Sep 26, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- It wasn't the cleanest game Manistee has ever played, marred by four yellow cards in the second half - two by the Mariners - but in the end, the Mariners secured a tight 1-0 win over Orchard View on Monday. Playing th... READ MORE
Sep 23, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk Local Sports Journal MANISTEE - After an early scare, the penalty ridden Whitehall Vikings picked up the pace and soon had the game under control in tamping down Manistee's fire and coming away with a convincing 35-0 West Michigan Conference Lakes Division vict... READ MORE
Sep 21, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Getting back to playing their style of soccer was the goal for the Manistee Mariners after their 6-0 loss at Montague to start the week, and they have. After bouncing back with a close victory on the road at Whitehall i... READ MORE
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Sep 21, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com WHITEHALL -- It was as close as they come. But the Manistee boys soccer team pulled out a tight 2-1 victory over the Whitehall Vikings in a West Michigan Conference battle on Wednesday. Even more important, it erased the bad taste left from a 6-0 l... READ MORE
Sep 16, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- For the second week in a row, the Manistee football team was forced to come back from a deficit on the road when the Mariners rallied for a 38-12 victory over Orchard View on Friday night. The Mariners trailed 12-8 at the half before a big s... READ MORE
Sep 14, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com Here is the area leaderboard for high school football teams through three weeks of the season. ... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE - Patience was a key for the Ludington Orioles in Wednesday night's West Michigan Conference game against Manistee on the Mariners' pitch. Waiting for their chances, rather than taking any unnecessary risks in a game tha... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal MONTAGUE - Led by a 1-2 finish, the Ludington Orioles captured the West Michigan Conference-Lakes cross country jamboree in Montague on Tuesday. Ludington's Summer Brower and Annabelle Lowman helped the Orioles easily outdistance the rest of the field. Lu... READ MORE
Sep 11, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE – It’s been years since the Hart boys' soccer team lost by mercy rule, but that changed Monday evening when Manistee downed them, 8-0. An aggressive high-pressure attack from the Pirates backfired early as they gave up three goals in the firs... READ MORE
Sep 09, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- Oakridge held the lead twice, including late in the fourth quarter. But the Eagles were dealt a stunning blow when the Manistee Mariners rallied for a 20-15 victory Friday night at Oakridge. Beginning their final possession of the game 80 yard... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2023 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE--The Ludington and Hart cross country teams both enjoyed a successful day on Thursday afternoon at the Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational. The event was run at Riverside Park in Scottville. The Orioles won the girls' division ov... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2023 By Brendan Samuels LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY – The final 15 minutes of the Manistee boys' soccer 3-2 win over Shelby on Wednesday could only be encapsulated by one word – chaotic. Possession shifted between both teams for a majority of the game’s firs... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Jacob Scharp helped the Manistee boys' soccer team end its winless streak at two games with a pair of goals in the Mariners' impressive 4-2 non-conference win over Cadillac on Tuesday night. Playing on ... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Despite running a few new plays which can be a difficult transition for any team, the Ludington girls' volleyball squad cruised to a convincing three-set win (25-13, 25-14, 25-9) over Manistee in Hawley Gymnasium on Tuesday. The Orioles had a... READ MORE
Aug 31, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Junior running back Kaden Kott is hard to catch once he breaks through into the secondary. On Thursday night, he flashed his speed against the Mason County Central Spartans in a lopsided 58-8 non-conference win for ... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON -- Winning all but two events, the Ludington girls swimming and diving team swept Alma (110-58) and Manistee (112-52) in a tri-meet at home Tuesday. The best times for the Orioles came from Ayiana Rangel in the 200-meter freestyle, Ava Carlson i... READ MORE
Aug 27, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com BENZONIA – Eleven teams from across West Michigan were present at Benzie Central High School on Saturday for the Annual Pete Moss Invitational. It was Mason County Eastern’s (MCE) boys' that came out on top. The Cardinals took first in the boys' smal... READ MORE
Aug 26, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Looking at the final score of Friday night's non-conference boys soccer game between Manistee and visiting Big Rapids, one might think it was a blowout. After all, in soccer circles a 4-0 shutout is an o... READ MORE
Aug 24, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Week One certainly went according to script for the Manistee football team. The Mariners overpowered visiting Kalkaska with a punishing running game en route to a 45-0 shutout win at Mariners Field Thurs... READ MORE