Before her arrival in high school, Hannah Spitzley used to spend her time at the top of the bleachers as part of the film crew for the Pewamo-Westphalia girls basketball program. Spitzley knew then, while closely watching her older sister and teammates having success and fun, that she wanted ...
It was clear from the moment Bree Salenbien played her first high school basketball game that she was a phenom in the making. Now, the question is where Salenbien will rank among the state’s all-time great players when she graduates. As of now, the Adrian Lenawee Christian star’s ...
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the high school swimming and diving season
"It’s a very gritty race and I feel it’s a lot about mental toughness, which I really like about racing." — Emily Paupore, Negaunee High School senior, on trying the steeplechase when she runs track at Central Michigan -------------------- NEGAUNEE — Emily Paupore will be taking ...
dfsaadsfaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaKINROSS — Senior Meagan Yonker of new league member Big Bay de Noc was named girls basketball Player of the Year by coaches in the Northern Lights League recently. The Black Bears joined the conference this season after being long-time members of the Skyline ...
DETROIT (AP) — Benton Harbor’s Carlos “Scooby” Johnson is Michigan’s Mr. Basketball for 2020, a season that was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Hal Schram Mr. Basketball award given out on Monday honors the state’s top senior basketball player. It is given annually ...
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"I’ve known all of these kids for years, I taught a lot of them when they were younger and it’s been an easy transition." — Derek Swajanen, Marquette Blues American Legion baseball manager, on taking the same reins for Marquette Senior High School ---------------- MARQUETTE — A ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette showed what a well balanced girls basketball team it had as the Great Northern Conference champion Redettes didn’t win any of the league’s major awards. But what they lacked at the top they made up for in quantity as five players gathered up a half-dozen ...
MUNISING — Munising and Superior Central combined for a half-dozen postseason honors when the Skyline Central Conference named its boys basketball award winners recently. The Mustangs, co-champions with Norway for the Large Schools division of the league, won five of the honors with the ...
Game time: U.P. All-Star Football Game, 1 p.m., Saturday, June 27, Superior Dome, Marquette --------------- MARQUETTE — Area high school football teams will be well represented during the 13th annual Upper Peninsula Football All-Star Game slated for Saturday, June 27, at the Superior ...
NEGAUNEE — Negaunee garnered seven awards, including two of the three special “of the year” winners, when the West PAC announced boys basketball honors recently. Senior guard Drew DuShane earned Defensive Player of the Year, while Dan Waterman won honors for Coach of the Year as the ...
"I’ve never really thought of myself as ‘courageous,’ as they put it. It’s kind of an everyday thing for me." — Erik Salminen, football, basketball, tennis and soccer player, Negaunee High School ----------------- NEGAUNEE — Adversity is something all of us have had to deal with ...
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LANSING — The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced in a fairly brief statement on Thursday afternoon that all postseason tournaments it conducts have been suspended immediately. Due to concerns over the coronavirus, the hockey, girls and boys basketball, gymnastics and Lower ...
ISHPEMING — Devastation is a strong word, but it’s the only one that really can be used to describe the heartache for several area high school sports teams that had dreams of winning a state championship in the next few days or weeks. Those dreams will have to remain just that, dreams, at ...
NEGAUNEE — Just like in the regular season, the Negaunee and Iron Mountain boys basketball teams can claim they did the best when it came to postseason honors handed out by the Mid-Peninsula Conference. They shared the league title after each finished with 11-1 marks in the M-PC, their only ...
"(Gaylord) didn’t come out like the team we saw the last time we played them. They proved themselves to be a worthy opponent." — Kameron Karp, junior, Marquette Senior High School boys basketball ---------------- MARQUETTE — March Madness most likely serves up plenty of thrillers, ...
RAPID RIVER — It was status quo in an MHSAA Division 4 district boys basketball opener here Wednesday night as Rapid River coasted past Superior Central 70-30. The Rockets (14-7) host Hannahville (16-5) in the championship game at 7 p.m. Friday. The Cougars finished 4-16. Hannahville ...
MUNISING — Defense wins championships, and that’s what the Munising varsity boys basketball team will need if it wants to challenge Negaunee in Friday night’s MHSAA Division 3 district tournament championship game. The Mustangs put out a strong defensive showing in Wednesday’s ...