By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team plays its only nonconference games since starting its GLIAC schedule with home contests in the next several days at the Berry Events Center. The Wildcats host former league member Hillsdale at ...
WATERTOWN, Wisconsin — Graduates of L’Anse and Baraga high schools led Finlandia on the scoresheet as the Finlandia women’s basketball team lost a 56-47 decision at Maranatha Baptist on Saturday. Junior Bailey Froberg of L’Anse led Lions’ scorers with 16 points as she made 5 of 6 ...
ESCANABA — A pair of freshmen from Gwinn each hit three 3-pointers during a Bay College women’s basketball victories over the weekend during the Norse’s Quality Inn & Suites Holiday Classic. Trish McGuire went 3 for 3 from beyond the arc in Bay’s 82-65 victory over Milwaukee Area ...
ESCANABA — Sophomore Luke Mattson, a Negaunee High School graduate, led an area contingent in scoring for the Bay College men’s basketball team as it split a pair of games at its own Quality Inn & Suites Holiday Classic. Mattson, who started both games, scored nine points in the ...
MARQUETTE — Superior Lanes is offering its monthly Moonlight Scotch Doubles tournament on Saturday on its new lanes at the Marquette Township center. Mixed pairs, which are required to be one man and one woman, cost $40 before Saturday and $45 ton Saturday. Registration is at 7:45 p.m., ...
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — The season came to an end for the Michigan Tech volleyball team at the NCAA Division II Midwest Region tournament on Friday evening. The No. 23 Huskies lost in the semifinals to No. 10 and former GLIAC member Hillsdale in four sets, 25-19, 22-25, 25-13, 30-28, on the ...
HANCOCK — Led by Carsyn Osterman’s 15 points, four area players scored for Finlandia as its women’s basketball team defeated Wisconsin-River Falls 75-65 at the Paavo Nurmi Center on Saturday. Osterman, a Lions sophomore from Baraga, made 6 of 8 free throws and dished out a game-high six ...
PORT HURON — Sophomore Dondre Yohe of Ishpeming scored in a pair of games for the Bay College men’s basketball team during the St. Clair County Community College Holiday Classic held over the weekend. Yohe scored two points by making the only shot he attempted in the Norse’s 99-62 loss ...
PORT HURON — Sophomore Marissa Ackerman of Munising started and scored in both games for the Bay College women’s basketball team as the Norse lost both its games at the St. Clair County Community College Holiday Classic over the weekend. Ackerman scored six points, making the only ...
HANCOCK — L’Anse product Bailey Froberg scored 11 points as Finlandia snapped a two-game losing streak and improved to 4-7 with a 56-55 college women’s basketball win over Viterbo on Wednesday. Froberg, a junior, sank three 3-pointers, grabbed three rebounds and had an assist and steal ...
"For most people, they probably won’t even notice a difference." — Amy Manning, general manager, Superior Lanes ---------------- MARQUETTE — It was rather like Dorothy and her assorted friends peering behind the curtain in the classic movie “The Wizard of Oz.” People who visited ...
LA CROSSE, Wis. — L’Anse High School graduate and Finlandia junior Bailey Froberg had a big weekend for the Lions women’s basketball team even as her team lost both its games at the Wisconsin-La Crosse Thanksgiving Classic over the weekend. Froberg led Finlandia (3-7) in scoring in both ...
MARQUETTE — Three winners were named in the annual Marquette Senior High School Turkey Trot held on Thanksgiving at the high school. Moses Waite won the male category in 19 minutes, 12 seconds, while Alexandra Bott took the female title in 20:29. Joining owner Kevin Roel, Bella won the ...
EBEN — A bingo fundraiser for the Superior Central School athletics program will be held in mid-December at the school’s elementary gymnasium. Doors open for the bingo at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, with games scheduled to run from 6-8 p.m. There is a $5 minimum buy-in with a $250 ...
CARNEY — Each team is guaranteed to play three games at the eighth annual Carney-Nadeau Early Bird Invitational men’s basketball tournament to be held in early December in Menominee County. Set for Dec. 7-8 at the C-N High School gym, the tourney features two divisions for up to a dozen ...
ESCANABA — Players from Marquette and Alger counties led or shared game-scoring honors in a pair of Bay College women’s basketball road victories over the weekend that improved the Norse to 6-1. Sophomore Kelsea Ackerman of Munising shared team scoring honors with 11 points as Bay pulled ...
MILWAUKEE — The Bay College men’s basketball team couldn’t tame the nation’s No. 2 team in the National Junior College Athletic Association as Milwaukee Area Technical College raced off with a 111-76 home victory over the Norse on Friday night. Ishpeming graduate and Bay sophomore ...
SAULT STE. MARIE — Despite the double-double efforts of Baraga sophomore Carsyn Osterman, the Finlandia women’s basketball team wasn’t quite able to pull off the role of giant killers as NCAA Division II member Lake Superior State prevailed 60-52. Osterman scored 15 points, pulled down ...
MILWAUKEE — Sophomore Joe Heinonen pumped in 16 points and blocked four shots but it wasn’t enough for the Finlandia University men’s basketball team to avert a 117-85 loss at Wisconsin Lutheran on Tuesday. Heinonen, a Superior Central High School graduate, sank 4 of 7 on 3-pointers ...
ESCANABA — All four area players scored for the Bay College women’s basketball team in its 88-35 victory over Wisconsin-Green Bay at Marinette at the Norse gym on Monday night. Munising sophomore Kelsea Ackerman led the local contingent with eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers, ...