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
Feb 15, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com HESPERIA -- A strong start triggered a big night for the Manistee girls' basketball team Tuesday night. That performance led to a 64-20 victory over host Hesperia. The victory snapped the Chippewas' four-game losing streak. The Chippewas raced to a huge ... READ MORE
Feb 14, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Whitehall's boys basketball team, led by Camden Thompson, built a big lead at the half and cruised to a 70-36 victory over the Manistee Chippewas. Tuesday's game, played in the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division, was played in Manistee. ... READ MORE
Feb 11, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Ludington wasn't in a sharing mood Friday night. The Oriole girls' basketball team secured sole possession of the West Michigan Conference Lakes title with a 52-40 victory over Manistee. After shari... READ MORE
Feb 09, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- After all its struggles this season, the Manistee boys' basketball team finally seems to have put things together. The Chippewas won its second straight with a narrow 53-50 victory over Orchard View Thursday night. The game ... READ MORE
Feb 07, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- It was all Manistee after the first quarter Tuesday night as the Chippewas broke away from a tie game and cruised to a 49-20 victory over Hesperia. Things got a little sloppy early, with both teams fumbling the ball away ... READ MORE
Feb 06, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com BENZONIA -- A rough start put the Manistee girls' basketball team in a hole they could not dig out of Monday night. Falling behind by 14 points, 16-2 in the first quarter, the Chippewas battled to claw their way back into the game, but never made it all t... READ MORE
Feb 05, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE – Manistee senior Caden Vansickle didn’t start playing football until his freshman year, and even then, only after a friend convinced him to go out for the junior varsity team. Now, 4 years later Vansi... READ MORE
Feb 03, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON --The Oakridge boys basketball team dominated visiting Manistee for a 57-28 victory Friday night in the West Michigan Conference Lakes Division. The Eagles took a four-point lead, 15-11, at the end of the first quarter and then limited the Chippe... READ MORE
Feb 02, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Whitehall opened a 14-point lead with 5:26 left in the game and then survived a late flurry by Manistee to earn a 44-39 West Michigan Conference Lakes Division victory over the Chippewas on Thursday night. �... READ MORE
Feb 01, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- The Manistee girls' basketball team made a valiant comeback effort on Tuesday night in a 47-41 loss to the Reed City Coyotes. The Coyotes led by 10 points in the second half before Manistee cut the lead to just three points. The Chippewas coul... READ MORE