"If we can get a day where our sponsors are pretty solid, then we think we’re going to go for it." — Tony Mancilla, general manager, Island Resort and Casino ------------------ HARRIS — The Symetra Tour’s stop at the Sweetgrass Golf Club has been given a tentative rescheduling after ...
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MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has held a tradition of presenting the 2019-20 Wildcat Awards each spring. The university has a large number of these awards, which are being announced over several days including on social media and NMU’s official athletics website, ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University Athletics has unveiled three more of its 2019-20 Wildcat Awards. Today’s awards are the Biggest Upset of the Year, Best Performance on the National Scene and the Brian Franks “Too Strong” Award. A Friday story in The Mining Journal outlined ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University varsity and Olympic Training Site have named their award winners. Each sports chooses an Athlete of the Year, Breakthrough Athlete, top Newcomer and Scholar-Athlete: ------------ Men’s basketball — Athlete of the Year: Sam Taylor and Myles ...
HARRIS — The Island Resort Championship professional women’s golf tournament scheduled for June has been postponed, according to a Thursday announcement. The Ladies Professional Golf Associaton said Wednesday that its season restart won’t occur until July, which includes the Symetra ...
HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech University Recreation has canceled all summer sports camps and tournaments due to health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. MTU President Rick Koubek announced Friday the continued suspension of face-to-face instruction on Michigan Tech’s ...
"When you think of our final product and the amount of obstacles we had to go through this year, I can’t help but be excited." — Jon Sandoval, first-year head coach, NMU women’s soccer ----------------- MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University varsity soccer teams announced ...
On the Net: For the current list of 2019-20 BCAM awards, go to www.bcam.org/2019-bcam-awards-published ------------------ MIDLAND — Five area players are listed as among the best in the state in their divisions through awards made by a state high school basketball coaches group. The ...
MARQUETTE — Sixteen members of the Northern Michigan University swimming and diving teams earned All-American status for the recent season as named by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America. Due to the cancellation on the third day of the five-day NCAA Division II ...
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MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University swimming and diving teams’ season came to a sudden end on the morning of March 12 when the NCAA called off all postseason championship events. It came during the third day of the five-day national finals meet held in Geneva, Ohio, at the Spire ...
RUDYARD — Thanks to the efforts of Rudyard High School varsity boys basketball coach Jim Suggitt, all-league boys basketball teams for the Straits Area Conference have become available. Three Newberry players were honored — senior Jared Wallace on the All-Defensive Team and junior Logan ...
KINGSFORD — After two seasons at the helm, Lisa (Roell) Harry has resigned as Kingsford girls basketball coach. Harry, in her second stint on the Lady Flivvers bench, noted family and personal reasons as the main factors. “My son Lance will be a freshman next year, most likely going ...
On the Net: For the current list of 2019-20 BCAM awards, go to www.bcam.org/2019-bcam-awards-published ---------------------- MIDLAND — The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan certainly recognizes players’ and coaches’ feats on the playing court with its postseason awards. But ...
ISHPEMING — Three area wrestlers were among the four from the Upper Peninsula who recently earned Academic All-State recognition from the Michigan Wrestling Association. In addition, the group also recognized two U.P. schools for its Academic All-State Teams. The MWA is the main ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University women’s basketball players Carsyn Osterman and Bailey Froberg finished the 2019-20 women’s basketball season ranked in the top 10 in two statistical categories among all players at Michigan four-year colleges. Osterman, a 5-foot-7 sophomore guard-forward ...
On the Net: • For a look at the news release used for this story, visit the MHSAA’s press release page at www.mhsaa.com/News/PressReleases. • For individual sports divisional listings, visit www.mhsaa.com/sports, click on the sport, then its 2020 or 20-21 division ...
ISHPEMING — The awards keep rolling in for the Westwood High School girls basketball team even in this season with a frustrating conclusion. The frustration, of course, comes from the Patriots not being allowed to advance past the first game of the MHSAA Division 3 regional tournament due ...
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