Oct 16, 2021 By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.com WHITEHALL - It took a super performance by a sophomore to bring “The Bell” back to Whitehall for the first time since 2014. Sophomore quarterback Kyle Stratton put on a show for the first three quarters on Friday night - not with hi... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet is set for Saturday at Oak Ridge Golf Course, located at 513 W. Pontaluna Road in Norton Shores. Reeths-Puffer comes as the defending champions in both the boys and girls races. The boys bring a... READ MORE
Oct 14, 2021 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com At least a share of the West Michigan Conference title will be riding on the outcome of Friday’s game between the Montague Wildcats and the host Whitehall Vikings. Gametime is 7 p.m. The visiting Wildcats enter this week leading the... READ MORE
Oct 14, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall boys soccer team opened the MHSAA state tournament with a tight 1-0 Division 2 win over Fremont on Wednesday. The Vikings snuck past Packers on a lone goal from Jack McDowell that was assisted by Kyren Bluhm. Andon Palmer played phen... READ MORE
Oct 13, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com There is plenty at stake as area teams head into Week 8 of the high school football season. There are conference championships to be won, there are bragging rights on the line and there is positioning for the playoffs, which being in two weeks. No area ga... READ MORE
Oct 13, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Whitehall's Rayne Thompson became the fourth volleyball player in program history to reach 1,000 career kills on Tuesday. The senior reached the milestone in the Vikings' convincing non-league win over Sparta. Whitehall won in three games, 25-9, 25-... READ MORE
Oct 13, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Christian volleyball team took down Orchard View in their final Lakes 8 duel of the season on Tuesday. The Warriors won in four games with scores of 25-16, 25-19, 18-25 and 25-6. For the Warriors, Ashley Binnendyk had 15 digs and... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2021 LocalSportsJournal Nothing like a clean sweep and that's what the Hart Pirates accomplished a soggy West Michigan Conference cross country championship. The meet was run at Shelby. Both the girls and the boys came away with first-place finishes and both victories came in convi... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association volleyball is set for Saturday at two sites, Mona Shores High School and Orchard View High School. The teams are seeded 1-8 with Western Michigan Christian being the top seed. WMC is followed by Oakridge, Reeths-P... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall volleyball team moved its season record to 24-3-1 at the 16 team Jenison Invitational on Saturday. The Vikings struck down Durand and Grand Rapids South Christian but split with Coopersville before falling to eventual gold bracket ch... READ MORE
Oct 09, 2021 by Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.comThe Whitehall Vikings made quick work of the Hart Pirates on Friday evening, racking up 465 yards of total offense en route to a convincing 46-6 West Michigan Conference victory. The Vikings scored on four of their five first half pos... READ MORE
Oct 08, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss Local Sports Journal.com It’s here already. Week 6 of Friday night high school football has arrived and the Local Sports Journal will be covering 14 games tonight. There are some interesting matchups, rivalry games and games that could determine some confere... READ MORE
Oct 06, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague volleyball team was unable to pull past rival Whitehall Vikings on Tuesday, falling in three games. Whitehall won with scores of 25-9, 25-23 and 25-19. Jaelyn Sundberg set up her teammates with 16 assists, she made eight blocks, four digs... READ MORE
Oct 06, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Haven boys tennis had its doubles teams step up in its 5-3 win over Whitehall. The Bucs won all four of their doubles matches to lift them to victory. The team of Jonah Sispera and Alex Waite took No. 1 doubles while Ben DeGram and Robert Gre... READ MORE
Oct 05, 2021 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The Hart Pirates swept the third West Michigan Conference Jamboree on Tuesday afternoon by outdistancing the Whitehall Vikings in both races. Hart slipped by Whitehall with 35 points to Whitehall’s 44. Mason County Central was third w... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Week 6 high school football is on the books. Here are the headlines from Friday night's games. Oakridge hangs on over North Muskegon, Vanderputte leads Eagle ground game with 265 yards (+PHOTO GALLERY) Muskegon Catholic Central breaks int... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2021 by Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall Vikings rained on Ludington's momentum after a Week-5 win over Muskegon Heights. The Vikings cruised to a 49-0 win thanks in big part to Alec Pruett. The senior running back amassed 308 yards on the ground and a pai... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2021 *Today's story can be found in hard-copy print in the LocalSportsJournal.com September magazine at area outlets in west Michigan. By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.comSpring Lake football is having a ton of fun this fall, racking up wins behind a raucous student section and ... READ MORE
Sep 30, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall boys tennis team tied Coopersville on Wednesday 4-4. The Vikings took the top flights in both singles and doubles action. Ashton Trnka and River Morrison snagged the No. 1 and No. 2 singles for the Sailors. The team of Samuel Cole... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Western Michigan Christian volleyball hosted Covenant Christian on Friday in its annual Warrior Weekend. The Warriors walked away with the victory in three games off set scores of 25-19, 25-12 and 25-15. Kyla Wiersema led the way making 12 kills, ... READ MORE