CHAMPION — Sandy Michelin accomplished a “once-in-a-lifetime” feat or making a hole-in-one at Wawonowin Country Club on Thursday. She used a 7-wood to ace the par-3, 122-yard fourth hole. Witnesses were Mary Gingras, Linda Bonetti and Karen Saari.
CHAMPION — Mike Uren achieved his second career hole-in-one on Wednesday at the Wawonowin Country Club in Champion. Uren used a 9-iron to ace the par-3, 128-yard fourth hole. Witnessing the shot were Brian Frustaglio, Rudy Goupille and Dustin Goupille.
MARQUETTE — Kenn Hruska and Jack Kershasky captured titles in the Senior Club Championship held at the Marquette Golf Club, while Karen Plaisier retained her Women’s Club Championship at Wawonowin Country Club in Champion recently. --------------- Marquette Senior Club With match play ...
CHANNING — The topsy-turvy playoffs in the Superiorland Baseball League continued Monday when No. 4-seeded Coldwell Banker-Craig Heinonen defeated the regular-season champion Channing Railroaders in the semifinals 10-7 in the northern Dickinson County community. CBCH faces the Escanaba ...
K.I. SAWYER — Gwinn resident Keith Jarvis recorded his first hole-in-one last Thursday at Red Fox Run Golf Course. He used a 6-hybrid from the white tees to ace the 165-yard 15th hole. Witnesses were Dave Pederson and Sarah Wakkuri.
GWINN — The Marquette County Mavericks ended their quest to defend their Superiorland Baseball League playoff championship after losing to the Escanaba Polecats 6-4 in the semifinals on Thursday. Esky is scheduled to play in the championship game on Monday against the winner of this past ...
MENOMINEE — Scott Prunick of the Marquette Golf Club held on to his No. 2 position, but it was fellow Marquette County golfer Carter Mason who shot the round of the day at the Upper Peninsula Golf Association Championship tournament on Sunday. Playing at Riverside Golf Club in Menominee, ...
ESCANABA — It was like it was meant to be. In a year when high school seniors everywhere got robbed of their opportunity to play spring sports one last time because of the coronavirus pandemic, 26 softball players from across the Upper Peninsula showed up for a Senior Showcase doubleheader ...
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the month of July
MENOMINEE — Four golfers representing Marquette County courses were among the dozen in the championship flight that were to play their fourth and final rounds Sunday at the Upper Peninsula Golf Association Championship tournament. Held at Riverside Golf Club in Menominee, Scott Prunick of ...
HANCOCK — Ishpeming High School graduate Katie Loman was among seven Finlandia women’s basketball players that earned academic honors in the Lions’ conference, the American Collegiate Athletic Association. Loman was one of five FU players, the most of any school in the league in ...
MARQUETTE — Fifteen men made it through qualifying rounds last weekend and will join defending champion Mike Devine for two divisions of the Marquette Golf Club’s Men’s Senior Club Championship this weekend. Eight will engage in match play in the “regular” Senior Division with the ...
HANCOCK — Fifteen Finlandia hockey players from its men’s and women’s teams were named Krampade/American Hockey Coaches Association Academic All-Stars, the university announced this week. Student-athletes were required to attain a 3.75 grade-point average for the fall semester and ...
MARQUETTE — Jerry Sherman of Big Bay accomplished making his first hole-in-one on Wednesday at Gentz’s Homestead Golf Course in Chocolay Township. He aced the 120-yard No. 2 hole using a driver. His feat was witnessed by Mark Tallio and Nick Cartier.
ESCANABA — A select few recently graduated high school softball players will get a chance to play a pair of games on Friday. After the coronavirus pandemic wiped out spring sports in the past five months, Escanaba High School softball coach Gary Salo took the idea of an Upper Peninsula ...
"It is very important that all U.P. programs are supported so that each school can maintain a competitive team." — Todd Goldbeck, Xcel executive director, organization that conducts the U.P. Football All-Star Game ----------------- MARQUETTE — The high school football programs at ...
MARQUETTE — Phil Pennell of Marquette recorded his first hole-in-one on Saturday on the Greywalls course of the Marquette Golf Club. He used a 5-iron from the grey tees to ace the 202-yard 15th hole. Witnesses were Mark McGovern, Mike L’Huillier and Anthony Kreis.
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the month of June
HANCOCK — The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association, an NCAA Division III conference that includes the Finlandia University men’s and women’s hockey teams, has announced that it will delay the start of its fall and winter league season until at least January due to the coronavirus ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette BMX track has held 10 races since late June, conductoing racing nights each Tuesday and Thursday when weather permits. That included its annual Race For Life on July 16, a fundraiser for the national Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. On race nights, the track ...