Jun 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com  The Muskegon Heights track team received an exciting boost at Saturday's Division 4 state finals in Hudsonville.  Omarion Mason, Anthony Floyd, Jakari Edwards and Ashton Smith earned all-state honors with second-place finishes in both the 400 rela... READ MORE
Jun 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com ROCKFORD—Mona Shores senior Demitri Roberson took top honors in the boys long jump in the Division 1 state track meet. His winning distance was 23-6.75 The meet was Saturday at Rockford. Grand Haven sophomore Seth Norder placed second in the 1600 mete... READ MORE
Jun 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com Three local girls soccer teams won their respective districts Friday evening and are headed to regional action starting Tuesday night. Newaygo, North Muskegon and Spring Lake all face tough foes in regional semifinal action. Newaygo (16-3-1) heads to Big... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2022 By Craig Beilfuss LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON--Coming into the MHSAA Division 1 district tournament Saturday on its home diamond an overwhelming underdog, the Reeths-Puffer baseball team pulled of a major shocker by rallying from a four-run deficit to knock off 5th-ranked K... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE -- Ravenna's girls softball team captured the MHSAA Division 3 district championship at Montague on Saturday, powering past the host school 13-3 in five innings. The Bulldogs had reached the finals with an equally one-sided 11-0 victory over Nort... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLLAND -- Reeths-Puffer's girls softball team lost to Grand Haven, 7-3 in the MHSAA Division 2 district championship game at West Ottawa's field on Saturday. The Rockets scored two runs in the top of the first inning, and took that lead into the second o... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com EASTLAKE, OH – Pitcher Keider Montero enjoyed his best start as the West Michigan Whitecaps rode dominant pitching to a 2-1 victory over the Lake County Captains Saturday night at Classic Park. Montero had his longest start of the year, lasting 5.1 in... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON -- The highly ranked Mona Shores baseball team dropped a 5-3 MHSAA Division 1 district semifinal game to Reeths-Puffer on the Rockets’ field on Saturday to end its season prematurely. Puffer's pitching held the Sailors to just four hits on the ... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER -- Errors doomed the Mason County Eastern baseball team's chances of overtaking White Cloud in the MHSAA Division 4 district on the Cardinals' field on Friday afternoon in Custer and suffered a 17-0 defeat. The Cardinals were guilty of seven miscue... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2022 LocalSportJournal.com NORTON SHORES -The Rockford Rams shutout the Mona Shore Sailors girls soccer team in the Division 1 district finals on Friday evening in a game played at Mona Shores. The Sailors lost by a score of 1-0. After falling behind in the first half, the Sailors ... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2022 By Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com HUDSONVILLE -- A promise made, is a promise kept. That was the fulfillment for the Western Michigan Christian girls track team and its school's first-ever girls track state championship at Saturday's Division 4 state finals. T... READ MORE
Jun 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE -- Montague's baseball team defeated North Muskegon, 4-1 in the MHSAA Division 3 district championship game on Saturday afternoon on its home field. Kade Johnson was the winning pitcher, going 6 2/3 innings allowing just one run on only two hits ... READ MORE
Jun 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON -- Facing off against each other for the fourth time this season, Western Michigan Christian and Muskegon Catholic Central battled for an MHSAA Division 4 district championship Saturday in Holton. It was the Crusaders coming away with a 3-2 victory... READ MORE
Jun 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com WHITEHALL -- Ludington's girls softball team fell to Grant 3-2 in extra innings in the MHSAA Division 2 district finals after beating Howard City Tri-County 15-0 in the semifinal at Whitehall. In the championship game, Goodrich again pitched the complete ... READ MORE
Jun 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com GLADWIN -- Ludington's baseball team was eliminated in the MHSAA Division 2 district championship game with a 3-2 walk off loss to Clare at Gladwin on Saturday. Nathan Dillehay took the loss, pitching 6 2/3 innings and giving up one earned run on five hit... READ MORE
Jun 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE -- Hart's baseball team saw its season come to an end Saturday at Mason County Central with a 10-0 loss to Reed City in the MHSAA Division 3 district finals. The Pirates managed just one hit, by Kory Charron, while the Coyotes pounded out 10 sa... READ MORE
Jun 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com SCOTTVILLE -- Hart's girls softball team defeated Manistee, 15-4 to win the MHSAA Division 2 district championship played at Mason County Central on Saturday. Finley Kistler was in the pitcher's circle for the Pirates and threw five strong innings, walkin... READ MORE
Jun 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com ANN ARBOR -The North Muskegon girls tennis team found themselves in a three-way tie for fourth place alongside Elk Rapids and Jackson Lumen in the Division 4 state finals on Saturday. The Norse wrapped up the day with 14 points. Three players advanced th... READ MORE
Jun 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com MIDLAND -- Ludington's girls tennis team was eliminated in the first day of the MHSAA Division 3 state finals at Midland, bowing out on Friday. In the singles competition, senior McKenzie Sarto received a first-round bye at the No. 4 flight, and then adva... READ MORE
Jun 04, 2022 LocalSportsJournal HOLTON -- Pentwater's girls softball team pulled off a huge surprise in the MHSAA Division 4 district championship game against third-ranked Holton on Friday afternoon on the Red Devils' field. The Falcons registered a stunning 4-0 upset of the vaunted, and t... READ MORE