ESCANABA — The deadline is nearing to purchase tickets for the 48th annual induction banquet of the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. Tickets must be purchased by Monday, April 29, for the Saturday, May 11, event at the Island Resort and Casino in Harris, located about 15 miles west of ...
ESCANABA — Tyler Quinnell, 12, of Marquette finished runner-up in the 8-12-year-old division of the 31st annual Great Lakes Youth Pool tournament held Saturday at Crazy Joe’s Pool Hall. Kaden Hillman, 10, of New London, Wisconsin, captured the youngest of three divisions at the tourney, ...
BOSTON — A look at online results appears to show eight runners from Marquette County who completed the Boston Marathon on Monday. Bill Sved is the star of the group, making a top-100 finish among 70-74-year-old men, the only one of these runners to come up with a finish in the top 250 of ...
ISHPEMING — The Iron Range Women’s Softball League will hold its annual organizational meeting at the Ishpeming Township Hall at 6 p.m. Monday. All teams must have a representative attend the meeting and new teams are welcome. Sponsor fee this season will be $135. For more information, ...
Ishpeming, Marquette 1-2 in track EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — The Ishpeming and Marquette boys high school track and field teams finished 1-2 at the nine-school Northland Pines Indoor Invitational held Saturday in northern Wisconsin. The Hematites scored 140 points with the Redmen close behind ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Men’s Fastpitch Softball League will hold an organizational meeting next week. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Jackson’s Pit in Negaunee. Those interested in playing, umpiring or sponsoring are encouraged to attend as the league is looking to ...
"We’re tremendously grateful that the Harlem Globetrotters, one of the most entertaining acts in all of sports, would reach out to the Superior Health Foundation and help with a portion of the online ticket sales." — Jim LaJoie, executive director, Superior Health ...
SKANDIA — The West Branch Sportsmen’s Club will offer a combined hunter safety education and international bow hunting classes in May. The six sessions will be held at the group’s clubhouse from 6 to 9 p.m. on May 1, 6, 7, 8 and 9, along with a field day there to be held from 9:30 a.m. ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Former Ironwood star athlete Jim LaBlonde passed away unexpectedly from an aneurysm at his home with his family in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on March 31. He was 40 years old. LaBlonde is one of Luther L. Wright High School’s all-time greats, recently being inducted into the ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — All good things must come to an end. That was the case for the Marquette American Legion Post 44 Bantam AA U14 hockey team on Sunday afternoon, who fell 3-2 to Canton, New York at the Compton Family Ice Arena in the USA Hockey Nationals Division 3A semifinal. Rhett ...
By Journal Sports Staff SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Marquette Legion Post 44 Bantam AA U14 hockey team’s quest for a championship stayed alive Saturday afternoon at the USA Hockey Tier II Division 3A national tournament. The Junior Wildcats jumped out to an early lead and held on late to ...
SOUTH BEND, Indiana — The Marquette Junior Wildcats 14-under Bantam AA hockey team opened up pool play with a 4-2 victory over the North Jersey Avalanche at the USA Hockey Tier II Division 3A national tournament at the Compton Family Ice Arena on Thursday afternoon. After the teams skated ...
ISHPEMING — The third annual Hematite Invitational basketball tournament kicked off last weekend with 37 teams taking to the hardwood at Ishpeming High School. If it doesn’t sound familiar to you, it’s because organizers changed the name of the tournament this year. In its first two ...
ESCANABA — Tickets are available for the 48th annual Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet. The banquet is Saturday, May 11, at Island Resort and Casino in Harris. Tickets are $30 per person and must be purchased or ordered by May 7. They are available in this area from ...
By Journal Sports Staff SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Marquette Legion Post 44 Bantam AA U14 hockey team played in its second game of pool play at the USA Hockey Nationals in South Bend, Indiana on Friday afternoon. Despite taking a 4-3 lead into the third period, the Junior Wildcats were unable ...
"They’ve been consistent all year and have had very few bad games. For 14-year-old kids, that can be really tough to do." — Jon Nebel, head coach, Marquette Legion Junior Wildcats ----------------- MARQUETTE — Coming off of its 6-0 state tournament victory over Chelsea three weeks ...
MARQUETTE — Hockey is a tight-knit community. We all don different jerseys, root for different teams and throw some trash talk at each other every now and then, but at the end of the day, we’re all fans who love the speed, sounds and camaraderie of the sport. Nobody was more true to the ...
MARQUETTE — Forty-one swimmers from the swimming and diving teams at Northern Michigan University were named to All-Academic and All-Academic Excellence teams for the winter semester in the GLIAC recently. In all, 73 Wildcats earned honors, exceeding the previous school year’s count of 69 ...
ESCANABA — Three Bay College basketball players were selected to the National Junior College Athletic Association all-region team. Alfonzo Fields was selected for the Region 13 men’s team and Jordan Kraemer of Norway and Paige Welch of Bark River-Harris were selected to the women’s ...
GREENLAND — Braden Rose of Harvey picked up a victory and a runner-up finish in children’s division racing held at the MASTERS — Mid America Snow and Expert Terrain Racers — Terra-X snowmobile racing held at Adventure Mountain in Ontonagon County on Saturday. Rose earned both his high ...