MARQUETTE — Ferris State University senior Katie Etelamaki has earned one of the most prestigious honors of her collegiate career when she was chosen as an Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The 2016 graduate of Westwood High School was chosen to ...
HANCOCK (AP) — Bragging rights in Copper Country will have to wait a year. The Hancock and Houghton high school football teams will not play for the Copper Bowl trophy Friday for the first time since the game began in 1953. Officials cited possible coronavirus exposure at ...
By Journal Sports Staff HANCOCK — In a somewhat unusual shift of responsibilities, the sports information director at Northern Michigan University has been named head men’s basketball coach at Finlandia University. Allen Dehority had been with NMU for several years, but also has a ...
MARQUETTE — An area professional tennis instructor recently added the designation of certified pro pickleball instructor. Josh Kitto earned that new designation with professional certification in a process that included playing ability, teaching assessment and a written test. Pickleball is ...
MARQUETTE — Scott Erickson outlasted Dennis Hruska in a final-hole “chip-off” to win the Marquette Golf Club’s annual Shootout tournament on Saturday. Held as the club’s final tournament event of the season, 10 participants are selected for the event based on their tourney winnings ...
MARQUETTE — Jerry Smith of Big Bay added another hole-in-one to his golfing resume on Friday at the Northern Michigan University Golf Course. Using a 7-wood, Smith aced the 128-yard fifth hole, shooting over water to get to the green. He carded a nine-hole score of 38. Witnesses were ...
HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech volleyball program has an online Nike store open and is selling its officially licensed team gear. There are a number of clothing optins, including T-shirts, long-sleeved shirts, half zips and sweatshirts. This store will remain open through Thursday. To ...
ESCANABA — Bay College has a busy weekend of athletics scheduled for Saturday despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Bay’s baseball team will play its third of seven games today in its Blue-Green World Series. The series of intrasquad games will also be played on Tuesday, Thursday, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Marquette native Adam Hamari has been named a replay umpire for Major League Baseball’s divisional series round this week. Hamari, who has been umpiring in the major leagues for around a decade and became a full-time MLB umpire in 2017, is one of four umpires working out ...
HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech freshman Carson Bantle was the lone player with WCHA ties chosen in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, the league said in a news release. Bantle was selected by the Arizona Coyotes with the 18th pick — 142nd overall — in Wednesday’s fifth round. He is the 82nd player ...
MARQUETTE — The first high school football poll of the abbreviated 2020 season is out, with Gladstone and Pickford at the top in 11-player and 8-player voting, respectively. The 2-0 Braves received all five first-place votes in 11-player from the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and ...
NEGAUNEE — Last year, the Negaunee girls tennis dynasty came to an end at the Division 1 Upper Peninsula Finals. On Monday, the Miners began what could be a new dynasty as they avenged last year’s loss with a convincing victory at this year’s D1 final. Negaunee finished with 21 points ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University has been accepted as an associate football member of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference effective next fall. The league’s Council of Presidents and Chancellors approved the Lions’ application on Friday. Finlandia started playing football in 2015 as an ...
MARQUETTE — Club member Shirley Russell earned her second career hole-in-one at the Marquette Golf Club last weekend. On Sunday, Russell used a punch driver to ace the par-3, 127-yard fifth hole at the Heritage course. Witnesses were playing partners Cheryl Hosking and Sally Carlson.
K.I. SAWYER — It may be getting rather late in an Upper Peninsula golf season, but it wasn’t too late for a rather unusual feat to be pulled off at the Red Fox Run Golf Course over the weekend. The course recorded not one, but two holes-in-one on the same day at the same hole. Both ...
EAST LANSING — For the first time, action from the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Girls Tennis Finals will have live streaming video on the NFHS Network and MHSAA.TV, with the School Broadcast Program crew from Negaunee High School providing the coverage at the Division 1 event. According to an ...
CHAMPION — Carter Mason and Lowell Anderson were crowned champions following play in club championship tournament at Wawonowin Country Club in Champion. Mason won the Men’s Club Championship tournament, defeating veteran golfer Scott Saari on the 16th hole of their finals ...
K.I. SAWYER — Mikael Leppaluoto shot his age — currently 75 — in an 18-hole round for the second time at the Red Fox Run Golf Course at K.I. Sawyer on Wednesday. The Red Fox Run member’s round of 75 followed by two years a round of 73 that he previously shot, according to Red Fox ...
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. ...
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.