MARQUETTE — Area residents made plenty of noise at the top of the standings in some of the less well-known races at the 22nd annual Noquemanon Ski Marathon held Friday through Sunday. While the attention grabber was the 50-kilometer and 24K ski races, the 12K classic and freestyle also drew ...
"I felt like I was in the movie ‘Frozen,’ waiting for Anna and Elsa to jump out of the woods at me." — Matt Liebsch, winner, 50K classic race at Noquemanon Ski Marathon -------------------- MARQUETTE — Newly fallen wet and heavy snow blanketed most of Marquette County on Friday ...
BOYNE FALLS — A Munising High School graduate and former Mustangs basketball coach recently reached a career milestone while coaching in the Lower Peninsula. Frank Hamilla, a 1980 graduate of MHS, earned his 400th boys varsity victory while coaching at Boyne Falls on Jan. 16. The Loggers ...
GWINN — The Gwinn Area Community Schools and the greater Forsyth Township community is in mourning after the death of Modeltowners varsity head football coach Dion Brown on Wednesday evening. The GACS, through Superintendent Sandra Petrovich, released a short statement about the ...
MARQUETTE — Two area student-athletes are among five from the Upper Peninsula to be named finalists for Scholar-Athlete Awards as named Tuesday by the Michigan High School Athletic Association. Seniors Ericka Asmus of Marquette and Madelyn Koski of Westwood are among the 120 finalists ...
MARQUETTE — Conditions are looking about as warm as organizers can feel comfortable with for the 22nd annual running of the Noquemanon Ski Marathon to be held in and around Ishpeming, Negaunee and Marquette this weekend. Cold means snow and snow means a course all skiers and organizers can ...
DULUTH, Minn. — L’Anse junior Bailey Froberg waited until the time was right, or more accurately, ripe to make her only 3-pointer of the night in the Finlandia women’s basketball team’s 57-55 victory at St. Scholastica on Wednesday night. Froberg, who finished with eight points and ...
DULUTH, Minn. — Superior Central graduate Joe Heinonen scored 12 points, just one of two double-figures scorers for Finlandia, as the Lions men’s basketball team again came up short in a 96-69 loss at the College of St. Scholastica on Wednesday night. Heinonen, a sophomore for Finlandia ...
ESCANABA — Negaunee sophomore Luke Mattson scored four points as the Bay College men’s basketball team lost an 82-81 heartbreaker at home to Dakota County (Minnesota) Technical College on Saturday. Mattson also had two assists as he started and played 18 minutes. Ishpeming sophomore ...
ESCANABA — Four area players made contributions in limited playing time in an 83-58 victory by the Bay College men’s basketball team over Gogebic Community College on Wednesday. Munising sophomore Cade Contreras hit a 3-pointer on his only shot attempt to score three points in just three ...
ESCANABA — A pair of Gwinn freshman each scored seven points to help the Bay women’s basketball team score a 64-52 win over Gogebic Community College on Wednesday. Trish McGuire started and made 5 of 6 free throws, adding a game-high nine rebounds to go with two assists and a steal, while ...
HANCOCK — Despite solid contributions from a pair of area high school graduates, the Finlandia men’s basketball team fell to 0-17 with a 116-70 loss to Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday at the Paavo Nurmi Center. Superior Central sophomore Joe Heinonen started and scored 13 points with a ...
NORWAY — The 13th annual Don Hill Memorial Scholarship Basketball Tournament will be held Feb. 29 and March 1 at Norway High School. This event for adult players includes three men’s and a women’s division. The men’s Gold and Silver divisions include a two-game guarantee, a $120 ...
ALPENA — Freshman Trish McGuire of Gwinn scored six points as the Bay College women’s basketball team pulled out a 57-51 victory at Alpena Community College on Saturday. McGuire, playing just 10 minutes, also managed to pull down five rebounds and make an assist and a steal. Sophomore ...
ALPENA — Sophomore Dondre Yohe scored nine points and fellow sophomore Luke Mattson six points as the Bay College men’s basketball team won its fifth straight in a 70-60 decision at Alpena Community College on Saturday. Yohe, an Ishpeming High School graduate, went 3 of 3 at the ...
HANCOCK — Area players had promiment roles in a pair of wins posted by the Finlandia women’s basketball team over the past several days. Sophomore Carsyn Osterman of Baraga scored 10 points in the Lions’ 84-40 win over Holy Family College of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on Sunday. She added ...
HANCOCK — Sophomore Joe Heinonen scored 10 points and River Shumate three as the Finlandia men’s basketball team lost 86-74 to Holy Family College of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Heinonen, a Superior Central graduate, started and made a pair of 3-pointers while pulling down six ...
IRONWOOD — Superior Central sophomore Joe Heinonen scored 10 points and Republic-Michigamme sophomore River Shumate five as the Finlandia men’s basketball team lost 74-68 at Gogebic Community College on Wednesday night. Heinonen made a pair of 3-pointers and grabbed nine rebounds while ...
IRONWOOD — The 11th annual SISU Ski Fest will be held this weekend in and around downtown Ironwood. The two biggest events are the SISU 30-kilometer and Heikki Lunta 15K point-to-point cross country ski races on Saturday. The festival beings Friday with the Depot Dash for children ages 10 ...
ESCANABA — Gwinn freshman Trish McGuire made herself into a point-a-minute scorer coming off the bench for the Bay College women’s basketball team in a sweep of its own Quality Inn & Suites New Year’s Tournament held over the weekend. Fortunately, her team found her double-digit ...