IRONWOOD — The 11th annual SISU Ski Fest will be held this weekend in and around downtown Ironwood. The two biggest events are the SISU 30-kilometer and Heikki Lunta 15K point-to-point cross country ski races on Saturday. The festival beings Friday with the Depot Dash for children ages 10 ...
GWINN — For their grandparents, the Gwinn girls basketball team would’ve needed the telephone operator a number of times on Tuesday night. But with modern technology, the Modeltowners needed no assistance in dialing long distance during their 63-19 home wipeout of Munising. Gwinn (5-0) ...
ESCANABA — The Escanaba Eskymos boys basketball team did something for the first time in a decade at home on Tuesday night — defeat Great Northern Conference rival Marquette. Behind a career night from junior point guard Brandon Frazer, the Upper Peninsula’s No. 4-ranked Eskymos did all ...
UPSSA Basketball Polls ---------------------- BOYS Divisions 1-3 W-L Pts Pvs 1. Iron Mountain (6) 4-0 30 — 2. Negaunee 4-0 24 — 3. Marquette 4-1 18 — 4. Escanaba 3-4 9 — 5. Westwood 3-0 5 — Others receiving votes: Munising ...
ISHPEMING — Sophomore Natalie Prophet spurred the Westwood girls basketball team back into their game against Gladstone in the second quarter on Monday night, and head coach Kurt Corcoran helped keep the pace going at halftime. It all turned out for a 56-48 victory by the 5-1 Patriots on ...
STAMBAUGH — West Iron County won its boys basketball home opener with a 50-42 victory over Westwood on Monday night. The game was a makeup from one that was postponed due to weather on Dec. 9. The Wykons never trailed and were led in scoring by Nathan Thomson with 16 points. Peyton ...
FELCH — Undefeated Munising made the trek to North Dickinson worth it Monday night with a 74-39 Skyline Central Conference boys basketball victory. Powered by 22 points — including six 3-pointers — from senior Austin Killips, the Mustangs remain undefeated this young season. Munising ...
"We’ve got a chance if we ... pull out close games because we’re going to be in a lot of them." — Troy Mattson, head coach, NMU women’s basketball --------------- MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team badly needed a win heading into Saturday ...
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dBOWLING GREEN, Ohio — It definitely wasn’t a pretty win, but the Northern Michigan University hockey team got the job done on the road Saturday night. After looking sharp against No. 11 Bowling Green State in Friday’s 5-2 win, the Wildcats were plagued by bad penalties in the series ...
HOUGHTON — Current junior Kjetil Baanerud and former ski team member Kyle Bratrud had among the best Northern Michigan University finishes at the U.S. Cross Country Championships being held at the Michigan Tech Trails over nearly a full week. Some of the top skiers in the country, including ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School boys basketball team was in need of a good bounce-back game Saturday afternoon after falling to rival Negaunee Friday night in overtime on the road. Through the third quarter against Alpena, it didn’t look like the Redmen would get a victory as ...
MARQUETTE — Balance is important to a consistently successful basketball team. The Northern Michigan University men definitely fulfilled that requirement Saturday afternoon as the Wildcats made 11 3-pointers and slowed down Wayne State’s biggest offensive threat on their way to a 58-55 ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School swimming and diving teams combined to win all but one event in a home sweep of Rudyard on Friday. The Redettes won the girls meet 135-20 and the Redmen 140-23. “Rudyard had very small numbers and were left at a big disadvantage, but Rudyard ...
ESCANABA — Gwinn freshman Trish McGuire made herself into a point-a-minute scorer coming off the bench for the Bay College women’s basketball team in a sweep of its own Quality Inn & Suites New Year’s Tournament held over the weekend. Fortunately, her team found her double-digit ...
ESCANABA — Negaunee sophomore Luke Mattson totaled 13 points over two games as the Bay College men’s basketball team swept its two games at its own Quality Inn & Suites New Year’s Tournament held over the weekend. Mattson scored six points in the Norse’s 81-77 victory over Sault ...
HANCOCK — Area players Joe Heinonen and River Shumate combined to score 19 points but it wasn’t enough for the Finlandia men’s basketball team to get its first victory of the season at home against Alma on Saturday. The Scots prevailed 97-89 as the Lions fell to 0-14 despite FU holding ...
Going home never seemed like an adventure to me. When I went home to Minneapolis in college my freshman year, it was cool the first time because I was living away from home and I was attempting to be an adult. The jury is still out if I’ve actually become one. Over the years though, it ...
By Journal Sports Staff BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Heading into this weekend’s series against No. 11 Bowling Green State, the big question surrounding the Northern Michigan University hockey team was if it would be rusty after not playing a game since a Dec. 14 win over now-No. 3 Minnesota ...
MANISTIQUE — Senior Marissa Delmont scored 25 points in just the first three quarters to lead Gwinn to a 55-38 victory at Manistique in a high school girls basketball game played Friday night. Delmont, who didn’t play in the fourth quarter, made five 3-pointers and five 2-pointers. “She ...