MANISTIQUE — Manistique boys basketball coach Bill Boddy has decided to move on after one year in charge of the program. Boddy has accepted a teaching position at Kingsford, two miles from his hometown of Iron Mountain. He will also help coach the varsity football and basketball teams ...
"I was worried when he told me he couldn’t see and he took his glasses off, but he really commanded the strike zone really well after that." — Jason Siik, Negaunee manager, on Game 2 pitcher Alex Zampese ---------------- NEGAUNEE — If there’s two words to sum up Wednesday’s ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Nathan Thomson and the entire West Iron County golf program seem to enjoy playing at the challenging TimberStone Golf Course. The Wykons dominated the West PAC tournament Tuesday, sweeping team and medalist honors for both the girls and boys. Tori Bociek and Iron ...
NATIONAL MINE — The conditions weren’t ideal for softball Wednesday afternoon, but the Westwood Patriots still managed to put several runs on the scoreboard in a doubleheader sweep of L’Anse. Westwood won the first game 12-2, then took the second game 10-5 in five innings. Patriots ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette boys golf team had to battle both the wind and a mist on Wednesday, but the Redmen still came out on top at the Marquette Invitational. MSHS dominated the field with a total of 318 strokes as Jordan Jurmu earned medalist honors after shooting 74. Marquette also ...
HOUGHTON — The Houghton girls got scoring from many sources on a most cloudy and chilly Wednesday afternoon, earning the West PAC Conference track title with 133 points. They were followed by Negaunee with 107 and Westwood 97. “This was just a great team performance,” Houghton assistant ...
HARRIS — The weight events helped tilt the scales in Rapid River’s favor here Tuesday as it captured the Skyline Central Conference boys’ track and field championship with 122 points. Rapid River was followed by defending champ Norway 119 and Stephenson 81 on this partly cloudy and ...
HOUGHTON — The Houghton girls and Westwood boys were crowned champions in Wednesday’s West PAC track meet and it was reflected in voting by the league’s coaches. Negaunee’s Chloe Norman, who won four events, was voted the girls’ Most Valuable Participant and Ishpeming’s Jonah ...
LAKE LINDEN — The Houghton softball team swept a doubleheader from visiting Ishpeming, 5-2 and 12-4, at the Boneyard in Lake Linden on Tuesday. After Houghton built a 5-0 advantage in the opener, Ishpeming’s Willow LaChapelle got an RBI hit to bring Madison Pruett home for the ...
By Journal Sports Staff BAY CITY — Northern Michigan University graduating men’s swimmer and diver Nathan Rotundo earned a nice prize on Tuesday. The Marquette Senior High School graduate was awarded the 2019 GLIAC Pat Riepma Post Graduate Scholarship, which is worth $5,000 to help ...
ISHPEMING — The Mid-Peninsula Conference Tournament is Thursday and the Westwood boys tennis team is heading into it on a high note as the Patriots swept Ishpeming 8-0 on Tuesday afternoon. “Today was a positive way to go into the M-PC Tournament with everyone getting a win,” Patriots ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette softball team had an afternoon of mixed results Tuesday in a doubleheader against visiting Bark River-Harris. The Redettes got a no-hitter from pitcher Amanda McIntire to help earn a 4-1 win over the Broncos in the first game played at Lions Field in Marquette ...
"The wind (is) challenging, but I was thinking everybody has to run with it." — Chloe Norman, junior, Negaunee girls track --------------------- ISHPEMING — Track and field success is often determined by how strong you finish. The Gladstone boys followed that formula here Monday ...
HANCOCK — The visiting Negaunee Miners topped Houghton 8-1 and 14-2 in a high school softball doubleheader played at the Hancock Driving Park on Monday. The Gremlins had a more cohesive opening game, but errors in the bottom of the fifth inning caught up to the hosts. “Overall, ...
MARQUETTE — Sometimes in baseball, a team just finds a way to get a win, even when the statistics may not necessarily be in its favor. That’s what the Escanaba baseball team did Monday as the Eskymos came back twice to sweep a doubleheader at Marquette. In the opener, EHS topped the ...
L’ANSE— Hancock improved to 8-0 in the West PAC after sweeping the L’Anse Purple Hornets by scores of 7-6 and 10-4 in a high school softball doubleheader played Monday. In Game 1, Delaney Heinonen was the winning pitcher. She pitched a complete game, giving up seven hits, six walks, ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Marquette boys were joined by the Menominee girls in winning honors in a Great Northern Conference golf meet held Monday at Pine Grove Country Club. The Redmen were led by medalist Tyler Bergwall with 40 to post a team total of 171, beating out runner-up Escanaba by six ...
NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee boys tennis team hasn’t been tested much this season, but the Miners got a good battle from Marquette on Monday afternoon. However, the Miners used some strong doubles play to earn a 6-2 win over the Redmen and remained undefeated in dual meets at 12-0. “Our ...
HARRIS — A Westwood High School senior was among four Upper Peninsula student-athletes to receive a prestigious honor at the 48th annual U.P. Sports Hall of Fame banquet at the Island Resort and Casino in Harris on May 11. Nathan Beckman was one of the soon-to-be graduates to receive a ...
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