By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer MARQUETTE — For the first time in roughly 200 days, the temperature reached 60 degrees in Marquette. As the temperature gets warmer, it hints at signs of spring and summer, and slowly hints at football season. The Northern Michigan University football ...
By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer MARQUETTE — Win and get in. That was the implication going into Saturday’s lacrosse game between Northern Michigan University and Ashland at the Superior Dome. Fighting for the sixth and final seed in the GLIAC Tournament, the Wildcats prevailed, ...
Last Sunday, a Tiger showed he can still roar. No, it wasn’t a Detroit Tiger. They lost to Minnesota 6-4 and are starting to come back down to earth after a surprisingly good start to the season. Detroit is three games out of first place in the AL Central, which is nice, but let’s not get ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team lost 23-0 to No. 12 Indianapolis at the Superior Dome on Thursday night in a critical late-season GLIAC contest. The Wildcats fell into an 18-0 hole at halftime, and continued to be held off the scoreboard in the second ...
RAPID RIVER — The weather turned blustery after a downpour a day earlier, but the Rapid River softball team stayed hot Thursday on its field against Munising. The Rockets swept the Mustangs 15-0 in both games as Rapid River pitcher Natalie Belanger came away with two perfect games. In ...
MARQUETTE — Fans will get to see the Northern Michigan University football team in action for the first time in 2019 on Saturday afternoon with the annual spring game taking place in the Superior Dome. The Wildcats will have a different look this season, particularly on offense. With the ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team has moved its summer camps to July. The Wildcats’ Youth All-Skills Camp will be held July 8-9, Elite All-Skills Camp on July 10-11 and High School Team Camp from July 12-14. Each camp takes place at the NMU volleyball gym, ...
CARNEY — Carney-Nadeau Public School will host a one-day, four-on-four basketball tournament for youth players on Saturday, May 4. Students in grades 3 to 12 are invited to participate in 10 divisions, five each for boys and for girls in grades 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. Proceeds go ...
"We didn’t even talk about it during the game, and all of a sudden, boom — there it is." — Jared Koski, Westwood softball head coach, on Karlie Patron’s no-hitter ---------------- By AUSTIN HEMMINGSON Escanaba Daily Press MANISTIQUE — The weather wasn’t great, but that ...
ESCANABA — The Bay de Noc Community College baseball team has added a date against the Northern Michigan University club team to its schedule for this weekend. The teams will meet to play a doubleheader at the Wells Sports Complex just north of Escanaba at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Up next: No. 12 Indianapolis at NMU, Superior Dome, 7 p.m. Thursday; Ashland at NMU, Superior Dome, 11 a.m. Saturday ----------------- MARQUETTE — The women’s lacrosse team of Northern Michigan University will complete its regular season at home this week with a pair of GLIAC games in ...
ESCANABA — The deadline is nearing to purchase tickets for the 48th annual induction banquet of the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. Tickets must be purchased by Monday, April 29, for the Saturday, May 11, event at the Island Resort and Casino in Harris, located about 15 miles west of ...
ESCANABA — Tyler Quinnell, 12, of Marquette finished runner-up in the 8-12-year-old division of the 31st annual Great Lakes Youth Pool tournament held Saturday at Crazy Joe’s Pool Hall. Kaden Hillman, 10, of New London, Wisconsin, captured the youngest of three divisions at the tourney, ...
MARQUETTE — Junior Rachel Helm was the biggest story on the Northern Michigan University women’s swimming and diving team for the third straight season. While she didn’t win an NCAA Division II national championship in a backstroke event like she did as a freshman and sophomore, she did ...
CANTON, Ohio — Caro Els again led the Northern Michigan University women’s golf team at a tournament here over the weekend. The Wildcats junior was fourth overall as NMU finished third at the Cav Classic hosted by Walsh University on Saturday and Sunday at Glenmoor Country Club. Els, ...
BOSTON — A look at online results appears to show eight runners from Marquette County who completed the Boston Marathon on Monday. Bill Sved is the star of the group, making a top-100 finish among 70-74-year-old men, the only one of these runners to come up with a finish in the top 250 of ...
ISHPEMING — The Iron Range Women’s Softball League will hold its annual organizational meeting at the Ishpeming Township Hall at 6 p.m. Monday. All teams must have a representative attend the meeting and new teams are welcome. Sponsor fee this season will be $135. For more information, ...
"There was some talk about doing it last year, but we wanted Menominee to get their feet wet before we threw that on them." — Scott Hanson, Escanaba manager, on formally sponsoring baseball in the Great Northern Conference --------------------- ESCANABA — There promises to be an ...
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ROCHESTER — The Northern Michigan University women’s track and field team broke two school records and posted an NCAA Division II national outdoor meet provisional mark as the Wildcats won the Golden Grizzly Invitational on Friday and Saturday. Hosted by NCAA Division I Oakland ...