DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions honored one of its most devout fans at the first home game since the death of Donnie “Yooperman” Stefanski. For more than 25 years, Stefanski would drive more than 300 miles from the small eastern Upper Peninsula community of Goetzville to tailgate and ...
The 14th annual Iron Oars Regatta was held Sunday morning on Teal Lake in Ishpeming and Negaunee. Two-mile races began on lake's western shore near the Al Quaal Recreation Area in Ishpeming and ended in Negaunee. Teen, adult and college races were held, the latter invovling Northern ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia sophomore and Newberry native Dave Carlson made eight tackles, including two solo, in the Lions’ 45-12 home loss to Ripon (Wisconsin) College at home on Saturday. Senior teammate and Westwood product Addison Martin had two assisted tackles in the game. In ...
Fellow Detroit Lions fans, I hope you weren’t surprised. I know I sure wasn’t. About what? Sunday’s tie at the Arizona Cardinals. No so much because the Lions blew an 18-point lead against a Cardinals’ offense that couldn’t move the ball for the first three quarters, ...
K.I. SAWYER — Three duos were named champions in Red Fox Run’s annual 2-Man Senior Scramble on Thursday. Golfers were flighted based on the youngest of each pair. Kurt Hedstrom and Martin Ghiardi won the 70 years-and-over group, with John Erickson and Dennis Erickson finishing as ...
NEGAUNEE — The 14th annual Iron Oars Regatta will be held on Teal Lake in Ishpeming and Negaunee on Sunday morning and afternoon. Sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Community Rowing Club, the event runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting at the west end of Teal Lake and heading east for about ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Golf Club saw a pair of golfers record holes-in-one during their recent club championship tournaments. Ray DesJardins registered his third career ace on the Greywalls course, using a 7-iron to hole out his tee shot on the 121-yard sixth hole. It was witnessed by ...
ESCANABA — Munising High School graduate Lauren Peters set the pace for Bay College runners at the collegiate cross country meet held at Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin, on Saturday. In the Norse’s first meet of the season, Peters, a sophomore at Bay, ran the six-kilometer ...
MARQUETTE — Robert Robinia scored his first career hole-in-one while playing the Greywalls course at the Marquette Golf Club on Wednesday. Playing from the white tees, Robinia used a pitching wedge to ace the 130-yard, par-3 17th hole. Witnesses were Mike Hellman, Randy Osstyn and Bob Swanson.
MARQUETTE — The equipment change for the Northern Michigan University hockey team will only be temporary as the Wildcats trade sticks for clubs on the golf course later this month. The Wildcats will host the Friends and Family Golf Outing on Friday, Sept. 20, at the Greywalls course of the ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Golf Club Championship came to an end Monday with Robert Luke Jr. edging Chris Rhoades for the title. The final was a back-and-forth affair and came down to the 18th hole where Luke Jr. sank a 16-foot, par-saving putt to halve the hole and win by one. Luke Jr. ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The men’s and women’s winners of the longest 26.2-mile event at the Marquette Marathon made sure no timing issues would keep them from the top spot on Saturday morning. Samuel Parlette of downstate White Lake and Tiffany Kari of Duluth, Minnesota, ...
By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer ISHPEMING — New year, new coach, same old Ishpeming. That’s not a bad thing for the Hematites, who used their traditional power run game to roll through Manistique 22-6 at the Ishpeming Playgrounds on Friday night. Ishpeming compiled 320 yards on ...
By JAMES COOK Traverse City Record-Eagle TRAVERSE CITY — Marquette may have lost a football game, but the Redmen found themselves a quarterback. Sophomore Austin Ridl had a big game, giving Marquette its best showing against Traverse City St. Francis ion the series’ five years. The ...
MARQUETTE — Thirty-six holes of qualifying were held over the weekend to determine the championship flight in the Men’s Club Championship at the Marquette Golf Club. Four rounds of match play will whittle a field of 15 qualifiers and defending champion Chad Wester down to this year’s ...
MARQUETTE — H. Thomas Berryman of Marquette registered his first hole-in-one Tuesday at the Northern Michigan University Golf Course in Chocolay Township. He got his ace during league play using an 8-iron on the 106-yard third hole. His team shot 31 for its nine-hole round. Witnesses were ...
WILSON — Volunteers are being sought to help during the inaugural Island Resort Intercollegiate golf tournament to be held at Sage Run Golf Club at the Island Resort & Casino on Sept. 1-2. Volunteers are needed in a variety of areas, similar to the ways they assisted at Symetra Tour ...
K.I. SAWYER — Bill Olson recorded his first hole-in-one Saturday at Red Fox Run Golf Course at K.I. Sawyer. Using a 5-wood, the Red Fox member and Gwinn resident aced the 149-yard second hole. Witnessing the feat was his wife Judy Olson.
In today’s Mining Journal, look for the first three of nine high school and college banners appearing in The Mining Journal this week. These Mining Journal page-sized banners are in school colors for eight high schools in Marquette and Alger counties along with Northern Michigan ...
MARQUETTE — Nicole Burony-Noble and Mike Devine finished at the top of the mountain in a pair of club championship golf tournaments that completed play on Sunday at the Marquette Golf Club’s Greywalls course. Devine won the Senior Club Championship after coming up victorious in the ...