By JOHN VRANCIC Escanaba Daily Press POWERS — Newberry raced out to a 34-0 halftime lead and coasted to a 55-8 victory over Carney-Nadeau in an eight-player high school football game played at North Central’s field on Friday night. The visiting Indians rolled up the big halftime lead ...
MARQUETTE — Coronavirus pared the field of teams, cold weather made for some unusual conditions, but none of that could slow the Marquette Senior High School boys soccer team in its quest for a 13th straight Upper Peninsula Championships Tournament title. With just two teams in attendance, ...
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the period from Sept. 21-Oct. 3
NEGAUNEE — Despite not being able to attend the conference meet on Friday, Ishpeming did well when it came to high school cross country honors in the West PAC. Honors were determined on Friday during the conference meet held at the Negaunee Township Hall trails, but it was also the first ...
ISHPEMING — The high school football playoffs are quickly approaching and the Westwood Patriots seems to be hitting their stride after dominating Gogebic 42-8 Friday. Westwood was led offensively by Garrett Mann, who had 18 carries for 146 yards and three touchdowns. Zach Carlson also ...
HOUGHTON — A powerful Negaunee High School football team got all it wanted from the Houghton Gremlins on Friday night. And a little more. The “more” came when Gremlins stunned the favored Miners in overtime, 15-13. An ecstatic first-year coach Micah Stipech wasn’t sure if the win ...
NEGAUNEE — The little school that could really did. A team made up of the Copper Country Christian School and homeschoolers from that area won its first championship at the Upper Peninsula Division 2 Finals in boys soccer held at Peter Waara Park in Negaunee Township on Saturday. The ...
MARQUETTE — It may have come in a shortened season, but a conference championship still means something to the Marquette football team. For the second straight season, the Redmen won the Great Northern Conference thanks to a 27-6 victory over Escanaba on Friday night. “Being (that ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette stayed at home and pulled off a victory in a battle of high school volleyball titans on Thursday night. The Redettes defeated Houghton in a nonconference match in four sets, 25-15, 25-18, 24-26, 25-13, to improve to 10-1 overall, which includes a perfect 4-0 record in ...
NEGAUNEE — Since it can be done in cross country, Houghton was able to literally run away with all the titles at the West PAC finals held at the Negaunee Township trails on Friday afternoon. The Gremlins easily carted off team honors after taking the top two girls places and top six boys ...
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 ...
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 — 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 ...
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 ...