Football players and coaches from the Black squad pose for their team picture with their coaches in the top two rows and helmets representing their high schools in front of them in the Superior Dome on June 20 during the Upper Peninsula Football All-Star Game media day. Both teams had 13 area ...
MARQUETTE — The Superiorland Kiwanis have named Izzie Peterson and Alec Olivier as the Marquette Senior High School Athletes of the Month for May. Peterson, the female athlete of the month, won her award based on a consistently high effort she puts forth both in track and field practice ...
NEGAUNEE — Three one-run games highlighted action in Class B of the Iron Range Women’s Softball League on June 21. Sandy Carlson went 4 for 4 and scored the winning run in Signs Unlimited’s 11-10 victory over Quality Car Care, which also got a 4-for-4 day from Becky Moyle. Nicki Frisk knocked in the game-winner while going 2 for 3 with a triple as Pasquali’s squeaked by Eagles 6-5. The Eagles’ Amy Bazinette had three hits. And the final tight score in Class B came when Dave’s Collision bested Buster’s 16-15. The winners’ Libbie Doney went 3 for 3 with two doubles ...
ISHPEMING — Matches were close throughout the Ishpeming Men’s Horseshoe League during the week ending June 29. In the Major Division, Stonehouse edged Maki’s Mini-Mart 10-8, the same score that Riverside Club defeated Pine Grove by. In the Classic Division, Household Appliance also won 10-8 over Willey’s Tire Shop, while 11-7 victories were posted by American Legion over Negaunee VFW and Cascade Inn over Paradise Bar. ------------ Gwinn Mixed League In matches of June 29, Challengers bounced Double Ringers 14-4, B-Ring It On dropped Night Hawk 13-5 and Got It Pegged ...
By Journal Sports Staff ISHPEMING — Hannah Holma went 3 for 4 and picked up the walkoff, winning run batted in as Screened Image edged Buck’s Party Store 10-9 in Class A of the Iron Range Women’s Softball League on June 14. Teammate Mariah Dunham was 4 for 4 while Meagan Petros was 3 for 4. Buck’s Kathy Hill and Nikki Christensen each went 3 for 4. In another one-run game in Class A, Sue Rice and Sheri Wooden both homered as Jubilee Foods slipped past Honkala Construction 17-16. Honkala’s Laura L’Esperance also hit a home run. Amber Emanuelson made what observers ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The Marquette BMX track hosted an open house and race on June 17, with a number of new riders attending. Included in the group was Derek Potvin, 8, who picked up his first 8 Novice win. Three youngsters earned their first wins on each of the first two nights of competition this season at the track on June 1 and 6. On June 1, Peyton Mayer, age 3, won the Balance Bike class, while Mason Mills, 5, took the 6 Novice class and Caleb Morgan, 8, won the 8 Novice class. On June 6, the youngest first-time winner was Kruz Saile, 2, of Marquette in ...
