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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...