May 17, 2013 Local Sports Journal Hesperia and Holton took a marathon opening game into 11 innings before Holton won 4-3 while Hesperia won the nightcap with a seventh-inning rally and a 13-10 win. In Game 1, Holton's Dominique Waltz led the 11th inning off with a double, stole third an... READ MORE
May 16, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Big Reds posted 18-1 and 13-10 softball victories over the Western Michigan Christian Warriors on Thursday. Lorelle Hallenbeck had a single in the opener for WMC. She pitched three innings, allowed seven hits, struck out seven, allowed tw... READ MORE
May 14, 2013 Local Sports Journal Hesperia fell to Central Montcalm in both of its softball contests on Tuesday. The Panthers fell 4-3 in Game 1 and 5-2 in the nightcap. In Game 1, Hesperia held a 3-2 lead before Central Montcalm scored a pair of runs in the seventh inning. Katie Ann... READ MORE
May 14, 2013 Local Sports Journal Hart fell to Ravenna 19-4 in the opener and 14-1 in Game 2 of a softball doubleheader. Theresa Tate was the losing pitcher for the Pirates in Game 1. Haley Mast posted the Game-2 loss.... READ MORE
May 13, 2013 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake defeated Whitehall 12-6 and 16-8 on Monday in a pair of nonleague softball games. Desi Parker was the winning pitcher in the first game. She had four strikeouts. Ashley Kenna won the second game. She had three strikeouts. ... READ MORE
May 13, 2013 Local Sports Journal Big fourth and fifth innings lifted Kent City to a 15-4 win over Godwin Heights in softball on Monday. The Eagles erupted for five runs in the fourth inning and seven in the fifth. Godwin Heights had led 4-3 entering the fourth. Janae Atwood highligh... READ MORE
May 11, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Onekama Portagers made the trip to Muskegon on Saturday morning and went home in the afternoon with a doubleheader sweep of Western Michigan Christian in girls softball action. In the opener, Onekama won 13-4 and in the second game it was 11-3. A... READ MORE
May 10, 2013 Local Sports Journal It took nine innings and 22 hits before the Fruitport Trojans came away with a 14-9 softball victory over the host Montague Wildcats on Thursday. Lindsey Helson hit a home run while Allison Beckwith had a pair of triples. Morgan Glover was the winning p... READ MORE
May 09, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Hesperia Panthers scored seven runs in the fifth inning and defeated Muskegon Catholic 13-0 in a five-inning softball game. Rachel Farber led Hesperia with two triples. She also knocked in a pair of runs. Paiton Beekman added two hits for the Panthe... READ MORE
May 09, 2013 Local Sports Journal Grand Rapids Covenant Christian pitcher Hannah Nagelkerk pitched a four-inning perfect game on Thursday in the Chargers' 18-0 softball victory over Western Michigan Christian. She struck out eight batters. Anna Sweetman allowed 11 earned runs and str... READ MORE
May 09, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Community College Jayhawks' softball season came to an end on Thursday with a 7-2 loss to Owens Community College. The game was part of the regionals being played in Battle Creek. Taylor Sanicki had a home run and a single for MCC (32-24... READ MORE
May 08, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Muskegon Community College Jayhawk softball team dropped a 3-2 decision to Lansing Community College in Wednesday’s regional opener. The game was played in Battle Creek. That means the Jayhawks will return to action at noon Thursday against the Gr... READ MORE
May 07, 2013 Local Sports Journal Hesperia beat Orchard View 10-4 and 3-2 in a nonconference softball doubleheader on Tuesday. In Hesperia’s 3-2 win, the Panthers managed only a pair of hits from Katie Annis and Rachel Farber. Annie and Paige Lavin drove in runs for the Panthers. ... READ MORE
May 07, 2013 Local Sports Journal Freshman Kennedee Semans tossed a no-hitter to lead Whitehall to an 11-0 win over Hart in the opening game of a West Michigan Conference doubleheader. Whitehall won the nightcap 17-0. Semans fanned 12 in posting the first no-hitter of the season for ... READ MORE
May 07, 2013 Local Sports Journal Muskegon Catholic Central broke open a tight game with eight runs in the fifth inning on Tuesday and defeated Western Michigan Christian 12-6 in a six-inning softball game. Courtney Vanderwater and Katie Sullivan had two hits each for the Crusaders. Van... READ MORE
May 04, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Kent City Eagles had a solid day on the softball field on Saturday and finished second at the Hesperia tournament. In the title game, the Eagles dropped a 3-1 decision to Beal City. In an earlier game, Kent City defeated White Cloud 7-1. Beal Cit... READ MORE
May 04, 2013 By Jim Goorman Local Sports Journal The Holton Red Devils softball team rode the strong right arm of Rachel Younts in the championship game of the GMAA Tier 2 tournament and defeated North Muskegon 4-0 on Saturday. The Red Devils defeated Oakridge 2-1 and Ravenna 11-1 to ... READ MORE
May 04, 2013 By Jim Goorman Local Sports Journal It was a mixture of sunshine, great pitching and a late rally that helped the Reeths-Puffer girls to win the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association’s Tier 1 softball tournament on Saturday afternoon. The Rockets defeated Mona Shores... READ MORE
May 04, 2013 Local Sports Journal The Hesperia Panthers captured a pair of softball victories on Friday over Big Rapids. The Panthers won the opener 7-6 in 10 innings and the nightcap 10-5. The first game was tied at 5-all after seven innings and each team scored a run in the ninth. ... READ MORE
May 03, 2013 Local Sports Journal Kent City was too much for Kelloggsville on Friday with a 10-3 softball victory. The Eagles combined for seven runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. "We finally put some hits together and capitalized on some mistakes," said Krisha Hoffman abo... READ MORE