Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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...
SPRING VALLEY, Wis.— No. 3-seed Hurley did not get a treat in its Halloween visit to No. 2 Spring Valley, losing 41-14 in Friday’s WIAA Division 6 Level 2 playoff game. The Cardinals were too fast and their passing game too good as the Midgets’ offense struggled with poor field position, false start penalties and yet another key injury, this time to senior Jake Tenlen, right off the bat. “Bottom line is we didn’t hold the ball long enough tonight to keep them off the field,” Hurley coach Scott Erickson said. “You want to make it a six-possess...
IRONWOOD - Ironwood won both of its matches in a Tuesday triangular with Wakefield-Marenisco and Bessemer. The Devils beat Bessemer 25-9, 25-11 and edged W-M 25-23, 26-24, 15-9. W-M defeated the Speedgirls 25-5, 25-17 in the other match. Ironwood coach Lisa Graham gave her seniors much of the playing time in the first game against W-M on Senior Night and the Devils took the game. "It was a nice to get a win there," Graham said. Ironwood went with its normal rotation in the second game, took a le...
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...
HURLEY - After a grueling regular season, the Hurley Midgets could breathe easily in their playoff opener. No. 3-seeded Hurley started the WIAA Division 6 postseason with a 37-0 shutout of No. 6 Lake Holcombe/Cornell Friday night. The Midgets played what coach Scott Erickson called their toughest schedule in his 23 years of coaching and survived with just two losses. "Our kids played at a high level tonight," Erickson said. "I think our schedule has set us up to play very well in the playoffs,...
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...
HURLEY - The No. 4-seeded Hurley Midgettes ended No. 5 Flambeau's season with a 3-0 sweep in Tuesday's WIAA Division 3 regional volleyball tournament opener. Hurley won 25-17, 25-16, 25-22. "It was nice to get the 4 seed, it was nice to play at home and it was nice to get out of here with the win tonight," Hurley coach Liz Constantini said. "I like the way our girls played at the net, blocking. I like the way we served. Our serving percentage was pretty high." It was the first tournament win...
HURLEY - It was fitting that Hurley ended the regular season with another down-to-the-wire contest. A missed two-point conversion and some missed opportunities prevented the evenly-played game from ending in Hurley's favor as Iron Mountain won 23-22 Friday night. It was the fourth Hurley game this season that was decided in the final moments. Hurley finished the regular season at 7-2. With that record, the Midgets should get a first-round playoff home game in today's WIAA Division 6 seeding...
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 TOWNSHIP - Three Indianhead Conference cross country meets and the results never wavered. The Washburn girls, Drummond boys, Ironwood's Jared Joki and Washburn's Ketzel Levens finished first every time, including the championship meet on a sunny and very warm Thursday at Boulder Creek Golf Course. The Washburn girls defeated Hurley by a thin two-point margin, 38-40. Three Washburn runners finished in the top six with Hurley's highest finisher in seventh. That erased all-around deeper...
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...
IRONWOOD — Ironwood’s volleyball team avenged an early season loss to South Shore with a 3-1 win over the visiting Cardinals Tuesday evening. The Red Devils won 25-16, 19-25, 25-23, 15-21. Emily DiGiorgio led the Red Devil attack with 24 kills. Mariah Beaudette added 19 kills. Ironwood’s Katie Erickson had 38 assists. “Overall, we really didn’t serve that well,” said Ironwood coach Lisa Graham. “But it was a team we had lost to; it was nice to get a win.” Graham said the Red Devils played well in the first game, but struggled, as usu...
WATERSMEET — The Mercer volleyball team defeated Watersmeet 3-0 in non-conference action Monday at Nimrod Nation. The Tigers won 25-11, 25-15, 25-15. Lexi Engler led the Mercer attack with 13 kills. Caitlyn Hiller had a strong game for the Tigers with five kills, five aces and 21 assists. Sydney Thompson added nine kills, nine assists and two aces for Mercer. Taylor Wolfe had four kills. For Watersmeet, Rebecca Caron played well for the Nimrods with several solid blocks putting the ball back down in Mercer’s court. Frannie Zelinski added fiv...
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...
HURLEY - Hurley secured its second undisputed Great Western Conference championship with a 51-6 victory over Baraga Friday night. The Midgets finished 4-0 in the conference. The last time Hurley won the conference by itself was in 2011 when it went 5-0. "I'm very proud of our kids for accomplishing that," Hurley coach Scott Erickson said. "Very, very happy. That was not an easy road, at Forest Park, at Gogebic, Lake Linden. Those teams are ranked in the state right now (Forest Park, sixth; Lake...
BAYFIELD, Wis. - Ironwood's Jared Joki broke free from the pack late to win Thursday's Indianhead Conference Copperud Open cross country meet at Mt. Ashwabay. Wakefield-Marenisco's Sam Dean finished 11.3 seconds behind in second with Bessemer's Zack Mazurek third. Hurley's Dakota Rice took fifth. The Hurley girls finished second behind Washburn by two points, 40-42. South Shore was third with 45. "Definitely improvement where there needs to be improvement," Hurley coach Hope Bretting said....
IRONWOOD - Ironwood lost its final home game of the season 8-0 to Phillips Tuesday. It was the last home game for seniors Robert Burchell, Noah Terzano and Matt Dary. "I thought we played well in the first half," Ironwood coach Don Cvengros said. "We were only down by three in the first half. The kids are getting a little better." Phillips is a good ball-control team, which gave Ironwood trouble. Ironwood (2-5, 2-4) goes to Phelps Thursday....
BESSEMER - Even triple overtime didn't seem like enough to settle this one. Hurley's Devin Czerneski ran in from one yard out in the third OT to give Hurley a 32-26 Great Western Conference victory over the Gogebic Miners Friday night at Massie Field. The Miners fought back from a 14-0 halftime deficit to force overtime, all while shutting out Hurley in the second half. The teams went blow for blow in the first two overtimes before Hurley made the only stop of overtime, forcing quarterback...
MERCER, Wis. - The Mercer Tigers aren't just beating Indianhead Conference East Division teams, they refuse to lose a set. The Tigers swept Ironwood Thursday night in front of a big and loud crowd. The Tigers easily won the first game 25-8 and then outlasted Ironwood in two hard-fought matches to close it 25-22 and 26-24. In the third game, Ironwood was a point away from a win, 24-22, before the Tigers scored the final four points to take the game. It was the third IC East game for the Tigers....
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Ironwood avenged an early-season loss to Washburn with a 2-1 Northern Lights Conference soccer victory Tuesday. The Devils lost to Washburn 6-2 in the season opener, but they took a 2-1 lead in the first half Tuesday and made it last. "We started off pretty good, just like the last game," Ironwood coach Don Cvengros said. "The kids were ready to play. We were controlling the ball the first 10, 12 minutes." Isaac Aukee moved down the right side and crossed it to freshman Ian B...
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...
WAKEFIELD - Wakefield-Marenisco never let Watersmeet get to double digits in a Porcupine Mountain Conference volleyball sweep, 25-7, 25-7, 25-9, Monday. "Our main goals coming off of the Mercer game (a 3-0 Mercer win last week), was working on consistency in our attacks at the net," W-M coach Jessica Novascone said. "That's what they were really focusing on tonight. We really had very few attack errors. That was our main goal, staying out of the net, not hitting into the net. They really...
