MARQUETTE — A pair of area teams made a small move down in the polls as things remain largely unchanged from last week in the Upper Peninsula high school football polls released today by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. With voting conducted by a select group of the ...
ESCANABA — Coach Rob Robinson knew the challenge that lied ahead when his Bay College Norse women’s basketball team took the floor against Northern Michigan University in an exhibition contest here Sunday. The Norse, a community college team playing against a strong NCAA Division II ...
HANCOCK — Sophomore defensive lineman Dave Carlson of Newberry made eight tackles in Finlandia’s 79-12 loss to Hope College in a college football game played Saturday at McAfee Field in Hancock. The Lions dropped to 0-6 overall and 0-3 in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette Senior High School athletic director Alex Tiseo was elected to represent Class A and B schools from the Upper Peninsula on the Representative Council, the legislative body of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. He is among five new members elected. ...
L’ANSE — The 25th anniversary Lake Superior Performance Rally concludes today in Baraga and Houghton counties. Automobile rallies date back 70 years to the Press On Regardless Series that evolved into the current event. Action begins at 9 a.m. with first car out for the Parc Expose on ...
BIG BAY — The inaugural Yellow Dog Dash will be held Saturday morning in Big Bay. Put on by the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, the event can be run or walked over five kilometers or 10K starting at 11 a.m. A children’s half-mile dash starts at 10:30 a.m. Registration is available at the ...
MARQUETTE — The third annual Potulny Pasta Party will be held later this month on the Rick Comley Rink at the Berry Events Center at Northern Michigan University. Scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 27, this community event will be hosted by NMU head hockey coach Grant Potulny ...
MARQUETTE — Ray DesJardins is having a career year at the Marquette Golf Club, at least on par-3 holes. The club member recorded his second hole-in-one in six weeks and fourth of his career on Thursday at the Greywalls course. DesJardins used a 9-iron to ace the 94-yard third hole and ...
By Journal Sports Staff NEGAUNEE — Quarterback Jason Waterman accounted for three touchdowns and teammate Nash Hillier ran for 166 yards as Negaunee slid past Gogebic 42-16 in a high school football game played at the Miners’ field in Negaunee on Friday night. The Negaunee Miners (5-2) ...
NEGAUNEE — Negaunee High School will honor its long-time varsity football coach Dick Koski at its home game against a team that shares its nickname, the Gogebic Miners, at 7 p.m. today. “What makes this game even more unique is the history behind the nickname,” a post on the NHS website ...
MARQUETTE — Teenager Adam Heikkila made it a family affair when he achieved his first hole-in-one on the Greywalls course at the Marquette Golf Club on Tuesday. Heikkila, 13, had as a witness to his feat his grandmother, Donna Heikkila, as he shot 73 for his round. Adam Heikkila used a ...
MARQUETTE — Former hockey standout and coach Fred DeVuono of Sault Ste. Marie has died, marking the fourth inductee of the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame to pass away in the past month. DeVuono, 84, died Tuesday in a Petoskey hospital of an apparent heart attack. He played for ...
CALUMET — Three years removed from Kraft Hockeyville USA in Marquette, the NHL returned to the Upper Peninsula Thursday night as the Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues took part in an NHL preseason game at the Calumet Colosseum. When the festivities ended, the Red Wings emerged ...
MARQUETTE — Mike Marietta recorded his third career hole-in-one on Sunday at the Greywalls course of the Marquette Golf Club. He used a 7-iron on the 145-yard 17th hole. Witnesses were Chad Wester, Rich Koskey, Mark Revord, Erik Revord and Matt Adamaczyk.
HANCOCK — L’Anse graduate Reese Waara scored a long touchdown pass and finished with four reception for Finlandia, which lost a college football game at home on Saturday 23-12 to Concordia-Chicago. In the latter stages of the second quarter and the Lions trailing 14-0, Waara was part of a ...
LIMINGA — Steve Hintsala and Riley Lynch combined on the mound to lead the Marquette County Mavericks to an 8-2 victory over State Farm-Dean Kangas and the Upper Peninsula Baseball Championship on Saturday afternoon. In this matchup of the playoff champions from the Superiorland Baseball ...
ESCANABA — Familiar faces in new places. That will be the story at 7 p.m. today when Escanaba welcomes Marquette for its Great Northern Conference opener and annual homecoming football game. Eric Mason, a native of Escanaba and a former captain on the Escanaba football team, is in his first ...
By Journal Sports Staff NEGAUNEE — While Ishpeming was dominating the boys meet, Westwood and Negaunee split titles among the girls at the WIN high school cross country meet held Thursday afternoon at the Negaunee Township Trails. The Hematites easily defended their boys title with 17 ...
ISHPEMING — Westwood High School volleyball head coach Milton Braga called Thursday’s home match against West Iron County his team’s best performance of the season. After a slow start, the Patriots took the Wykons toe to toe for the remainder of the evening before falling short in four ...
By Journal Sports Staff NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee High School girls tennis team improved its dual match record to 8-1 with an 8-0 blanking of Munising at the Miners’ courts on Thursday. Negaunee lost just five games in the eight flights, highlighted by a quartet of 6-0, 6-0 matches — at ...