NEGAUNEE — It’s been three years, but the Negaunee football team is back in the playoffs. And the Miners clinched that postseason bid in convincing fashion, too, rolling past Houghton 35-0 Friday night. Negaunee started the year 0-2, but is now on a six-game winning streak heading ...
GLADSTONE — The Gladstone football team stumbled out of the gate against the Marquette Redmen here Friday and couldn’t find the momentum to overcome it as the Braves fell 37-14 in a Great Northern Conference contest. The Braves trailed 17-0 at the half, but earned their first touchdown on ...
ISHPEMING — The West Iron County High School varsity volleyball team rolled through Ishpeming with ease at the Hematites' gym on Tuesday night. The Wykons won in straight sets 25-18, 25-13 and 25-17, completing the season sweep of Ishpeming in dual match play. The performance was backed ...
MANISTIQUE — The Manistique Emeralds continue to show their dominance. Facing a good Gwinn team for the second time this year, the Emeralds controlled most of the match to complete a 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-22) volleyball sweep here Tuesday. Trailing 9-8 in the opening set, Manistique’s ...
POWERS — The Superior Central volleyball team grounded the North Central Jets in a nip-and-tuck five-setter (15-25, 26-24, 20-25, 25-13, 15-13) here Tuesday as the Jets fell short of getting their first win of the season. It all came down to the fifth set. North Central came out quick with a ...
FLAT ROCK — The Ishpeming boys continued a season-long trend on Monday when they captured the Mid-Peninsula Conference cross country title with 23 points. Ishpeming, as it has all year, ran as a pack and grabbed five of the top seven places. Runner-up Gladstone scored 46 points, followed by ...
POWERS — Sometimes in volleyball all you need is a little bit of momentum. That proved to be the case here Monday as Munising overcame a sluggish start to win the first set and carry that momentum to a three-set sweep of North Central. The Mustangs won 26-24, 25-19, 25-17. MHS (3-8) ...
UPSSA High School Football Polls ----------------- This week’s U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association poll (with first-place votes, if any, record, total votes and last week’s poll position): ----------------- Large Schools 1. Escanaba (6) 6-1 34 1 2. Calumet ...
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HARRIS — After an explosive and muddy first half, a waterlogged defensive duel decided the outcome as Bark River-Harris held down Manistique to win 20-6 on Friday in a West PAC Iron Division contest. The Broncos were first on the board with a breakout 60-yard rush from Clayton Eichhorn with ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette broke a nearly decade-long losing streak to Menominee with a rousing comeback in a high school football game played Friday night. The Redmen spotted Menominee a 21-0 lead before starting their comeback in the second quarter and eventually winning 28-21. Marquette ...
By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer ISHPEMING — Some might call it football weather, but conditions weren’t the most ideal around the Upper Peninsula on Friday night. With hail coming down at kickoff, along with piercing winds and blistering 40-degree temperatures, the winner of ...
NEGAUNEE — In the second year of the expanded West PAC, there’s been no change at the top when it comes to cross country. The fifth and final West PAC meet of the season was held at the Negaunee Township Hall on Thursday afternoon, with the Ishpeming boys and Houghton girls claiming the ...
NEGAUNEE — Fifteen boys and the same number of girls have been named All-West PAC in cross country, the league announced Thursday. Runners of the Year were also the winners of Thursday’s final West PAC meet held in Negaunee, the Miners’ Emily Paupore for the girls and Houghton’s Joe ...
RAPID RIVER — Rapid River tamed Superior Central for a three-set sweep in a Skyline Central Conference volleyball match on Thursday. The Rockets prevailed 25-21, 25-22, 25-17. In the first set, Superior Central led early before RR built momentum as Rapid River’s Myah Pearson aced it to ...
ISHPEMING — Ishpeming High School prevailed in the end over Westwood in a seesaw high school volleyball match, winning in five sets, 26-24, 24-26, 21-25, 25-21, 15-8. “I’m very proud of how everyone on the (Ishpeming) team played,” Hematites coach Katt Beerling said. “We fell flat ...
MARQUETTE — On the color wheel, it’s well-known that red shines much brighter than maroon. On Thursday night, the Marquette volleyball team definitely outshone Menominee as the Redettes swept the Maroons in three sets. Marquette came back to win the first set 25-16, dominated the second ...
NEGAUNEE — Negaunee High School will honor its long-time varsity football coach Dick Koski at its home game against a team that shares its nickname, the Gogebic Miners, at 7 p.m. today. “What makes this game even more unique is the history behind the nickname,” a post on the NHS website ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Marquette overwhelms even the largest schools in the Upper Peninsula with its numbers at cross country meets this season. MSHS placed all seven of its runners in the top 10 to score 27 points and earn its seventh straight boys title at the Great Northern Conference meet ...
In Monday’s Sports on Page 2B with a stand-alone photo of Negaunee cross country runner Emily Paupore, her time at the downstate Portage Invitational of 18:31.1 was reported as a school-record time. Since then, it’s been discovered that the Miners’ Beth Collins ran a 3.1-mile course in ...