Oct 08, 2015 By Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com Wasn’t last Friday fun? I mean, we never get upsets in high school football, at least not of the major variety. The favorites usually win, and that’s that. Sometimes I pick the underdogs just to spice things up, but I always lose... READ MORE
Oct 08, 2015 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com RAVENNA -- In a season that’s been constantly torpedoed by painful injuries, David Thompson has played a huge role in keeping the Ravenna football team afloat. And he’s done it by successfully switching from wide receiver to the ... READ MORE
Oct 07, 2015 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - Muskegon’s new professional indoor football team is starting to make preparations for its inaugural season in the American Indoor Football League. Terrence “TJ” Williams, the franchise owner, is in the process of selecti... READ MORE
Oct 07, 2015 By Adam Knorr LocalSportsJournal.com For the Oakridge Eagles, it’s a potential trap game. For the Mason County Central Spartans, it’s a chance for a marquee win. For both, it’s an opportunity to take another step toward the playoffs. The Eagles (5-1, 4-0 conferenc... READ MORE
Oct 03, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com A year after only winning one game last year, the Hesperia Panthers have officially qualified for the state football playoffs. The undefeated Panthers qualified with an exclamation point, beating White Cloud 61-14 on Saturday on a Central State Activi... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Orchard View football team defeated Ludington 33-13 on Friday night in a Lakes 8 game. The Cardinals are now 2-4 on the season a 2-2 in conference play. Ben Rodriguez opened the scoring with a 27-yard field goal to give Orchard View 3-0 lead w... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT -- Muskegon Catholic trailed Fruitport with 51 seconds remaining on Friday and a league title hanging in the balance. To make matters worse, they had the ball on their own 34 in a seemingly hopeless fourth-and-nine situatio... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague Wildcats scored 14 unanswered fourth quarter points on Friday night to edge out the North Muskegon Norsemen 27-26 in a Western Michigan Conference football game. After entering the fourth quarter down 26-13, Wildcats' quarterback Jacob ... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 LocalSportsJornal.com Spencer Knizacky tossed three touchdown passes to lead Mason County Central to a 39-6 non-conference football win over Manistee on Friday night. Knizacky connected on TD passes of 34 yards to Dylan Hearns and six and 24 yards to Ryan Mount. Cody So... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES – For a while it looked like Friday’s Mona Shores-Reeths-Puffer game might be a flashback to a few years ago, when the contest between the cross-town rivals was pretty competitive. The Sailors, who came into the game h... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 LcoalSportsJornal.com The Ravenna Bulldogs overpowered the Shelby Tigers 45-7 on Friday night in Western Michigan Conference action. Nick Castenholz started the scoring with a 27-yard touchdown pass to Alex Jawor in the first quarter. Seth Morgan found the end zone with ... READ MORE
Oct 02, 2015 By Adam Knorr LocalSportsJournal.com The Zeeland East Chix came in to Hackley Stadium with notions of pulling off an OK-Black conference upset against the Muskegon Big Reds on Friday evening. And for a moment it looked like they might take an early lead. But then realit... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2015 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - Under normal circumstances, stepping in as the new starting quarterback for a high profile team like Muskegon might be nerve-wracking, particularly for a junior. But for Kalil Pimpleton, Big Red football is a family tradit... READ MORE
Oct 01, 2015 By Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com As hard is it is to believe, it’s already October, and the annual high school football playoff picture is starting to take shape again. Three local undefeated teams - Mona Shores, Hesperia and Montague - could become the first to ... READ MORE
Sep 30, 2015 By Adam Knorr LocalSportsJournal.com To say conference play has been a cakewalk for the Muskegon Catholic football team is an understatement. The Crusaders are in their second season in the Lakes 8 Conference and they are yet to lose a game. In fact they are are yet to be... READ MORE
Sep 28, 2015 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com EAST LANSING - They don’t play much American football in Liberia. So until he moved to the United States as an 11-year-old, John Waller had never even heard of the sport. But suddenly the 2012 graduate of Western Michigan Christian... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Heights football team had a tough time on Saturday, dropping a 44-0 decision to visiting Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard at Phillips Field. The visitors led 7-0 after one quarter, then took control with 23 points in the second quarter. They add... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2015 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Big Reds won their fourth straight game in easy fashion Friday, downing Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills 44-0 in O-K Black Conference action at Hackley Stadium. The Big Reds, now 4-1 on the season and 2-0 in O-K Black, scored early and often to ... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2015 Justin Haggerty LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON – The Hesperia Panthers have the been the surprise football team in the area, entering Friday with a 4-0 record. As much fun as they’ve been having, the Panthers were hungry to regain the “Golden Foortball” that they lo... READ MORE
Sep 26, 2015 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com EGELSTON TOWNSHIP – Everyone expected Friday’s Oakridge-Ravenna football showdown to be a high-scoring affair from start-to-finish. That was understandable, considering the two teams came in averaging a combined 94 points per game. ... READ MORE