By AUSTIN HEMMINGSON Escanaba Daily Press ESCANABA — Paul DeGrand and Bill Dubord were just going for a casual round of golf on morning of June 27 at the Escanaba Country Club. Or so they thought. The pair of Michigan State University graduates — with the nicknames Woggs and Dubi ...
By RYAN SPITZA Special to the Journal MARQUETTE — It was certainly a more somber Independence Day this year. While many Upper Peninsula communities made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel their Fourth of July festivities amid the coronavirus pandemic, one long-standing ...
ESCANABA — With tennis considered one of the easier sports to conduct social distancing, organizers of the 73rd annual Michigan-Wisconsin Tennis Open still plan to hold their tournament the weekend of Aug. 1-2 in Escanaba. Deadline to enter with payment is Friday, July 24, with a ...
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Up next: Marquette Reds host Bark River in 6 p.m. Monday doubleheader ---------------- MARQUETTE — The Marquette Reds did all they could to keep its game against Norway-Niagara, Wisconsin, going the full seven innings, but in the end the visitors from the Michigan-Wisconsin border ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Sue Micklow and Kendra Anderson of the Marquette Golf Club won the women’s championship flight by two strokes at the Upper Peninsula Best Ball tournament held at Pine Grove Country Club on June 22-23. Sponsored by the U.P. Golf Association, the associated men’s ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette BMX track held three nights of racing through last week during this summer, including its Olympic Day on Thursday. Four nights have been on the schedule, but last week’s event on Tuesday was rained out. The track is located at the Kaufman Sports Complex off ...
HARVEY — Chris Crockett of Marquette recorded the first hole-in-one at Gentz’s Homestead Golf Course in Chocolay Township on Sunday. He used an 8-iron for his first ace on the 130-yard, par-3 second hole. He was playing off the white tees. Witnesses were his wife Karen Crockett and ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The Marquette Blues entry into the Upper Peninsula Under-19 Baseball League put on their hitting shoes Monday night for an 11-6 victory over visiting Menominee at the Gerard Haley Memorial Field in Marquette. Though a doubleheader was listed on the ...
MUNISING — Six champions were crowned in various age groups at the second Upper Peninsula Junior Golf Tournament stop held at Pictured Rocks Golf Course on June 22. Twenty-two golfers traveled to Munising for this U.P. Golf Association event ranging in age from 7 to 17, playing under ...
ISHPEMING — The annual Ishpeming High School alumni softball tournament has been pared way down, but will still be held this Fourth of July holiday weekend for the 41st year. Just one game will be played, the classes of 2019 vs. 2020, at 6 p.m. Friday at the Al Quaal Recreation Area field ...
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EAST LANSING — The Michigan High School Athletic Association is looking for more than a few good men and women. And even a number of teens, too, for a special program. The MHSAA is accepting registration online and by mail for game officials for the coming school year. The governing body ...
"They say baseball is a game of inches, and that’s what this game boiled down to." — DEREK SWAJANEN, manager, Marquette Blues ------------------ GLADSTONE — The Gladstone Indians picked up their first win of the season and handed the Marquette Blues their first loss with a 6-5 ...
CHAMPION — The duo of Ryan Farley and Dan Ellis won the overall championship by a single stroke at the Two-Man Best Ball Invitational golf tournament held at Wawonowin Country Club on June 13-14. They shot rounds of 67 on Saturday and 65 Sunday for a 132 total, while runners-up Jared Koski ...
Up next: In Friday doubleheaders, the Reds host Iron Mountain at 5 p.m., and Blues go to Ishpeming at 6 p.m. ----------------- MARQUETTE — The Marquette Blues held on for a one-run win in their opener, then blew past Bark River in the nightcap for a doubleheader sweep at home in the ...
LOS ANGELES — Former Michigan Tech hockey player Matt Roy has received four team awards from the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings for the 2019-20 regular season, which has wrapped up as the Kings did not qualify for the 24-team NHL playoffs set to start in July. Roy earned the Mark Bavis Memorial ...
MARQUETTE — Head coach Jenny Ryan and the Northern Michigan University women’s track and field team has landed six recruits for the 2020-21 indoor and outdoors seasons that run from early December through the end of May. “This incoming class will add depth and strength to many different ...
HARVEY — Club member Michael Kuzak plunked in his first hole-in-one at the Northern Michigan University Golf Course on Monday. Kuzak used a 9-iron at the 106-yard No. 3 to hole out his tee shot while shooting 41 for his nine-hole round. Witness to his feat was his wife and playing ...
MARQUETTE — Five young golfers from the Marquette Golf Club and one from Wawonowin Country Club in Champion won titles at the opening Upper Peninsula Golf Association Junior Tour event held at the Marquette Golf Club’s Heritage Club last Tuesday. The second stop for the juniors was held ...