By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer NEGAUNEE — Most sports are games of inches. And baseball is no exception. One wrong move can cost a team a game, and a wrong move is what cost the Channing Railroaders on Saturday evening. A fifth-inning error on an overthrow ...
Where is your field of dreams? For some, it’s a classic ballpark like Wrigley Field or Fenway Park. Others, it’s maybe a newer, modern stadium like Target Field, Miller Park or Camden Yards. As great as all those facilities are, especially Wrigley and Target since I grew up a fan of the ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Medalist Jan Hruska and three other women advanced in the first round of match play Friday in the Marquette Golf Club’s Ladies Club Championship tournament. Playing on the club’s Greywalls course, the four matches held were all in the championship ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Marquette scored four runs in the bottom of the seventh to not only avert a shutout, but pull out a 4-3 victory over Gwinn in an Oldtimers softball game played at Hurley Field in Marquette on Thursday afternoon. Following a double by Ralph Beauchamp and ...
Meet the Hematites Thursday ISHPEMING — The fall season’s Meet the Hematites for fall high school sports athletes and teams at Ishpeming High School will be held next week. The event will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the high school’s new gym. Fall teams and coaches will be ...
MARQUETTE — A relaxing, routine visit to Presque Isle Park in Marquette last weekend turned into a life-and-death situation for a sophomore football player at Northern Michigan University. Cornerback Ratavian Rinkines of Lansing sprung into action at the park’s Black Rocks area on Sunday, ...
By DENNIS GRALL Escanaba Daily Press HARRIS — A new golf course and a new golf tournament. That combination comes together Sunday and Monday, Sept. 1-2, when Sage Run Golf Course will be the site of its first NCAA men’s collegiate invitational. Ten teams will participate in the Upper ...
"We’re very excited for the returning players because they understand each other a little bit more now and we have a team environment now." — Sonia Basma, head coach, NMU women’s soccer ----------------- MARQUETTE — Last season was full of peaks and valleys for the Northern ...
NEGAUNEE — Negaunee High School will host its seasonal Meet the Miners Night at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the high school auditorium. All fall sports athletes are expected to attend with a parent or guardian, as team introductions and team meetings will take place, as well as sign-up for booster ...
PHELPS, Wisconsin — The fifth annual Twin Triathlon will be held in Phelps, Wisconsin, on Aug. 24. This event combines kayaking with the traditional triathlon disciplines of running and bicycling. Individuals, teams and entire families can sign up with the eight-kilometer paddle on North ...
MARQUETTE — After making three straight trips to the NCAA Division II national championships, the Northern Michigan University women’s cross country team had established itself as one of the premier running squads, not only in the GLIAC, but in the Midwest as well. That streak of national ...
NEGAUNEE — You could say that the Negaunee Blasters offense is definitely lifting off as it gets ready for Saturday’s Superiorland Baseball League semifinals and finals. That’s because the Blasters used 21 hits to top Jill Leonard State Farm 22-2 in six innings at Irontown Field on ...
ISHPEMING — Tammy Karp hit for the cycle and collected five RBIs to lead Screened Image/Venice 2 to a 21-17 victory over Heritage Glove Repair in Class A of the Iron Range Women’s Softball League on Wednesday. Heritage was led by Abbie Salisbury, who went 4 for 5 with six RBIs. In other ...
The Ishpeming Hemetite boys sixth-grade basketball team won a tournament played on their home court at Ishpeming High School on March 17. (Submitted photo)
POWERS — North Central Schools have seen athletic directors come and go for multiple reasons in recent years. Randall McLeod, a former North Central student, is taking the reins this fall in an attempt to stabilize and improve the athletics program. “We’re going to hit the ground ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Josh DuBord scored in each of two recent games for Team 6 in the Under-10 Coed Division in the Superiorland Soccer Association. The games were played the week of July 22-28. Team 6 defeated Team 8 with Quin Karlstrom and Sean Ampe also scoring, then ...
The Marquette boys were runners-up at the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 1 golf finals held at the Escanaba Country Club on May 29. From left are Joseph Luke, Tyler Bergwall, Jordan Jurmu, Karsten Kamps, Ethan Sellers and head coach Ben Smith. (Photo courtesy Cara Kamps)
These are district winners among boys and girls ages 9-14 in the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest held at Father Marquette Catholic Academy on Feb. 16. From left are Nathan Voss, Liliana Saunders, Logan Matt, Brayden Gleason, Parker Gleason, Kole Bancroft, Taylor Longtine, Eben Wagner, ...
The Ishpeming Hematite fifth-grade boys won the 3 on 3 Dog House youth basketball tournament held at Michigan Tech in Houghton. From left are Hematite boys Caiden Helsel, Grady Gauthier, Connor Helsel and Izaac Williams. (Submitted photo)
GLADSTONE — Nearly everything fell into place at the right time for Bryce Douglas here Saturday as he earned his first Upper Peninsula Golf Association men’s championship at the Terrace Bluff Golf & Country Club. The nearby Gladstone Golf Club member sank at least three birdie putts in ...