POWERS — The North Central boys started quickly and Republic-Michigamme couldn’t keep pace here Monday night as the Jets rolled to an 82-46 basketball victory in an MHSAA Division 4 district tournament opener. North Central (15-6) visits North Dickinson (4-16) at 7 p.m. EDT Wednesday. The ...
MARQUETTE — When Marquette met Petoskey on Dec. 14, it didn’t yet know it would square off with the Northmen again nearly three months later in the opening round of the districts. The Redmen narrowly won that regular-season contest by three points, meaning Monday night’s tourney game ...
GWINN — In a game where defense ruled for most of the night, there was half a quarter where the shining sun of offense burned brightly. Then it was back to clamp-down defense again. In the end, though, it was a four-win Gwinn team that never trailed and registered a 61-53 win at home over ...
"I think this team’s a little different.... We’re going down there with the expectation that we can win the whole thing." — Doug Garrow, head coach, Marquette Senior High School hockey ------------------------- GAYLORD — Marquette is returning to Plymouth with a different ...
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the week of Feb. 26-March 3
MARQUETTE — Week 2 of high school basketball districts moves to the boys’ side this week, with high school girls basketball, hockey and gymnastics adding their own spice with just a few elite teams left. And Northern Michigan University will have a number of athletes traveling to NCAA ...
DETROIT — Ishpeming senior Alaric Martin was the only area wrestler to advance to the second day of the MHSAA individual wrestling state finals held in Detroit over the weekend. Martin, who wrestled at 215 pounds in the Division 4 tournament, finished in fifth place after compiling a 3-2 ...
MARQUETTE — Westwood freshman Kylie Junak proved her regional singles victory was no fluke as she advanced the furthest of any area competitor at the MHSAA state bowling finals held in several locations in the Lower Peninsula on Friday and Saturday. Competing in Division 4 girls singles on ...
NEGAUNEE — After a tough road defeat at Negaunee on Feb. 21, Kurt Corcoran knew his Westwood girls basketball team needed to step up entering Lakeview Memorial Gym this time around. Westwood did just that, edging the Miners 48-44 in an MHSAA Division 3 girls district championship game to ...
GWINN — Gwinn held serve with West Iron County for three quarters before the Wykons erupted for a 22-8 advantage in the final quarter of a 69-55 boys basketball victory on Friday night. The teams were tied 12-12 after one quarter as the Modeltowners took a modest 28-26 halftime before it ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette girls have picked the perfect time for one of the ups in their rollercoaster season. The Redettes won their third MHSAA Division 1 tournament game this week with a 49-35 victory over Traverse City Central to secure the district championship on Friday night at the ...
"Iron Mountain has kind of been our nemesis. We’ve played them tough a couple of times but have not been able to get over the hump." — Dan Waterman, Negaunee boys basketball head coach, on the difficulties the Miners had had with IM ------------------ IRON MOUNTAIN — Alex Munson’s ...
NEGAUNEE — While all four Marquette County teams won multiple awards, it was West PAC Iron Division champion Westwood that won the special honors when the league announced its girls basketball awards on Tuesday. Senior guard Tessa Leece was named Player of the Year and Kurt Corcoran the ...
"Thankfully Madi hit a 3 to kind of get us going." — Kurt Corcoran, Westwood girls basketball head coach, on Madi Koski making the Patriots’ first shot more than 5 minutes into the game ------------------ ISHPEMING — It was a sluggish start for the Westwood varsity girls basketball ...
MUNISING — Munising and Superior Central high schools combined to earn five girls basketball honors when the Skyline Central Conference announced its season awards earlier this week. The top honor went to Mustangs senior Megan Matson, who was named to the league’s First Team. Senior ...
MANISTIQUE — The first quarter told the tale as Negaunee jumped out to a quick lead and didn’t let up in a 48-18 victory at Manistique in a MHSAA Division 3 girls basketball district semifinal Wednesday at Manistique. “Negaunee got a 7-0 lead in the first few minutes,” Emeralds coach ...
ST. NICHOLAS — Putting the basketball through the hoop was a difficult task for the Rapid River girls here Wednesday night in a 44-31 loss to the Munising Mustangs in a MHSAA Division 4 district championship game. This marked the third straight title for the Mustangs (8-13), who face ...
ALPENA — There is no question that Alpena’s kryptonite on the basketball court is Marquette. Wednesday’s 56-31 loss marked the third time in the last five years that the Alpena girls basketball team’s season has ended at the hands of the Redettes. Despite having the luxury of ...
WELLS — Marquette hockey coach Doug Garrow used a unique strategy to motivate his team for Wednesday’s MHSAA Division 2 regional championship game at Escanaba. With many upsets taking place across high school and college playoffs in multiple sports the last few days, Garrow reminded his ...
ISHPEMING — Ishpeming made just shy of 90 percent of its free throws to power its way to a 64-49 boys basketball victory over visiting West Iron County on Tuesday. The Hematites made 9 of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter and 17 of 19 (89.5 percent) for the game as they broke open a game ...