"Our focus is to keep the current atmosphere that the tournament has." — Bryan Maule, co-director, Gold Medal Classic Independent Basketball Tournament ------------------ HERMANSVILLE — In Hermansville, Powers and areas around those northern Menominee County villages, an annual sign ...
ESCANABA — Gabi Salo will have another award to put up on the shelf alongside the Escanaba High School senior athlete award, the Pfotenhauer-Gessner, she received recently despite the cancellation of spring sports. Last week, Salo was selected as the 2019-20 Gatorade Michigan Softball ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University is one of six members of the American Collegiate Athletic Association that will join the Capital Athletic Conference on June 15. Both are NCAA Division III leagues. The CAC is more than doubling its membership from five to 11 full-time members, though it will ...
"We’re just planning as if (the governor’s stay-at-home order) will be lifted here, and then we’ll be ready to go."— Justin Jurek, manager, Gladstone American Legion baseball ----------------- ESCANABA — With the loss of the spring high school and American Legion summer baseball ...
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Robert Fegg is taking over as coach of USA Luge’s national team, the organization said Wednesday. As part of those moves, Pat Anderson, 39, of Ironwood was promoted to junior national team head coach. Fegg replaces Bill Tavares, who has been the team’s head ...
NORWAY — There will not be Little League baseball or softball state tournaments held this summer in Michigan, including one that was scheduled to be played in the Upper Peninsula. The state’s 16 Little League district administrators voted to cancel state tournaments after Little ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The latest in a long line of sports-related casualties due to the coronavirus pandemic is only a postponement this time, rather than an outright cancellation. Organizers of the Upper Peninsula Football All-Star Game that was scheduled for the last ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University named a new head coach Monday for its women’s hockey team. Lindsay Macy of White Bird, Idaho, takes the place of Matt Marchel, who had been the Lions’ head coach for five seasons. Macy started an AAA girls program for the Coeur d’Alene Hockey Academy ...
ESCANABA — The 2020 Upper Peninsula Trappers Convention and Outdoor Expo has been canceled due to concerns with the coronavirus pandemic. Scheduled for July 10-11 at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba, organizers noted Wednesday that this is the first time this event won’t be held in ...
"The outpouring of support has just been so overwhelming and gratifying." — Wendy Finkbeiner, Garrett Finkbeiner’s mother, about well wishes received, many online through Facebook ------------------- MARQUETTE — A Marquette family couldn’t thank all the well-wishers individually for ...
"If we can get a day where our sponsors are pretty solid, then we think we’re going to go for it." — Tony Mancilla, general manager, Island Resort and Casino ------------------ HARRIS — The Symetra Tour’s stop at the Sweetgrass Golf Club has been given a tentative rescheduling after ...
HARRIS — The Island Resort Championship professional women’s golf tournament scheduled for June has been postponed, according to a Thursday announcement. The Ladies Professional Golf Associaton said Wednesday that its season restart won’t occur until July, which includes the Symetra ...
HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech University Recreation has canceled all summer sports camps and tournaments due to health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. MTU President Rick Koubek announced Friday the continued suspension of face-to-face instruction on Michigan Tech’s ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University women’s basketball players Carsyn Osterman and Bailey Froberg finished the 2019-20 women’s basketball season ranked in the top 10 in two statistical categories among all players at Michigan four-year colleges. Osterman, a 5-foot-7 sophomore guard-forward ...
HOUGHTON — Former Michigan Tech goaltender Tony Esposito is on the 2020 Michigan Sports Hall of Fame ballot as one of 10 finalists in the amateur category. The ballot was unveiled Monday and allows for online fan voting through April 30. The 2020 induction is scheduled for Oct. 2 at ...
"Simply put, (Coach Carl “Buck” Nystrom) made it his mission for us to own the final quarter of the game." — Jack Hirn, player, 1975 national championship NMU football team --------------------- ESCANABA — Going from worst to first in any sport at any level doesn’t happen very ...
EAST LANSING — An Ishpeming High School graduate and Bay de Noc Community College senior was named to the 2020 All-Michigan Academic Team and was honored at the annual Phi Theta Kappa awards luncheon held at Michigan State University on Monday. Marissa Maino was one of two Bay students ...
By Iron Mountain Daily News HERMANSVILLE — The 82nd edition of the Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament has been canceled, organizers said due to health and safety precautions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. The 11-day tournament was to be begin Thursday at the Meyer ...
"I’ve used Skype and some of those online phone formats much more than I ever have." — Matt Johnson, men’s basketball head coach and athletic director, Bay de Noc Community College ------------------- ESCANABA — The art of recruiting is a specialized one. Getting student-athletes ...
ST. IGNACE — Ella Adams steps to the free throw line and takes her time. She sets up perfectly and displays textbook form on the release of her shot, flicking her wrist and following through with her right hand. Everything is aligned perfectly and the ball cleanly swishes through the ...