HANCOCK — Sixteen players from the Finlandia University baseball team were named to the Men’s Scholastic Honor Roll in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Lions compete in the WIAC in baseball only. To be eligible, student-athletes need a grade-point average of at ...
CHAMPION — A women’s trio and men’s duo captured titles in the past few days at golf tournaments held at Wawonowin Country Club in Champion. ---------- 3-Woman Scramble On Saturday, Heidi Olson, Zoe Woodworth and Leah Skoglund won the 3-Woman Scramble by shooting 67, two shots ...
K.I. SAWYER — Cody Clepper won the men’s championship flight by two strokes at the 21st annual Red Fox Run Open golf tournament held at the K.I. Sawyer course over the weekend. Clepper totaled 140 for two 18-hole rounds on Saturday and Sunday, beating out runner-up Scott Prunick’s 142. ...
"Eventually what we’re trying to do is get an academy where they can eat, breathe and sleep it in this beautiful facility." — Gordon Hill, coach, U.S. Soccer Academy near Menominee ------------------- MENOMINEE — Aaron Grunfeld has always loved soccer. Now, he’s watching a ...
GLADSTONE — Bryson Mercier has had one heck of a summer on the golf course. After winning a couple of big events on the Wisconsin junior golf tour, Mercier completed another big accomplishment by winning the Junior Tour championship of the Upper Peninsula Golf Association for the second ...
MARQUETTE — The Channing Railroaders defeated the Escanaba Polecats 5-2 in Channing last Wednesday to clinch the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Superiorland Baseball League playoffs. The Railroaders remained undefeated at 3-0 as Escanaba suffered its first loss and slipped to 2-1. The ...
ESCANABA — Led by a number of players named Skewis, a quartet of Negaunee tennis players were runners-up in several divisions at the 73rd annual Michigan-Wisconsin Open over the weekend. But that could be considered a victory, since earlier this year the COVID-19 virus shed much doubt about ...
MARQUETTE — Some 33 youth golfers have qualified for the Marquette County Junior Golf Association finals that culminate its seven-week schedule this summer. The nearly three dozen youngsters play in the MCJGA nine-hole league. Their finals will be held Wednesday at Gentz’s Homestead ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University announced Friday that it has canceled fall sports for the upcoming season. The sports affected are football, volleyball and men’s and women’s soccer at the Hancock-based NCAA Division III institution. The announcement, made by email, said that “after ...
SANDS — Sands Speedway in Sands Township will hold its annual Kids Day for the sixth date of an eight-race season on Sunday afternoon at its quarter-mile paved track in Sands Township. For this event sponsored by Advance Auto Parts, the track will follow its usual schedule — the ...
MARQUETTE — The Campus Recreation center located within the PEIF — officially known as the Physical Education Instructional Facility — at Northern Michigan University will reopen with limited capacity and amenities on Monday. As part of Phase I of their reopening plan, only individuals ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Isaac Sarles and Luke Mead each had a combined three hits in a doubleheader for the Marquette Reds on Tuesday evening, but it wasn’t enough to avert two losses against the Gladstone Junior Braves at home. The visitors pulled off a late comeback to win ...
CHAMPION — Wawonowin Country Club in Ely Township hosted a pair of youth golf tournaments on Monday. The Upper Peninsula Golf Association’s Junior Tour made its annual stop at Wawonowin, while the Marquette County Junior Golf Association made a stop there that same day. Here on some ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — It was fun while it lasted. Gladstone’s championship run ended here Saturday in a 7-6 loss to Menominee in the championship game of the Upper Peninsula Under-19 Baseball League tournament. “Overall it was a good game,” Gladstone manager Justin Jurek said. “One bad ...
K.I. SAWYER — Trent Sweeney made his first hole-in-one an impressive one, getting an ace on a more-than-300-yard hole for a double eagle at Red Fox Run Golf Course on Friday. Sweeney used his driver to knock his tee shot in from the white tees on the 314-yard, par-4 fifth hole, using it to ...
ESCANABA — The 73rd annual Michigan-Wisconsin Tennis Open is still scheduled to be held this weekend on Escanaba-area courts. Cost for entry is $18 for singles to be played on Saturday and $22 per doubles team for play on Sunday. T-shirts are no longer available for those signing up this ...
NEGAUNEE — Julie Innerebner was about 12 when she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. For the second year, Julie — who’s going to be a sophomore this fall — came all the way from Sault Ste. Marie to take part in the Swim Teal Lake benefit for diabetes Saturday. “We came last night ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Reds were able to dodge the raindrops long enough to get in a 9-2 win over the Menominee Junior Maroons in an Upper Peninsula Under-19 Baseball League game played at Haley Memorial Field on Sunday morning. The second game was canceled. The Reds have one playing ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Marquette Blues were eliminated by Gladstone 4-3 in the semifinals of the Upper Peninsula Under-19 Baseball League tournament on Saturday afternoon. In the decisive seventh inning, Gladstone erased a 3-2 deficit with two runs in the top of the inning and stopped the ...
MARQUETTE — Both the Marquette Blues and Marquette Reds split a pair of Upper Peninsula Under-19 Baseball League games on Thursday and Friday. The Blues games Thursday evening and Friday morning in the league’s postseason tournament in Iron Mountain, while the Reds traveled to play at the ...