Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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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... Full story
HURLEY - No man or woman has won as many Paavo Nurmi Marathons after Ben Schneider, 30, of Minneapolis picked up his ninth straight win at Saturday morning's 46th annual race. He celebrated by running his fastest Paavo - 2:33:01. His wife, Candice, 29, also won again, making for the fourth straight Schneider sweep, which happens to be the number on her race bib. Candice battled the sunny and hot morning to finish in 3:15:21, 3 minutes, 53 seconds faster than second-place Denise Hefferin of Saint... Full story
HURLEY - Ben Schneider is coming off a top-50 overall finish at April's Boston Marathon. His wife, Candice, is nearly fully healthy after winning last year's Paavo Nurmi Marathon with a nagging injury and then picking up her second best marathon time at Boston despite still battling the injury. Now they're hoping to keep their Paavo streaks going at Saturday's 46th annual marathon. Ben seeks his ninth straight men's title and Candice her fourth consecutive women's crown. Ben is the all-time... Full story
HANCOCK - Three former professional athletes who hail from the Upper Peninsula are among 10 new inductees into the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame. Paul Feldhausen of Iron Mountain spent three years in the National Football League, the late Hugh (Muzz) Murray of Sault Ste. Marie played in two National Hockey League Stanley Cup finals and Becky Iverson of Gladstone had a 14-year career on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour. A pair of former teammates on the University of... Full story
HURLEY - One of Hurley's best running backs. An all-around female athlete. The school's first WIAA scholar athlete. Hurley's all-time wins leader in boys basketball. Tony Loden, Becky Brackett, Joe Sargent and Gary Giancola joined the 2001 state runner-up softball team in the Hurley High School Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday. Becky Brackett (Class of 1994) Competitiveness is what made Brackett such a great athlete, softball coach Jim Kivisto said. "What I was most amazed about was size didn't... Full story
HURLEY - Hurley football got a bit of revenge on Shiocton Friday. Well, on the golf course anyway. Colin DiGiorgio and Ross Corullo of Hurley beat father-and-son Jim and Jason Hill in a one-hole playoff at Eagle Bluff for their first Hurley Quarterback Club Golf Touranment title. While Jim is an Iron Belt native, Jason is a 2000 graduate of Shiocton, whose football team defeated Hurley in the state semifinal last season on its way to a state title. Jason follows both teams. "I was with coach... Full story
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... Full story
By JAN TUCKER [email protected] ONTONAGON - The ninth annual Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Foundation golf outing raised about $4,700. Jim Jessup, foundation president, told a full roster of golfers that the foundation will purchase two microscopes for the Ontonagon Clinic. Other past purchases include a bladder scanner, patient lift, emergency room equipment to aid in breathing, a renovated beauty shop, equipment to locate hidden veins, items for the long-term care facility and a television f... Full story
HURLEY - After Hurley won its first regional title in 26 years back in 2005, coach Gary Giancola jumped into the arms of one of his best players, junior Mike Swartz. Nine years later, Giancola is handing the reigns of the boys basketball program to Swartz, who will also become his son-in-law next month. Giancola stepped aside this spring after finishing his 11th season and becoming the school's all-time career wins leader. "That junior year, when we finally got it done, how that fourth quarter... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
SOUTH RANGE – The first day of the District 11 Major (age 11-12) division Little League tournament was full of big: Big players, big hits and big plays. Both Houghton Country entries advanced in the winner's bracket by winning their openers: Keweenaw controlling the curtain-raiser for a 9-1 win over Baraga County and Portage Lake eking out a close one with Penokee Range (Gogebic County), 4-3. "They started off with a little bit of jitters, made a few mistakes, and threw the ball around a little... Full story
NEW YORK (AP) — The trade that put Jeff Samardzija on a postseason contender cost him a chance to pitch in his first All-Star game. A day after Samardzija was dealt from the Chicago Cubs to Oakland, a big league-high six Athletics were picked Sunday for the game at Target Field in Minnesota on July 15. That doesn't include Samardzija, selected as a National League All-Star. Major League Baseball said he is ineligible to play because of the league switch. The 29-year-old right-hander, who was 2-7 with a 2.83 ERA and 103 strikeouts for the C... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
MARQUETTE — The greatest show on turf. The nickname given to the St. Louis Rams of about 15 years ago was an apt description for what the best high school football players in the Upper Peninsula displayed at the Superior Dome on Saturday afternoon. Coming from Ironwood to Sault Ste. Marie, from Calumet to Menominee, close to 90 players showed they deserved "star" status in the annual U.P. Football All-Star Game. The East squad, which included players from Marquette, Alger, Luce and Schoolcraft counties, won for the sixth straight time, 4... Full story
ST. IGNACE - Doug Ingalls learned how to play point guard during an all-state basketball career at Gladstone High School. He honed his craft during a four-year stint at Northern Michigan University. He has continued to develop the impact of that position as varsity boys coach at St. Ignace, in addition to helping his wife's girls team that has won four state titles. Therefore he was perhaps the most appreciative observer here Saturday as he directed two excellent guards at the 29th U.P.... Full story
SAO PAULO (AP) - Just after he was cut from the U.S. roster last month, right back Brad Evans posted this snarky tweet: "You got off easy this time @Cristiano." The Americans are confident their defensive depth can stop the two-time world player of the year when they play Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal on Sunday night in a World Cup match in the Amazon rain forest capital of Manaus. "He's a complete player," midfielder Michael Bradley said Friday. "When you look at the game today, there's such...
IRONWOOD - The all-stars came to Ironwood Tuesday night, but the one who shined the brightest had the shortest distance to travel. Ironwood's Adam Mackey was named Most Valuable Player as Northern Michigan beat Northern Wisconsin 112-89 in Tuesday's inaugural Kiwanis Classic Border Bash all-star basketball game at the Lindquist Center. Michigan took the lead early and Wisconsin was climbing from behind all night. Michigan never pulled far away, but Wisconsin never took a lead. Mackey led... Full story
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... Full story
