Nov 02, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Mona Shores Sailors, making their first playoff appearance in school history, raced out to an early 12-0 early lead before succumbing to the Lowell Red Hawks 34-24 on Friday night. The game was a first-round district game in Division 2. Mon... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2013 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal SPRING LAKE – The Spring Lake Lakers positioned themselves for a first round playoff football victory Friday night, only to have it slip away in the final minutes of the game. Belding’s running back Neil McCully scored a touchdown on ... READ MORE
Nov 02, 2013 Local Sports Journal For the second straight season Fowler knocked Baldwin out of the Division 8 playoffs. Last year Fowler rolled to a 42-0 win over Baldwin. This season the Panthers kept things interesting before falling 19-7 to the Eagles. Fowler took a 7-0 halftim... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 By Ron Rop Local Sports Journal Deshaun Thrower is a basketball player. And a pretty darned good one, too. That’s why the senior at Muskegon High School is committed to playing Division 1 college basketball at Stony Brook, located in the state of New York. A year from... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal There’s something about playoff time that brings out the beast in the Muskegon Big Reds. Last week, playing for a conference championship, they performed just well enough to get past crosstown rival Reeths-Puffer by 13 points. But in... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 Local Sports Journal Undefeated Comstock Park raced to a 20-7 halftime lead and cruised to a 43-13 Division 4 district football victory over the Fremont Packers. Fremont finished the season 6-4. On Friday, the Panthers were led by Jake Bush, who ran 13 times for 174 yard... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 FOOTBALL Here are the district football scores from Friday night. Division 2 Region 1 District 2 Lowell 34, Mona Shores 24 Muskegon 49, Reeths-Puffer 14 District final: Muskegon at Lowell Division 4 Region 1 District 2 Comstock Park 43, Fremont 13 Belding 21... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 FOOTBALL Here are the high school football playoff games scheduled to be broadcast on the radio this evening. Times listed are for the pregame show. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. for each game. Montague at Shelby, 6 p.m., WLCS-FM 98.3 Newaygo at Oakridge, 6:30 p.m., WM... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal While seven of the Muskegon area’s playoff-bound teams face opponents for the first time of the season, two other match ups will be rematches of earlier showdowns. That is particularly true of what many are calling the biggest playoff ga... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 By Jim Moyes Local Sports Journal It is hard to fathom that the playoffs are underway this weekend in the Wolverine State while I will be sweltering in the 80-plus degree heat here in the Sunshine State Friday night broadcasting the high school game between Ponte Vedra and Pala... READ MORE
Nov 01, 2013 Local Sports Journal HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PICKS LSJ Staff Football Picks regular season results / Week 9 results 1. Mark Lewis - 127-30/13-5 2. Shawn Liverance - 126-31 / 15-3 3. Steve Gunn - 124-33 / 13-5 4. Jason Goorman - 121-36 / 14-4 5. John Jarvi - 121-36 / 14-4 6... READ MORE
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Oct 31, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal SPRING LAKE – After four-straight playoff appearances, the 2012 Spring Lake football team was stunned in Week 9 by Shelby, falling 14-8 to the Tigers, and falling to secure a sixth win and an automatic playoff berth. One year later, t... READ MORE
Oct 31, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal FREMONT – When Fremont travels east to play Friday night’s Div. 4 playoff opener versus host Comstock Park, there won’t be a lot of folks betting on a Packer win. But then what else is new? The Packers, who finished the regular... READ MORE
Oct 31, 2013 Shawn Liverance Local Sports Journal The Oakridge football program has always had the philosophy that they are a big family. Last season James Abriatis was welcomed into that family and it seems like a good fit for both Abriatis and the Oakridge football program. Ab... READ MORE
Oct 30, 2013 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal MUSKEGON – It’s true, the Middleton Fulton Pirates have never faced the Muskegon Catholic Central Crusaders on the gridiron. But that doesn’t mean the two teams have never faced off in an important game. The only thing is, that ... READ MORE
Oct 29, 2013 Click here to read Part 1 of the series. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the final game of my sophomore season. My JV football team, Muskegon Catholic, was hosting an always-game Muskegon Heights squad. I think it was mid way through the third quarter when th... READ MORE
Oct 29, 2013 By Cory Sander Special to the Local Sports Journal As Matt Koziak, the head football coach at Mona Shores, was leaving Joe Chan’s Bistro Sunday night after the team’s “Watch Party,” athletic director Ryan Portenga handed him a complimentary fortune cookie. Koziak... READ MORE
Oct 29, 2013 Local Sports Journal Interested in Friday's football rematch between Muskegon and Reeths-Puffer? Muskegon's athletic department announced tickets will be on sale Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 30 and 31. The Muskegon ticket box office will be open from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on ... READ MORE
Oct 28, 2013 FOOTBALL Here are the district football pairings for the 11 area teams that earned playoff berths. All games listed below will be played at 7 p.m. Friday. Division 2 Region 1 District 2 Mona Shores (7-2) at Lowell (9-0) Reeths-Puffer (7-2) at Muskegon (8-1) Division ... READ MORE
Oct 28, 2013 By Steve Gunn Local Sports Journal I remember covering the Reeths-Puffer-Mona Shores football game a few years ago for a different news service. It was pretty painful to watch. It was the last game of the season and it was very cold. There were relatively few fans in th... READ MORE