Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - Those who attended the MHSAA Class D District 127 Volleyball Tournament in the House of Noise on Monday came away thinking the 2014-15 version of the Forest Park Lady Trojans is every bit as good as the 2013-14 team that featured Lexi Gussert. Crystal Falls Forest Park stormed through a good Wakefield-Marenisco team 25-9, 25-11 and 25-14. Even Forest Park's coach Kim Bjork was impressed. "We were real fired up tonight," Bjork said. "We leaned on Lexi a lot last year. This year we h...
IRONWOOD – North Dakota State College of Science was crowned champion of the NJCAA Division II East Region 13 volleyball tournament held at the Gogebic Community College Lindquist Center this weekend. NDSCS will now host the winner of the West Regional in a cross-over game. NDSCS beat Lake Region State College 25-14, 27-29, 25-8, 25-13 in the championship game. "There was very strong volleyball competition this weekend," Gogebic coach Aaron Bender said. "NDSCS played very, very well. They run...
BESSEMER - The Gogebic Miners gave their fans an early Halloween treat on Friday night by downing Ironwood 51-6, which propelled them into the 2014 MHSAA Division 8 football playoffs for the third straight year. "It's always an accomplishment," Gogebic coach Mark Mazzon said. "Now we're still in the same boat as last year. This year we want to go further. Last year, we almost won a playoff game. We haven't had the accomplishment of really beating a good team since 2012. This year we want to...
IRONWOOD — In Ironwood’s final home game of the year, Calumet scored early and often and blitzed Ironwood 42-8 in West-PAC action on a rain-soaked Friday night. “I’m very happy with where we’re at right now,” Calumet coach John Croze said. “That was our fifth win and we’ll probably get in the playoffs, because we’re the top Class C team in points. Our game is executing with intensity and when we do it well, we’re a pretty tough team.” The Copper Kings came into the game with a 4-3 record, which was a little deceiving. Croze said the team t...
IRONWOOD - In defeating Wakefield-Marenisco 25-13, 25-20, 18-25 and 25-21, Ironwood upped its record to an impressive 15-4 and clinched second place in the Indianhead East Division with a 4-1 record on Thursday night. The Cardinals finished in third place with a 3-2 record and neither team has beaten Mercer this year, which finished undefeated in conference play. "This was a second-place game," Red Devil coach Lisa Graham said. We were strong in games one and two and definitely flat in games thr...
IRONWOOD - Now that's more like it. Although the players, coaches and fans knew the Gogebic Community College volleyball team was talented, the results have not been there this year and no one could really explain why. It has been frustrating for all involved. But on Breast Cancer Awareness Night, the Lady Samsons played inspired volleyball and upended four-year school, Finlandia University, 25-23, 25-14, 16-25 and 25-13 on Wednesday at the Lindquist Center. "That's the best we've played in a...
ONTONAGON – In their second encounter of the year, Gogebic and Ontonagon hooked up in an 8-man football game with the Miners coming out on top 45-20 on a windy, rainy Saturday afternoon. “They got the job done a little better than we did,” Gladiator coach Ben Mayer said. “Gogebic did a nice job. They started out fast and they’ve got those fast running backs and an excellent group of athletes. They ran a similar type of offense to the one they’ve been running and they really executed well on offense. It was a double-wing and it took us until ha...
IRONWOOD - After being knotted at 30-30 after three quarters, two fourth quarter touchdowns lifted L'Anse to a 42-30 Homecoming and West-PAC game win on a wet Friday night. L'Anse coach Mark Leaf was just happy to get out of town with a win. "We found a way to win and I was happy to get a win," Leaf said. "It was tough conditions out there and we had to show a lot of character and heart and I'm proud of the kids. There were some wild momentum swings and hats off to the Ironwood kids. They...
WAKEFIELD - If Megan Hagen ever decides to give up her volleyball job at Ontonagon, she may have a future as a psychic. She said before Tuesday's night game her team plays very well at times and then goes into a consistency funk and plays poorly. It happens every game. Ontonagon had a nip-and-tuck battle going with Wakefield-Marenisco most of the first set but played with a sense of urgency towards the end and surprised the Cardinals with a 25-17 win. But W-M hit the comeback trail and thumped...
BESSEMER – For the Gogebic Miners, this one really hurts. When Paul Buerger went off tackle, kicked it outside and scored from the six-yard line with the conversion added, the Miners went up 20-12 with 9:56 left in the game. But Lake Linden is a tough team to crack and the Lakes rallied to score two touchdowns and pull out a 28-20 conference victory at Massie Field in a rare Saturday night game. Things seemed to be going Gogebic's way the longer the game went on. On the play before Buerger's TD,...
By PAT KRAUSE sports@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD – The Gogebic Community College volleyball team split two matches on Saturday in the Lady Samsons volleyball triangular at the Lindquist Center Gym. Gogebic swept UW Barron County 25-13, 25-7 and 25-18 but fell to Dakota County Technical College 25-20, 25-21 and 25-21. DCTC defeated both teams in three straight sets. GCC volleyball coach Aaron Bender was pleased with his team's play against UW Barron County. "We had a nice first game," Bender s...
BESSEMER - Although Bessemer continued to show improvement, the young and inexperienced Speedgirls were no match for the seasoned and talented Ironwood team. The Red Devils showed they will be the right in the mix for the Indianhead Conference East Division title with a 25-9, 25-19 and 25-9 win in the House of Noise on Thursday. Ironwood hitter Emily DiGiorgio is enthused about her team and her teammates. "So far, we're doing really well and we'll only get better," DiGiorgio said. "Tonight, we p...
IRONWOOD - They stood out on the wet grass of Longyear Field with smiles on their faces and savored what they had just done. They were the Ironwood Red Devils football players and what they were savoring was their first football victory since Sept. 7, 2012. Ironwood broke a streak of 16 losses in a row with an 18-6 triumph over Washburn-Bayfield-South Shore in non-conference play on Friday night. It was a sweet win for the Red Devils. "We waited way too long for this one," senior quarterback Den...
IRONWOOD - For Hurley, eight was great, but nine straight Border Bowl wins over Ironwood was even better as the Midgets rolled over the Red Devils 48-6 on a soggy Longyear Field Friday night. The series began in 1919 and the two ancient rivals have met 82 times on the gridiron. Ironwood still leads the long series 48-31-3 but has not defeated Hurley since 2005, when they went to the state quarterfinals that year. Ironwood pulled within 14-6 at the end of the first quarter, but Hurley scored thre...
The Routheaux family will continue its tradition of producing head basketball coaches. Deke Routheaux was the head coach at Gogebic Community College for many years and his son, Tim, was hired Monday night by the Ironwood Board of Education as the new varsity girls’ basketball coach after Noel Aho stepped aside after four years. Routheaux has been the middle school girls’ basketball coach for two years and he feels very good about the players coming into the junior varsity and varsity programs. “I’m excited to be coaching these girls,” Routheau...
IRONWOOD – One of the nice things about events such as the 2014 Induction Ceremony of the Ironwood Area Sports Hall of Fame is that everyone walks out into a warm summer evening feeling good about the night's festivities. It happened again on Saturday night at the Gogebic Community College Lindquist Center Courtside Dining Room with four new individual inductees and the undefeated 1963 Ironwood Red Devil football team entering the Hall of Fame. They included Percy Smith (Class of 1961), b...
IRONWOOD — Beware the Langdon Brothers, Zach and Cody. They tore up the Gogebic Country Club and their 100 team opposition in a way seldom seen at Milakovich Memorial Tournament. In 2013, they won the championship flight at the Milakovich in a playoff. On Saturday, they were the the medalists with the lowest score of 70. But they saved their best play for last. They shot 31 on the front side and back side on Sunday and had spectators and fellow golfers scratching their heads wondering when the last sparkling 62 was carded in the tournament. A...
IRONWOOD - Penokee Range became the champions of the Michigan District 11 Little League in ages 9-10 with a 14-4 title game victory over Keweenaw at the John Krznarich Field on Tuesday. The team is made up of players from Hurley, Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield. "These girls have jelled very well together," Penokee manager Ryan Niemi said. "They're 9 and 10-year old girls who are aggressive and enthusiastic. Our strongest point is still pitching, but the defense gets outs on the balls they...
IRONWOOD - Madison Huotari pitched a no-hitter and Penokee Range used a powerful hitting attack to blitz Keweenaw 12-1 in five innings in the Michigan District 11 Little League ages 9-10 softball tournament held at the John Krznarich Field on Sunday afternoon. Penokee Range is composed of players from Hurley, Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield and now advances to the championship game on Tuesday at 5 p.m. The host team will play the winner of tonight's Baraga-Keweenaw game in this...
WAKEFIELD - Callie Fischer, 18, of Green Bay, Wis., and Dave Hebert, 21, of Iron River, Mich., were the overall female and male winners, respectively, in the 37th Annual Sunday Lake Run/Walk on Friday. Both runners said the race had "perfect" weather conditions and times were fast for many runners. Fischer finished the 2.8 mile course in 17:43 and Hebert was timed in a blazing 14:34. Both runners said their training paid off for them. Fischer ran cross country and track for four years at...
BESSEMER - In the Bessemer Hometown Run held on Saturday, the top overall male runners were Andy Warren, of Ironwood, in the 10K division and Sam Dean, of Ironwood, in the two mile run. Hannah Palmeter, of Bessemer, and Lily Wieringa, of Bessemer, were the top overall female runners in the 10K and the two mile divisions respectively. Some 277 runners and walkers competed in the 26th annual event despite hot and humid weather conditions. Two hundred thirteen competed in the two mile event and 64...
IRONWOOD - The Northern Michigan Girls overpowered the Northern Wisconsin Girls team 87-68 in the inaugural game of the Kiwanis Classic Border Bash All-Star Game in the steamy GCC Lindquist Center on Tuesday night. "This was a great experience for the girls," Northern Michigan and Ishpeming Westwood coach Kurt Corcoran said. "It was a lot of fun and I told the girls this could be the last time they might play or be the start of college basketball for them. I told them to remember the experience...
HURLEY - As part of the 29th annual Memorial Day Weekend ATV Rally, Sunday featured the Mud Pit Races, which drew a large group of spectators on both sides of the pit. The races were held at the Trailhead on the Iron Horse Trail under sunny skies with temperatures in the high 70s. The primary sponsors of the Mud Pit Races were three area businesses and the Iron County ATV Association. They provided first, second and third place cash prizes in the four classes of racing events. Hurley Fire...
By PAT KRAUSE sports@yourdaily globe.com HURLEY — The Hurley Midgets played well but fell to a tough Tomahawk team 5-4 in non-conference action on Saturday morning. With the game tied at 4-4 after six innings, the Hatchets pushed across what turned out to be the winning run in the seventh inning. In Hurley's last-at-bat, the Midgets had runners on second and third but couldn't get the crucial hit to bring them in. "It was a close, competitive game," Hurley manager Aaron Bender said. "They are a very good team. We played real well and had g...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - With a winter of white outside, all Packer fans could see was green and gold inside when the Green Bay Packer Tailgate Tour rolled into Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort on Wednesday. According to Bob Tervonen, close to 500 Packer fans purchased tickets for the event that will raise close to $15,000 for Ironwood Township and Ironwood volunteer fire departments. The departments will purchase dress uniforms that Tervonen said have been badly needed for years. "This was big for...
