Oct 04, 2014 Local Sports Journal Spencer Knizacky's 20-yard touchdown run in the third quarter gave Mason County Central a 14-7 victory over Montague Friday in West Michigan Conference football action. Knizacky rushed for 79 yards on 22 rushes. The Spartans started the scoring in th... READ MORE
Oct 04, 2014 Local Sports Journal The undefeated Muskegon Big Reds survived five first half turnovers and a tied score at halftime to defeat Kenowa Hills 35-7 Friday in O-K Black Conference football action. The Big Reds, who advanced to the Division 2 state championship game the past tw... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Nearly two months of hard work finally paid off for the Hesperia Panthers, who broke into the victory column Friday with a 42-15 victory over White Cloud in Central State Activities Association football action. The Panthers, now 1-5 on the season, used a po... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Catholic Crusaders continued their domination of Lakes 8 Conference oppenents, and officially qualified for the state football playoffs, by pounding host Fremont 55-7 on Friday. The Crusaders (6-0 overall, 4-0 in the conference), rang u... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2014 Local Sports Journal Now Oakridge can focus on its showdown next week with Whitehall, with the Western Michigan Conference lead on the line. The Eagles set up the big game with the Vikings by easily defeating defending league champion Shelby Friday, 42-8. Oakridge improv... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2014 By Mike Mattson Local Sports Journal Muskegon Catholic Central varsity football coach Steve Czerwon wouldn’t trade his bookend offensive tackles for anyone. After all, Jaeden MacPherson, (6-2, 245) and Michael Caughey (6-1, 260) are big, physical, experienced and dedicat... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2014 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal Is your favorite high school football team languishing with only two or three wins heading into Friday’s games? Does that tempt you to perhaps stay home this week and avoid the miserable weather that’s forecasted? Don’t do it,... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2014 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal Some might say that Friday's Orchard View-Fruitport game is less than a big deal, because neither team is leading the Lakes 8 Conference. But the Cardinals and Trojans see it quite differently. Each team has a lot riding on this contest. ... READ MORE
Sep 30, 2014 By Jim Moyes [email protected] Although a few of the typical West Michigan Conference powerhouses of recent vintage have struggled somewhat at the start of this 2014 football season, nevertheless, this venerable conference conjures up many of my favorite Moyes’s Memorie... READ MORE
Sep 29, 2014 By Adam Knorr Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - When Reeths-Puffer’s opponents talked about playing the Rockets this season, they probably assumed their biggest challenge would be stopping Dereko Riley. After all, the junior running back gained 837 yards last season while ... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 By Hunter Hendley Local Sports Journal NORTH MUSKEGON - After a tough loss last week, North Muskegon bounced back in an exciting way Friday with a 21-14 victory in overtime over Mason County Central in West Michigan Conference action. Sophomore quarterback Riley Fairfield ... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake rolled to a 60-28 win over Fremont in Lakes 8 Conference football on Friday night. The Lakers led just 20-14 in the second quarter before they broke the game open with a Noah Novakowski 90-yard kickoff return. Also leading Spring Lake was... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal After a four-year hiatus, the traveling "football trophy" has returned to Holton, thanks to the Red Devils’ 26-24 win Friday night against visiting Hesperia. Holton took care of business late with a 5-yard scoring run by Tirzo Angiano with just over a... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal LOWELL – Grand Haven couldn’t dig out of an early hole and lost a 32-14 decision Friday at unbeaten state power Lowell. The Bucs trailed 20-0 after one quarter, 20-14 at halftime and 32-14 after three quarters. Schaefer Thelen scored on 5- and 7-... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Shelby Tigers weren’t kind to their Oceana County rivals from Hart Friday night. The Tigers won their second straight game with a convincing 57-0 win over the Pirates. They started fast and led 21-0 after the first quarter. Gavin Porter thre... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - When Zeeland East's coaches watch Mona Shores film this week, they will probably wonder which Sailor offense they should prepare for: The one that grabbed a 23-point lead in the first half against Kenowa Hills, or the one that ... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Big Reds had plenty of close football games the first four weeks of the season. But not Friday night as Muskegon shut out Grand Rapids Union 63-0 at Hackley Stadium. Quarterback Shawn Pfenning went 6-for-8 passing for 155 yards and two... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 By Lucas Rain Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - The Muskegon Catholic Crusaders are cruising through their inaugural season in the Lakes 8 Conference. The Crusaders have played three league games so far, and nobody has come close to touching them. The latest rout came Fr... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 By Justin Haggerty Local Sports Journal After losing the last two games, and scoring just 15 points in the process, the Reeths-Puffer Rockets looked to steady the ship against winless Zeeland East on Friday night. Things didn’t go the way the Rockets hoped on homecoming ... READ MORE
Sep 27, 2014 By Mike Mattson Local Sports Journal RAVENNA – Kaleb Cook and his teammates don’t like to talk about Oakridge’s season opener in football. For the record, the Eagles were trounced by state power Grand Rapids West Catholic 31-0. “Everybody didn’t believe in us ... READ MORE