ISHPEMING — All athletic events in the Ishpeming Public Schools have been postponed or canceled until further notice, the school district announced in a brief news release on Thursday. That is part of the school district canceling in-person learning for two weeks, starting today and lasting ...
BANAT — Daisy Englund wished she had used different shoes for Wednesday’s Skyline Central Conference cross country meet. As it turned out, that didn’t stop the Mid Peninsula senior from retaining her title here on this cloudy and damp day. Englund covered the 3.1-mile course in 21 ...
MARQUETTE — Senior Olivia Moffitt won the girls race by more than 18 seconds to lead the Marquette Senior High School girls cross country squad to the team title at the Great Northern Conference meet held in Marquette on Thursday. The Redettes scored 27 points to easily win their meet as ...
MARQUETTE — Who is the real Griffin Loughran? Well, it depends who you ask. The Northern Michigan University junior hockey player is one of the best forwards in the WCHA and arguably, all of college hockey. At the same time, if you did a poll of opposing teams and fan bases, he’s ...
EDINA, Minnesota — The Central Collegiate Hockey Association unveiled a new logo on Tuesday in preparation for its reintroduction to college hockey in just about a year. The CCHA will return to college hockey when seven Midwestern members of the current Western Collegiate Hockey Association ...
IRON RIVER — The hard-luck Ishpeming Hematites volleyball team lost another five-set match at West Iron County on Tuesday after suffering a similar fate twice last week. The Wykons prevailed 25-15, 21-25, 22-25, 25-20, 15-11 as Ishpeming fell to 2-9. Last week, the Hematites also lost at ...
NEGAUNEE — Maybe the only surprise was that Negaunee didn’t cart off EVERY significant award when Upper Peninsula Division 1 girls tennis awards were handed out on Tuesday. After a year away from holding the title, the Miners re-established themselves as the pre-eminent girls tennis ...
MARQUETTE — Scott Erickson outlasted Dennis Hruska in a final-hole “chip-off” to win the Marquette Golf Club’s annual Shootout tournament on Saturday. Held as the club’s final tournament event of the season, 10 participants are selected for the event based on their tourney winnings ...
MARQUETTE — Jerry Smith of Big Bay added another hole-in-one to his golfing resume on Friday at the Northern Michigan University Golf Course. Using a 7-wood, Smith aced the 128-yard fifth hole, shooting over water to get to the green. He carded a nine-hole score of 38. Witnesses were ...
MARQUETTE — Fans will be admitted to the Upper Peninsula Soccer Championships to be held at the Kaufman Sports Complex in north Marquette on Saturday. This boys high school tournament will feature the host Redmen, Iron Mountain, Kingsford and Houghton playing a round-robin format with a ...
HOUGHTON — The Michigan Tech volleyball program has an online Nike store open and is selling its officially licensed team gear. There are a number of clothing optins, including T-shirts, long-sleeved shirts, half zips and sweatshirts. This store will remain open through Thursday. To ...
By MATT “SWEETS” McCARTHY Iron Mountain Daily News NORWAY — Gwinn converted two key offensive plays in the second quarter, but it was a pair of stout defensive stands in the final period that lifted the Modeltowners to a 14-12 victory at Norway at the Knights’ Ronberg Field on ...
By Journal Sports Staff L’ANSE — Zach Carlson and Garrett Mann combined to run for nearly 350 yards as each also completed a pass in Westwood’s 55-15 high school football victory at L’Anse on Friday night. Carlson ran for 192 yards in 17 carries, including runs of 57, 32 and 27 ...
By Journal Sports Staff EBEN — A Gwinn High School basketball coach has been hired as the head coach for the varsity boys basketball program at Superior Central High School in Eben. Adam Ely is a 2002 graduate of Marquette Senior High School who most recently spent four years as boys ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School Redmen have shot to the top of the 11-player poll from the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. MSHS (3-1) is the leader with 20 total points, including one vote for first. Sault Ste. Marie (3-1) was right behind in ...
"It’s a special group of young men and it’s hard to say goodbye in these games like this." — DAN SALMON, Marquette boys soccer head coach, on the Redmen seniors ----------------- MARQUETTE — Whenever Senior Night takes place, teams seem to want to put forth an extra bit of effort ...
ISHPEMING — Ishpeming lost its second straight five-set high school volleyball match this week, again falling in the final set 15-10, this time on Thursday at Westwood. The Patriots prevailed 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 17-25, 15-10. The Hematites, who fell to 2-8, were led statistically by ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Munising, Gwinn and Ishpeming shared multiple honors when All-Upper Peninsula Division 2 girls tennis awards were handed out earlier this week. The awards were voted on by coaches at the MHSAA U.P. Division 2 tournament held on Oct. 1 in Iron Mountain. The host ...
ESCANABA — Bay College has a busy weekend of athletics scheduled for Saturday despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Bay’s baseball team will play its third of seven games today in its Blue-Green World Series. The series of intrasquad games will also be played on Tuesday, Thursday, ...
FLAT ROCK — The Gladstone boys placed four runners among the top 12 but were unable to catch Marquette in their own invitational cross country meet here Monday. Marquette, which did even better by placing seven in the top 11, took home the championship trophy with 21 points. Runner-up ...