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- Muskegon’s Tony Ferguson returns to the ring on Saturday in a featured pay-per-view UFC bout May 8, 2020By Nich Wolak LocalSportsJournal.com The UFC is one of the first pro sports organizations to return from the COVID-19 shutdown, and a local fighter will be headlining Saturday’s MMA pay-per-view event on ESPN+ at 10 p.m. Tony Ferguson (25-3 overall, …Jason Goorman
- Local sports community mourns the loss of Clayton Cochran, a state champion basketball player and veteran referee May 3, 2020By Jason Goorman LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON HEIGHTS – Clayton Cochran was a basketball referee, and a very good one at that. But he was truly passionate about the sport that he excelled in as a young man, and loved to teach …Jason Goorman
- R-P football coach Matt Bird feeling healthy and hopeful again, following a month-long bout with COVID-19 April 30, 2020By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP – Matt Bird, like all football coaches, is certainly hoping there will be a season this fall. But after what he’s been through, Bird can’t help but feel a new sense of hope and …Jason Goorman
- [VIDEO] COVID Dreams by Leo Valdez: “We shall read again” April 27, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com LSJ photographer Leo Valdez has certainly been dreaming of all the games everyone is missing right now. So it was not surprising Leo somehow found a game taking place at the local sandlot. It was even less of a shocker …Jason Goorman
- Despite the interruption, former WMC star Evan Bruinsma far from finished with European basketball career April 23, 2020By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com NEW ERA – When his college basketball career concluded at the University of Detroit Mercy, Evan Bruinsma seemed likely to follow the path most common for the vast majority of players who are not candidates for …Jason Goorman
- LSJ podcast: An interview with Shelby’s Fred Inglis, who spent years as a sports journalist, covering California’s top stars April 18, 2020LocalSportsJournal.com Fred Inglis grew up in Shelby, and a lot of people around Oceana County know him and love him. But relatively few folks have a full appreciation of the amazing things he accomplished and experienced during his 22 years …Jason Goorman
- After leading his team to another district title, Hart’s Travis Rosema is the Division 3-4 All-LSJ Coach of the Year April 14, 2020By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com HART – He may be only two years into his tenure as head coach of the Hart girls’ basketball team, but Travis Rosema has already made quite an impact. But that impact, Rosema says, wouldn’t be …Jason Goorman
- Courtney Kemp, who coached Ravenna to a 20-0 regular season, headlines the Division 3-4 boys All-LSJ team April 13, 2020By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com RAVENNA – The Ravenna boys basketball team very much needed a steadying hand going into the 2019-20 season, following several months of disappointing news. The Bulldogs had their share of talent coming back following a 15-7 …Jason Goorman
- Former football star Cody Kater is the Division 1-2 All-LSJ girls basketball Coach of the Year April 10, 2020By Andrew Johnson LocalSportsJournal.com MONTAGUE – On Feb. 20, the Montague and Hart girls basketball teams met in the last conference game of the season, with a championship on the line. The game eventually went three overtimes before Montague pulled …Jason Goorman
- Muskegon’s Coach Guy heads up the 2019-20 Division 1-2 boys All-LSJ basketball squad April 9, 2020By Steve Gunn LocalSportsJournal.com MUSKEGON – Keith Guy believed his team had the talent, experience and momentum to make a serious run at a state championship. We will never know if he was right, because the season ended just before …Jason Goorman
