"My teammates were there and that really helped to have their support." — Matt Paavo, Westwood No. 4 singles player, on the U.P. Division 2 finals coming down to his championship match ----------------------- ISHPEMING — Tennis may not be the first sport that comes to mind when people ...
HARRIS — Paxton Johnson only achieved half of her goal in her final high school golf match here Wednesday, but it was a special half. The Escanaba High School senior won her fourth straight MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 1 golf championship to join two other four-time winners. On a ...
KINGSFORD — The dynasty continues. Negaunee won six of the eight championship flights to capture its fourth consecutive MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 1 Finals title in boys tennis on Wednesday. Negaunee head coach Kyle Saari said a team-first approach has kept the Miners, winners of ...
L’ANSE — Ishpeming erupted for 11 runs in the fourth inning of the nightcap to pull out a high school softball doubleheader split on Tuesday. L’Anse won the opener 8-1 before the Hematites came back for a 21-9 victory in Game 2. Ishpeming trailed 9-4 entering the fourth in the ...
ESCANABA — Gladstone senior Rudy Peterson sizzled on the front nine here Wednesday, retaining his MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 1 boys golf title with an even-par 71. Peterson fired a 2-under-par 34 on the front nine, then overcame bogeys on Nos. 15 and 16 to shoot 37 on the back nine at ...
"It’s something that, odds are as things go along, we’re going to need both of them." — Randy Carlson, Negaunee softball head coach, on Miners’ pitchers Abby Nelson and Skylar Hall in the MHSAA tournament -------------------- NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee High School softball team had ...
KINGSFORD — A second-half goal stemming from a penalty kick was enough for Iron Mountain to hold off Marquette 2-1 on Tuesday evening. The Mountaineers (5-3) got the winning goal from Reagan Lundholm, who scored on a rebound from her own penalty kick in the second half. “She had the ...
NATIONAL MINE — Westwood ended its softball regular season on a high note after a doubleheader sweep of visiting Houghton on Tuesday. The Patriots won the afternoon game 14-0 in five innings before an 11-1 six-inning decision in the nightcap. Westwood ends the regular season with a 19-4 ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette Senior High School earned a baseball doubleheader sweep of Menominee at home on Haley Memorial Field on Tuesday night. The Redmen took the lead in the third inning and added two insurance runs in the fourth to take the opener 4-1 before racing out to a 9-3 victory in ...
The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the week of May 17-22
HANCOCK — By this point in the softball season, coaches want their teams to be reaching their peak at the plate and the Westwood Patriots are definitely getting close to that point. The Patriots scored 30 total runs over the course of Friday’s doubleheader with Hancock as they swept the ...
"You know you’re going to get teams’ best shots and you have to be able to respond." — Kyle Saari, Negaunee head coach, about being undefeated this spring in boys tennis ------------------------ ISHPEMING — The final result was in doubt till the last couple of matches Thursday at ...
MARQUETTE — Junior pitcher Amanda McIntire fanned 15 Menominee hitters and the Marquette Senior High School varsity softball team’s offense cranked out 22 hits Friday afternoon, but the Redettes were forced to settle for a doubleheader split after the Maroons made a seventh inning comeback ...
KINGSFORD — The young West Iron County Wykons repeated as team champions and Marquette’s Alec Olivier remained unbeaten in the Great Northern Conference boys tennis tournament on Thursday. The Wykons, with a lineup of 10 sophomores, chalked up 29 points to win the seven-team tournament. ...
NEGAUNEE — The hot Negaunee Miners softball team cruised to a pair of victories over the visiting Hancock at LaCombe Field in Negaunee on Thursday, 11-0 and 15-0. Katelyn Lammi of Negaunee started things off with a two-run hit. Abby Nelson hit to the outfield for a double and the Miners ...
CHAMPION — The Negaunee High School golf team will be riding high into next week’s MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 1 finals after taking both the boys and girls team crowns at the Mid-Peninsula Conference meet at Wawonowin Country Club on Thursday. The Miners boys compiled a team score of ...
ISHPEMING - George Niemi has been promoted to head coach of the Ishpeming High School varsity football program according to a press release Thursday morning. Niemi assumes the same position he held with the Hematites’ junior varsity squad for the previous six seasons. He’s been with the ...
MARQUETTE — Great Northern Conference golf teams were able to get one final tune-up in ahead of next week’s MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 1 finals. While Thursday’s 18-hole finale at the Marquette Golf Club’s Heritage course was the last before Wednesday’s U.P. Finals, there were ...
ESCANABA — The Escanaba softball team proved its Great Northern Conference chops as it swept the Marquette Redettes with back-to-back 10-0 shutout wins on Thursday. With the two victories, Esky officially clinched the GNC championship over Gladstone. The nightcap saw rain, shine, wind, ...
MARQUETTE — The Gladstone baseball team clinched the Great Northern Conference championship with a sweep of Marquette here Thursday. The Braves won 3-0 and 22-4. The opener remained scoreless until the fourth inning. Zach Hanson earned the win for the Braves over six innings. He allowed ...