MARQUETTE — Unlike the past two seasons, the volleyball team at Northern Michigan University will start its season at home this fall as the Wildcats host the Upper Peninsula Open during the final week of August. After that, though, NMU will be on the road for a tournament out west and its ...
MARQUETTE — Gentz’s Homestead Golf Course is getting an early start on this season’s holes-in-one, already recording two before the calendar turned to June. On May 16, Jamie Burns of Marquette used a 48-degree wedge to ace the 130-yard No. 2 hole. This was Burns’ second career hole-in-one. Witnesses were Michael Kortum, Paul Kortum and Cody Kortum. Then on May 25, Bob Lantto of Marquette notched his first-ever ace on the same No. 2 hole, which from the tees he was playing was at 110 yards as he used a 6-wood. His witnesses were George Karageorge, Bill Ombrello and Jack ...
Saturday High school softball MHSAA Division 2 regional tournament, at Sault Ste. Marie: semifinals, Gaylord vs. Shepherd, 11 a.m.; Negaunee vs. West Branch Ogemaw Heights, 1 p.m.; championship, 3:30 p.m. MHSAA Division 4 regional tournament, at Lake Linden-Hubbell: semifinals, L’Anse vs. Superior Central, noon; Norway vs. Hancock, 2 p.m.; championship, 4 p.m.
CUTLINES 1969 TEAM PHOTO The 1969 Bishop Baraga High School varsity basketball team posed for this team photo in their school gym after winning the 1969 Class D basketball state championship. Included in front are four of the trophies they earned that season, from left, the Class D ...
ISHPEMING — Players from Upper Peninsula champion Marquette along with Negaunee and Westwood were among those earning various All-U.P. Division 1 boys tennis honors as voted on by participating coaches at the MHSAA U.P. Finals held May 27 at Westwood High School. The Sentinels’ Lucas ...
MARQUETTE — A player and coach from Negaunee were the two constants when the Mid-Peninsula Conference and West PAC released all-league baseball awards recently. Miners senior Owen Cardinal earned two of the top honors in each conference, while his manager, Jason Siik, earned Coach of the ...
