Jan 19, 2023 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com MANISTEE -- Lacey Zimmerman, a senior at Manistee, chose to officially sign her letter of intent to run track at Ferris State. She said there were actually three reasons she chose to attend the Big Rapids university next year. I... READ MORE
Jun 13, 2022 By Greg Gielczyk LocalSportsJournal.com CUSTER -- A multiple sport athlete, Mason County Eastern graduate Eli Shoup particularly excelled in cross country and track and field. It is in those sports that Shoup, the son of Robert and Amanda Shoup, will be competing at Trine U... READ MORE
Jun 13, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--Kent City runner Kierra Flegel will continue her athletic and academic career at Grace Christian University next year. The senior signed her national letter of intent in mid-March, a few weeks before starting her final seaso... READ MORE
Jun 13, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--Kent City's Alyeska Linsley has signed her national letter of intent to run at Cornerstone University next year. The senior officially made her commitment last month in a signing surrounded by friends and family. During her ... READ MORE
Jun 09, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com GRAND RAPIDS--Ludington’s girls track team had a solid day at the Division 2 state finals with an eighth-place finish and 20 points. The meet was hosted by Forest Hills Eastern. Scoring for Ludington was senior RyAnn Rohrer. Rohrer ... READ MORE
Jun 07, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com HUDSONVILLE -- Mason County Eastern's Corinna Hernandez turned in a pair of All-State finishes among the top athletes at Saturday's Division 4 track and field state meet. Hernandez took second place in the shot put with a top throw of 37-11 while taki... READ MORE
Jun 06, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY--The Division 3 track state finals took place Saturday at Kent City, and on the boys side, Hart placed fifth with a score of 29 and Mason County Central earned sixth with 28. Leading the scoring for Hart were Kellen Kimes, Wy... READ MORE
Jun 06, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com KENT CITY—The Hart girls track and field team claimed their second Division 3 state title on Saturday with a score of 63. Hart's other title came in 2018. Hart, led by their distance runners, took first with a score of 63. Runner-... READ MORE
Jun 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com The Muskegon Heights track team received an exciting boost at Saturday's Division 4 state finals in Hudsonville. Omarion Mason, Anthony Floyd, Jakari Edwards and Ashton Smith earned all-state honors with second-place finishes in both the 400 rela... READ MORE
Jun 06, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com ROCKFORD—Mona Shores senior Demitri Roberson took top honors in the boys long jump in the Division 1 state track meet. His winning distance was 23-6.75 The meet was Saturday at Rockford. Grand Haven sophomore Seth Norder placed second in the 1600 mete... READ MORE
Jun 05, 2022 By Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com HUDSONVILLE -- A promise made, is a promise kept. That was the fulfillment for the Western Michigan Christian girls track team and its school's first-ever girls track state championship at Saturday's Division 4 state finals. T... READ MORE
Jun 03, 2022 Local Sports Journal.com KENT CITY--The Local Sports Journal is pleased to announce that Kent City junior Seth Vanderwest has joined the staff as a contributing writer. Currently, Vanderwest writes about a variety of topics for the Kent City athletic website, including features... READ MORE
Jun 03, 2022 By Seth Vanderwest LocalSportsJournal.com LUDINGTON--RyAnn Rohrer, a basketball and track standout from Ludington High School, has signed her national letter of intent to continue her career at Calvin University. Rohrer helped lead the Ludington girls basketball team to the Di... READ MORE
May 23, 2022 From West Michigan Track Invitational reports LocalSportsJournal.com ZEELAND -- Whitehall came in third and Spring Lake fourth in Friday's Division 2 regional track meet hosted by Zeeland East. Allendale won the team title with 90.5 points while Whitehall had 85.5 for ... READ MORE
May 23, 2022 From West Michigan Track Invitational reports LocalSportsJournal.com ZEELAND -- Whitehall came in fourth and Spring Lake fifth in Friday's Division 2 girls track regional at Zeeland East. Zeeland East ran away with the team title with 165.6 points. Whitehall had 72.6 poin... READ MORE
May 23, 2022 Indian's 1,600 relay team secures tie, Holton's James Hunter wins three events From West Michigan Track Invitational reports LocalSportsJournal.com BRETHREN -- White Cloud's 1,600-meter relay team finished fourth in the final event Saturday and earned White Cloud a share o... READ MORE
May 23, 2022 WMC takes home the regional title in front of Mason County Eastern, White Cloud, Manistee Catholic, Fruitport Calvary Christian, Muskegon Catholic, Holton and Walkerville From West Michigan Track Invitational reports LocalSportsJournal.com BRETHREN -- Abby VanderKooi won t... READ MORE
May 23, 2022 Ludington's Rohrer tops 44-foot mark in winning regional shot put title West Michigan Track Invitational LocalSportsJournal.com CHARLEVOIX -- The recent tornado in Gaylord affected the Division 2 regional final track invite that was set to take place there on Saturday. ... READ MORE
May 21, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com ZEELAND--The Fremont girls track and field team performed well and despite the wind, achieved some impressive Prs at the division 2 regionals held at Zeeland on Friday afternoon. The Packers finished in 9th place, ahead of Coopersville, Fruitport, Muske... READ MORE
May 20, 2022 LocalSportsJournal.com ZEELAND--Despite steady winds in the teens and gusts in the 20s and temperature fluctuation from the high 60s to the mid 80s Fremont had several athletes perform quite well at the track and field regionals held in Zeeland on Friday afternoon. Runners face... READ MORE