Sep 13, 2014 Local Sports Journal Fruitport topped Fremont 34-20 for their first victory of the season on Friday. Nathan Kriger led the Trojans with three rushing touchdowns. Kriger lifted Fruitport to a 19-7 halftime lead on a pair of touchdown runs from 55 and 10 yards out. The senior... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2014 Local Sports Journal Oakridge quarterback Brad Luttrell produced three touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown as the Eagles routed host Hart 54-12 Friday night. Two of those passing touchdowns went to Nate Wahr, one for 8 yards and the other a 10-yard reception. Luttrel... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2014 Local Sports Journal Senior quarterback Ontario Porchia led the Muskegon Heights Academy Tigers into the win column Friday night, an 18-14 decision at Brethren. The pass-oriented Tigers were forced to focus on the ground attack when bad rainy weather hit. And it didn’t fa... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2014 Local Sports Journal Mason County Central overcame the rain and turnovers as it slugged out a 12-6 overtime win against Shelby at home on Friday. Blake Bladzik lifted the Spartans on a 2-yard run to pull out the victory. Offense was at a minimum for both teams with each ... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2014 Local Sports Journal Ravenna coach David Smith will take an ugly win in nasty weather any day. The Bulldogs showed grit and pulled out an 18-14 West Michigan Conference win on a nasty, rainy Friday night against the Montague Wildcats. Montague led 8-6 at halftime, but Ra... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2014 Local Sports Journal Kent City and Hesperia found themselves in the soggy trenches of Hesperia High School on Friday and neither team looked like they could score. Not until overtime did Kent City overcome Hesperia, 8-0. The Eagles pulled out the win off a Chase Stokill to... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2014 By Dave Hart Local Sports Journal SPRING LAKE -- Sloppy weather and vastly-improved Orchard View did not affect the Spring Lake Lakers in their first game of their Lakes conference title defense. The host Lakers (2-1, 1-0) rolled the Cardinals 52-22 on Friday night. T... READ MORE
Sep 13, 2014 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal GRAND HAVEN -- The Grand Haven Buccaneers football team has found winning can be habit-forming for them. The host Buccaneers took a low-scoring lead at halftime and came away with a 19-9 non-league football victory over the Reeths-Puffer'... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2014 By Lucas Rains Local Sports Journal WHITEHALL -- It was the battle of field position between Whitehall and North Muskegon on a cold, rainy Friday night. And host Vikings relied on a few key plays to prevail, 14-7. The big plays of the game came in the middle of the third ... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2014 Local Sports Journal It was a great birthday for Muskegon Catholic Central senior running back Tommy Scott, who helped lead the host Crusaders to a 54-0 victory Friday against Ludington. In the first quarter, Scott scored three of his four touchdowns on runs of 44, 45, and ... READ MORE
Sep 12, 2014 Local Sports Journal Grandville – a sleeping football giant in the OK Red Conference – proved it’s back in the West Michigan spotlight. The host Bulldogs gave unbeaten Muskegon all it could handle on a rainy Friday night in the Big Reds’ 24-16 victory. It proved to be a... READ MORE
Sep 11, 2014 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal It's always more fun when the Friday night football games are close and entertaining. That didn't happen last Friday. It turned out to the week of the big, ugly blowouts. Where to begin? Whitehall stunned Shelby 33-0. Muskegon Cath... READ MORE
Sep 11, 2014 By Mike Mattson Local Sports Journal Mona Shores’ running back DeOntay Moffett has experienced his share of bad breaks in high school football. As a freshman, Moffett broke his collarbone. As a sophomore, he broke his wrist. And as a junior, Moffett broke his a... READ MORE
Sep 11, 2014 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal GRAND HAVEN -- The four-year-old "Bucs Pride" program keeps taking on new twists at Grand Haven High School. Friday, it means the Grand Haven Buccaneers will host the Reeths-Puffer Rockets in the annual "Bucs Pride" with the home team aga... READ MORE
Sep 10, 2014 By Jason Goorman Local Sports Journal The West Michigan Conference looks like it could be up for grabs this season and Week 3 presents a power matchup between Whitehall and North Muskegon. After strong performances in the first two weeks, both teams are 2-0 entering Frida... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2014 Local Sports Journal A slow start did not stop the Grand Haven Buccaneers from drubbing East Lansing 34-7 on their opponents' home field Saturday in non-league football action. Grand Haven improved to 2-0 on the season. The game was postponed from Friday to Saturday due t... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2014 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal HOLLAND - The Holland Dutch scored three second-half touchdowns to secure a 28-20 upset over Spring Lake in non-league football action Saturday. The Dutch, now 1-1 on the season, won the first game of a two-year series with the Lakers... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2014 Local Sports Journal Week 2 of high school football action took place Friday night and two of the area's best teams showed they have some skill. Muskegon overcame a rough first half to top Grand Rapids Christian 29-22 and Mona Shores rolled past Fruitport 48-7. For Muskegon... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2014 By Justin Haggerty Local Sport Journal MUSKEGON - Muskegon Catholic opened its season last weekend with a long trip to Ohio. On Friday it was time for some home cooking, courtesy of the outgunned Muskegon Heights Tigers. MCC improved to 2-0 on the season with a 70-2... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Reeths-Puffer Rockets traveled to Fremont to face the Packers Friday night and left with a 40-3 lopsided win. After one quarter, Reeths-Puffer (2-0) led 13-3 and didn’t look back from there, leading 26-3 at halftime. By the end of three quarters t... READ MORE