HARVEY — Club member Michael Kuzak plunked in his first hole-in-one at the Northern Michigan University Golf Course on Monday. Kuzak used a 9-iron at the 106-yard No. 3 to hole out his tee shot while shooting 41 for his nine-hole round. Witness to his feat was his wife and playing ...
MARQUETTE — Five young golfers from the Marquette Golf Club and one from Wawonowin Country Club in Champion won titles at the opening Upper Peninsula Golf Association Junior Tour event held at the Marquette Golf Club’s Heritage Club last Tuesday. The second stop for the juniors was held ...
MARQUETTE — Tonight’s Marquette Reds home doubleheader against Norway-Niagara, Wisconsin, has been postponed due to the visiting team not being able to field a team. However, Reds manager Mark Pantti said his team and the associated Marquette Blues have received permission to play home ...
ISHPEMING — After rain washed out Saturday’s schedule at the three-day Upper Peninsula Under-19 Baseball League tournament, the Marquette Blues and Ishpeming Blue Storm decided to play a doubleheader in Ishpeming on Sunday. The Blues showed off the advantages of having a veteran squad ...
Up next: Marquette Reds scheduled to host doubleheader vs. Norway-Niagara, Wis., at 6 p.m. Tuesday (tentative) --------------- BARK RIVER — There just wasn’t enough time for the Marquette Reds to fit in more than 31 runs in a doubleheader sweep at Bark River on Thursday evening in the ...
"Kyle did the same thing against Gladstone in a game at Antigo (Wisconsin) last year." — Derek Swajanen, Marquette Blues manager, on Kyle Frusti’s walk-off single Friday at Gladstone --------------------- GLADSTONE — The Marquette Blues’ weekend got off to a real bang even without ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The Marquette Reds staged late rallies in both ends of a doubleheader they played at Menominee on Wednesday night, but it was the nightcap that proved the most fruitful for a 12-6 victory and a split of their first two games of the season. The Reds are ...
CHAMPION — Peter Krook will always remember Sunday’s Wawonowin Country Club Two-Man Best Ball tournament after he holed out a tee shot on the back nine during his morning round. Krook used a 6-hybrid club to get a hole-in-one on the 130-yard, par-3 13th hole. Witnesses were Ray ...
SANDS — A pair of two-session adult pickleball clinics will be hosted by tennis professional Josh Kitto at the Sands Township tennis courts starting next week. The first session will be held on consecutive Mondays, June 22 and 29, with the second to follow on July 6 and 13. Sessions run ...
HANCOCK — The Marquette Blues opened their season with a sweep of the Copper Country Flames in an Upper Peninsula Under-19 Baseball League doubleheader played at the Driving Park in Hancock on Tuesday evening. Though these are essentially American Legion teams, they are independent squads ...
K.I. SAWYER — Club member Don North found it’s way better than late than never as he recorded his first hole-in-one at the age of 72 on Sunday at Red Fox Run Golf Course at K.I. Sawyer. North, who said he took up golf in his late 50s, used a 21-degree fairway wood to ace the 150-yard ...
"We have 16 or 17 players, basically the entire team back from last year with three additions." — Derek Swajanen, Marquette Blues manager, on his U-19 entry playing around 40 games in barely a month this summer ------------------- MARQUETTE — Marquette, Negaunee and Ishpeming are among ...
MARQUETTE — Club member Don Palmer recorded his first hole-in-one at the Marquette Golf Club on Wednesday. He used a 5-iron into what were reported to be gale-force winds on the third hole at the Greywalls course. The hole measures 158 yards from the white tees. Witnesses were playing ...
MARQUETTE — A pair of month-long summer youth tennis clinics will be conducted by tennis professional Josh Kitto at the Marquette Senior High School courts starting next week. The Marquette 10-Under Tennis Academy for youngsters ages 7 to 10 years old meets from 10 to 11 a.m. each Tuesday ...
CHAMPION — Eric Farley of Ishpeming recorded his first hole-in-one on Saturday at Wawonowin Country Club in Ely Township. Farley used a 5-iron to ace the 188-yard, par-3 eighth hole. Witnesses were Lauren Farley, Jordon Mason and Connor Mason.
HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech University will reopen its Student Development Complex to current students on July 13 with limited hours and access to the fitness center and pool. This is in keeping with federal, state and university guidelines to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, MTU announced ...
HOUGHTON — Head coach Joe Shawhan has named junior Alec Broetzman the captain of the Michigan Tech University hockey team for the upcoming season, with fellow juniors Trenton Bliss and Eric Gotz to serve as alternate captains. The Huskies open their 2020-21 season on Friday and Saturday, ...
HARVEY — A free youth tennis event designed for children ages 7-10 years old will be held at the newly resurfaced Silver Creek Recreation Area courts in Harvey. The event will be conducted by tennis professional Josh Kitto from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday. For more information or to ...
MARQUETTE — The first reported hole-in-one at an area golf course since their reopening this spring was reported over the weekend as Marquette Golf Club member Jan LaValley recorded her first ace recently at the club’s Heritage course. She used a 5-wood to knock her tee shot into the hole ...
ESCANABA — The induction banquet has again been postponed for those honored this year for enshrinement in the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 49th annual induction banquet, originally scheduled for May before being moved to August, will now be held ...