HANCOCK — The Copper Country Flames took a narrow 4-3 lead over the Marquette Blues into an early-morning finish today in the state American Legion Zone 5 baseball tournament after their late game was called Thursday night due to darkness. Coach Ron Stimac’s home squad team broke a 1-1 ...
NEGAUNEE — Ishpeming defeated Penokee Range 12-5 on Thursday evening to advance to the championship round of the Little League baseball District 11 Minors Division tournament at Rivers Memorial Field in Negaunee. Other information on the game was not available. Coming out of the ...
NEGAUNEE — Deadline to sign up is tonight for the fifth annual Red Earth Classic mountain bike and foot races to be held in western Marquette County on Saturday morning and afternoon. For mountain bikes, there are the 32-mile Beast, 19-mile Loader, 12-mile Dozer and three-mile Junior ...
SANDS — The 360 Fast Lap Spectator Challenge race will be the theme during racing at the Sands Speedway in Sands Township on Saturday afternoon. With Midway Rentals as the sponsor, racing is set for 5-8 p.m. at the track located off highway M-553 with an entrance off the highway about a mile ...
MARQUETTE — A tennis camp will be held at the Marquette Senior High School courts Monday through Thursday, with next Friday as a rain date. The camp is open to youths ages 7 to 18 with registration taking place on Monday morning. For more information, email uppermichigantennis@gmail.com.
"I was hitting some good shots, but Kendra played unbelievable." — Abby Dufrane, runner-up, UPLGA championship -------------------- MARQUETTE — The last time the Upper Peninsula Ladies Golf Association championship tournament was played in Marquette was 2003. That’s when a Marquette ...
HANCOCK — With the Mid-Pen League American Legion baseball regular season and playoffs completed, the Copper Country Flames host the Zone 5 tournament this weekend. The top three teams in the eight-team field after Sunday’s finale will qualify for the state tournament to be played in ...
NEGAUNEE — Ishpeming capitalized early on errors and with aggressive base running and held for a 10-9 victory over Marquette in a Little League baseball District 11 tournament elimination game played in Negaunee on Wednesday. In the day’s other game, Negaunee defeated Penokee Range 10-6 ...
"It was very intimidating when I started — I was playing with women I had heard about and I knew were the best in the U.P." — Paxton Johnson, Escanaba High School junior-to-be, UPLGA championship semifinalist -------------------- MARQUETTE — Each of the two days of match ...
From the sounds of Detroit Tigers commentators in recent days, and then the team pulling off a trade of former All-Star J.D. Martinez on Tuesday night, the Tigers seem ready to hold a fire sale — trading its aging stars for young prospects. Thank goodness. Not that I’m thrilled that ...
NEGAUNEE — Thunderstorms on Tuesday set the schedule back a day for the Little League baseball District 11 Minors tournament being held at Rivers Memorial Field in Negaunee. Two games are scheduled for today — an elimination game between Marquette and Ishpeming at 5 p.m. and the finals of ...
"I had a good back nine and my chipping was good." — Karen Plaisier, Ishpeming, 2015 UPLGA champion ----------------- MARQUETTE — It was a perfect day for championship play to begin as the sun shone brightly with a breeze flowing through the Heritage course of the Marquette Golf Club ...
GWINN — The Marquette County Mavericks put together a four-run rally in the fourth inning to take the lead for good, then hung on for an 8-7 victory over 906 Sports Bar & Grill in a Superiorland Baseball League game played in Gwinn on Monday. In other action in this summer’s new adult ...
NEGAUNEE — Marquette defeated Portage Lake 7-6 in dramatic fashion during an elimination game of the Little League District 11 Minors baseball tournament Monday night in Negaunee. Marquette head coach Jamie Ridl said the win was a classic. “It was a great atmosphere, and it was what ...
"It’s tough seeing a teammate (go down) like that." — Derek Swajanen, manager, Marquette Blues, about injuries to Tyler Larson and Alec Gadzinski ------------------- MENOMINEE — The Marquette Blues overcame some difficult circumstances to win the Mid-Pen league tournament on Sunday. ...
MARQUETTE — Abby DuFrane of Marinette, Wisconsin, didn’t even have to show up at the Marquette Golf Club on Sunday to earn the No. 1 seed for the championship flight of the 91st Upper Peninsula Ladies Golf Association championship tournament. She earned her position by winning last ...
MARQUETTE — The West End Negaunee-Ishpeming-Gwinn team lost 14-5 to Iron Mountain North to bow out of the Little League baseball Junior section tournament on Sunday. In the District 11 Minors tournament held in Negaunee, also Sunday, Ishpeming dropped Baraga 14-4, Negaunee beat Keweenaw ...
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MARQUETTE — Former Northern Michigan University and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Thunderbirds goalie Michael Doan died in a single-car accident on Saturday morning in Minnesota. Doan was driving a 2013 Nissan Altima on Highway 14 just outside Rochester when his car reportedly went into a ...
Pagenaud takes pole in Toronto TORONTO (AP) — Simon Pagenaud took the pole Saturday for the IndyCar race Sunday at Exhibition Place. Pagenaud had a track-record lap of 58.9124 seconds at an average speed of 109.138 mph on the 1.786-mile street course for his first pole of the season and ...