NEGAUNEE — The host Miners finished as runners-up at their own Negaunee Baseball Invitational on Saturday. NHS opened with a 9-1 victory over L’Anse in the morning before falling 7-3 in the championship game to Calumet that afternoon. The other team in the tournament was Iron Mountain, ...
NEGAUNEE — Both Marquette and Negaunee continued to work on successful track and field seasons Saturday afternoon at the Negaunee Lions Invitational. Marquette swept both the girls and boys meets, with the girls totaling 97 points and the boys 121. Negaunee took second in each meet, ...
By Journal Sports Staff ESCANABA — Marquette pitcher Chelsea Wiggins got a workout in the pitching circle while watching an NCAA Division I-bound pitcher go toe to toe with her on Saturday. The Redettes split a pair of games at the Escanaba Invitational, defeating Rapid River 7-0 before ...
NEGAUNEE — Hailey Fezatt and Malorie Munson put in strong performances in the pitching circle to help Negaunee sweep Manistique in a doubleheader played Friday at the Miners’ LaCombe Field. Negaunee took the opening game 5-4 behind Fezatt’s two-hitter before Munson gave up six hits but ...
NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee track and field teams have looked solid all season, and at Thursday’s 5-team meet, the Miners showed that a big title could be on the horizon. Negaunee swept both the boys and girls meets at its home quinquangular with the boys racking up 141.5 points and the girls ...
ISHPEMING — The Westwood Patriots earned a 12-11 walk off win in dramatic fashion over Norway in the second game of their doubleheader to earn a split Thursday evening in Ishpeming. After a trouncing 20-8 loss to the Knights in game one where Norway scored 13 runs in the top of the seventh, ...
ISHPEMING — The Westwood tennis team pulled off a strong performance Thursday as the Patriots defeated Ishpeming 8-0. Patriots Brett Fredrickson (No. 1 singles), Jake Kerkela (No. 2) and Anthony Couveau (No. 3) each took their matches in two sets, while Matt Paavo outlasted Ishpeming’s ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette softball was dealt a pair of one-run losses Thursday afternoon as it fell to Kingsford 2-1 in the first game and 4-3 in the second. In the opener, the Redettes were led offensively by Hannah Bulinski, who went 2 for 4 with a run scored. Kaleigh Duncan also had two ...
By Escanaba Daily Press HARRIS — Two student-athletes from Marquette and Alger counties will be among five to be recognized Saturday night at the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame banquet to be held at the Island Resort & Casino in Harris. Four of the honorees, all who happen to be ...
MARQUETTE — In the past few seasons, Marquette and Kingsford always seem to have tight battles whenever they meet on the soccer field. Wednesday was another example of that. After fighting the Flivvers to a 1-1 tie at Kingsford exactly two weeks earlier, the Redettes emerged with a 1-0 ...
NEGAUNEE — Thanks to this uncooperative spring, it’s taken longer than expected for the Negaunee softball team to play its first home doubleheader. But when the opportunity finally came on Wednesday, the Miners took full advantage. Negaunee improved to 9-10 by using strong pitching and ...
MARQUETTE — The Negaunee boys tennis team remained undefeated Wednesday after the Miners took down Marquette 7-1. Negaunee’s Luke Skewis and Chas Kumpula both picked up two-set victories at No. 2 and No. 4 singles, respectively, while Thomas Sertich outlasted Redman Luke McCarthy in three ...
MARQUETTE — Blake Henriksen and Garrett Finkbeiner each had quality starts on the mound for the Marquette Senior High School baseball team at home against Escanaba on Wednesday. But the Redmen bats didn’t awake from their slumber, combining for just two runs and seven hits over two games ...
---------------- GWINN — Munising won the battle of two rebuilding high school tennis programs Tuesday afternoon in Gwinn, winning a straight-up 8-0 sweep over the Modeltowners. Mustangs head coach Rod Gendron was happy conditions allowed his team to finally get in their second match of ...
ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming Hematites softball team had a rough day Tuesday afternoon, getting swept in a home doubleheader against Norway. The Knights won the first game 6-1 and the second 10-0. The Hematites (10-6) managed only eight hits over the two games. “Today was ugly,” ...
MARINETTE, Wisconsin — The Marquette Senior High School boys track team finished third at the Marinette, Wisconsin, Invitational, with 108 points. The MSHS girls were fifth with 92. Freedom, Wisconsin, won the meet with 200, while Bay Port, Wisconsin, was runner-up with 164. The only other ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University will host a pair of state football championship games this fall, a first since 2011. The eight-player football finals — now two games — will be held at NMU’s Superior Dome in November, a return after the first finals were held there six years ...
ISHPEMING — Negaunee emerged on top after the three schools making up the letters in “WIN” vied at the meet of that name in track and field on Tuesday at Ishpeming. The Miners won both the boys and girls titles. The boys finished with 85 1/6 points and the girls 82 1/2. Negaunee was ...
MARQUETTE — Led by medalists Ellie Hicks and Tyler Bergwall, Marquette swept to the girls and boys titles at its own triangular high school golf meet held at the Marquette Golf Club on Monday. Hicks carded 51 to lead the MSHS girls to a 238 total, 11 strokes better than Munising’s 249 as ...
MARQUETTE — The weather has not been kind to golfers this spring with the rain and cold keeping many in this area off the links. But that hasn’t been the case for the more southerly Escanaba Eskymos, who have gotten in more sessions. It showed Tuesday during the Kiwanis Invitational at ...