Sports Look

July 27, 2026

Wednesday Little League baseball Juniors Central Region tournament, at Midland: Wisconsin vs. Missouri, 9 a.m.; Iowa vs. Indiana, 11:45 a.m.; Kentucky vs. Midland representative, 2:30 p.m.; Ohio vs. Nebraska, 5:15 p.m. Thursday Little League baseball Juniors Central Region tournament, at Midland: Negaunee vs. Iowa-Indiana winner, 9 a.m.; Illinois vs. Wisconsin-Missouri winner, 11:45 a.m.; Iowa-Indiana loser vs. Kentucky-Midland representative loser, 2:30 p.m.; Wisconsin-Missouri loser vs. Ohio-Nebraska loser, 5:15 p.m. Friday Little League baseball Juniors Central Region ...

Double the academics: Wildcats, 6 athletes earn nat’l track academic awards

July 26, 2026

MARQUETTE — Good grades are counting twice as nice for the women’s track and field team at Northern Michigan University as both the Wildcats team and a half-dozen of its athletes earned national academic honors from a noted coaches’ organization. NMU was named to the 2026 All-Academic ...

Popps, Nora, Cervantes all go deep for the Eagles

July 26, 2026

ISHPEMING — Ecko Popps, Bella Nora and Des Cervantes all homered while having perfect nights at the plate to lead the Eagles to a 24-2 victory over Barron’s Auto Repair in a Class B game in the Iron Range Women’s Softball League on Wednesday. Playing in the ninth week of the season, Popps also doubled while going 5 for 5, Nora also tripled while going 3 for 3 and Cervantes had a 2-for-2 evening. For Barron’s, Sierrah Hallum and Emily Duquette each were 2 for 2. In another “B” contest, Kylie Tobias homered and was 6 for 6 to pace Paradise Bar to a 28-12 win over Quality ...

Sports Look

July 26, 2026

Wednesday Little League baseball Juniors Central Region tournament, at Midland: Wisconsin vs. Missouri, 9 a.m.; Iowa vs. Indiana, 11:45 a.m.; Kentucky vs. Midland representative, 2:30 p.m.; Ohio vs. Nebraska, 5:15 p.m. Thursday Little League baseball Juniors Central Region tournament, at Midland: Negaunee vs. Iowa-Indiana winner, 9 a.m.; Illinois vs. Wisconsin-Missouri winner, 11:45 a.m.; Iowa-Indiana loser vs. Kentucky-Midland representative loser, 2:30 p.m.; Wisconsin-Missouri loser vs. Ohio-Nebraska loser, 5:15 p.m. Friday Little League baseball Juniors Central Region ...

Diamonds in the rough: Negaunee Junior Legion baseball team captures state title in 1st season

July 24, 2026

KINGSFORD — The Negaunee Junior Diamonds might be rookies, but they’re also really good. In their inaugural season as the younger of two Diamonds’ American Legion baseball teams, this Post 114 squad captured the Legion Junior state championship with a two-game sweep at the Kingsford ...

MTU’s Mettlach names football assistant coach

July 24, 2026

MARQUETTE — A well-traveled coach has returned to the Michigan Tech football program to be an assistant under Huskies head coach and Gwinn native Dan Mettlach. Bryan Parker was named MTU wide receivers coach on July 1 after serving on the Tech staff in 2021 and the preseason of 2022 as the ...