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  • Penokee Range's run ends with loss to Portage Lake

    CRAIG REMSBURG - Marquette Mining Journal|Jul 18, 2015

    MARQUETTE - On to downstate St. Clair. The Portage Lake 9-10 all-stars Friday advanced to state tournament baseball play with a 15-3 four-inning district win over Penokee Range at the North Marquette Athletic Fields. "It's a great opportunity to represent the district, the Copper Country and the Upper Peninsula," Portage Lake head coach Wes Frahm said of state play scheduled to begin next Friday. "We'll see some good teams there, but I believe in our team." It's easy to see why. Portage Lake rol...

  • North takes girls' U.P. All-Star victory

    CRAIG REMSBURG - Marquette Mining Journal, JASON JUNO - Daily Globe|Jun 22, 2015

    MARQUETTE - Points weren't easy to come by for Watersmeet's Frannie Zelinski or Ewen-Trout Creek's Molly Niemi. But they both contributed, Niemi for the North, which beat Zelinski and the South 68-62 in Saturday's U.P. All-Star Classic at Marquette Senior High School. Niemi finished with three points, on a 3-pointer she hit to tie the score at 5-5 with 14:45 left in the first half. She also took a charge from Zelinski with about three minutes left in the game. Zelinski was held scoreless, but...