MARQUETTE — Kids across the Upper Peninsula will get a chance to experience a summer of adventure thanks to 906 Adventure Team and a growing network of volunteer coaches committed to the organization’s mission. Adventure Bike Club, a program designed to introduce kids 5-17 to outdoor ...
Negaunee LL marks opening days NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee Little League will hold a pair of opening ceremonies for various baseball and softball program. Ceremonies will be held at the Negaunee Township Ball Field Complex on M-35. The Minor, Major and Junior divisions will have their event ...
ESCANABA — Former Upper Peninsula high school golf standout Hunter Eichhorn and his Marquette University golf teammates will play in the NCAA regional tournament May 13-15 in Austin, Texas. Marquette qualified for its fourth regional appearance by winning the Big East Conference ...
ESCANABA — An annual golf outing that raises funds for Bay de Noc Community College scholarships will be held in mid-July at the Escanaba Country Club. The 29th Bay College Swing for Scholarships will be held on Thursday, July 18, with registration at 11 a.m. and a shotgun start at ...
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MARQUETTE — The Thursday Morning Senior Women’s Golf League at Gentz’s Homestead Golf Course in Chocolay Township has openings for teams for its spring and summer season. This league has been in existence for nearly a decade and has a minimum age of 55 years old, playing on Thursday ...
By Journal Sports Staff ESCANABA — It appears as if the Negaunee baseball team can’t be stopped right now. After picking up doubleheader sweeps over Gladstone and Iron Mountain, the Miners took both games of a twinbill with Escanaba Thursday, 3-0 in the opener and 15-11 in the ...
By Journal Sports Staff NEGAUNEE — The Westwood boys track and field look like it’ll be a force to be reckoned with after the first couple of meets of the season. After a strong showing at the Superior Dome Division 1 meet earlier this week, the Patriots won the Negaunee Quadrangular ...
By Journal Sports Staff ESCANABA — The Negaunee boys tennis team has been one of the best programs in the Upper Peninsula the past few seasons and the Miners are already off to a hot start this season. After opening the year with an 8-0 win over Ishpeming earlier this week, the Miners ...
By Journal Sports Staff PALMER — After getting dealt a couple of tough defeats at the hands of Escanaba, the Negaunee softball team got back on the right track Thursday afternoon and the Miners did it with their bats. Negaunee plated 30 runs over the course of two games as it swept ...
WELLS — The weather was cooling down but the Bay College softball team was warming up as it split with the Finlandia Lions here Monday, dropping the opener 9-6 and rallying for a 7-6 win in the nightcap. The first game was tied at three coming into the top of the fourth. After a single and ...
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CARNEY — Carney-Nadeau Public School will host a one-day, four-on-four basketball tournament for youth players on Saturday, May 4. Students in grades 3 to 12 are invited to participate in 10 divisions, five each for boys and for girls in grades 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10 and 11-12. Proceeds go ...
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 ...