"Each group of all-star players has spent their entire high school careers working hard to earn the awards and honors that will get them a chance to participate in this event." — Todd Goldbeck, executive director of Xcel Foundation, which conducts the U.P. Football All-Star ...
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On the Net: For a listing of NJCAA honored teams, visit www.njcaa.org -------------------- ESCANABA — Three area student-athletes were among 15 from Bay de Noc Community College to be named to 2019-20 all-academic teams by the National Junior College Athletic Association. The national ...
CHAMPION — Ryan Meyer recorded a hole-in-one on Tuesday at the Wawonowin Country Club in Champion. Meyer used a 9-iron to ace the 136-yard, par-3 13th hole. Witnesses were Mark Clements, Tom Farley and Dan Oja.
MARQUETTE — Motorsports author Joe Verdegan will host a signing of his most recent book, “Racing in the 906,” at Sands Speedway in Sands from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday. The book features an extensive look at stock car racing history in the Upper Peninsula, with a big part of it covering the ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Blues picked up the tying and go-ahead runs without benefit of a hit to take a 5-3 home victory over the Escanaba Cubs in an Upper Peninsula Under-19 Baseball League game on Wednesday evening at Haley Memorial Field in Marquette. Trailing 3-2 in the bottom of the ...
Today’s games: Marquette Reds host Gladstone Junior Braves in a doubleheader at 5 p.m. ------------------- IRON MOUNTAIN — Iron Mountain wasn’t the place to be for Marquette Reds batters if they wanted to improve their batting averages on Tuesday night. The junior-age team visitors ...
MARQUETTE — Ryan Kolbus recorded his first hole-in-one on Tuesday at the Greywalls course of the Marquette Golf Club. Kolbus used a 6-iron to ace the 174-yard third hole from the grey tees. No witnesses were reported with the feat.
By Journal Sports Staff EBEN — Some high school kids spent the start of the Fourth of July holiday weekend at the beach or at camp or otherwise enjoying some time off. But the Superior Central High School football team spent Friday improving their football field, according to their head ...
By AUSTIN HEMMINGSON Escanaba Daily Press ESCANABA — Paul DeGrand and Bill Dubord were just going for a casual round of golf on morning of June 27 at the Escanaba Country Club. Or so they thought. The pair of Michigan State University graduates — with the nicknames Woggs and Dubi ...
By RYAN SPITZA Special to the Journal MARQUETTE — It was certainly a more somber Independence Day this year. While many Upper Peninsula communities made the difficult but necessary decision to cancel their Fourth of July festivities amid the coronavirus pandemic, one long-standing ...
ESCANABA — With tennis considered one of the easier sports to conduct social distancing, organizers of the 73rd annual Michigan-Wisconsin Tennis Open still plan to hold their tournament the weekend of Aug. 1-2 in Escanaba. Deadline to enter with payment is Friday, July 24, with a ...
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Up next: Marquette Reds host Bark River in 6 p.m. Monday doubleheader ---------------- MARQUETTE — The Marquette Reds did all they could to keep its game against Norway-Niagara, Wisconsin, going the full seven innings, but in the end the visitors from the Michigan-Wisconsin border ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Sue Micklow and Kendra Anderson of the Marquette Golf Club won the women’s championship flight by two strokes at the Upper Peninsula Best Ball tournament held at Pine Grove Country Club on June 22-23. Sponsored by the U.P. Golf Association, the associated men’s ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette BMX track held three nights of racing through last week during this summer, including its Olympic Day on Thursday. Four nights have been on the schedule, but last week’s event on Tuesday was rained out. The track is located at the Kaufman Sports Complex off ...
HARVEY — Chris Crockett of Marquette recorded the first hole-in-one at Gentz’s Homestead Golf Course in Chocolay Township on Sunday. He used an 8-iron for his first ace on the 130-yard, par-3 second hole. He was playing off the white tees. Witnesses were his wife Karen Crockett and ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The Marquette Blues entry into the Upper Peninsula Under-19 Baseball League put on their hitting shoes Monday night for an 11-6 victory over visiting Menominee at the Gerard Haley Memorial Field in Marquette. Though a doubleheader was listed on the ...
MUNISING — Six champions were crowned in various age groups at the second Upper Peninsula Junior Golf Tournament stop held at Pictured Rocks Golf Course on June 22. Twenty-two golfers traveled to Munising for this U.P. Golf Association event ranging in age from 7 to 17, playing under ...
ISHPEMING — The annual Ishpeming High School alumni softball tournament has been pared way down, but will still be held this Fourth of July holiday weekend for the 41st year. Just one game will be played, the classes of 2019 vs. 2020, at 6 p.m. Friday at the Al Quaal Recreation Area field ...