Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps are now in “must win” mode after losing 6-2 on Thursday to the host South Bend Cubs in Game 2 of their first-round Midwest League playoff series. The third and deciding game of the series will be Friday night in South ... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Reeths-Puffer boys soccer team ended its game with Jenison in a 1-1 tie in a double overtime contest on Thursday in O-K Black Conference action. Drake Fox broke a scoreless tie in the 25th minute of the second half to give the Rockets a 1-0 lead... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 The Spring Lake boys soccer team continued its strong start with a 5-0 win over Sparta on Thursday. The Lakers, who are now 6-1 on the season, were led by Ryan Zietlow with two goals. Dylan Constantine, Matthew Gagnon and Tommy Fine each found the back of the net once for ... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake volleyball team defeated Allendale in three close sets on Thursday in a non-league match. The Lakers (6-9, 1-1) won by set scores of 25-21, 25-19 and 25-19. Olivia Grimmer led the Lakers with 21 digs and seven kills while Lauren H... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grand Haven boys soccer team dropped a tough game against Rockford on Thursday. The Bucs battled hard, but ultimately fell 1-0 on a goal with 23 minutes left. Grand Haven is now 3-2-2 on the season and 2-1 in the OK-Red conference. &nb... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fruitport boys soccer team remained undefeated in league play after pounding Kenowa Hills 9-1 on Thursday night. The Trojans are now 5-3 on the season and 2-0 in conference play. Zack Shane led the Trojan attack with two goals and three assi... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ludington boys soccer team blanked Manistee 4-0 in a Lakes 8 game on Thursday to remain undefeated on the season. Caleb Schoon, Ben Knoer, Zach Peterson and Nicolo Gianni each scored a goal for the Orioles, while Josh Cooney added two assists and ... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Holton volleyball team cruised past Hart in three straight sets in a non-league match on Thursday. The Red Devils, who are now 8-9-1 on the season and 2-1 in league play, outscored Hart by set scores of 25-12, 25-15 and 25-18. Mikaela Baker le... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Orchard View boys soccer team won its first Lakes 8 game of the season, defeating Muskegon Catholic 6-4 on Thursday night. The Cardinals, who led 3-2 at halftime, were led by Evan McMiller with two goals and an assist while Jared Fleener scored ... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Community College volleyball squad defeated Lansing Community College 3-1 on Tuesday to remain unbeaten in conference play. The Jayhawks lost their first set 25-20 before winning the final three by set scores of 25-23, 25-11 and 25-18. ... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com John Guadarrama’s two goals and two assist led Hart boys soccer team to a dominating victory over Pentwater 6-0 in a non-league game on Thursday night. The Pirates led 3-0 at halftime. Austin VanderLaan added a goal and an assist for Hart while T... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Reeths-Puffer boys tennis squad defeated Lowell 6-2 on Thursday night. The Rockets won all four of their double flights. The winners were Drew Carter and Gracyn Sanger, Brandon Lemiuex and Austin Bectal, Jake Petrick and Chris Metette and Trevor S... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com It was great to see some thrilling high school football games last week. Too many local games in recent years have been ugly blowouts, which is not a lot of fun for anyone but the winning team. Fans – and sports writers – live for nail-biters, ... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE - The city of Montague has a population of just over 2,300 residents, and small towns generally produce limited numbers of high school football players. That’s very much the case this season for the hometown Wildcats, who ... READ MORE
Sep 08, 2016 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com It would be a stretch to call Friday’s North Muskegon-Oakridge game a “must" win for either team. But not much of one. It may be only Week 3, but any team that hopes to compete for the championship in the tough West Michigan Confe... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2016 By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON - There aren’t many things that Jake Mitchell loves more than Muskegon High School football. So Saturday was pretty special for Mitchell, as he coached his last home game for the Big Reds. The game became even more speci... READ MORE
Sep 07, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grand Haven soccer team downed Hudsonville 1-0 on Tuesday in an O-K Red Conference game shortened by bad weather. David Villalobos scored the lone goal for Grand Haven about 25 minutes into the contest, with an assist by Connor Lund. The teams ... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2016 By Dave Hart LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE – The Montague volleyball squad has lofty goals for the 2016 season. The Wildcats, who ended last season with a loss to Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian in a Class C regional finals, would very much like to leap ahead and w... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake Volleyball team fell to Grand Rapids Catholic Central 3-1 on Tuesday evening in an O-K Blue Conference contest. The Lakers won the first set 25-20, then lost the final three sets by service scores of 25-23, 25-17 and 25-21. Olivia G... READ MORE
Sep 06, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Reeths-Puffer boys soccer team blasted Kenowa Hills 8-0 on Tuesday evening in an O-K Black Conference game. Drake Fox led the Rockets with four goals and one assist while Parker Aerts added two goals. Reeths-Puffer’s Brendan Sherwood and Alex Vi... READ MORE