May 29, 2013 Local Sports Journal Whitehall scored four runs in the fourth inning and went on to a 6-4 baseball victory over the Reeths-Puffer Rockets. Consecutive hits by Zach Zweigle, Ray Copley and Ian Zweigle led teh uprising. The Vikings were also aided by 2 sacrifice bunts in th... READ MORE
May 25, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Western Michigan Christian Warriors took Game 1 and the Shelby Tigers took Game 2 in a nonleague baseball twinbill on Friday. The Warriors captured Game 1 in 11 innings, 8-6, and the Tigers came back to win the second game 6-3. In the opener, M... READ MORE
May 24, 2013 Muskegon Catholic Central pitching stymied Reeths-Puffer bats as the Crusaders cruised to a 6-0 Game-1 win and won 6-1 in Game 2. Nick Holt pitched a two hitter for MCC in the opener. Holt struck out seven in six innings pitched and walked three. Jacob Holt led MCC at the... READ MORE
May 23, 2013 Local Sports Journal Hart split its two games with Baldwin, falling 12-8 in the opener and winning 5-4 in Game 2. Baldwin scored all 12 of its runs in the first three innings. Aaron Hepworth and Connor Boundy each had a single and two RBI for Hart. Hart won the nightc... READ MORE
May 23, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Reeths-Puffer Rockets dropped a 9-2 decision to Jenison in baseball on Wednesday night. Jake Balkema knocked in two runs with a double to plate both the Rockets’runs. Jenison scored three runs in the first inning. The Rockets’ runs came in... READ MORE
May 22, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Fruitport Trojans' Travis Grimm pitched a no-hitter in the first game sparked a doubleheader sweep of the Grant Tigers in a Lakes 8 baseball twinbill on Tuesday. Fruitport won the opener 11-0 on the strength of Grimm's pitching and eight first-innin... READ MORE
May 21, 2013 Local Sports Journal Montague unleashed its bats against Hart, winning 12-1 in Game 1 and 21-4 in the nightcap. Montague scored six runs in the fifth inning of Game 1. Zach Gaule led Montague with two hits and two RBI and Jacob Buchberger had a triple and a single. ... READ MORE
May 21, 2013 Local Sports Journal Whitehall native Nate McLouth belted a walkoff home run in the bottom of the 10th inning on Tuesday night as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the New York Yankees 3-2. The game was played at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. McLouth led off... READ MORE
May 21, 2013 Local Sports Journal Offense was not a problem in Fremont's doubleheader against Ludington. The Packers won 16-4 in Game 1 and 10-2 in the closer. Fremont was led by Blake Siersema with three hits and two RBI and Kaleb Housekamp with three hits and an RBI. Christian Wade... READ MORE
May 21, 2013 Local Sports Journal Sloppy play cost the Western Michigan Christian Warriors dearly on Tuesday in a 12-2 loss to the Holton Red Devils. Solid hits by Austin Sandin and Eric Bourdo staked WMC to a 2-0 lead, but that would be it in scoring. Henry DeKam's shot to right center... READ MORE
May 21, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Oakridge Eagles and Whitehall Vikings split a pair of WMC baseball games on Tuesday. Whitehall won the opener 4-2 and Oakridge took the second game 14-4. In the opener, Whitehall scored two runs in the first inning on a Ray Copley double and an RBI ... READ MORE
May 21, 2013 BASEBALL West Michigan Conference All-conference baseball team PITCHERS Tristen Schultz, Sr., Montague Jordan Wahr, Sr., Oakridge Spencer Peters, Sr., Shelby Honorable mention: Rogan McEvoy, Sr., North Muskegon. CATCHERS Scott Sittser, Jr., Oakridge Noah Robart, J... READ MORE
May 21, 2013 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake and Reeths-Puffer split a pair of nonleague baseball games on Monday. Spring Lake won the opener 15-5 and Reeths-Puffer claimed Game 2 12-7. In the opener, Parker Richardson had two hits while Jacob Boes, JJ Covington,Tyler Moss, Trevor M... READ MORE
May 20, 2013 Local Sports Journal Kyle Lawson's pitching led the Mona Shores Sailors to a 5-2 nonleague baseball victory over North Muskegon. Lawson allowed eight hits and struck out seven. Trevor Boyd had three hits to the Sailors Jared Karnitz had a single and a double. ... READ MORE
May 19, 2013 Local Sports Journal Jamie Potts delivered a key two-out, two-run single that sparked Grand Valley State's baseball team into the Division II Baseball National Championship for the sixth time in the last 11 years. Pott's key hit came in the eighth inning of GVSU's 6-3 vict... READ MORE
May 19, 2013 Local Sports Journal Western Michigan Christian traveled to Orchard View Saturday for a doubleheader and came home with two wins. In the first game, Matt Vanderploeg pitched a complete game. He gave up 13 hits and struck out seven in a 12-6 win. Sophomore Logan Waller ... READ MORE
May 18, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Whitehall Vikings captured the Whitehall Viking Baseball Invitational on Saturday by defeating Fremont 7-3 in the title game. The four-team invitational included the Vikings, Packers, Ludington and Morley-Stanwood. In the semifinal games, Fremont... READ MORE
May 16, 2013 Local Sports Journal Walks and errors spelled doom for the Western Michigan Christian Warriors in a River Valley baseball game on Thursday. The Warriors dropped a 15-5 decision to Covenant Christian. Christian Brower had two singles for WMC. Eric Bourdo, Logan Waller, Ba... READ MORE
May 16, 2013 Local Sports Journal White Cloud got off to a strong start in the first game of its doubleheader against Hart. Six runs in the first inning sparked the Indians to a 14-4 victory in Game 1. White Cloud won Game 2 10-0. Jaykob Gallop had three hits for Hart and Connor Boun... READ MORE
May 16, 2013 Local Sports Journal Five lead changes highlighted Thursday's baseball game between Reeths-Puffer and Grand Rapids Union. In the end, the Rockets escaped with a 7-6 victory in eight innings. Run-scoring singles by Caleb Sheffer scored Jacob Boes to give R-P the lead for goo... READ MORE