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The Cardinal team won the playoff championship in the Superiorland Soccer Association’s Under-14 Coed division. Team members include, front row from left, coach Michelle Boehmer, May Waters, Amara Wallner, Jessica Bowman and Courtney Enright. Top row from

MARQUETTE - Gavin Bananni picked up a milestone win at the Marquette BMX track on July 19.That was when the 6-year-old Skandia resident won for the 10th time in the Novice division, moving him up to Intermediate class.Here are results from three recent dates at the track located in the Kaufman Sports Complex:July 2131-35 Cruiser - Daniel Dehlin, Doug Pennala, Lindsey Dehlin8 Novice - Carter Spencer, Caleb Morgan, Chase Dehlin11 Novice - Connor Philips, Aidan Morgan, Nehemiah Swanson41-45 Novice - Doug Pennala, Jake Gervais, Lindsey Dehlin12 Intermediate - Ian Devere, Micholas Singer, ...

Jr. golfers qualify for county finals

MARQUETTE - Camron Mason and Brendan Kaski were the top two shooters the last two times out in Flight 1 of the Boys White division of the Marquette County Junior Golf Association.The most recent time out last Tuesday at the Marquette Golf Club was the most important, as it qualified both of them for the finals to be held at Gentz's Homestead Golf Course on Wednesday.Here are scores from the past three outings, most recent first:July 26 - Marquette GCTop 2 in each flightadvance to finalsBoys White - Flight 1, Camron Mason 40, Brendan Kaski 41, Collin Hicks 43; Flight 2, Jon Jason 44, ...

Trio wins scramble at Wawonowin

By Journal Sports StaffCHAMPION - The trio of Mark Clements, Jared Koski and KC Bjorne shot rounds of 54 and 62 to total 116 and win the Wawonowin Country Club Three-Man Scramble by five strokes on July 16-17.Sharing runners-up honors were Eric Holmes, Dick Holmes and Steve Broadwell, along with Dan Viitala, Mark Champion and Matt Argall, each shooting identical rounds of 59-62-121.Other flight winners:First - Brandon Fernea, Tom Farley, Dean Olson, 62-61-123Second - Don Kulju, Dean Kulju, Kory Kulju, 65-64-129Third - Harold Reichart, Dave Guilbault, Kevin Manninen, 66-63-129Fourth - ...

Cognition alone atop Iron Range Women’s Class A

By Journal Sports StaffNEGAUNEE - Cognition Brewing Co. took over first place alone in Class A of the Iron Range Women's Softball League with a 17-6 victory over former coleader Venice 1.Mariah LaPointe-Dunham was 4 for 5 and Brigitte LaPointe-Dunham 3 for 4 for the winners as each smacked two home runs.For Venice 1 in its first loss of the summer, Abbie Salisbury went 4 for 4 and Amy Steele 3 for 4.In another Class A game played July 20, Buck's Party Store remained within two games of the top with an 18-13 win over Screened Image.The winners' Liz Hamming and Sara Polini and SI's ...

Negaunee Oldtimers defeat Gwinn, 20-0

GWINN - There would be no hostages taken on July 21 when the Negaunee Oldtimers softball team pummeled the hometown Gwinn nine 20-0.Negaunee used three innings to do all of their scoring, tallying six runs in the second and fifth innings and eight more in the sixth.The victors collected 20 hits while winning pitcher Fred Allen picked up the shutout win, allowing just two hits. He walked four but had a stretch of retiring 11 consective batters.In their first big rally in the second inning, Negaunee got a two-run single by Allen, an RBI double by Steve Parkkonen and run-scoring singles ...

Special Olympics lifters win medals

After several months of training at the Olympic Training Center at Northern Michigan University and Anytime Fitness in Harvey, each member of the Area 36 Special Olympics powerlifting team took home multiple gold and silver medals recently in their respective age and weight classes at the Michigan Special Olympic 2016 State Summer Games at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant. Members of the team include, top row from left, coach Eric Mason, C.J. Fisher, Kevin Sanderson, Alex Alspach, Hunter Mason and coach Dean Dompierre. Front row, Eric Dompierre, left, and head coach Ryan ...