Jul 22, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com Funeral services for Rich Tompkins, the legendary track and cross country coach at Fremont High School, will be 11 a.m. on Monday at Hart United Methodist Church. Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. on Sunday at King Funeral Home in Hart, and again on Monday ... READ MORE
Nov 09, 2014 Local Sports Journal Muskegon Community College teams came away with one individual All-America runner Saturday in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division 1 cross country national championship meets. The MCC freshman Deanna Near, of Montague, earned A... READ MORE
Nov 06, 2014 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Muskegon Community College will be sending both its men's and women's cross country teams to the National Junior College Athletic Association national meet Saturday in Lubbock, Texas, for the third year in a row. Both teams a... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2014 Local Sports Journal North Muskegon's Avery Lowe finished third overall Saturday in the Division 4 Cross Country state finals in Brooklyn, Michigan. Lowe turned in a time of 19:14. The other Norse runners were Chloe Strach, who finished 20th with a time of 20:18; Corinne N... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Fremont boys cross country team finished second Saturday in the Michigan High School Athletic Association boys state finals in Brooklyn, Michigan. The Packers, who won a regional title last weekend, finished with 102 points, just 19 shy of state cha... READ MORE
Oct 30, 2014 By Adam Knorr Local Sports Journal FREMONT - For the Fremont boys cross country team, the distance between a mediocre season and a regional championship was about 500 miles. Fremont, a perennial power on the Michigan high school cross country scene, might have been expecte... READ MORE
Oct 27, 2014 By Andrew Johnson Local Sports Journal HOWARD CITY - Dylan Matulis is finally getting some well-deserved rest. The Tri-County High School junior took on a dizzying schedule this fall, involving more commitment and hard work than most adults could endure. He played v... READ MORE
Oct 26, 2014 Local Sports Journal North Muskegon's Avery Lowe and Fruitport Calvary Christian's Brendan Hamilton ran off with individual championships in the girls and boys races, respectively, at the Division 4 regional cross country meet in Allendale Saturday. Meanwhile, the Fremont b... READ MORE
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Oct 12, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Greater Muskegon Athletic Association hosted the 2014 City Cross Country Championships on Friday afternoon. 13 area schools competed in the event and Whitehall came out with boys and girls city crowns as well as both individual titles. A new course ... READ MORE
Oct 11, 2014 Local Sports Journal Whitehall flexed its cross country muscle at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association's City Meet on Friday afternoon. The Vikings captured both the boys and girls team titles along with both individual titles. The Whitehall boys team fini... READ MORE
Oct 09, 2014 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Friday may be the biggest day in the history of cross country in Muskegon County. Hundreds of runners from several age groups – middle school, high school and college – will converge on University Park Golf Course to tes... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores girls cross country team remains undefeated as they topped Reeths-Puffer 24-34 on Wednesday. Jacie Seward, Sarah Resterhouse, Alex Rakowski and Nicole Gagnon had their best times of the season. Annika Cotner, Morgan Dennison, Peyton... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores boys cross country team defeated Reeths-Puffer 17-46 on Wednesday evening. Bailey Brown took first place overall with a time of 17:13, while Ryan Waz took second place with a time of 17:34. Zeke Clark finished in third with a time o... READ MORE
Sep 30, 2014 By Victor Skinner Local Sports Journal HESPERIA - In late July Damien Halverson was starting to prepare for a big senior season in cross country. He had every reason to be excited. The Hesperia runner had been an All-Stater in both his sophomore and junior seasons... READ MORE
Sep 25, 2014 The Mona Shores boys cross country team won a closely-contested meet against the Grand Rapids Union Red Hawks 28-32 in OK Black Conference action. Leading the Sailors runners were Zeke Clark and Ryan Wasilewski. Other top performers for Mona Shores were Sam Karell, Cade Poland... READ MORE
Sep 22, 2014 By Victor Skinner Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – Muskegon Big Red quarterback Shaun Pfenning is not DeShaun Thrower. Some might even say he’s the opposite of the all-everything playmaker he’s been tapped to replace during his senior year of varsity football. “H... READ MORE
Sep 17, 2014 Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON -- The Mona Shores girls' cross country team won two OK Conference Black Division dual meets Wednesday while the Sailors' boys team split in two meets. Mona Shores beat Muskegon 15-50 and added a 23-32 victory over the Zeeland East Chix. Zeelan... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2014 By Victor Skinner Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – Muskegon Community College runner Deanna Near was unsure what to expect from herself before her first race of the season. “I’m really nervous,” Near told the Local Sports Journal shortly before the Vanderbilt Invita... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Community College Jayhawks men's and women's cross country teams both finished fourth in the 2014 Vanderbilt Invitational at Hope College on Saturday. Zach Ripley, whose college was not identified, won the men's race with a time of 25.10. J... READ MORE
Aug 30, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores girls cross country team overcame wet and muddy conditions Thursday to take third place in the East Grand Rapids Pioneer Classic Invitational. Junior Jackie Seward was the individual winner of the race while teammate Morgan Dennison f... READ MORE