NEGAUNEE - It was a breezy 45 degree day forcing athletes and spectators alike to bundle up, but that didn't stop the Negaunee High School boys tennis team from earning an 8-0 sweep of Escanaba on Thursday afternoon at the Negaunee Tennis Complex. The Miners are now 8-0-1 on the season, with ...
NEGAUNEE — Four teams competed in a track and field meet hosted by Negaunee High School on Thursday afternoon and the host Miners finished at the top of the podium. Negaunee won team titles on both the boys and girls side with the boys earning a team score of 130 followed by Ishpeming with ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School boys tennis team earned a 4-4 tie with Kingsford in a home meet on Thursday afternoon. Marquette is now 4-1-1 on the season after the split matches. The Redmen took three out of four singles victories on the day which came from Alex Olivier, ...
MARQUETTE — A Negaunee native is on the list of honorees for the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s 2018 All-GLIAC Baseball Teams and Postseason Awards. Negaunee alumnus Tyler Jandron of Northwood University in Midland was named GLIAC Pitcher of the Year for the second ...
GLADSTONE— The Negaunee High School softball team split a road doubleheader at Gladstone on Thursday. The Miners fell to the Braves 7-5 in game one before rebounding for a 6-2 victory in game two. Negaunee is now 16-5 on the season after the doubleheader split and head coach Randy ...
GLADSTONE — The Marquette Senior High School boys and girls track and field teams each took first place in the Gladstone Invitational meet on Thursday. Four teams competed and Marquette captured the boys title with a team score of 106 followed by Gladstone with 53, Escanaba with 51 and ...
ESCANABA — Three local teams participated in the Escanaba Golf Invitational on Thursday. Marquette, Negaunee and Munising all competed at the meet held at the Escanaba Country Club and took 4th, 5th and 6th place respectively. Gladstone took first place in the boys tournament with a ...
By Escanaba Daily Press EBEN — The elements and Superior Central furnished stiff competiton Thursday, but the Bark River-Harris Broncos prevailed with 6-0 and 6-5 victories in a baseball doubleheader. BR-H scored the game winner in the nightcap on Adam Cappaert’s single along the ...
By Journal Sports Staff BIG RAPIDS — Junior Haley Hewer finished as the top golfer for Northern Michigan University at the NCAA Division II East Super Regional, but it wasn’t enough for the Wildcats to qualify for the upcoming NCAA Championships. NMU slipped from third place after the ...
By JOHN VRANCIC Escanaba Daily Press RAPID RIVER — The Rapid River boys continued to dominate their own track invitational Thursday, winning for at least the third straight time with 175 points. Munising edged Stephenson 68-66 for the runner-up spot. Superior Central did not score in ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University hockey team is eager to get going in the 2018-19 season after its schedule was announced Wednesday. That’s especially true after a successful season under first-year head coach Grant Potulny that included a second-place finish in the WCHA and a ...
OMAHA, Neb. — A former Northern Michigan University hockey player died Tuesday morning. Matt Thurber passed away at age 28 in Omaha, Nebraska. According to a Wednesday article in the Bakersfield Californian, where he played a year of minor-league professional hockey, the nature of his ...
MARQUETTE — There were many cancellations Wednesday around Marquette County, but the Marquette girls soccer team toughed it out in the rain at the Kaufman Sports Complex. The game against Sault Ste. Marie was a frustrating one for the Redettes as they had to not only battle the elements, but ...
NEGAUNEE — Superior Central needed a game to get its legs under it, but Negaunee was still able to prevail for a high school baseball doubleheader sweep on Wednesday. Playing on what Miners’ coach Jason Siik called “a moist field,” NHS prevailed 11-1 in four innings and 13-12 in ...
GLADSTONE — The Marquette boys finished runners-up and the girls fifth at the second Great Northern Conference meet of the season on Tuesday at Terrace Bluff. The Redmen had 166 total strokes with each competitor playing nine holes while the host Braves had 160. Escanaba was third with 171, ...
MANISTIQUE — Newberry made a run at Sault Ste. Marie in the boys meet, but ultimately the Blue Devils swept both titles at the Manistique Invitational held Tuesday. The Indians boys scored 109 points, just a dozen points behind the victorious Soo. That was despite Newberry winning three ...
"Things are starting to get better now that we’ve been outside and can practice outside." — Kevin Bell, boys track and field coach, Negaunee ----------------- NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee track and field teams have built up a reputation for being one of the best in the Upper Peninsula and ...
By Journal Sports Staff BIG RAPIDS — The Northern Michigan University women’s golf team slipped one significant spot on the second day of the three-day NCAA Division II East Super Regional on Tuesday. The Wildcats fell from third to fourth place with the top three teams advancing to the ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s track and field team travels to the western suburbs of Chicago in Naperville, Illinois, for the Dr. Keeler Invitational at North Central College on Thursday and Friday. This is its last opportunity to improve their national standing in ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Negaunee softball team continued to hit the ball well as the Miners swept another doubleheader Tuesday afternoon. Negaunee defeated Iron Mountain 14-8 in the first game before pounding the Mountaineers 15-0 in the second contest. “We started off the first game ...