May 02, 2015 By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com FRUITPORT - The Fruitport boys and Reeths-Puffer girls track teams repeated as champions Friday at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association City Track and Field Championships. Fruitport, which hosted the tournament, outdistanced ru... READ MORE
Apr 09, 2015 By John Jarvi Local Sports Journal The all-time list of West Michigan girls' track leaders has a new record holder in the pole vault. Bella LeRoux, a sophomore at Spring Lake High School, cleared 12-feet-four-and-three/quarters inches in March while competing in an indoor ... READ MORE
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Jul 12, 2014 Local Sports Journal GRAND HAVEN -- Conditions weren't great Saturday, but the competitors in the Grand Haven Beach Vault still put on an interesting display. Former Grand Valley State University pole vaulter Kristen Hixson won the elite women invite by clearing 14-feet-one... READ MORE
Jul 09, 2014 Local Sports Journal GRAND HAVEN -- Some outstanding pole vaulters are again expected to be competing Friday and Saturday in the Grand Haven Beach Vault. The two-day open competition is grouped by age and qualifying heights using two pole vault pits. All of the compet... READ MORE
Jun 01, 2014 Local Sports Journal The boys track team from Mason County Central came within a cat’s whisker of winning Saturday’s Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Div. 3 state title. In fact they came withing six points. The Spartans, led by senior dominant dist... READ MORE
May 31, 2014 Local Sports Journal Spring Lake pole-vaulters Allie and Gabriella LeRoux finished first/second in the pole vault completion at Saturday’s Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Div. 2 state meet. Coupled with a state-title winning 800 meter performance by the ... READ MORE
May 31, 2014 Local Sports Journal Just two weeks ago, the only chance anyone would have given the boys 4x800 meter relay team from Western Michigan Christian at the state meet was a third-place finish. A lot can happen in 13 days. The Warriors stunned the field Saturday at the Michig... READ MORE
May 31, 2014 Local Sports Journal At Rockford High School, the Muskegon area earned two individual All-State place finishers at Saturday’s Division 1 Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) state track and field meet. And both were high jumpers. Mona Shores senior Adreon ... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Here are the boys area qualifiers for the MHSAA state finals track meet on Saturday. Division 1 Long jump: Brentton Smith, Grand Haven. High jump: Adreon Billips, Mona Shores Pole vault: Brandt Gruizinga, Grand Haven. 100: Marquon Sargent, Mona Shores. 100 hurdles: Coll... READ MORE
May 29, 2014 Here are the girls area qualifiers for the MHSAA state finals track meet on Saturday. Division 1 High jump: Amy Kober, Grand Haven; Chloe Fox, Reeths-Puffer. Long jump: Jasmine Gulley, Mona Shores. 100: Kynihay Brown, Muskegon. Division 2 Pole vault: Amy Grace Shoop... READ MORE
May 24, 2014 MITCA Division 4 State meet (At Saugatuck) 1, Summerfield 869.5; 2, Sand Creek 840; 3, Evart 825.5; 4, Saugatuck 806.5; 5, Western Michigan Christian 793; 6, Kalamazoo Christian 668; 7, Manton 653.5; 8, Onekama 652; 9, Gobles 641; 10, Eau Claire 522. WMC results SHOT ... READ MORE
May 20, 2014 Local Sports Journal Below is the final entry list for tomorrow's (May 21) annual Meijer West Michigan All-Star track and field Invitational held at Reeths-Puffer High School. The meet features the best runners, jumpers and throwers along the West Michigan shoreline, i... READ MORE
May 16, 2014 Local Sports Journal GIRLS TRACK REGIONALS Division 1 at Grand Haven 1, Rockford 143; 2, Jenison 96; 3, Hudsonville 56; 4, Grandville 54; 5, Greenville 52; 6, Grand Rapids forest Hills Northern 48; 6, Grand Rapids Kenowa Hilla 48; 8, Grand Haven 38; 9, Reeths-Puffer ... READ MORE
May 16, 2014 Local Sports Journal BOYS TRACK REGIONALS Division 1 at Grand Haven 1, Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills 97; 2, Grandville 78; 3, Rockford 67; 4, Grand Haven 63.5; 5, Jenison 62; 6, Mona Shores 56; 7, Holland West Ottawa 50; 8, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills 39; 9, Hudsonville 38... READ MORE
May 15, 2014 Local Sports Journal The Whitehall Vikings are on a roll. Posting their second shutout win in as many games, the Vikings mercied Mason County Central 8-0 Thursday afternoon in girls West Michigan Conference girls soccer action. Whitehall, which led 6-0 at the halftime br... READ MORE
May 15, 2014 By Mark Lewis Local Sports Journal Track and field is different from other sports in that competitors stand face-to-face, toe-to-toe and wish the entire field, with complete sincerity, “Good luck.” And then they run their tails off trying to beat each other. The... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal NEWAYGO -- Hesperia, White Cloud and Newaygo all had entrants win championships Tuesday in the Central States Athletic Association league track meets. White Cloud finished second in the girls' meet while Hesperia came in third in the boys' meet. He... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 By Local Sports Journal SHELBY - The Whitehall Vikings and Mason County Central Spartans slugged away at each other Tuesday, but it was Whitehall which came away as the boys' track champions in the West Michigan Conference league meet. Whitehall turned back Mason Central... READ MORE
May 14, 2014 Local Sports Journal SHELBY - The Whitehall Vikings showed its team depth in winning the West Michigan Conference girls' league meet Tuesday night. Whitehall scored 130 points to turn back runner-up Montague. Montague ended with 104 points. It was Whitehall's balance that... READ MORE
May 10, 2014 By Local Sports Journal FRUITPORT -- Nine first places finishes, including three by Zack Gilson, helped carry the host Fruitport Trojans to the Lakes Eight Conference track meet championship Friday. Gilson won the 200- and 400-meter dashes and added a first place in the l... READ MORE