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WAKEFIELD – 258 runners and walkers got up early on the 4th of July to participate in the 38th annual Sunday Lake Run/Walk over the scenic 2.8 mile course on Saturday. For the runners, they simply circle Sunday Lake and Dave Hebert, of Iron River, Mich., and Callie Fischer, of Green Bay, Wis., did it best. They were the top male and female runners overall. Youth was served again in 2015 as Hebert and Fischer were repeat winners from 2014. Hebert, 22, had his running battles with Ironwood's A...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Carli Lloyd came up big again. Three times. And with it came the Americans' elusive third Women's World Cup title. Lloyd scored three times as the U.S. burst to a four-goal lead in the first 16 minutes, and the Americans overwhelmed defending champion Japan 5-2 Sunday for their record third championship and first since 1999. A sellout crowd of 53,341 that included U.S. Vice President Joe Biden roared in approval for Lloyd's hat trick, the first ever in a...
For one year at least, quarters are out in high school basketball games in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association board voted Thursday to change varsity games from four eight-minute quarters to two 18-minute halves for a one-year trial. JV teams will play two 16-minute halves. The move is expected to help deeper teams because games will be four minutes longer. Games should also have more flow with teams not able to stall for a last-second shot as often. Colleges, clubs and Minnesota high schools already play with halves....
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...
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...
HURLEY - People who run the wing T offense stick together. Zeeland West coach John Shillito, who has won three Michigan High School Athletic Association state championships, came 9.5 hours to help Hurley fine tune its wing T offense. Hurley's version of the deceptive power offense has been doing pretty well on its own in recent years, but the Midgets' coaching staff saw an opportunity to get even better. "We asked him up here to let us have a chance to fine tune some things," Hurley coach Scott...
HURLEY - The Battle at the Bluff is a unique two-day, 36 hole best ball golf tournament hosted by the Eagle Bluff Golf Club and Trinity Dimich, of North Branch, Minn., and Jeff Gulan, of Hurley, won the championship flight by shooting a 69 on Sunday. Gulan said a change in the tournament's format may have helped them win the championship flight. Saturday's round and score now determine a team's flight and position in that flight for Sunday's round. But all the scores from Saturday are wiped out...
RONWOOD - Yes, there were 13 lead changes and 10 ties and the game wasn't decided until the final minutes. But Northern Wisconsin seemed to have the upper hand for the most part and ultimately closed the game on a 9-0 run to beat Northern Michigan 101-91 in Tuesday's Kiwanis Classic Border Bash boys basketball all-star game. Ironwood's Jake DiGiorgio led Northern Michigan with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Northern Michigan actually led 56-53 at the half and scored the first six points of the...
IRONWOOD — "You guys just played defense in an all-star game." That was the proud message Northern Wisconsin coach Kellen Anderson had for a group of five players coming out of the game in the first half with a 35-20 lead. Northern Wisconsin held on to beat Northern Michigan 76-68 in Tuesday night's Kiwanis Classic Border Bash all-star girls basketball game at Gogebic Community College's Lindquist Center. Bessemer's Whitney Trcka was one of three Northern Michigan players in double figures with 12. Northern Michigan's comeback attempt came t...
La CROSSE, Wis. - Sydney Thompson saved her best for last Saturday. The Mercer sophomore's final attempt in the discus went 120 feet, 11 inches, which was good for second overall in the WIAA Division 3 state track-and-field meet at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. "My coach just said, 'You really have to go for it, just the extra 10 feet will make it,'"Thompson said. "I ended up getting another foot off my personal best in prelims. It was very exciting. I knew that was the one." That came...
HURLEY - A seventh-inning comeback was a long shot for Hurley, which trailed 7-3, even with the heart of the order coming up. The weather made sure it wouldn't happen. The No. 2 seed Midgets lost a WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal 7-3 to No. 3 Phillips in six innings Wednesday. Umpires first delayed the game at 6:30 p.m. due to thunder and lightning in the area right after the top of the seventh inning began. The weather continued to get worse with moderate rain moving in. It was called at 7:3...
NORWAY - It is said that good pitching and solid defense wins baseball games and there was plenty of both on display in the MHSAA District 97 semifinal between North Central and the Ironwood Red Devil Devils on Monday. In the end, North Central held off Ironwood's final inning rally and prevailed 4-3. The loss ended Ironwood's season. "We just didn't get it done in the end," Red Devil coach Dan Niemi said. "The mental part of a ball game is so important. That's been the tale of the tape for...
Several Ironwood track-and-field athletes competed in the Division 2 U.P. Track-and-Field Finals on Saturday in Kingsford. A number of good performances were turned in and the Red Devil boy's team finished fifth with 50 points, while the Ironwood girl's team was seventh with 31 points. Both Ishpeming teams took home the gold and won by wide margins. Ironwood coach Ted Sim was pleased with how both teams performed. "The kids did very well overall and I was very happy with them," Sim said. "We did...
KINGSFORD - The Upper Peninsula's best track-and-field athletes will bein Kingsford today for the U.P. Finals. The Bessemer boys hope to bring home a trophy in Division 3, while Ironwood has several athletes looking to win in Division 2. Division 2 Ironwood's Jared Joki looks to repeat as U.P. Division 2 champion in the 1,600 -and -3,200-meter runs. Joki is the top seed in the 3,200 run, 1:02 faster than Iron Mountain's Nate Carey. Carey is seeded first in the 1,600 run with Joki fifth. But...
NORWAY - Ishpeming ended Ironwood's softball season with a 10-0 victory in five innings at Thursday's MHSAA Division 4 District 97 softball quarterfinal. The Devils missed opportunities to score. With runners at second and third with one in the third inning, a baserunner didn't tag up. Ishpeming then scored unearned four runs in the bottom of the third to take a 5-0 lead. In the fourth inning, the bases were loaded with one out, but a pop up and a strikeout ended the inning. "Kind of the story...
PARK FALLS, Wis. - After waiting through an hour, 25 minute thunder and lightning delay, Hurley kept the storm that is the middle of the Chequamegon lineup in check. No. 4 seed Hurley picked up a 6-4 upset of the top-seeded Screaming Eagles in Wednesday's WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal. Whether it was Tianne Kuula robbing Chequamegon's No. 4 hitter of a home run to center or pitcher Gabby Pecotte keeping them off-balance, the Screaming Eagles only scored four or fewer runs for the fourth tim...
HURLEY - In a pitching duel, Hurley's Gabby Pecotte prevailed over Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 3-2 in an opening round WIAA regional match-up on a soggy Monday afternoon. "Their pitcher (Kelly Christensen) threw pretty hard and it was a good game all-around," Hurley coach Jim Kivisto said. "Gabby was impressive, too and kept them off-balance with two different change-ups. And she was getting them over for strikes. She'll start for us on Wednesday (regional semifinal). And we played defense very well,...
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield-Marenisco girls track and field team put on a strong performance and out-distanced the Bessemer Speedgirls 102-78 in the final Porcupine Mountain Conference track meet at Cardinal Field in Wakefield. Along with the boy's W-M's victory, the double win will stand the test of time, because the Porcupine Mountain Conference, which has been the longest continuous running conference in Michigan since 1955 or '56, will be dis-banded next year. Cardinal coach Lauren Korpi thoug...
SOLON SPRINGS, Wis. — Hurley moved into a first-place tie with Solon Springs after beating the Eagles 10-6 Monday night. This is the first of two meetings between the teams this week with the second coming Thursday at Hurley. If Hurley beats Ironwood twice today and Solon Springs at home Thursday, the Midgettes will win the Indianhead Conference. “That was a big victory; they showed a lot of character coming back,” Hurley assistant coach Joe Manzanares said. Hurley scored once in the first and the Eagles scored three times after hitting four...
ISHPEMING - Not counting relays, nine Ironwood boys and six Red Devils girls qualified for the U.P. track-and-field finals with top-four finishes at Friday's Division 3 regional meet at Westwood High School. Jared Joki won the 1,600 and 3,200 runs and Jake DiGiorgio advanced in the 400 dash and long jump. Isaac Aukee won the pole vault and Noah Terzano was first in the high jump. Other boys to qualify were: Elliot Gudgeon in the 400 dash, Riley Jarocki in the 110 hurdles, Dan Freeman in the 800...
ASHLAND, Wis. - Hurley freshman Aiyana Nickel set a school record in the triple jump at Thursday's Welker Invitational. Her jump of 31-6 broke the record set by her sister Teressa Leinon by half an inch. Leinon's former record was 31-5.5. Nickel finished fourth in the event Thursday. Mercer's Lexi Engler won the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Mercer's Sydney Thompson finished first in the shot put and discus. Thompson beat South Shore/Washburn's Megan Gustafson by eight feet in the discus and 10...
HURLEY - A frustrating day of golf ended well for Hurley's Jeff Tenlen. Tenlen's 84 put him in a tie for the best score at Tuesday's Northern Wisconsin Golf Conference meet at Eagle Bluff. It also put him into a first-place tie with Chequamegon's Zach Carper for the overall conference medalist with a score 244 from the three conference meets. "I was surprised that I was still in contention at the end," Tenlen said. Tenlen became meet medalist over Carper by looking back on the card. He then...
HURLEY — Golfers couldn't see the greens and most of them couldn't feel their hands. Hurley's Jake Tenlen still managed to shoot a 40 on the front nine at Eagle Bluff and be medalist by eight strokes at Monday's Hurley Invitational. "Home-course advantage, I guess," Hurley coach Jeff Tenlen said. The Midgets won the event with a score of 192. Chequamegon finished at 201 and Prentice had 220. It was relatively warm until it started to rain heavily not long after the invite started. The fog rolled in right away and it was miserable. "You know t...
HARRIS — The induction class of the 44th annual U.P. Sports Hall of Fame banquet were as strong as any in recent history. From outstanding coaches, to state champions and pro athletes from across generations, the 10 inductees were stars of their respective eras. Yet, if there was a theme for the evening, it would be humility. The graciousness of the inductees and the humble speeches they gave made a statement in and of itself, Saturday evening at the Island Resort and Casino. Dick Franti of Ontonagon has over 500 victories on the basketball c...
HURLEY - Hurley scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to come back and beat Northland Pines 5-3 Friday evening. The Midgets scored two runs in the first inning and led until the Eagles put up two runs in the top of the sixth to take a 3-2 lead. Hurley catcher Kohl Manzanares led off the sixth with a double. A Josh Quello single scored Manzanares and tied the game at 3-3. With two outs in the inning, Steven Chavers doubled to bring in Dante Bender and Quello to make it 5-3 Hurley....
