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Joe Buck gives Norton Shores tennis whiz kids Drew and Reid Hackney national exposure
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R-P’s Hunter McCall fulfilled a lot of dreams by winning a state wrestling title on Saturday
March 10, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – When Hunter McCall won a Division 2 state wrestling championship on Saturday at Detroit’s Ford Field, he accomplished a...
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Big Reds appear to be in postseason form in a 74-44 blasting of Grand Rapids Union
March 10, 2020By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND HAVEN – Something about the postseason brings out an extra burst of energy for the Muskegon Big Reds.
Not that they were...
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Grand Haven shoots the lights out in a 73-56 win over Reeths-Puffer in boys districts
March 10, 2020By Steve Gunn
LocalSportsJournal.comGRAND HAVEN – All coaches hope that their team is playing its best basketball when tournament time rolls around.
It’s a dream scenario...
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Undefeated Ravenna rolls into the Division 3 districts with a 59-41 victory over the Norse
March 9, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comRAVENNA – The Ravenna boys basketball team made school history last week by completing a 20-0 regular season.
But that means nothing now...
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Monday boys hoops district roundup: Spring Lake opens postseason with D2 win over OV
March 9, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Spring Lake boys basketball team opened Division 2 district play with a 62-48 win over Orchard View on Monday.
The Lakers wasted no time on...
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R-P’s Emcee Williams and teammates ready to test themselves in tough D1 districts
March 8, 2020By Nate Thompson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – Four years ago, Emcee Williams got his chance to play varsity basketball at Reeths-Puffer, purely out of necessity.
The previous...
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Who’s playing who, when and where in this week’s boys basketball district tournaments
March 8, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The following are matchups, dates, times and sites for this week’s Division 1-4 high school boys basketball district tournaments.
The champion of each district tournament will...
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Berg scores 20th goal, but Lumberjacks fall short, losing 4-3 to Tri-City
March 8, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks kept grinding and nearly fought back from a two-goal deficit on Saturday, but ended up falling 4-3 to the Tri-City Storm in...
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Risers show off their offense, improve to 4-1-1, with an 18-5 blasting of Kalamazoo
March 8, 2020By Steve Gunn and Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – It’s interesting to imagine what the Muskegon Risers might have accomplished if they had been in a...
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Lauren Ross nets 37 points, leading Reeths-Puffer past Muskegon in D1 district title game
March 7, 2020By Andrew Johnson
LocalSportsJournal.comNORTON SHORES – It’s unclear how much high school basketball is left in the career of Reeths-Puffer senior Lauren Ross, before she...
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Williams strong in goal, helping Lumberjacks beat Tri-City 4-1 on the road
March 7, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Muskegon Lumberjacks need to finish off the regular season strong if they want to qualify for the Clark Cup playoffs next month.
Good goaltending will...
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WMC girls basketball team downs Saugatuck 59-40, wins Division 3 district championship
March 7, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Western Michigan Christian girls basketball team refers to itself as the “Great 8.”
That’s because only eight girls went out for the varsity squad this...
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Fruitport Calvary girls fight off stubborn MCC, win seventh straight D4 district title
March 7, 2020By Mitchell Boatman
LocalSportsJournal.comFRUITPORT TWP. — The Fruitport Calvary Christian girls basketball team has relied on its seniors to carry the load this season.
But when...
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Spring Lake girls hang on to their lead this time, beat Montague and win D2 district title
March 7, 2020By Dave Tomczak
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – The Spring Lake girls basketball players still felt the sting of their first meeting with Montague in December, when they...
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Ironmen pay dearly for mistakes in a 47-37 season opening loss to Music City Fire
March 6, 2020By Steve Gunn and Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON – Arena football is played on a short field as it is – only 50 yards instead of...
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Hart girls basketball squad overcomes slow start, defeats Evart to win D3 district
March 6, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Hart girls basketball squad overcame a rough start and managed to dig deep and defeat Evart 50-38 on Friday to win a Division 3...
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Kent City opens contest strong, holds off Morley-Stanwood to win Div. 3 district
March 6, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
An early lead ended up giving the Kent City girls basketball team the edge in their District finals game against Morley Stanwood Friday night, defeating...
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Ironmen ready to open their fifth season on Friday with a home game against Music City
March 6, 2020By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.comMUSKEGON -T he West Michigan Ironmen had one stumbling block last season – the West Virginia Roughriders.
The Ironmen finished the regular season...
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Thursday boys hoops roundup: Whitehall finishes regular season with a victory
March 5, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Whitehall boys basketball team ended its regular season with a 44-36 win over Fruitport on Thursday in non-league play.
The Vikings led 8-6 after the...
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Big Reds boys basketball squad ends regular season with four-point win over Kalamazoo Central
March 5, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com
The Big Reds boys basketball team ended the regular season with a close 49-45 victory over Kalamazoo Central on Thursday in non-league action.
Nash Vern paced...
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