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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By JOHN VRANCIC Escanaba Daily Press ST. IGNACE — Led by senior Jaylen James and four other multiple winners, Newberry dominated at the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 2 track and field regional meet held Friday. The Indians scored 74 points, more than double the co-runners-up total of ...
By Iron Mountain Daily News IRON RIVER — Ishpeming held off Mitchell LeGrave and Norway for the boys title while Hancock edged West Iron County for girls honors Thursday in the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 2 regional track and field meet at Nelson Field. The top four finishers in each ...
By Journal Sports Staff ISHPEMING — The entire West PAC high school softball tournament may last just three innings this spring. That’s how many innings Negaunee needed to post a 15-0 mercy rule-shortened victory at Ishpeming in a preliminary round game played Friday ...
NEGAUNEE — The goal for teams is to get as many athletes to qualify for the June 1 Upper Peninsula track and field finals when competing at MHSAA Upper Peninsula regional meets. It’s one of the rare occasions where winning a team title gets put to the side, but two local teams came out on ...