Nov 10, 2013 FOOTBALL Regionals DIVISION 2 Midland at Muskegon, 1 p.m. Saturday, at Hackley Stadium Winner advances to the state semifinals on Nov. 23 to face the winner of the Portage Central-Farmington Hills Harrison game. DIVISION 5 Millington at Oakridge, 1 p.m. Saturday Winner... READ MORE
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Nov 09, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal SHELBY – Nobody said it was going to be easy. And for the first 24 minutes of Shelby’s second-round playoff match up with Grandville Calvin Christian Friday night, it wasn’t easy at all. For the second week in a row, She... READ MORE
Nov 09, 2013 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal LOWELL – The site of the Muskegon Big Reds’ lone loss turned into a site for celebration on Friday night. The third-ranked Big Reds, whose only loss of the season came during the regular season against the host Lowell Red Hawks (ranked N... READ MORE
Nov 09, 2013 By Shawn Liverance Local Sports Journal REED CITY – The Oakridge football team cleared a hurdle on Friday night, and in the process, moved into the Division 5 regional finals. Two years of disappointment were wiped away on Friday night as the Eagles moved into the regi... READ MORE
Nov 08, 2013 By Dave Tomczak Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - For the second consecutive year, Muskegon Catholic Central and Fowler met in the playoffs. And for the second time, the Crusaders came away from the contest victorious. This time with with a little more breathing room. Af... READ MORE
Nov 08, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – Usually it’s the opponents of the Oakridge Eagles who must travel from far-flung places to the Eagles’ home field in order to advance in the football playoffs. But, after notching a 10-1 record – that single loss comi... READ MORE
Nov 08, 2013 By Jim Moyes Local Sports Journal Although the temperatures continue to tumble, the action on the field is heating up as our area playoff teams head into Week 2. Except for Spring Lake losing by a gutsy two point conversion to Belding, everything else held pretty much held... READ MORE
Nov 08, 2013 Local Sports Journal Six writers were able to live and move on to the second round of the LSJ's Football Picks Championship. Two writers were left in the dust. There were some tough choices to make last week in the opening round of the playoffs. Spring Lake unfortunately co... READ MORE
Nov 08, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – Oh man, the rematch the entire Big Red fan base has been yearning for. Between two teams a single loss, which came from the hand of the other. November in Michigan... Does it get any better than Lowell/Muskegon, No. 2 ve... READ MORE
Nov 07, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal Click here for last year's district title game account of Muskegon Catholic/Fowler. MUSKEGON – Although he had yet to ascend to the head coaching position, first-year Muskegon Catholic head coach Steve Czerwon remembers something abo... READ MORE
Nov 07, 2013 Local Sports Journal Can't make it to a high school playoff football game on Friday night? Here are the radio listings for the four area teams still vying for a state title. The start times listed are for the pregame shows. The kickoffs are scheduled for 7 p.m. Grandville ... READ MORE
Nov 07, 2013 The following is the entire, unedited press release sent to us this morning from Mona Shores High School Athletic Director Ryan Portenga regarding recent news Mona Shores would not be renewing its season-opening rivalry football game with Muskegon Catholic: The matchup between... READ MORE
Nov 07, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal SHELBY – While the host Shelby Tigers look like the heavy favorite in their district title game versus Grandville Calvin Christian, the Squires are coming into Shelby Friday night having done something they’ve never done before. Tha... READ MORE
Nov 06, 2013 In Part 1 of this three-part series, we looked at the changing attitudes in football regarding head injuries. In Part 2, we looked at the newly emerging science behind brain injury and football. In this series, I’ve tried to lay out the current understanding reg... READ MORE
Nov 06, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – Muskegon Catholic Central High School Athletic Director Erich Adams confirmed Wednesday the football contract with rival Mona Shores has not been renewed for 2014. The Crusaders own a 35-14-1 all-time advantage over the... READ MORE
Nov 04, 2013 FOOTBALL DISTRICT FINALS DIVISION 2 Region 1 District 1 Midland Dow (8-2, 78.222) at Midland (9-1, 97.6667), 7 p.m., Friday District 2 Muskegon (9-1, 106.667) at Lowell (10-0, 119.111), 7 p.m., Friday The winners of the above games will meet the weekend of Nov. 15-... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Big Reds were on full display Friday in their rematch with Reeths-Puffer for the Division 2 district opener. Muskegon's Deshaun Thrower led the ground attack in the opening half and Javauntae Thomas got rolling in the second half. The Rockets tri... READ MORE
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Nov 02, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal SHELBY – In a game that featured more offensive, defensive and special teams fireworks than an average team’s entire regular season, it was strange that Friday night’s game between Shelby and Montague in Round 1 of the playoffs came ... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2013 By Dave Tomczak Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON - Plain and simple, Muskegon Catholic Central made it look easy. With six touchdowns on their first six possessions, the Crusaders started off its Division 8 district playoff run with a 42-14 home victory over Fulton... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2013 Shawn Liverance Local Sports Journal Oakridge showed they are going to be a tough team to knock out of the Division 5 playoffs on Friday night. Behind a very balanced offensive attack, the Eagles knocked off Newaygo 35-14 in a district semifinal game played on Jack Schugar... READ MORE