PETOSKEY — Petoskey kept its offense close to the ground while rainy weather seemed to stymie Marquette’s aerial attack as the Northmen won 19-14 in a high school football game played Friday night in Petoskey. The Redmen fell to 2-3 this season while Petoskey is now 1-4. “They were ...
By RYAN STIEG Journal Sports Writer NEGAUNEE — Not many high school quarterbacks could take a massive hit before halftime, then manage to play better in the second half. But Negaunee’s Jason Waterman accomplished that Friday night against Ishpeming. With the Miners holding a slim ...
By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer ISHPEMING — It was an explosive Homecoming for the Westwood football team. The Patriots had four players find the end zone while racking up 514 yards of total offense, topping Manistique 52-19 on Friday night. Of those yards, 332 came on the ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Senior captain Trevor Salmon recorded his second three-goal hat trick this month as the Marquette Senior High School boys soccer team held off a second-half charge to defeat Kingsford 4-2 on Thursday evening at the Kaufman Sports Complex in ...
"It was mostly a mental game today. I think I need to get a little more training in." — Emily Paupore, Negaunee girls cross country runner, after setting the course record at Al Quaal ------------------ ISHPEMING — The Houghton girls brought home plenty of souvenirs from the Tracy ...
GWINN — Gwinn had to work hard but it paid off with a three-set victory over Negaunee in a high school volleyball match held at the Modeltowners’ gym on Thursday evening. GHS prevailed 25-21, 29-27, 25-23 in this dual-league matchup to improve to 10-5-2 overall, 4-0 in the West PAC and ...
ISHPEMING — You probably could’ve predicted who was going to be in Thursday’s Mid-Peninsula Conference tennis finals. Gwinn, Iron Mountain and Ishpeming challenged, but Westwood and Negaunee achieved conference supremacy again, with the Patriots and Miners turning the finals matches ...
KINGSFORD — Marquette swept through the Great Northern Conference high school girls tennis meet like the strong wind did at times on Wednesday at the Kingsford High School tennis facility. The Redettes won the team titles by a wide margin of 10 points, scoring 24. “As a team, I thought ...
NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee girls tennis team cruised to two wins Tuesday, sweeping Ishpeming and Gwinn both by perfect 8-0 scores. The Miners decided to move some players around in both meets and judging by the scores, they all performed well. In the Ishpeming meet, Negaunee didn’t drop ...
MARQUETTE — Freshman Max Dawson keyed Marquette’s fast start as the Redmen blanked Iron Mountain 6-0 at home on Tuesday evening. Dawson scored both of the Redmen’s first-half goals and sophomore goalkeeper Harrison Anthos made it stand up by stopping all three shots on net he faced, ...
MUNISING — Gladstone sophomore Giovanni Mathews made Tuesday a special day as he captured his first varsity cross country title in the Munising Invitational. Mathews covered the 3.1-mile course at Pictured Rocks Golf & Country Club in 17 minutes, 25.15 seconds. He was followed by ...
ISHPEMING — The Gwinn volleyball team earned a nice win Tuesday night, sweeping Westwood 3-0 on the road. The Modeltowners took the match (25-15, 25-18, 25-16) with the help of some strong offensive play from Emily Curtice, Halle Beauchamp and Tianna Taylor. The threesome combined for 19 ...
MANISTIQUE — The Manistique High School volleyball team made quick work of Ishpeming on Tuesday night, crusing to a three set victory, 25-12, 25-8, 25-15. “I think we served really aggressively. We had 21 aces overall, which I think is pretty aggressive as far as serving goes,” ...
UPSSA High School Football Polls -------------------- This week’s U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association poll (with first-place votes, if any, record, total votes and last week’s poll position): -------------------- Large Schools 1. Calumet (4) 4-0 36 2 2. ...
ESCANABA — Negaunee put a goose egg on the board as it shut out Escanaba 8-0 in a high school girls tennis meet held Monday. The Miners won every flight in two sets except for No. 3 doubles. In the other seven flights combined, NHS lost just 28 games. The Escanaba No. 3 doubles tandem of ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette swept the top three flights in both singles and doubles to record a 6-2 high school girls tennis victory over visiting Kingsford on Monday afternoon. The Redettes dropped 10 games combined in Nos. 1, 2 and 3 singles and the same number in Nos. 1, 2 and 3 ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Manistique continued its winning ways Monday, sweeping to a three-set victory in a high school volleyball match at Iron Mountain, 25-12, 25-20, 25-13. “We played pretty strong tonight,” Emeralds coach Amy Nixon said. “We put up a big front at the net as far as blocking ...
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ESCANABA — It was a memorable day for Escanaba graduate Eric Mason on Saturday morning as he coached Marquette to a hard-fought 17-14 football triumph over his alma mater. The victory meant the Redmen improved to 2-2 overall following the Great Northern Conference opener for both ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Westwood swept Iron Mountain 8-0 in a high school girls tennis meet held Thursday. The best contested match came at No. 4 doubles, where the Patriots’ Hannah Mattila and Mallory Leece beat IM’s Elle Lofholm and Courtney Portello 6-2, 7-5. Westwood dropped just 11 games ...