LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor has been arrested in Arkansas after police allege he punched a woman, held a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her. He trained at the U.S. Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan University and was a ...
NEGAUNEE — Negaunee showed its dominance on the area high school girls tennis scene by brushing back one of its top opponents, Westwood, without dropping a match on Wednesday. The Miners improved to 6-0 with the 8-0 blanking of the Patriots, only dropping one set along the way. “The ...
ISHPEMING — Ishpeming battled the elements to get their meet against Munising in and it paid off with a 7-1 victory in high school girls tennis on Tuesday morning. The Hematites (2-4-1) won each of their flights in two sets, including a tough one initially at No. 3 singles, where MaKenzee ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette Senior High School got off to a great start in its Great Northern Conference volleyball campaign on Tuesday night, winning its first league match over visiting Menominee in three sets. The Redettes prevailed 25-18, 25-8, 25-16 as Maiya King led MSHS with 27 assists and ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s soccer team opens its season at home Thursday afternoon and remains there for a Sunday afternoon match, both against Minnesota schools. The Wildcats face St. Cloud State at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the NMU Soccer Field before taking on ...
MARQUETTE — Following a home exhibition shutout last week, the Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team opens its regular season at home Thursday before hitting the road for a long trip to Evansville, Indiana, this weekend. The Wildcats host Mercyhurst at 3 p.m. Thursday at the NMU ...
NORWAY — The “Pump it Up!” golf tournament will take place Monday at Oak Crest Golf Course in Norway. This four-person scramble is a fundraiser for Oak Crest’s new pump station. “That’s something we are in desperate need of,” said Kevin Londo, director of golf and operations ...
NEGAUNEE — The second annual Upper Peninsula Baseball Championship will be held on Sunday, Sept. 16, at the Negaunee Irontown Field. Set for 2:30 p.m., the game pits the Marquette County Mavericks against the Superior National Bank-Stanton Wildcats. The Mavericks were the playoff champion ...
Up next: NMU at McKendree University, Lebanon, Illinois, 2 p.m. EDT Saturday; Radio: WUPT 100.3 FM The Point ------------------- MARQUETTE — During his first press conference of the football season, Northern Michigan University head coach Kyle Nystrom said his team’s goal this ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University senior Maggie Liebeck was named most valuable player at the University of Illinois-Springfield Capital Classic volleyball tournament held over the weekend. She and other members of the all-tournament team were chosen by the head coaches from the ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette pulled off a sweep of Oldtimers softball games against Negaunee this summer, winning the rematch 13-6 on Friday at Hurley Field in Marquette after posting a 10-1 victory in Negaunee on July 11. At Hurley, Negaunee opened with two runs in the top of the first with a ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette Senior High School posted a 5-0 victory at Escanaba-Bayside in a high school boys soccer game played Monday. Drew Wyble and Joseph Carlisle scored for the Redmen (4-1) in the first half as they took a 2-0 halftime lead, then Pablo Sanchez put the game away with two ...
MARQUETTE — Several youth tennis clinics will be offered at the Marquette Senior High School courts starting next week. A clinic for youths ages 10 years and under will be offered on Monday nights from Labor Day through Oct. 1, while a middle school-aged clinic will be held on Wednesday ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The host team provided Northern Michigan University its toughest volleyball match of the weekend on Saturday night at the University of Illinois-Springfield Capital Classic. The Wildcats needed a comeback from an 8-2 deficit in the fifth and deciding set to finish the ...
By Journal Sports Staff SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team is off to its best start in nearly a decade after defeating Cedarville in four sets on Saturday afternoon at the Capital Classic tournament. With a four-set victory over McKendree and three-set ...
By MARK JOHNSON Escanaba Daily Press POWERS — Gwinn rode the strong legs of senior running back Seth Aho to a solid 36-20 season-opening football victory at Bark River-Harris on Friday night. Aho rushed for 235 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Modeltowners and avenge last year’s ...
By EDDIE O’NEILL Houghton Daily Mining Gazette L’ANSE — A better opening night couldn’t come along for the high school football season than the thriller that took place under the lights of Volunteer Field in L’Anse on Friday night. Visiting Hancock returned home with smiles ...
The high school and college sports seasons are about to start again and a lot of us have been wondering for a while what we’re going to see on the field, the court or the ice this year. However, for the first time, it seems like we’re finally paying attention to what we don’t normally ...
By JOHN VRANCIC Escanaba Daily Press EBEN — As sure as the rain was falling at their home field at the end of Friday night’s football game, the Superior Central Cougars were celebrating a season-opening victory. The Cougars, led by seniors Beau Rondeau and Roubans Fink, earned a 46-24 ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team won an exhibition game 5-0 at home against Wisconsin-Superior. Playing at the NMU Soccer Field in its lone exhibition this season, the Wildcats didn’t need long to get on the scoreboard. Just 2 ...