ISHPEMING — “Better late than never” might be the motto of the Westwood football team right now. While nearly every other Upper Peninsula teams got its season underway last weekend, the Patriots were forced to cancel their opener against Iron Mountain due to injuries. However, this ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Regional History Center has invited area skiing expert Sten Fjeldheim of Northern Michigan University to make a presentation about Nordic skiing at its center in mid-October. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the program set for 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. ...
NEGAUNEE — It’s been a week of question marks for the Negaunee football team, but things cleared up Wednesday. After originally being forced to cancel their Friday night football game against Gladstone this week, Miners head coach Paul Jacobson confirmed that the game is back on as ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette didn’t drop a set in posting an 8-0 victory over visiting Munising in a high school girls tennis match held Wednesday afternoon. With the Upper Peninsula Finals to be played next week, MSHS head coach Derek Sandstrom was pleased that his team is gearing up for the ...
Detroit Lions fans might miss me, or they might just want to say “Good riddance!” but I really feel like making the big jump off their bandwagon. It’s too bad, because just like the comfortable seat that is the Armchair Quarterback Barcalounger, the bandwagon has some plush seating and ...
MARQUETTE — Mike Mayhew recorded his first hole-in-one Tuesday on the Greywalls course of the Marquette Golf Club. Using a 7-iron and playing from the red tees, Mayhew aced the 109-yard sixth hole. The feat was witnessed by Bob Maurovich.
CALUMET — The Houghton Gremlins doubled their pleasure here Monday by sweeping both ends of the Calumet Invitational cross country meet. Houghton’s boys grabbed five of the top seven places and scored 23 points in the West PAC opener. They were followed by Ishpeming with 36, Negaunee 90 ...
NEGAUNEE — Negaunee High School’s varsity football game at Gladstone which has been scheduled for Friday night has been canceled. “Our priority is our student athletes and their families health and welfare,” Negaunee varsity football coach Paul Jacobson said Tuesday morning. “Based ...
MANISTIQUE — Manistique cut it close in the final two sets but was still able to pull off a three-set home sweep of Iron Mountain in a Mid-Peninsula Conference volleyball match on Monday. The Emeralds won 25-18, 27-25, 25-21 “We came out hot in the first set, and we just did well,” ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — A group of nine hardy runners, most from Marquette County, gathered as closely as coronavirus pandemic-mandated social distancing would allow on a gloomy morning on Sept. 12 and ran the Marquette Marathon course from Ishpeming to Marquette. All nine ...
By Journal Sports Staff RUDYARD — Chad Trepczyk rushed for 265 yards and three touchdowns as Munising used a punishing run attack to upend Rudyard 30-26 in its premiere 8-player football game played Friday night. But the Mustangs, who finished with 321 yards on the ground, didn’t clinch ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — A trio of golfers based out of Iron Mountain’s Pine Grove Country Club won the Upper Peninsula Golf Association Senior 3-Man Scramble held at the Marquette Golf Club on Thursday. The threesome of Paul Bujold, Paul Menghini and Tom Lavigne competed in ...
NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee High School girls tennis team moved to 15-0 on the season by beating the visiting Escanaba Eskymos, 8-0, on a sunny but windy Monday afternoon. “Monday’s are always a good test of focus and it’s great to see how we responded again,” said NHS coach Kyle Saari ...
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the 2019 fall season in Northern Michigan University football
HANCOCK — The Gwinn High School football team had a lot of incentive for Friday’s season opener against Hancock. But the Modeltowners, playing in memory of their late coach Dion Brown, surrendered four quick scores late in the first half and dropped a 43-6 decision at McAfee ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette County Junior Golf Association held a pair of special events to complete its season on Aug. 5 at Gentz’s Homestead Golf Course in Chocolay Township. The association’s finals were held that day along with its Drive, Chip and Putt ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette football team had to make a big comeback to earn a win over Menominee in 2019. On Friday night, though, the Redmen took charge quickly and cruised to a 41-18 victory over the Maroons in what is scheduled to be the first to two meetings with Menominee. This encounter ...
"We’re just happy to be back out here playing together." — Paul Jacobson, head coach, Negaunee Miners football --------------- NEGAUNEE — After an offseason where high school football teams all around the Upper Peninsula wondered whether they would even get to play this fall, almost ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Marquette improved its season record to 5-0-1 with back-to-back shutouts during the past week. ----------------- Marquette 6, Houghton 0 In Houghton last Saturday, the Redmen won 6-0 margin for the third straight game, this time doing it in wet and ...
HOUGHTON — It was a back-and-forth battle for most of Thursday night between Negaunee and Houghton on the Gremlins’ volleyball court. While the Miners had moments of strong play on both sides of the net, it was the Gremlins who came out on top winning in three straight sets, 25-20, 25-13, ...