May 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Fruitort Trojans needed a shootout to advance to the Division 2 district championship soccer match on Thursday. Lakes 8 Conference rivals Fruitport and Spring Lake battled to a 1-1 tie before a shootout was needed to decide a winner. The Trojans ... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal Western Michigan Christian advanced to the Division 4 district championship game with an 8-0 win over North Muskegon on Thursday. The Warriors will take on Muskegon Catholic Saturday in the district title game. Alexys Riksen scored four goals to ... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Local Sports Journal Kaylee Harrell scored four goals to lead Orchard View to a 6-0 Division 3 district semifinal win over Whitehall on Thursday. Orchard View advances to Saturday's district title game at 1 p.m. at Oakridge High School against the winner of the Fremont and ... READ MORE
May 28, 2014 Local Sports Journal Kent City's lost a Division 4 district soccer match to Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian 7-0 on Wednesday. NorthPointe scored three goals in the opening half and four more in the second half. NorthPointe Christian advances to play Potter's House on ... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Molly Conroy and Micaela Halloran each scored in the second half to lead Muskegon Catholic past visiting Fruitport Calvary Christian 4-2 in a Division 4 district soccer match on Tuesday. Catholic Central hosts Montague in the district semifinals Thursd... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Kaitlin Richardson tallied a hat trick to lead Reeths-Puffer to a 5-0 win over Muskegon in a Division 2 district soccer opener on Tuesday. The Rockets advance to play Coopersville on Thursday at 4 p.m. at CoopersvilleHigh School. Olivia Nelson and Br... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Grand Haven earned a 2-0 Division 1 district soccer win over West Ottawa on Tuesday. The Bucs advance to play Rockford on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Hudsonville High School. Sawyer Overway scored both goals for Grand Haven and Claire Borchers earned a ... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Ludington advanded to the Division 3 district soccer semifinals with a 4-1 win over Kingsley on Tuesday, Ludington will face Manistee in the semifinals on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Ludington. Manistee earned a spot in the semifinals with a 5-0 win over M... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Rockford blanked Mona Shores 2-0 in a Division 1 district soccer game on Tuesday. The win sends the Rams into Thursday's district semifinals where they will face Grand Haven at 5:30 p.m. at Hudsonville High School. Grand Haven advanced to the semifin... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Fruitport advanced to the Division 2 soccer district semifinals with a 4-0 win over Sparta on Tuesday. The Trojans will face Spring Lake in a district semifinal game on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Coopersville High School. Grace Carmean, Marissa Hassevort,... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Oakridge scored a goal in each half to earn a 2-1 Division 3 district soccer win over Grant on Tuesday. The win sends Oakridge into the district semifinals where they will face Fremont on Thursday at Oakridge High School. Nicole Majeske sco... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 GIRLS SOCCER DISTRICTS Division 1 Hudsonville Tuesday Grand Haven 2, Holland West Ottawa 0 Rockford 2, Mona Shores 0 Hudsonville 8, Jenison 0 Thursday (at Hudsonville) Rockford vs. Grand Haven, 5:30 p.m. Hudsonville vs. GR Union, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Finals, 6 p... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Western Michigan Christian' Jessica Kinnucan tallied a hat trick to lead the Warriors to an 8-0 Division 4 district soccer win over Pentwater on Tuesday. WMC (15-1-1) advances to play North Muskegon in the semifinals at 6 p.m Thursday. That game will be... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal North Muskegon advanced to the Division 4 district semifinals with a 10-0 win over Mason County Eastern on Tuesday. NM will play Western Michigan Christian on Thursday in the district semifinals at Muskegon Catholic. North Muskegon scored all 10 goal... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Whitehall blanked West Michigan Conference foe Shelby 5-0 in a Division 3 district soccer game on Tuesday. The win sends Whitehall into the district semifinals on Thursday at 5 p.m. against Orchard View at Oakridge High School. The Vikings scored fou... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 Local Sports Journal Orchard View blanked Newaygo 3-0 in a Division 3 ditrict soccer game on Tuesday. The win sends OV into the district semifinals on Thursday at 5 p.m. against Whitehall at Oakridge High School. The Cardinals scored all three of their goals in the openi... READ MORE
May 27, 2014 GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 at Hudsonville Tuesday Grand Haven vs. Holland West Ottawa Mona Shores vs. Rockford Hudsonville vs. Jenison --- Division 2 at Coopersville Reeths-Puffer vs. Muskegon Fruitport vs. Sparta Coopersville vs. GR Kenowa Hills Thursday Spr... READ MORE
May 25, 2014 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal Sometimes life doesn’t work out the way we want it to. While championships are one measure of team sport success, more often athletes must learn to deal with bitter loss. Exhibit A: In high school varsity athletics, only one team... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 Local Sports Journal Western Michigan Christian played its last game of the regular season and took a 3-1 win over Orchard View in non-league soccer action on Thursday. Alexys Riksen scored the first of her two goals early in the first half to put WMC up 1-0. Riksen put the... READ MORE
May 22, 2014 Local Sports Journal Mackayla Zimmer's goal about 24 minutes into the game gave the Oakridge girls soccer team a 1-0 victory over Whitehall Wednesday and the West Michigan Conference championship. Goalkeeper Nicky Wall got the shutout for Oakridge. Summer Messerchmidt had a... READ MORE