Apr 13, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Manistee wasted no time getting on the scoreboard in Wednesday afternoon's West Michigan Conference Lakes Division against Ravenna. The Chippewas found the back of the net less than two minutes into the game, which was ... READ MORE
Apr 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com TWIN LAKE--Manistee won the first golf jamboree of the season for the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division Tuesday at Stonegate Golf Club. Team Results Manistee - 168 Fremont - 187 Whitehall - 192 Ludington - 205 Montague - 214 ... READ MORE
Apr 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT -- The Fremont girls softball team swept a West Michigan Conference Lakes Division doubleheader from Manistee on Tuesday afternoon, 15-0 and 21-0. Both games ended in three innings due to the mercy rule. Pitcher Sophia Romine picked up the win ... READ MORE
Apr 10, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Manistee's girls soccer team had no trouble recording its second straight win of the young season Monday afternoon. Manistee ripped the Traverse City Homeschool team for an 8-0 victory that was shortened due to the mercy rule. The Chippewas s... READ MORE
Apr 07, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Opening its season at home Thursday afternoon, the Manistee girls soccer team rolled to an 8-1 non-conference win over Kingsley. Leading the way for the Chippewas was junior Jayna Edmondson, who scored two goals, one in each half. She was... READ MORE
Mar 17, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE --Dual-sport standout Ashtyn Janis gave up her senior basketball season at Manistee to focus on track and field, and spent the winter traveling to various colleges to run at indoor meets instead of dribbling the r... READ MORE
Mar 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com ROCHESTER -- Manistee's boys swimming team crowned its first-ever individual state champion over the weekend. Meanwhile, Ludington's season ended in Friday's preliminaries in the Division 3 state finals at Oakland University. Manistee jun... READ MORE
Mar 06, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE -- Shelby's balance proved to be too much for Manistee on Monday night. The Tigers placed three players in double-figure scoring in their 53-36 victory over Manistee. The Division 3 district opener was played at Mason County Cen... READ MORE
Mar 03, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Fremont senior Jordon McDonald became the ninth player in program history to reach the 1,000-point career milestone Thursday night in the Packers' 55-40 victory over host Manistee. The game was the regular-season finale for b... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Heart. Grit. Determination. All three words were appropriate ways to describe the Manistee girls basketball team's performance in Wednesday night's Division 3 district semifinal against eighth-ranked Traverse City St. Francis... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE -- Montague held off a scrappy Manistee boys basketball team for a tight 38-36 West Michigan Conference Lakes Division win Tuesday night in Montague. The Wildcats trailed the Chippewas by one point, 12-11 at the end of the fir... READ MORE
Mar 01, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- The Manistee Chippewas totally dominated the Grand Traverse Academy girls' basketball team for a 56-23 victory in a Division 3 district game Tuesday in Manistee. The two teams were supposed to play Monday ... READ MORE
Feb 27, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON--For the second consecutive week, the winter-like conditions are wreaking havoc for local girls' basketball games. Tonight, district tournaments are scheduled to get underway, however, there are a number of forfeits and postponements. In Division ... READ MORE
Feb 26, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- The Ludington boys swimming team won the Coastal Conference championship Saturday at the league meet in Manistee. Ludington topped Manistee, 572-447, while Fremont came in third with 313. "It feels good to say we are... READ MORE
Feb 24, 2023 LocalSportsJoiurnal.com MANISTEE -- Manistee's girls basketball team built up a solid lead at the half and then held off a determined Fremont squad for a 58-45 victory Friday night. It was the final game of the regular season for both teams. Jayna Edmondson fired up 20 points ... READ MORE
Feb 24, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Ludington used its superior depth and a pressure defense to speed past Manistee, 68-35, Thursday night in a West Michigan Conference-Lakes Division boys basketball game. It puts the Orioles in a position... READ MORE
Feb 22, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE --It wasn't a decision the Manistee Area Public Schools (MAPS) Board of Education made lightly, or in haste, but starting with the 2023-2024 school year the school will have a new mascot. When this school y... READ MORE
Feb 21, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON-- Coach Zach Bialik hopes the Manistee boys' basketball team is finally putting it all together. It couldn't come at a better time, with the district tournament just around the corner. The Chippewas handled the Holton Red Dev... READ MORE
Feb 17, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE -- Montague's girls basketball team won its third straight game on Thursday by turning back visiting Manistee, 57-38, in the West Michigan Conference-Lakes Division. Addison Pranger led three players in double figures for the ... READ MORE
Feb 15, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com ONEKAMA -- Bouncing back after a loss to Whitehall in its last game, the Manistee boys' basketball team earned a rugged 67-51 non-conference win over Onekama on Wednesday. It was the Chippewas third win in their last four games, and one... READ MORE