Oct 27, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Area cross country teams will be hitting three courses over the next three days with the intent on qualifying for the state finals. Several area teams and individuals will be looking to make headlines at regionals. The action begins Thursday with a Divis... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington's girls cross country team edged Western Michigan Christian for the Lakes 8 Activities Conference championship, while the Orioles’ boys team finished second behind champion Manistee. GIRLS First team Summer Brower, Ludington; Nadia Grierson,... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake's girls cross country team placed three runners in the top 10 and claimed the Mel Hall Invitational on Saturday. Those high finished helped the Lakers overtake Hart, which had the top two finishers in the race. Spring Lake won the event 47-57... READ MORE
Oct 24, 2021 Local SportsJournal.com Ludington's girls cross country team had four runners finish in the top 10 and cruised to an overwhelming victory at the Late Season Warrior Invitational at Remus Chippewa Hills on Saturday. A total of 15 girls teams competed. The Orioles with 62 ... READ MORE
Oct 22, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Grand Haven boys and girls cross country teams each finished second at the OK Red Conference Championships on a rainy Thursday afternoon. The meet was at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids. Buc runners had the top two finishers. Seth Norder took first place ... READ MORE
Oct 21, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Reeths-Puffer Rocket boys cross country team gave it a shot, but in the end, fell one point short in the OK Green Conference cross country championship. Zeeland West escaped with a 54-55 victory on a soggy course Wednesday afternoon at Reeths-Puffer. ... READ MORE
Oct 21, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Spring Lake's boys and girls cross country teams made it a clean sweep at the OK Blue Conference Championships on Wednesday afternoon. The meet was hosted by Holland Christian. The Lakers featured the individual winner in both races. Senior Ian Hill won ... READ MORE
Oct 20, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Kent City's boys’ cross country team survived a tight race with White Cloud on Tuesday. The Eagles pulled out a narrow 31-34 victory in the CSAA Silver Championships in an event hosted by Lakeview. It wasn’t so close for the Eagles’ girls who ran a... READ MORE
Oct 20, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Home course advantage put the Fremont Packers boys’ cross country team in its comfort zone on Tuesday. That, and a pack of solid runners, led the Packers to an easy 33-85 victory over Big Rapids in the CSAA Gold Cross Country Championship. Fremo... READ MORE
Oct 19, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com In a race that came down to the wire, Ludington's girls cross country ream nosed out Western Michigan Christian at the Lakes 8 Activities Conference Championships. The meet was Tuesday at West Shore Community College campus. The Orioles took the second a... READ MORE
Oct 19, 2021 By Jon Styf LocalSportsJournal.com For Mona Shores junior Robyn Hunt, life is a balancing act. With swimming, cross country, a full slate of Advanced Placement courses and choir this fall, it could easily be overwhelming. As swimming coach Mick Homan said, “She never co... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com It was what you might call a photo finish in the boys portion of the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet. The Whitehall Vikings edged the Fruitport Trojans by the narrowest of margins on Saturday, winning 63-64. In the girls race, Mo... READ MORE
Oct 17, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Hart's boys and girls cross country teams dominated the competition at the Hart & Sole Invitational on Saturday. The Pirate girls captured the top three places and finished with 23 points. Runner-up Ludington had 42. Hart’s boys won by an even large... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association cross country meet is set for Saturday at Oak Ridge Golf Course, located at 513 W. Pontaluna Road in Norton Shores. Reeths-Puffer comes as the defending champions in both the boys and girls races. The boys bring a... READ MORE
Oct 14, 2021 by Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com Ludington's girls cross country team sped to a 41-57 victory over Manton at the Chris Grabowski Memorial Invitational at Manistee on Thursday. Reed City finished third, Leroy Pine River was fourth, followed by Frankfort, Manistee, Grand ... READ MORE
Oct 13, 2021 by Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com Mason County Eastern's girls and boys cross country teams ran to convincing wins at the Western Michigan D League Championships on Wednesday afternoon. The meet was hosted by Mesick. Paced by freshman Lucy Shoup and sophomore Olivia Win... READ MORE
Oct 12, 2021 LocalSportsJournal Nothing like a clean sweep and that's what the Hart Pirates accomplished a soggy West Michigan Conference cross country championship. The meet was run at Shelby. Both the girls and the boys came away with first-place finishes and both victories came in convi... READ MORE
Oct 10, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com Hart's girls cross country team came away with a dominating victory8 in the Division 3 portion of the Portage Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. Hart finished with 83 points, while runner-up Jackson Lumen Christi had 102. Kent City finished third. T... READ MORE
Oct 10, 2021 LocalSportsJournal.com The Western Michigan Christian girls, paced by sisters Abby and Grace Vanderkooi, claimed the Division 4 title at the Portage Cross Country Invitational on Saturday. The Warriors finished with 67 points to outpace Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, which... READ MORE
Oct 10, 2021 Localsportsjournal.com Mason County Eastern girls cross country team had a strong, consistent performance on Saturday and won the Pentwater Falcon Invitational. While the Cardinals did not have a top 3 finisher, they did edge out Frankfort 31-33 for the team title. The event w... READ MORE