NEGAUNEE — Coldwell Banker-Craig Heinonen scored four runs in the top of the seventh inning to break a 4-4 tie and go on to an 8-4 victory over the Negaunee Blasters on the opening night of the Superiorland Baseball League season on Monday night at Iron Town Field in Negaunee. In the adult ...
Up next: More stories from the U.P. track and field finals will be featured this week in Mining Journal sports, and look for a full listing of point scorers in all 3 divisions of the finals on Tuesday ------------------- KINGSFORD — There are some athletes who are just a step above others ...
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ESCANABA — Marquette fell to Escanaba 5-4 in its opening game of the MHSAA Division 2 baseball district tournament played in Escanaba on Saturday afternoon. The Eskymos had reached the tourney semifinal after defeating Cheboygan 8-2 on Tuesday. Later Saturday, Petoskey won the district ...
NEGAUNEE — Negaunee needed extra innings against a surprisingly tough semifinal opponent, then breezed through the championship game to capture the MHSAA Division 3 district baseball championship at home on Saturday. Playing at its Iron Town Field, the Miners needed nine innings to fend off ...
KINGSFORD — The Ishpeming boys track and field team may not have been the favorite at the Upper Peninsula Division 2 Finals on Saturday. But by the end of the afternoon, the Hematites proved that meets are won on the track and not on paper as they repeated as U.P. champions. Ishpeming ...
MARQUETTE — Colorblind posted a 5-3 victory over The Red Army in the Under-19 Coed division of the Superiorland Soccer Association in its season opener. Colorblind’s scorers were Trevor Lewis, Robert Bell and Elina Zhang, while Red Army’s were from Jaden Wrobel. In another U-19 game, ...
L’ANSE — L’Anse put on a dominating offensive performance Saturday, winning the MHSAA Division 4 district softball tournament on Saturday. The Purple Hornets opened with a 10-0 victory in six innings over Gwinn before fending off Ishpeming 12-2 in seven innings in the championship. In ...
KINGSFORD — The Division 3 Upper Peninsula track and field Finals was pretty competitive in the individual events, but the team competition was over fairly quickly as the Bessemer boys and Lake Linden-Hubbell girls rolled. The Speedboys dominated, finishing with 136 points, 69 ahead of ...
NEGAUNEE — In the newly revamped Little League associations, Marquette, Negaunee, Ishpeming and Gwinn now have interlocking schedules in their various divisions. Here are results from May 13-24: --------------- Minors baseball Pitcher Griffin Leece won in a Negaunee matchup as the ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Men’s Fastpitch Softball League will start play this week. Games will be held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 6:15 and 8 p.m. at Hurley Field in south Marquette. League play continues until mid-August.
NATIONAL MINE — There’s a first time for everything. In the case of the Negaunee varsity softball team, that time was last year when it won its first district championship in program history. Fast-forward one season later, and the Miners have prevailed in the district tournament again, ...
If there’s a list of incredible human accomplishments, climbing Mount Everest is probably near the top. The feat used to be deemed unachievable for years and rightfully so. To climb the highest point on Earth, a person takes on heavy risks, including low oxygen levels, high-altitude edema, ...
"I just wanted us to win so badly and we did." — Delaney Sall, 1,600-meter relay anchor, Marquette girls track and field -------------------- KINGSFORD — The Marquette and Negaunee girls track and field teams have had quite a battle the last three years at the Upper Peninsula Finals ...
KINGSFORD — It’s been said that all good things must come to an end and that’s what happened to the Marquette boys’ winning streak at the Division 1 Upper Peninsula track and field finals. The Redmen had a four-year run as champions before the streak came to end Saturday as ...
By Journal Sports Staff ISHPEMING — Katie Rankinen tripled while going 3 for 4 and teammate Taryn Moyle doubled to lead Tino’s to a 10-9 victory over Screened Image/Venice 2 in Class A of the Iron Range Women’s Softball League on May 22. Tammy Karp was 4 for 4 for ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette BMX track kicked off the 2019 season on May 23. Highlights of the first session included Eli Swanson picking up a win in the 5-and-under Novice class, his 10th Novice win that moves him up to Intermediate. Three riders picked up their first wins — Dominick ...
IRON RIVER — West Iron County defended its home turf, sweeping the boys and girls MHSAA Division 2 U.P. Finals on Thursday. The Wykons' boys carded a team score of 319 at George Young Resort, located 10 miles east of Iron River. Norway (366) took second place, followed by Hancock (362), St. ...
GLADSTONE — North Central freshman Bryson Mercier made his first trip to the Upper Peninsula Division 3 Golf Finals a successful one here Thursday as he earned medalist honors with 74 strokes. “I played real good today,” he said. “I had been struggling the past week, but made it ...
ESCANABA — Four Marquette Senior High School players earned baseball all-league honors when Great Northern Conference coaches voted earlier this week. The Redmen honored were senior Brendan Kaski at pitcher, junior Jakob Peterson at first base, sophomore Peter VandenAvond in the infield and ...