Apr 17, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTH MUSKEGON - It was a battle between state-ranked girls soccer teams at North Muskegon on Thursday. Western Michigan Christian entered the contest as the No. 1 ranked team in Division 4 while the Norse came in holding the No. 3 spot in the same d... READ MORE
Apr 17, 2025 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON – It is still a work in progress for the Ludington girls soccer team, but the Orioles are showing signs they have what it takes to be West Michigan Conference contenders. The Orioles have now strung together a three-gam... READ MORE
Apr 17, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – The Manistee girls soccer team extended its winning streak to five straight with a 5-3 victory over Orchard View on Wednesday in Muskegon. It also was the Mariners' second consecutive West Michigan Conference win, which puts the team tied... READ MORE
Apr 16, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com REMUS – Manistee girls soccer extended its winning streak to four on Monday night with a 5-1 non-conference win over Remus Chippewa Hills. The Mariners dominated the Warriors from start to finish, taking a 4-0 lead at the half. “Our defense was d... READ MORE
Apr 16, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE – After a slow start the Ludington girls soccer team is now on a roll after knocking off Montague, 2-0 in Monday afternoon's West Michigan Conference opener at Montague. The Orioles scored both of their goals in the first half and then shut... READ MORE
Apr 15, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Mona Shores girls' soccer team was handed its first conference loss in nearly nine years on Tuesday evening. The Sailors were overpowered by Byron Center 6-1 in OK-Green play. Katie Phillips scored the lone Sailors' goal off an assis... READ MORE
Apr 15, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTH MUSKEGON - The Division 4 state-ranked North Muskegon girls soccer team held off Hart in a 5-3 West Michigan Conference victory on Monday evening. The Pirates hadn’t scored a single goal on the Norse since 2014, but found a way to put up multi... READ MORE
Apr 14, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY - The Shelby and Whitehall girls soccer teams opened West Michigan Conference play with a 1-1 draw on Monday evening. The Vikings’ Izzy Causie found the net just four minutes into the game to account for the only first-half goal. The Tigers batt... READ MORE
Apr 14, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com BUCKLEY – The Manistee girls soccer team traveled to Buckley for a non-conference game Saturday at noon and came away with a 3-0 shutout victory. It's the Mariners first shutout of the season and kept their winning streak going at 2-0. The ... READ MORE
Apr 11, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY - The Shelby girls soccer team dropped a 3-1 non-conference game to Lakeview on Friday evening. Both teams battled through the first half, but neither squad could find the net. Lakeview came out of the break and outscored the Tigers 3-0 until Bri ... READ MORE
Apr 11, 2025 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE - Frigid temperatures and a tight schedule is part of the challenge spring sports seasons bring to area varsity teams. Manistee did not let the elements of its early season slow it down on Thursday. The Mariners topped Reed ... READ MORE
Apr 11, 2025 * This story originally appeared in LSJ's April magazine edition. Click here to see the PDF version. By Nate Thompson LocalSportsJournal.com With a high school enrollment hovering between 360 to 400 students in recent years, Kent City can proclaim a small-school feel, bu... READ MORE
Apr 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com SHELBY - Juliet Gonzalez scored the game's only goal with less than four minutes remaining and lifted the Grant Tigers to a 1-0 soccer victory over the host Shelby Tigers on Thursday. Grant made the most of their shots as Shelby outshot them, 10-5. Gran... READ MORE
Apr 10, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON – It was a tale of two halves, and the second one wasn't good for the Ludington girls' soccer team. Hosting the Traverse City West Titans in a non-conference match at Oriole Field, the Orioles drew first blood with a goal after jus... READ MORE
Apr 02, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT - The Mona Shores girls soccer spread out the scoring in a 5-0 victory over Fruitport on Tuesday evening. Katie Phillips led the way with a goal and two assists, while Ella Charland and Lauren Phillips each had a goal and an assist. Ava Freye an... READ MORE
Mar 28, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com Western Michigan Christian girls soccer made easy work of Fruitport in a 5-0 shutout on Thursday. The Warriors were led by Nora Pollock’s hat trick in the win. Pollock jumped WMC out to a 1-0 lead less than two minutes into the game on a goal tha... READ MORE
Mar 27, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com HOLTON - Kenzie Greene had an all-around good day for the Holton softball team on Thursday. Her efforts helped the Red Devils secure a doubleheader sweep over Decatur on Thursday. The Red Devils won 10-5 and 6-1. Greene gave up five hits, five runs, four... READ MORE
Mar 27, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com NORTON SHORES - The Mona Shores girls soccer team blanked Grandville, 2-0, in non-conference play on Thursday evening. Kylie Dusenberry opened the scoring with an assist from Ava Freye. Later in the second half, Freye found Katie Phillips, who punched the... READ MORE
Mar 27, 2025 LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY - The Kent City Eagles earned a soccer tie on Wednesday night at home against Sparta. The Eagles came out early in the match and set a positive tone. They were rewarded 14 minutes into the game when senior Joandy Matias sent a crossing p... READ MORE
Mar 27, 2025 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON – One team was playing its first game, the other its third. In the end, it was the team that hadn't played yet this season that came away with the win as the Big Rapids girls' soccer team edged Ludington, 1-0, in non-... READ MORE