Oct 15, 2016 By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - Apparently a few good fights bring out the best in the Muskegon Lumberjacks. But the Jacks saved their best for very late in the game on Saturday, when it was too late to make any sort of comeback. The Lumber... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 By Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP - Three years ago Aaron Simot wasn’t exactly a threat to win the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association City Cross Country Meet. The Fruitport runner finished in 100th place as a freshman, and, in his own words, �... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Hesperia volleyball team won the Silver Division title at Godwin Heights on Saturday. The Panthers finished their pool play with a 1-2 record, then defeated Wyoming Potter’s House and Wellspring to win the silver bracket and finish with a 3-2 re... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grant volleyball team won the Jenison tournament on Saturday after winning four of its five matches. The Tigers posted a 2-1 record during pool play, defeating Covenant Christian and Grandville and losing to Comstock Park. Grant cruised past Je... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Western Michigan Christian volleyball team posted a 2-2 record on Saturday at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association volleyball tournament at Reeths-Puffer. The Warriors, who finished in sixth place, defeated Oakridge and Reeths-Puffer 2-1 and ... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP - For years, Jim VanderWall attended the Greater Muskegon City Volleyball Tournament as a fan. He was more interested than the average fan, because he coached the Mona Shores freshman volleyball team in 2013 and 2014, ... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Holton volleyball team lost to Oakridge in two straight sets, beat Muskegon Catholic 2-1 and fell to North Muskegon 2-1 on Saturday at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association tournament at Reeths-Puffer. The Red Devils are now 15-14-2 on the sea... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Montague volleyball team posted a 1-1 record at the Great Muskegon Athletic Association city volleyball tournament on Saturday at Reeths-Puffers. The Wildcats defeated North Muskegon in two straight sets by service scores of 25-15 and 25-21, then ... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 By Justin Haggerty LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – Historically the Muskegon Big Reds have dominated Mona Shores on the gridiron. But the Sailors have come to play in recent years, defeating Muskegon in two of the last three meetings. That trend appeared to be conti... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grand Haven football team managed to keep the game close throughout the first half, but allowed 20 unanswered second half points in Friday night’s 34-7 loss to Hudsonville in an O-K Red Conference game. The Buccaneers scored their lone touchdown... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Whitehall football team dealt Shelby a hefty defeat on Friday, pounding the Tigers 75-7 in a West Michigan Conference game. The Vikings jumped out to a 27-0 lead after the first quarter, led 54-7 at halftime and 61-7 after three quarters before sc... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com EGELSTON TOWNSHIP - In a game full of huge momentum swings, the Oakridge Eagles rode the final tide to an emotional victory and a conference championship on Friday night. The Eagles trailed visiting Montague 28-14 with 6:50 seconds r... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The North Muskegon football squad blanked Hart 49-0 in a West Michigan Conference game on Friday night. The Norse jumped out to 21-0 lead after the first quarter, led 35-0 at halftime before scoring 14 second half points to close out the scoring. N... READ MORE
Oct 15, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Catholic Central football team stayed unbeaten with a 48-7 win over Hesperia on Friday. The Crusaders led 34-0 at halftime and are now 8-0 on the season. They'll look to close out a perfect regular season next week with a win over Redford... READ MORE
Oct 14, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Holton football team fell to 2-6 on the season with a 40-8 loss to Evart on Friday in non-conference action. Evart led 20-0 at halftime and rolled from there. Holton quarterback Blake Fialek found Tucker Zacharda for a scoring pass in the sec... READ MORE
Oct 14, 2016 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – The Muskegon Lumberjacks early season winning streak came to an abrupt halt at L.C. Walker Arena on Friday night. The Jacks gave up three first period goals and struggled to mount a comeback, falling 3-1 to the Youngstown Ph... READ MORE
Oct 14, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ludington soccer team ended its season with an 8-2 victory over Fremont in a Lakes 8 Conference game on Friday night. Ben Knoer paced the Orioles with three goals while Zach Peterson added two goals and an assist. Ludington’s Nicolo Gianni, J... READ MORE
Oct 14, 2016 By Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com SPRING LAKE - The Spring Lake soccer team came into its final regular season game on Thursday with two possible outcomes. Win, and end the regular season as O-K Blue Conference champions. Lose, and finish in second place. The... READ MORE
Oct 13, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Zach Shane was a one man show for the Fruitport soccer team on Thursday night. Shane scored five goals and picked up an assist to propel the Trojans over Orchard View 6-2 in a non-league game. Fruitport’s Isaac Fitzgerald added a goal while Adam ... READ MORE
Oct 13, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Western Michigan Christian volleyball team lost in four highly competitive sets to Covenant Christian Thursday night. The Warriors lost by service scores of 25-21, 27-25, 19-25, and 25-22. Cassie Kingma paced WMC with 16 kills and five blocks, ... READ MORE