Hematite boys edge Miners; NHS girls first
Gerald Burton of Ishpeming high jumps at a quadrangular track and field meet held at Negaunee on Thursday. (Journal photo by Kurt Mensching)
NEGAUNEE — Thursday’s Negaunee quadrangular track meet allowed Scott Syrjala to teach a lesson on adversity to his Ishpeming/Republic-Michigamme boys team.
“We kind of had the adversity talk, saying hey, we’re facing a little bit of adversity, we’re shorthanded,” Syrjala said after the Hematites edged Negaunee, 95-93, in a meet that came down to the final race.
One of Ishpeming’s top sprinters, Casey Hares, was unable to compete with a lingering hamstring injury, leaving Syrjala to rely on his younger athletes to pick up the slack.
“Kids like Kenny Peterson, Lonnie Hess, they’ve never been in a varsity relay before,” Syrjala said. “But that 3,200 relay, we still took first, and in that 3,200 relay, we had two freshman in there, the kids did great.”
“So I’m really, really proud of the kids,” he added.
Redmen rule at Esky event
ESCANABA — The Marquette Redmen used their depth Thursday to win the Escanaba Invitational boys golf title.
With one of their top players absent, the Redmen shot 321 at the Escanaba Country Club to win the eight-team event.
Electricians out of MWEHL
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Electricians Midget AAA hockey team and the Sault Ste. Marie Indians were both notified Wednesday their membership in the Midwest Elite Hockey League was terminated.
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IRON RIVER — The Iron Mountain High School boys golf team outplayed a field of 21 teams to cop the top spot at the West Iron County Invitational, which was held at the George Young Golf Course in Iron River Thursday.
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CHEBOYGAN — Marquette Senior High School pitcher Jenny Hopper threw a one-hitter in the Redettes’ second game of a doubleheader with Cheboygan, Thursday, to lead her team to an 18-1 five-inning mercy rule victory.
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NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee Miners boys tennis team took a 7-1 win over visiting Escanaba on Thursday.
Negaunee singles players Caleb Scanlon (No. 2), Jake Espinoza (No. 3) and Brian Price (No. 4) all defeated their opponents.
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