Jan 18, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- A long season continued for the winless Manistee boys' basketball team Tuesday night, Montague dealt the Chippewas a 67-35 home loss in the West Michigan Conference Rivers Division. The Chippewas led only twice in th... READ MORE
Jan 16, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HART -- After a fast start, there was no doubt what the outcome was going to be as the Hart girls basketball team posted a convincing 72-31 non-conference victory over visiting Manistee on Monday night. It was Hart's depth that flustered ... READ MORE
Jan 13, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com FREMONT -- Three Manistee players scored in double figures Friday night in the Chippewas' 54-50 victory over the Fremont Packers The victory came after the Chippewas overcame a first-half deficit in the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division contest. Ma... READ MORE
Jan 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Any time a pair of longtime rivals like Ludington and Manistee meet in any sport, it always carries a little extra juice for both teams. That was the case again Thursday night when the Orioles hosted the Chippewas in a West Michigan Conferenc... READ MORE
Jan 11, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Defense has been a mainstay for the Manistee girls basketball team this season. However, the offense is a totally different matter as the Chippewas struggle continued in Tuesday night's game with visiting Montague in the ... READ MORE
Jan 10, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com RAVENNA -- Ravenna's boys basketball team overcame a first half deficit and rallied for a 49-40 non-conference win over visiting Manistee on Tuesday night. Ravenna trailed 8-4 at the end of the first quarter and despite outscoring the Chippewas, 7-6 in th... READ MORE
Jan 09, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE -- Victories have been hard to come by for the Lakeshore Badgers co-op hockey team. Right now, the Badgers would gladly accept any win, no matter how they get it. Good, bad, ugly, lucky. It wouldn't ... READ MORE
Jan 07, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com SPRING LAKE - The Spring Lake boys swimming team hosted their 17th annual invitational on Saturday. The Lakers finished runner-up behind Northview. Northview took first with a score of 667, Spring Lake took second with a score of 338, Manist... READ MORE
Jan 05, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Defense carried the day for the Ludington girls' basketball team Thursday night. The Orioles continued to struggle on offense, but handcuffed Manistee and earned a 39-24 victory in the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division... READ MORE
Dec 23, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Both teams were desperate to get its first win of the season before the Christmas break, but Manistee came into Thursday night's non-conference game with Shelby in Manistee severely shorthanded. With two sta... READ MORE
Dec 23, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Without its leading scorer Libby McCarthy, absent on vacation, the Manistee girls basketball team rose to the occasion and turned back a streaking Shelby squad, 45-30 in non-conference action in Manistee Thursday night. A... READ MORE
Dec 21, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com WHITEHALL -- Whitehall's boys basketball team pitched a shutout in the first quarter and cruised to a 72-24 victory over visiting Manistee on Tuesday night. The game was a West Michigan Conference Lakes Division contest. The Vikings blitz... READ MORE
Dec 21, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE -- The holiday break comes at a good time for the Lakeshore Badgers co-op hockey team. The struggling Badgers have been battling illness and injury. On Tuesday, they dropped an 8-0 decision to Big Rapids at West Shore Community ... READ MORE
Dec 20, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Manistee's girls basketball team got off to a hot start, largely behind the scoring of Libby McCarthy, and then used a solid defensive game to run past visiting Ravenna, 50-23 Tuesday night in a non-conference ... READ MORE
Dec 18, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE -- Injury and illness have cut a wide swath through the Lakeshore Badgers co-op hockey the last few weeks. Finally, they are getting back to full strength. Forced to cancel two games two weeks ago, the Badg... READ MORE
Dec 15, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Just when it seemed all was lost, the Orchard View boys basketball team picked itself off the floor and landed the knockout punch to the Manistee squad in Thursday night's game. The Chippewas, who had led ... READ MORE
Dec 14, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com FRANKFORT -- Manistee's boys basketball team kept the game close, but in the end, Frankfort pulled out a narrow 52-47 victory over the Chippewas in a non-conference game Tuesday., The game was played in Frankfort. After trailing by as much as six poi... READ MORE
Dec 14, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com WHITEHALL -- Whitehall staved off several Manistee runs on Tuesday night and escaped with a 47-41 girls' basketball victory. The game was played in the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division. The Chippewas led at the half by outscoring the Vikings, 13-6... READ MORE
Dec 12, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com ALLENDALE -- Two female wrestlers came back with medals from Saturday's Optimist wrestling tournament in Allendale to highlight Manistee's performance on the day. Returning veterans Ava Pike, an Onekama student who wrestles with the Chippewas through a co... READ MORE
Dec 09, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Oakridge made easy work of Manistee in a 76-37 victory in a West Michigan Conference Lakes Division opener for both teams on Friday. Eagle defense took control of Manistee, leading to a rout early in the second quarter. ... READ MORE