Football
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Special state championship edition magazine featuring a Mona Shores football at area news stands today!
Posted on 12/5/2019LocalSportsJournal.com
The Mona Shores Sailors, led by an amazing performance by backup quarterback Brady Rose, stunned everyone by capturing a Division 2 state championship with a...
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Big Reds fall short in title game yet again, lose 30-7 to River Rouge
Posted on 11/30/2019By Steve Gunn, Dave Hart and Mitchell Boatman
LocalSportsJournal.comDETROIT – Detroit’s Ford Field has simply not been a hospitable place for the Muskegon Big Reds.
The...
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Backup QB Rose shines again, leading Mona Shores to first state football championship
Posted on 11/29/2019By Steve Gunn, Dave Hart and Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comDETROIT – Leading a game-clinching drive in a state championship game is a tough enough assignment for...
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Big Reds determined to make their annual trip to Ford Field a success on Saturday
Posted on 11/28/2019By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Shane Fairfield has heard it all before.
A few hours after his Muskegon Big Reds edged DeWitt last Saturday to advance...
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After dramatic playoff wins, Sailors facing one more huge hurdle in D2 state finals
Posted on 11/27/2019By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – At this point, it almost feels like the Mona Shores football team has a date with destiny.
Of course everyone...
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Rose steps in as QB, leads Mona Shores to a wild 57-56 state semifinal victory
Posted on 11/23/2019By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comOKEMOS – The Mona Shores football team has been resilient all season, and on Saturday the Sailors showed the world just how...
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Montague loses OT heartbreaker in state semifinals on questionable TD call
Posted on 11/23/2019By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comCLARE – The Montague Wildcats were just a couple of defensive stops away from advancing to the Division 6 state championship game...
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Big Reds pushed hard in state semifinals, but Martinez leads them to a 28-21 victory
Posted on 11/23/2019By Mitchell Boatman
LocalSportsJournal.comKENTWOOD – It wasn’t as pretty or dominant as most of their wins this year, but the Muskegon Big Reds outlasted a...
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Multi-skilled Trovinger, Sailor teammates playing for another shot at state title
Posted on 11/22/2019By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – Every high school has those familiar last names that keep popping up on sports rosters, year after year.
At Mona...
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Defensive wrecking ball Tarran Walker ready to lead Big Reds into Saturday’s semifinals
Posted on 11/21/2019By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – After the first two games this season, Tarran Walker was one really tired football player.
That’s because he was constantly on...
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A healthy Johnny Monette, Montague eager to earn another trip to state title game
Posted on 11/20/2019By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMONTAGUE – Most Montague football players get plenty of opportunities to compete in state playoff games, because the Wildcats almost always make...
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Montague pounds Sanford Meridian 48-14, earns another trip to state semifinals
Posted on 11/16/2019By Dave Tomczak
LocalSportsJournal.comMONTAGUE – It helps a lot to have short fields to work with, particularly in very big games.
The Montague offense had the...
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Big Reds pull away in second half, beat EGR 49-10, advance to D3 state semifinals
Posted on 11/16/2019By Mitchell Boatman
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND HAVEN — The Muskegon Big Reds have been hearing all season about how East Grand Rapids nearly beat them in a...
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Mona Shores storms back to beat Portage Northern 28-23 in D2 regionals
Posted on 11/15/2019By Steve Gunn and Jason Goorman
LocalSportsJournal.comPORTAGE – The Mona Shores football team knew Portage Northern had two really good running backs who were going...
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Montague peaking in the playoffs again, set for Sanford Meridian in regionals
Posted on 11/15/2019By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMONTAGUE – The Montague football team finds a way to win the big games when it matters the most – in the...
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Big Reds ready for another encounter with dangerous East Grand Rapids squad
Posted on 11/15/2019By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – A sense of familiarity will be in the air on Saturday when the Muskegon Big Reds host East Grand Rapids...
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Mona Shores football team ready for regional rematch at Portage Northern
Posted on 11/14/2019By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – Much was made of the Oct. 18 matchup between Muskegon and Mona Shores, two state-ranked teams and 2018 state...
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Big Reds overcome early deficit, win district title with a 48-10 victory over Cedar Springs
Posted on 11/9/2019By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND HAVEN – The Muskegon Big Reds like to be pushed and challenged occasionally, at least for part of a game.
They got...
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Montague withstands Ravenna comeback, wins D6 playoff thriller in overtime, 20-13
Posted on 11/9/2019By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comMONTAGUE – Everything seemed to be stacked against Montague.
Visiting Ravenna stunned the Wildcats by erasing a 13-0 deficit in the fourth quarter...
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Grand Haven’s playoff run ends with a 35-7 loss to Hudsonville in district finals
Posted on 11/9/2019LocalSportsJournal.com
The Grand Haven football team played very well toward the end of the season, and posted an exciting playoff victory over Grandville last week, but...
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