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Learning the game: Ishpeming ready for 2nd year of 8-player football

ISHPEMING — It’s been a learning experience for the Ishpeming High School football program, including head coach Mike Lyman. That’s mostly because the Hematites played their first season of eight-player football last fall after a long tradition of winning in 11-player, including a trio ...

Third in a series graphic

This is the third in a series of high school and college football team previews appearing in The Mining Journal. Tomorrow's scheduled team is the Negaunee Miners.

Miners, Patriots, Sentinels tennis teams win

MARQUETTE — Negaunee has bounced back from a season-opening loss to Westwood to record three victories in a row, the latest a pair of 8-0 shutouts in Gladstone on Friday. The Miners defeated both the hometown team Braves and also Menominee in those whitewashes, not dropping a set in a total ...

Ishpeming Hematites schedule

Ishpeming Hematites MHSAA Division 1 (8-player) Great Lakes Eight — East All times EDT Home games in ALL CAPITALS Fri., Aug. 29, 7 p.m. ONTONAGON Fri., Sept. 5, 7 p.m. at Forest Park Fri., Sept. 12, 7 p.m. GOGEBIC Sat., Sept. 20, 1 p.m. MUNISING Fri., Sept. 26, 7 p.m. at ...

Sports Look

Today High school girls tennis Marquette at Kingsford, 11 a.m. EDT Ishpeming, Ironwood at Gwinn triangular, 4 p.m. Marquette at West Iron County, 4:30 p.m. EDT High school volleyball Ishpeming at Jeffers, 6:30 p.m. NMU events Men’s soccer: at Wisconsin-Superior (exhibition), ...

Hope spring eternal: Coach sees big things in 2nd year with Patriots

ISHPEMING — Westwood High School varsity head football coach Tyler Thomas hopes to cash in on all the experience that major parts of his team accumulated last season. The Patriots are coming off a 4-5 year in the rugged Copper Division of the West PAC, the part of the league made up of its ...