Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Red Devils put high school basketball teams on notice that they will be a force to be reckoned with this season with a 75-46 thumping of Wakefield-Marenisco in the season opener for both teams on Monday night. It was also an Indianhead Conference game for both schools. 'Ironwood is really a good team," Cardinal coach Terry Fetters said. "I said before I think they're the team to beat in the Indianhead Conference. They have height, depth, and move the ball well on...
IRONWOOD — In the season-opener for both teams, a third-quarter surge lifted Ironwood to a 37-31 victory over Wakefield-Marenisco in an Indianhead Conference battle at the John Krznarich Gym on Tuesday night. With both teams seeming to have the first game jitters, the Cardinals opened up a 19-16 halftime advantage. The first two quarters (and the whole game) were not a thing of beauty. The basket seemed to have a lid on it as the Red Devils knocked down five of 28 shots (18 percent) and the Card...
GLADSTONE - It was a long bus ride to Delta County and a short stay in the Class C regional volleyball tournament for the Ironwood Red Devils as they fell to the Calumet Copper Kings 25-22, 25-11, 25-7 in Tuesday's opener. The Copper Kings needed just 55 minutes to seal the verdict as they seized the momentum behind an eight-point service run by junior Catherine Frantti for a 9-2 lead in the second set. "Calumet is definitely a tough team," said Ironwood coach Lisa Graham. "They have some big hi...
IRON RIVER - Ironwood, with senior Jessica Gering firing a match-best 13 kills and plenty of support from a festive student cheering section, claimed the Class C District 95 volleyball final here Thursday night at Charles Greenlund Gymnasium, holding off the Mountaineers 26-24, 25-16, 25-23. "Gering, she's our senior leader out there, and she had one of her better games tonight," said Ironwood coach Lisa Graham, who thinks it's been at least 15 years since Ironwood won a district championship....
IRONWOOD — Many high school football teams in Michigan measure a successful regular season by whether or not they make the MHSAA playoffs. The Gogebic Miners qualified for the Division 8 football playoffs on a cold Friday night by defeating Ironwood, 35-16, in their regular-season finale at Longyear Field. It was the second straight year Gogebic finished with a 6-3 record and earned a playoff berth. Coach Mark Mazzon said he could not recall the last time a team he coached from Bessemer or B...
CALUMET — With a belly slide in the end zone, the Calumet Copper Kings ended a slide of their own Friday. Calumet put itself into the win column at Agassiz Field, holding off a second-half Ironwood rally to defeat the Red Devils 26-14 in both teams’ final WestPAC games of the season. “I’m just proud everyone kept believing in what we do around here,” Calumet coach John Croze said. The Kings (1-7, 1-5 WestPAC) have been beset by injuries throughout the season, with six seniors alone out for t...
IRONWOOD — In the Indianhead Conference second-place crossover volleyball game, Washburn needed five sets to edge Ironwood 25-19, 27-25, 16-25, 24-26 and 15-11. Both teams had finished second in their division, Ironwood in the East and Washburn in the West. Both were considered real good teams. and it figured to be a close match. “It was really was a good game,” Ironwood coach Lisa Graham said. “This was one of our best nights of the year, even though we lost. It was all-around, good volleybal...
IRONWOOD — Ironwood came as close as it possibly could to winning its first game but fell to Hancock, 28-26, in overtime in an exciting West-PAC game on Friday night. “I thought I was going to have a heart attack,” Hancock coach Matt Walter said. “Every time I come here it’s tough and a very close game. We’ve lost two games on two-point conversions, so it was good to finally win one the same way. But I think losing on those two-point conversions taught us to keep fighting no matter what and we...
IRONWOOD — In an Indianhead Conference East Division volleyball showdown of undefeated teams, Mercer cranked up the intensity and emotion and swept the Ironwood Red Devils 25-21, 25-18 and 25-18 at the John Krznarich Gym on Thursday night. With the win, the Tigers gained at least a share of the Eastern Conference title and made Robyn Schoeneman one happy coach. Mercer is 4-0 in the conference race, while Ironwood is now 3-1. Both have one conference game left. Ironwood is 9-1 overall. The T...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Ironwood jumped out to a 4-0 first-half lead and went on to beat Three Lakes 5-1 Tuesday in the Red Devils’ final home game of the year. Senior Bryant Rowe picked up a hat trick on Senior Night. “The kids were fired up for this game,” Ironwood coach Don Cvengros said. “We’ve been starting slow at home for some reason. Tonight they were ready. They wanted this one.” Ironwood’s Riley Jarocki was cleared by a doctor to play and he scored the game’s first goal on an assist by J...
IRONWOOD — Jim Betchek, a former teacher and coach at Luther L. Wright High School, passed away Sept. 22 at the age of 85. Many in this area may not know or remember Betchek; he lived in Ironwood from 1956-61. But while he was here, he made quite an impression. Mostly, he left his mark in coaching high school sports such as football, basketball and track and field. And it was in basketball, where he was a head coach, that he left his biggest imprint. Betchek was a star athlete at Berrien Springs High School in many sports during the 1940s...
IRONWOOD — There’s only one thing that Ironwood’s Katie Piispanen likes better than playing tennis. And that’s winning when she plays tennis. “I love the competition and I try my best to win,” Piispanen said. “That’s my motivation. I don’t like to lose matches.” Piispanen’s journey into the tennis world began when she was in sixth grade and coach Annette Burchell ran a tennis camp at Luther L. Wright High School. It peaked her interest and she became hooked on the sport. It didn’t take Piispa...
HURLEY — Ironwood swept Hurley, playing five matches and not losing a set Tuesday. The Red Devils surrendered just seven games to Hurley. A close contest came at the beginning of the first set in No. 1 doubles. Ironwood’s team of Rachel Pallin and Payton Aho duked it out in the first set against Hurley’s Mikayla Sobrack and Hannah Huotari. Sobrack played aggressive net tennis, partnered with Houtari’s strong baseline game, earning Hurley an early 3-2 game lead. Rattled a bit, Pallin and Aho dug...
IRONWOOD — West Iron County carved out a dominating 49-0 victory over Ironwood in West-PAC action on Friday night at Longyear Field. Coming into the game with a 3-0 record, Wykon coach Mike Berutti warned his team not to take the 0-3 Red Devils too lightly. “I was nervous coming over here,” Berutti said. “We were too loose on the bus. But we came out and played real well. We did what we had to do. We put pressure on them right off the bat.” They Wykons had several advantages over the Red Devil...
IRONWOOD — There is an old saying that goes “nothing worthwhile in life comes easy.” The Ironwood girl’s volleyball team found out how true this can be as it took five nail-biting sets for the Red Devils to turn back an intense, determined Bessemer team 21-25, 29-27, 25-22, 22-25 and 15-11 at the John Krznarich Gym on Thursday night. It was Ironwood’s seventh straight win to start the season and they are also 2-0 in the Indianhead Conference. “This was the most intense game we’ve played,” Red...
MERCER, Wis. — What used to be a battle between rivals Ironwood and Hurley has expanded to Bayfield County. South Shore won the Indianhead Invite girls cross country race Thursday at MECCA Ski Trails in Mercer, Wis. The Cardinals totaled 48 points. Ironwood and Washburn tied for second with 54 points and Hurley was fourth with 57. “It came down to a place or two,” Hurley coach Hope Bretting said. “Fourth girls just inching out No. 5 girls. No. 5 girls just inching out No. 6. We’ve got our work...
IRONWOOD — Ironwood swept Dollar Bay and Wakefield-Marenisco in Tuesday’s triangular at the John Krznarich Gym. The Devils beat Dollar Bay 25-16, 25-14 and W-M 25-22, 25-20. The Cardinals beat the Bays 25-7, 25-21. Ironwood’s Katie Erickson tallied nine aces and 17 assists against Dollar Bay. Mariah Beaudette had six kills, Jessica Gering five kills and Emily DiGiorgio four. Erickson had six aces and 32 assists against W-M. Lacey Rimkus totaled four aces. Beaudette had 13 kills and DiGiorg...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — The Ironwood Red Devils lost their second straight 5-0 game on Tuesday, this time to Phillips. The Devils lost to Niagara by the same score on Saturday. Phillips controlled the ball on its end almost the entire game. “I’m disappointed in the play,” Ironwood coach Don Cvengros said. “(Today) we’re going to practice and we’re going to start right from the beginning, work on our skills and see if we can’t figure out what we’re doing wrong here.” A week ago Tuesday, Ironwood f...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP --- Niagara scored 15 seconds into the game and went on to rout Ironwood 5-0 Saturday at Airport Park. It was a 2-0 lead at halftime, but the Red Devils weren't able to cash in on their chances. These teams played earlier this season, with Ironwood falling 5-3, after a 3-3 halftime tie. "I don't know why, I just had a feeling we weren't going to play good today," Ironwood coach Don Cvengros said."We played hard. Again, we had some chances. You can't take away from those guys....
IRONWOOD — A Red Devils-Gremlins matchup on Friday the 13th could not have been more fitting. Unfortunately for Ironwood (0-3), it seemed as though they were the ones that were on the receiving end of the bad luck, resulting in a 29-14 loss to Houghton (2-1) in the West-PAC opener at home. Despite having 291 total yards of offense to Houghton’s 189, it was four turnovers with poor timing that burned the Red Devils. The Red Devils’ defense kept Ironwood in the game to stay within striking dista...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Ironwood forced overtime, but Bayburn scored just four minutes into extra time for a 2-1 win Tuesday. Ironwood tied the game in the 60th minute on a goal by Jon Erickson, but the Devils didn’t have any subs after that and fell four minutes into overtime. “I was never so proud of my kids,” Ironwood coach Don Cvengros said. “They played as hard as they could with no subs.” The Red Devils didn’t start well in their home and Northern Lights Conference opener. Bayburn score...
HURLEY — Ironwood took all but one tennis contest from Hurley Thursday at the Hurley K-12 School. Ironwood’s Katie Erickson and Kristine Mieloszyk blanked Hurley’s Melissa Simonar and Alyssa Starkey 6-0, 6-0, as did Ironwood’s No. 2 singles player, Danielle Begalle, against Hurley’s Hannah Houtari. At No. 1 singles, Ironwood’s Katie Piispanen let only one game slip past her in the second set against Hurley’s Angela Aimone, winning 6-0, 6-1. Ironwood’s No. 1 doubles duo of Payton Aho and Rachel...
One of the premier matchups of the early part of the high school football season takes place Saturday in Lake Linden when Hurley heads north for a Great Western Conference battle. The Gogebic Miners are headed to the Superior Dome to take on Rudyard Friday while Ironwood heads to Washburn. Both Ontonagon County teams are home Friday night — Ontonagon plays Northland Pines; Ewen-Trout Creek hosts Engadine. Rudyard vs. Gogebic Miners at the Superior Dome, Marquette, Friday — JV, 5 p.m., varsity, 7...
HURLEY — The Border Bowl is becoming Hurley’s border bash. It was the Midgets’ eighth straight win over Ironwood in their annual early-season clash. This time Hurley overwhelmed the Red Devils 47-7 at Veterans Memorial Field on Friday night. Hurley coach Scott Erickson felt good about the win but was already looking ahead to a tough opponent next week. “It’s good to get a win, our second game now,” Erickson said. “I guess we’ll see on the film what kind of corrections we need to make and we cer...
IRONWOOD — The Ironwood Red Devils defeated Ontonagon 25-18, 25-17, 20-25, 25-17 on Thursday night in a muggy John Krznarich Gym. “It was a pretty good start for our first real game,” Ironwood coach Lisa Graham said. “We’re real young, I was proud of them.” Mariah Beaudette led Ironwood with nine kills and she had six aces. Lacey Rimkus paced the Devils with six aces. Jessica Gering and Sarah Johnson each had seven kills. Emily DiGiorgio totaled four. Katie Erickson had 29 assists. Ontonago...
