Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - Pressure defense led to turnovers and turnovers turned into points for Wakefield-Marenisco as it cruised to a 52-39 win in an Indianhead and Porcupine Mountain Conference battle in the House of Noise on Friday night. Basketball fans will look at the statistics and see that 5-9 junior Lauren Grace scored a 28-points and conclude she was the reason the Cardinals won. Grace had a terrific night and although she was the biggest contributor, W-M wasn't just a one-girl show. "Our game plan...
WAKEFIELD - Hurley and Wakefield-Marenisco are two of the teams expected to battle it out for the Indianhead Conference East Division title this season and they met up in an early season clash at the Cardinal Gym on Tuesday night. The Midgettes won the first half, but the Cardinals got on the comeback trail in the second-half and played with a sense of urgency that resulted in a 42-33 victory. "It was a big win to start out the season," W-M girls coach Pete Yon said. "This is as big a win as we...
By PAT KRAUSE sports@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD — Gogebic Community College built a big lead and then withstood a Hibbing second half rally to carve out a 72-53 victory in their second win at the 22nd Annual Lindquist Classic on Sunday afternoon. The Lady Samsons were the only women's team to finish 2-0 on the weekend and have won five consecutive games to improve their record to 7-3. “Yesterday, we played our best 40 minutes of basketball, but we didn't have nearly the effort or intensity today,” GCC coach Mark Movrich said. “After the way...
BESSEMER – Jess Mazzon, a talented young athlete was dealt a real bad break, but he has turned it into something positive and special. Early last summer, Jess Mazzon had everything going his way, especially sports-wise. He and his Gogebic Miner teammates had earned their second straight playoff berth the previous season and this close, talented crew that had played together for years were looking forward to going out with a bang in their senior year. "The seniors were all pretty excited," J...
IRONWOOD - The Gogebic Community College Lady Samsons lost their chance to start the young season at 3-1 when a comfortable half-time lead slipped away and they fell to Madison College 69-67 on Saturday in the Tri State Classic. Gogebic built a 38-30 half-time lead and at one point in the half held a 34-22 advantage. The Lady Samsons appeared to be in control of the contest. But just under the surface, there was trouble brewing. "We played well at times in the first half and in the second half...
BESSEMER - The Crystal Falls Forest Park volleyball team captured the MHSAA Class D District 127 title, downing Bessemer 25-9, 25-11 and 25-11 at the House of Noise on Thursday night. The Lady Trojans have won the district championship every year since 2001. "We feel good and the girls played well in all three games," coach Kim Bjork said. "I liked our attitude and we played hard and aggressively. We're getting better. We started the season playing on all cylinders and went into a little slump....
BESSEMER - Bessemer advanced into the final round of the MHSAA Class D District 127 volleyball tournament by sweeping Watersmeet 25-18, 25-20 and 24-21 in the House of Noise on Wednesday night. The powerful Crystal Falls Forest Park volleyball team rolled over a young Ewen-Trout Creek team 25-6, 25-1 and 25-19. The Speedgirls and Trojans will clash tonight at 6 p.m. in the championship game and Bessemer will have home court advantage. Asked about the Watersmeet game, Bessemer coach Shelly...
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...
