Aug 25, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS--The Ludington Orioles girls' golf team traveled to Big Rapids on Thursday to participate in the Lady Cardinal Invite. The Orioles shot a round of 377, which was good enough for a third-place finish. Traverse City Central finished at th... READ MORE
Aug 24, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON--The Fremont Packers girls' golf team captured the title in the first West Michigan Conference jamboree of the season. Fremont finished in the top spot at 188. The Ludington Orioles shot a 190 for second place, while Whitehall finished i... READ MORE
Aug 24, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com ALLENDALE - A year ago, the Reeths-Puffer Rocket girls' golf team traveled to the Pupel Invitational and finished last. This time around, the Rockets turned in a stellar performance and finished fourth out of 14 teams at The Meadows on the campus of G... READ MORE
Aug 21, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores girls' golf team finished second on Friday in the 10-team Fruitport Invitational. The event was played at Oak Ridge Golf Course. Mona Shores finished second to Coopersville. The Sailors finished at 371. Leading the way for Mona... READ MORE
Aug 21, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com ALLENDALE - The Reeths-Puffer girls' golf team finished seventh in the Sydney Carfine Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday. The tournament, hosted by Jenison High School, drew 18 teams to The Meadows on the campus of Grand Valley State University.... READ MORE
Aug 16, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com The Reeths-Puffer Rocket girls golf team finished 18th among the 32 teams that competed at the two-day Lober Classic at Crystal Mountain Golf Course. The event was played at the Mountain Course on Monday and the Betsie Valley Course on Tuesday. T... READ MORE
Aug 15, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com THOMPSONVILLE-- The Ludington Oriole girls' golf team shot a 380 on Tuesday and finished 12th in the 32-team invitational at Crystal Mountain. Among Division 3-4 schools, the Orioles finished third. Ludington finished with a two-day total of... READ MORE
Aug 14, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com THOMPSONVILLE--The Ludington girls' golf team kicked off the season with an opening-day 13th-place finish in the opening round of the Lober Classic. The event was played at Crystal Mountain Resort on the Mountain Ridge Course. The Orioles are... READ MORE
Jul 17, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE--Spring Lake's Kody Vis highlighted the fourth golf event of the summer season of the Greater Muskegon Junior Golf Tour. Vis shot a 65 at Old Channel Trail Golf Course on Monday morning in the boys' high school division. Salec Rodenbeck (Ludingt... READ MORE
Jul 12, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON--The Greater Muskegon Junior Golf Tour held its third event of the summer season on Monday at Lincoln Golf Club in Muskegon. In the boys' high school division, Cruz Beckstrom from Norton Shores took top honors shooting a round of 78 while Titan C... READ MORE
Jun 28, 2023 By Tom Kendra LocalSportsJournal.com WHITEHALL--Erik Sanford wasn’t expecting much as he scrolled through the Indeed online jobs page four years ago. But the Whitehall native, who had been teaching at an elementary school in Reed City at the time, stopped in his tracks when ... READ MORE
Jun 23, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE--There was good reason to believe this past golf season could be quite special at Manistee. With a returning individual state qualifier and a batch of other experienced golfers, it was just natural to think it could be a good se... READ MORE
Jun 18, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON--The OK-Green recently announced its spring sports all-league team selections for the 2023 season. The following student-athletes were recognized from Mona Shores, Muskegon and Reeths-Puffer: Baseball - First Team: Jaxon Huffman, Mona Shores; ... READ MORE
Jun 17, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Big Rapids boys golf team claimed the CSAA Bronze and landed six golfers on the first team for all-league honors. Big Rapids finished with a 1,627 followed by Reed City with 1,820. Lakeview rounded out the top three with 1,913. Kent City w... READ MORE
Jun 14, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com SPRING LAKE--The OK-Blue Conference recently announced its 2023 all-conference spring sports selections. The following teams and individuals from the Local Sports Journal area were recognized by the head coaches: Softball - Alexa Carter, Spring Lake; Tes... READ MORE
Jun 13, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND HAVEN--The OK-Red Division recently announced their all-conference team selections and final team standings. Student-athletes recognized from the Grand Haven Buccaneers included: Girls Tennis - Kendra Price (Grand Haven finished the season with a c... READ MORE
Jun 10, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com EAST LANSING--The Manistee Chippewas couldn't maintain their momentum heading into the second round of the MHSAA Division 3 golf state finals. The Chippewas were in second place after the first day with a round of 327. However, Saturday was a different st... READ MORE
Jun 09, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- Summer has arrived and that means the Greater Muskegon Golf Tour is about to begin. A group of area golf courses are promoting the game of golf to young golfers throughout the area. One way to do that is with a summer junior tour. The program... READ MORE
Jun 06, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE--The West Michigan Conference all-conference golf team has been announced for the 2023 season. Logan Pike from North Muskegon headed up the team. He was followed by Rylee Pierce from Holton. Mason County Central's Dakota Sterley finished in th... READ MORE
Jun 01, 2023 LocalSportsJournal.com BIG RAPIDS--The golf season ended for six area teams on Tuesday in the Division 2 regional meet at Katke Golf Club in Big Rapids. Spring Lake finished in sixth place with a round of 338. Whitehall came in eighth place at 343. Fruitport finished in 12th pl... READ MORE