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
Nov 06, 2013 Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT – Spring Lake had little trouble dispensing with Oakridge at Wednesday night’s Class B district semifinal match, with the Lakers defeating the Eagles 25-18, 25-16, 25-12. Spring Lake now moves on to face Whitehall – who defeated host Fru... READ MORE
Nov 05, 2013 FRUITPORT – Orchard View was no match for Whitehall Monday night in the district volleyball opener for both teams, with Whitehall sweeping the Cardinals in three sets to advance to Wednesday’s district semifinal match versus host Fruitport. The Vikings won 25-18, 25-14, 25... READ MORE
Nov 04, 2013 Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT - Spring Lake snuck past Coopersville in a five-game marathon of the opening round of Class B district action at Fruitport on Monday. The two teams traded wins back and fourth until Spring Lake was able to close out with a 17-15 win in the fin... READ MORE
Nov 03, 2013 Local Sports Journal BROOKLYN – The Spring Lake girls cross country team finished Saturday’s Div. 2 state cross country meet as close to the top without taking the state title. The Lakers outlasted a tight race for second, as Grand Rapids Christian took the team ... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal KENTWOOD - Nobody expected the Spring Lake soccer team to advance to the state finals this year. So from that perspective, the Lakers had a lot to feel good about Saturday afternoon. But the fact that they played beyond expectations c... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2013 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal SPRING LAKE – The Spring Lake Lakers positioned themselves for a first round playoff football victory Friday night, only to have it slip away in the final minutes of the game. Belding’s running back Neil McCully scored a touchdown on ... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal While seven of the Muskegon area’s playoff-bound teams face opponents for the first time of the season, two other match ups will be rematches of earlier showdowns. That is particularly true of what many are calling the biggest playoff ga... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 By Jim Moyes Local Sports Journal It is hard to fathom that the playoffs are underway this weekend in the Wolverine State while I will be sweltering in the 80-plus degree heat here in the Sunshine State Friday night broadcasting the high school game between Ponte Vedra and Pala... READ MORE
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Oct 31, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal SPRING LAKE – After four-straight playoff appearances, the 2012 Spring Lake football team was stunned in Week 9 by Shelby, falling 14-8 to the Tigers, and falling to secure a sixth win and an automatic playoff berth. One year later, t... READ MORE
Oct 30, 2013 Local Sports Journal It looked as if Wednesday’s Division 2 state semifinal soccer match between Spring Lake and Sturgis was headed for overtime. But Spring Lake’s Nic Ellingboe corralled a deflection in front of the Sturgis net and deposited the ball behind goalten... READ MORE
Oct 30, 2013 BOYS SOCCER STATE SEMIFINALS Wednesday Division 1 Bloomfield Hills 1, Traverse City West 0, OT Ann Arbor Skyline 2, Salem 1 Division 2 Spring Lake 2, Sturgis 1 East Lansing 1, St. Claire Shores Lake 0 Division 3 Grand Rapids South Christian 1, Whitehall 0 Fl... READ MORE
Oct 30, 2013 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake walked away with three wins at the Oakridge volleyball quad on Tuesday. The Lakers topped Ravenna, Orchard View and Oakridge. The biggest challenge of the night came for Spring Lake in the first and second sets against Ravenna. The Lakers fo... READ MORE
Oct 27, 2013 BOYS SOCCER SEMIFINALS Wednesday Division 1 Traverse City West vs. Bloomfield Hills, 6 p.m. at Midland Salem vs. Ann Arbor Skyline, 6 p.m. at Holt Division 2 East Lansing vs. St. Clair Shores Lake, 6 p.m. at Fenton Spring Lake vs. Sturgis, 6 p.m. at Plainwell Div... READ MORE