"We’re still able to train during the winter and get up on higher portions of the track." — Torrie Cookman, 16-year-old Marquette luger, on the canceled international luge season ------------------------- NEGAUNEE — In a normal year, the U.S. National Natural Luge team would now be ...
MARQUETTE — Lakeview Arena in Marquette reopened Saturday for athletes for scheduled on-ice activity. Hockey resumes for no-contact practice only; no games or scrimmages are not allowed yet. The Lakeview building and the Parks and Recreation offices will remain closed except for ...
POWERS — After a football season that has started and stopped multiple times since Aug. 10, the North Central Jets will travel across the Mackinac Bridge today. Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, they’ll do so to complete a long and often winding journey to the eight-player MHSAA ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University has decided not to field a women’s hockey team for this winter while announcing an abbreviated men’s schedule in a pair of emails sent by the university’s sports information director in the past several days. The decision about the women’s team was ...
HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech University has announced changes to its hockey schedule prompted by the postponement of WCHA games that were scheduled last weekend and this weekend. Due to coronavirus testing results that weren’t divulged in more detail by the university, the Huskies have been ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has named an assistant coach for its Greco-Roman wrestling program at its National Training Site. Head coach Andy Bisek announced Monday that James “Jamie” Segorski will join the coaching staff after a successful high school career in the Upper ...
NEGAUNEE — After playing the waiting game for weeks, the Negaunee football team is finally hitting the field again. Almost two months after the Miners defeated Calumet on the road in the MHSAA Division 6 playoffs, they’ll head downstate to take on Grayling Saturday afternoon trying to ...
By Journal Sports Staff EAST LANSING — The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced Wednesday that it has confirmed locations for the state championship games in 11-player and eight-player football. The MHSAA said the same day that limited numbers of spectators would be allowed ...
HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech’s Blake Pietila has earned two prestigious college hockey honors recently. The sophomore goaltender was named the WCHA Goaltender of the Month for December on Friday, then earned the National Goaltender of the Month for December by the Hockey Commissioners ...
This has not been an easy year on any of us. It seems like when it comes to sports, that fact became even more obvious. Playoffs, tournaments and even entire seasons have been canceled, which is something I didn’t think would happen in my lifetime. Sure, bad things happen, but usually ...
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal and The Associated Press on former Northern Michigan University hockey player and Marquette native Justin Florek
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Fifteen volleyball players from five area high schools earned all-region honors as recently announced by the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association. Players came from high schools whose head coach is a member of MIVCA. In the ...
MARQUETTE — It has taken much longer than expected, but the wait is finally over for the Northern Michigan University hockey team. After the first three weeks of the season were canceled due to COVID-19 complications, the Wildcats will host their season opener Wednesday with a nonconference ...
CHOCOLAY TOWNSHIP — Every winter holiday season, people all over the country express their love and support for family and friends. Some choose to do so in small, subtle ways, while others do it in big, grand fashion. Whatever the method, the important thing is that there’s heart behind ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University still hopes to salvage a winter sports season and has scheduled a meeting with school officials during the first week of January to try to decide on a scheduling strategy. In the meantime, officials will work on gathering information related to the coronavirus ...
It wasn’t the Packers and it wasn’t the Lions, but it still had me peeved for a bit on Monday afternoon. What was it that raised my hackles? The Washington-at-Pittsburgh game was promised to us at 5 p.m. on Fox after the game was moved from Sunday. It got moved due to the Steelers having ...
NEGAUNEE — Due to concerns over the COVID-19 situation in Europe and the United States, the USA Luge Natural Track Team has decided to sit out the entire 2020-2021 World Cup season. On Dec. 3, the team informed the International Luge Federation that they would not be participating, ...
By Journal Staff MARQUETTE — A number of local athletes and coaches were honored in the Upper Peninsula Cross Country Coaches Association Awards for 2020. Ishpeming’s Lola Korpi was named girls runner of the year while Jason Wyma of Sault Ste. Marie earned the honor for boys. The boys ...
MARQUETTE — The Michigan High School Football Coaches Association announced its All-Region teams Friday, with a local coach and several players gaining honors. Eric Mason, Marquette Senior High School head coach, was named as the Regional Coach of the Year in Division 3, Region ...
There’s a lot of truths that exists in sports and one of them is that progress comes slowly. This is definitely true when it comes to women in sports. However, in just the past few weeks, women have accomplished three things that have escaped them for decades and that’s something that ...