May 21, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Mona Shores defeated visiting Fruitport 1-0 in a hard fought nonconference girls soccer game on Saturday afternoon. The contest was deadlocked late into the second half before the Sailors’ Sarah Mikesell found a sliver of space and found the back o... READ MORE
May 21, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores softball team dropped a pair of close games Saturday at the Hudsonville Milan Miracle Tournament. The Sailors fell to Grand Rapids South Christian 8-5. Mackenzie Willeke and Sami Sanborn each had two hits while Megan Crane belted a tw... READ MORE
May 21, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The West Michigan Whitecaps used great defense, timely hitting, and the services of Detroit Tigers pitcher Shane Greene in their 3-1 win over the host Fort Wayne TinCaps Friday at Parkview Field. Greene, who was on a minor league rehab assignment wit... READ MORE
May 20, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Ravenna and Orchard View girls soccer teams were evenly matched in a 2-2 tie on Friday in a non-league game. The Bulldogs were led by Ryen Huyser and Ashley Womble with a goal apiece while Sydney Hanson and Amalie Pedersen added assists. Ravenn... READ MORE
May 20, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fremont girls soccer squad defeated Tri-County 4-3 in comeback fashion in a non-league game on Friday. The Packers trailed 2-1 at halftime and 3-2 in the second half. Fremont’s Bre Harris scored the game-winning goal while Holly Kortge had tw... READ MORE
May 20, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Grand Haven girls soccer team fell to East Kentwood 1-0 in an O-K Red Conference game on Friday. The game was scoreless at halftime. East Kentwood scored the lone goal of the goal one minute into the second half and outshot the Bucs by an 8-4 m... READ MORE
May 20, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Fremont baseball team swept Orchard View in a Lakes 8 Conference doubleheader, 13-1 and 6-5, on Friday. In Game 1, the Packers scored in every inning except for the seventh. Fremont was led by Conner Cook with two hits and three RBIs while Calv... READ MORE
May 20, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake baseball team cruised past Ludington, 9-3 and 14-4, in a doubleheader sweep in Lakes 8 action on Friday. The Lakers are now 13-13 overall and 11-9 in conference play. In Game 1, Spring Lake was led offensively by Trenton Dove with t... READ MORE
May 20, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Tyler Trovinger’s game-winning home run paced the Mona Shores baseball team over Jenison 6-5 in a non-league game on Friday. The Sailors were led by Collin Vaughan with two hits and one RBI while Hunter Broersma added one hit and three RBIs. Mona... READ MORE
May 20, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Spring Lake softball squad tied the school record for victories with a doubleheader sweep over Ludington, 10-0 and 15-0, on Friday night in Lakes 8 action. The Lakers improved to 28-0 on the season and finished 16-0 in league play. In Game 1, t... READ MORE
May 20, 2016 By Jacob Arvidson LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT - The reaction from competitors always comes just moments after Fruitport’s discus star, Nick Kramer, releases his first warm-up throw. They realize, quite gloomily, that their best throws are at least 20 feet short of h... READ MORE
May 19, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Western Michigan Christian baseball squad swept Godwin Heights in a doubleheader, 13-0 and 12-7, on Thursday. In Game 1, the Warriors were led by Coleman Brott with three hits and three RBIs, while Sam Goorman added a two-run double and Brant Zeer... READ MORE
May 19, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Reeths-Puffer girls soccer team defeated Muskegon 5-0 on Thursday in O-K Red Conference action. The first-place Rockets improved to 7-0-1 in the conference and 10-2-4 overall. Haley Ruiter had three goals for Reeths-Puffer while Mackenzie Goltz... READ MORE
May 19, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Mona Shores baseball team cruised past Zeeland East 10-2 in an O-K Black Conference game on Thursday night. The Sailors improved to 22-5 on the season and are tied in the loss column with Zeeland East for first place with two games left in league ... READ MORE
May 19, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - Derek Hill was a welcome sight at the top of the West Michigan Whitecaps' lineup on Thursday afternoon. Hill, the Detroit Tigers’ 2014 first-round draft pick, has been out of action since May 7, when he collided ... READ MORE
May 18, 2016 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com COMSTOCK PARK - Third place will have to wait for the West Michigan Whitecaps. The Whitecaps entered Wednesday’s matinee game with a three-game winning streak, which left them in fourth place in the Midwest League’s Eastern Div... READ MORE
May 18, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com Austin Byers scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Blake Masterman in the ninth inning Wednesday, giving the Oakridge baseball team an exciting 3-2 victory over Ravenna in the first game of a West Michigan Conference doubleheader. The Eagles sc... READ MORE
May 18, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Western Michigan Christian girls soccer team was clicking on all cylinders Tuesday, grabbing an 8-0 victory over Grand Rapids West Catholic. The Warriors took control by scoring seven goals in the first half. Jessica Kinnucan and Anna Sytsema l... READ MORE
May 17, 2016 By Justin Haggerty LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES – The last time Reeths-Puffer and Mona Shores met in girls soccer, the Rockets ran away with a four-goal victory. The teams clashed again on Tuesday in a battle of top teams in the O-K Black Conference, and things w... READ MORE
May 17, 2016 LocalSportsJournal.com The Kent City baseball team earned its first conference championship in 36 years in a split doubleheader against Morley Stanwood on Tuesday. The Eagles clinched the conference title with a 9-4 victory in the opener, then fell 9-2 in the nightcap. K... READ MORE