MARQUETTE — It’s not easy to replace one of the all-time greats at your school, but that’s what Nolan Kent has the chance to do this fall for the Northern Michigan University hockey team. After playing backup to two-time WCHA Goaltender of the Year Atte Tolvanen, Kent is now the ...
2019 schedule (* West PAC Iron Division game) Thurs., Aug. 29 — * BARK RIVER-HARRIS, 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 6 — * at Manistique, 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 13 — * LAKE LINDEN-HUBBELL, 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 20 — HANCOCK, 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 27 — at Houghton, 7 p.m. Fri., Oct. 4 — ...
When I look at baseball right now, it seems to be full of dreams and nightmares. Not much in between. If you’re a Detroit Tigers fan, it is the nightmares. The Tigers are awful, potentially legendarily awful. What makes it worse, though, is that players who have left the franchise have ...
Above, Marquette’s Connor Johnson advances the ball against Huron High School Saturday in Saginaw. (Photo submitted). The Redmen boys soccer team traveled downstate for the Heritage Soccer Showcase Tournament and was dealt three losses. Marquette fell to Heritage 1-0, Huron 2-1 and ...
2019 schedule (* West PAC Copper Division game) Thurs., Aug. 29 — * at Iron Mountain, 7 p.m. ET Fri., Sept. 6 — * CALUMET, 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 13 — * at Hancock, 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 20 — at Manisitque, 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 27 — ISHPEMING, 7 p.m. Fri., Oct. 4 — ...
By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer MARQUETTE — Temperatures hung around in the 50s, while the morning sun shone down on Lake Superior and over Presque Isle Park. It made for a perfect setting to end the first week of the high school cross country season for seven teams ...
By JOHN VRANCIC Escanaba Daily Press KINGSFORD — Marquette sophomore outside hitter Seiler Hruska puts plenty of time into her game during the off-season. It showed in a season-opening volleyball meet Friday as the Marquette Redettes captured the title in the Kingsford Invitational by ...
By MATT McCARTHY Iron Mountain Daily News and Journal Sports Staff KINGSFORD — Westwood prevailed as the top team at Friday’s Kingsford Invitational tennis tournament. The Patriots, with an overall team score of 45 points, had six first place finishers. West Iron County was second with ...
MARQUETTE — Despite a turnover in its doubles lineup, Marquette dropped just one set and didn’t lose a match in an 8-0 high school girls tennis victory over visiting Gladstone on Thursday. The Redettes’ No. 4 doubles tandem of Julianna Golisek and Alyson LaBelle won 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 over ...
2019 schedule (* West PAC Copper Division game) Thurs., Aug. 29 — * HOUGHTON, 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 6 — * at Iron Mountain, 7 p.m. ET Fri., Sept. 13 — * CALUMET, 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 20 — at Ishpeming, 7 p.m. Fri., Sept. 27 — MANISTIQUE, 7 p.m. Fri., Oct. 4 — * at ...
The Marquette County Mavericks pose with the Superiorland Baseball League playoff championship trophy after topping the Channing Railroaders 3-1 on Saturday evening. Earlier in the day, the Mavericks defeated the Negaunee Blasters 13-2 in the semifinals. This marked the Mavericks' third title ...
Range Bank won the playoff championship in the 9- and 10-year-old Minor Division of the Marquette County Little League earlier this month. Range defeated Goodwin’s 13-0, Gwinn 18-5, and in the title game, U.P. Rehab 12-5. Playoff highlights for Range included Charlie Hrodey pitching a ...
Players and coaches from Ishpeming hold up the championship banner after defeating Portage Lake during the Little League baseball Majors Division District 11 finals held in Negaunee on July 12. (Photo courtesy Daryl T. Jarvinen)
The Marquette Senior High School girls varsity soccer team clinched the Upper Peninsula Conference championship in late May. Front row kneeling from left are Sydney Lake, Rachel Hoult, Ketlove Gray, Kayley Elmblad, Paige Britton and Taylor Ragusett. Top row standing from left, Sophie Bartlett, ...
MARQUETTE — H. Thomas Berryman of Marquette registered his first hole-in-one Tuesday at the Northern Michigan University Golf Course in Chocolay Township. He got his ace during league play using an 8-iron on the 106-yard third hole. His team shot 31 for its nine-hole round. Witnesses were ...
CHAMPION — Dan Ellis and Casey Lubahn won the championship flight by four strokes in Wawonowin Country Club’s annual two-man best ball tournament held June 8-9. Ellis and Lubahn shot 64 the first day under hard and fast conditions, then 65 around significant rain the second day for 129. ...
WILSON — Volunteers are being sought to help during the inaugural Island Resort Intercollegiate golf tournament to be held at Sage Run Golf Club at the Island Resort & Casino on Sept. 1-2. Volunteers are needed in a variety of areas, similar to the ways they assisted at Symetra Tour ...
CHAMPION — Lake Skytta and Stella Lehtinen were low shooters at the Wawonowin Country Club of the Marquette County Junior Golf Association in mid-July. Here are the scores, listed with top finishers first: Boys — Flight 1: Lake Skytta 25, Nolan McCutcheon 27, Mavy Moore 29; Flight 2: ...
River Rock Lanes Mon. Men & Women Seniors — Bob Fleury 236-649, Sandy Hebert 472; Mark Stuart 204, Bill Holm 577; Mike Laurin 578, Darrell Olson 575, Lyn Rolain 208-545 Fri. Men’s Senior All-Timers — Chuck Pool 244-587, Bob Fleury 224-622, Bob Belmore 223-563, Dave Kangas 549, ...
"We’re hitting balls back in play, but now we have to work on being more productive." — Derek Sandstrom, head coach, Marquette girls tennis ----------------- ESCANABA — Some nerves were on display early, but players on both sides settled down in a season-opening tennis match played ...