Sep 14, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- In an early season showdown of West Michigan Conference unbeatens, the Ludington boys soccer team registered a decisive 4-0 shutout victory over Manistee at Oriole Field on Wednesday night. The victory extended the Orioles r... READ MORE
Sep 14, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT -- Fremont hosted Manistee in its first home West Michigan Conference-Lakes match on Tuesday night and came away with a three-set victory, 25-12, 25-15, 25-11. Offensive leaders for the Packers included Carle Bruggema, Kendall Barnhart and Avery C... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT—The Fremont and Whitehall boys cross country teams tied for first place team honors on Tuesday afternoon at the West Michigan Conference Jamboree #1 held in Fremont at Branstrom Park. The Packers and Vikings each finished with a team total score... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HART -- Playing exceedingly well before its home fans, the Hart boys soccer team very nearly pulled off a major upset in the West Michigan Conference when it took a 2-0 lead in the second half of Monday night's game against Manistee. The Chippewas cam... READ MORE
Sep 10, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE --Leading from start to finish, the Oakridge football team made a huge statement against Manistee in the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division opener for both teams Friday night. The Eagles scored on their first drive and neve... READ MORE
Sep 09, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE—It was a good day for the Ludington cross country teams on Thursday afternoon. The girls won the Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational while the boys finished second. The event was at Riverside Park in Scottville. Ludington finished with a team s... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com BEULAH -- Manistee's girls golf team finished second at the Traverse City West small school invitational at the Crystal Lake Golf Course in Beulah on Thursday. East Jordan took first place with a team score of 427, followed by the Chippewas with 446. ... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Just 24 hours after blowing a 4-1 second half lead in a 6-4 loss to Western Michigan Christian on Tuesday, the Manistee boys soccer team rebounded with a solid 5-0 shutout over Shelby. The game was played at Chippewa Field We... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- Western Michigan Christian's Ashton Leffring tallied a trifecta goal attack in the Warriors' 6-4 comeback win over Manistee on Tuesday. Leffring tied the score 4-4, gave WMC a 5-4 lead and then slammed the door shut on Manistee with his thi... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Ludington's girls volleyball team swept Manistee in three sets, 25-10, 25-8 and 25-5 in a West Michigan Conference Lakes Division match at Manistee Tuesday night. Serving was the key for the Orioles. "For the most part, our serving was really... READ MORE
Sep 03, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Dominating the competition from start to finish, the Muskegon Mona Shores girls swimming and diving team cruised to a lopsided 135-55 victory over Manistee at the Paine Aquatic Center on Thursday evening. The Sailors won all four relays and to... READ MORE
Sep 02, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE -- Manistee didn't let an early deficit against Mason County Central slow it down in a 27-6 victory on the road at Spartan Community Field Thursday night. Each team made some early threats, but it was the Spartans who struck f... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Catching an early break in the first 2 minutes of the game, Manistee's boys soccer team opened a 3-0 lead by halftime and finished with a 4-0 shutout of Ravenna in a West Michigan Conference clash Monday night at Chippewa Fiel... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com BENZONIA -- Hart's boys cross country team won easily over Traverse City St. Francis, 43-82 to take the first-place trophy in the Medium Schools Division at the Pete Moss Invitational Saturday in Benzonia. Manistee's boys finished in 11th,... READ MORE
Aug 29, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND RAPIDS -- Ludington's girls swimming and diving team finished eighth, 10 points behind Spring Lake in Division 3 Saturday at the Northview Invite in Grand Rapids. Spring Lake was seventh with 106 points and Ludington tallied 96 while Manistee was 11... READ MORE
Aug 27, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE – Manistee junior Max Miles returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown and the Chippewas never looked back in a 54-6 season-opening win against Holton at Chippewa Field on Friday in a West Michigan Conference cro... READ MORE
Aug 23, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com TRAVERSE CITY -- Only three girls made the trip to Traverse City for Manistee's golf team on Tuesday for the Lady Titans Invite hosted by Traverse City West. Manistee coach Bridget Warnke thus kept her message simple, and to the point. Improve on the scor... READ MORE
Aug 23, 2022 By Ron Rop LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON--The summer is winding down and that can mean just one thing - high school football is on the horizon. Area teams have been through conditioning, two-a-days, hitting and practicing their offensive and defensive schemes they hope will ... READ MORE
Aug 22, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS -- It's an old adage that defense wins championships, and for the most part, that's true. Yet if you don't score, winning can be difficult. Manistee accomplished both for the third game in a row, notching its second consecutive win, 2-1 over... READ MORE
Aug 21, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Ludington's girls swimming and diving team opened its season Saturday by hosting a relay meet against Traverse City, Mona Shores, Cadillac and Manistee. Traverse City finished first with 126 points, followed by Mona Shores with 106. Ludingt... READ MORE