Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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MARQUETTE — Five players who ended their high school careers with state basketball championships will play their final prep game Saturday. The 30th annual U.P. All-Star Classic will be held at Marquette High School. It is the first time this game will be hosted by MHS, although the opening seven games in the series were held in Marquette, at Northern Michigan University. The girls game begins at noon EDT and the boys game follows at 2 p.m. Admission is $5. Skills contests — free throw and 3-point shooting and slam dunk — begin at 10:30. A bre...
HANCOCK - Three former professional athletes who hail from the Upper Peninsula are among 10 new inductees into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. Paul Feldhausen of Iron Mountain spent three years in the National Football League, the late Hugh (Muzz) Murray of Sault Ste. Marie played in two National Hockey League Stanley Cup finals and Becky Iverson of Gladstone had a 14-year career on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour. A pair of former teammates on the University of...
ST. IGNACE - Doug Ingalls learned how to play point guard during an all-state basketball career at Gladstone High School. He honed his craft during a four-year stint at Northern Michigan University. He has continued to develop the impact of that position as varsity boys coach at St. Ignace, in addition to helping his wife's girls team that has won four state titles. Therefore he was perhaps the most appreciative observer here Saturday as he directed two excellent guards at the 29th U.P....
ST. IGNACE — A storybook season and a sterling career reached a special farewell here Saturday. Sarah Cullip of St. Ignace and Brett Branstrom of Mid Peninsula ended their high school careers with a flourish, earning MVP honors at the 28th annual Upper Peninsula All-Star Classic basketball twinbill at LaSalle High School. The games are conducted by the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, with proceeds helping fund a scholarship program for a quartet of U.P. athletes each year. Cullip was one of the 2013 recipients. Cullip, playing on her home floor f...