball team must be getting pretty tired. But it's probably a good sort of tired, since they keep playing long matches in the state tournament and keep winning. The Lakers had to play the maximum five games to defeat Coopersville... READ MORE
Nov 08, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT - The Spring Lake volleyball squad may be one of those teams that saves its best play for when it matters most. And if Kelsee Zuidema keeps playing the way she did Thursday night, there’s no telling how far the Lakers c... READ MORE
Nov 06, 2013 Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT – In what would have been in years past a premier event was just a three-set sweep as Whitehall made quick work of host Fruitport at Wednesday’s Class B district semifinal. Whitehall won 25-15, 25-20, 25-14. Alyssa Veihl led Fruitport... READ MORE