Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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HURLEY — Last year, Crystal Falls Forest Park stole a win from Hurley. There were no thefts involved this year; the Trojans dominated the Midgets 31-14 in Friday night’s Great Western Conference game. “They took one tonight, no question,” Hurley coach Scott Erickson said. “We usually don’t get pushed around here and we got pushed around here today.” The Trojans were able to somehow knock off Hurley 13-12 last year despite the Midgets rushing for more than 450 yards. This year, Forest Park (3-0)...
MERCER, Wis. —Bessemer took the first game, but Mercer came back and showed why it will be very tough to beat in the Indianhead Conference East Division this season. The Tigers won 3-1, 19-25, 25-10, 25-12, 25-10. After losing the first game, Mercer didn’t give up another 25 total points until it was ahead 9-3 in the fourth set. The Speedgirls battled in the third set, leading early and trailing 9-8 at one point. But Mercer went on a big run, giving up just four more points in the win. “Ou...
The three Gogebic Range teams are home Friday night. Crystal Falls Forest Park comes to Hurley for a pivotal Great Western Conference match. Ironwood hopes to turn its fortune around with its home opener against Houghton. The Gogebic Miners face Baraga for their only game at Massie Field in Bessemer this season. Ontonagon goes to L’Anse Friday and Ewen-Trout Creek plays Bellaire at Engadine Saturday. Crystal Falls Forest Park (2-0, 0-0) at Hurley (3-0, 1-0), Friday, 6:30 p.m. The favorite h...
IRONWOOD — Northland International University swept the Lindquist Center clean on Tuesday night by defeating Gogebic Community College’s Lady Samson volleyball team 25-13, 25-13, 26-24. The Lady Pioneers played efficiently and NIU coach David Herron said it was because his team had played more matches than GCC. “We’ve had five matches, so we’re used to the competition,” Heron said. “Aaron’s (Bender) a good coach and he’ll get them going. We served well, attacked the ball and converted well. We h...
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...
WAKEFIELD — It’s not often that a good-sized crowd stands up at the end of a volleyball match and gives both teams a standing ovation. But that’s what happened at Cardinal Gym in Wakefield on Monday night as Bessemer eked out a razor-thin, five-set thriller over Wakefield-Marenisco 25-14, 25-23, 12-25, 22-25, and 17-15. The standing ovation seemed like a sign of appreciation of the intense emotion, hard work and all-out competition displayed by both teams. “One got a W, but nobody lost tonight,...
HURLEY — Hurley swept South Shore 25-19, 25-11, 27-25 Monday for its first win of the season. “I was happy with the way we served,” Hurley coach Liz Constantini said. “I thought that was much better than it’s been the first two games. But even more so, I was happy with the way we were passing and setting up with our hitters. Even though we only had 13 kills, we had a lot of good swings, a lot of good opportunities, so that’s a big improvement from last week.” The Cardinals made the Midgettes...
LAKE LINDEN — Hurley’s terrible stretch to end the first half was matched only by how well it responded in Saturday’s 30-20 victory over Lake Linden-Hubbell. It was tied 14-14 at halftime after the Midgets committed three special teams turnovers in the final minutes of the first half. But the Midgets bounced back, stopping Lake Linden three-and-out to start the second half and then scoring four plays later, on a 61-yard touchdown run by Roman Lupino. Early in the fourth quarter, the Midgets took...
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...
HURLEY — Washburn swept Hurley 25-11, 25-12, 25-9 Thursday night in non-conference volleyball. Hurley’s Susan Walesewicz finished with two aces. She had nice serves and played well in the back row, Hurley coach Liz Constantini said. Bryce Holmes, Felicia Herlevi and Brittany Czarnecki all had one kill. Julia Nelson had an assist. “Obviously our offense was not working,” Constantini said. “Washburn served really well, which made it hard to get our offense going. We had a few opportuni...
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...
WAKEFIELD — Wakefield-Marenisco started the volleyball season with a 3-0 sweep of defending Porcupine Mountain Conference champion Ewen-Trout Creek Tuesday night. The Cardinals won 25-17, 25-11, 25-16. “The girls have been working really hard over the last 2.5 weeks,” W-M coach Jessica Novascone said. “They’re very excited about this season. To come out here and be 3-0, they never really had a lull point in the game. They always kept that momentum up. To be able to come here and do that from...
WAKEFIELD — It was a game the Gogebic players will want to talk about when they come back for their class reunions. And it was the kind of game that left a satisfied smile on coach Mark Mazzon’s face a long time after it was over. The Gogebic Miners overcame the heat, their own mistakes and an evenly-matched Hancock Bulldogs team and won an exciting 28-26 season-opener in overtime at Cardinal Field on Saturday. Gogebic’s Jess Mazzon scored the game-tying touchdown in the only overtime and Paul...
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...
ASHLAND, Wis. — Thursday’s season-opening cross country race was called the Ashland Invitational. The Ashland Mud Run would have been more appropriate. The Ashland course was soaked after storms early in the week combined with a big one just before the meet Thursday that flooded and closed lanes on U.S. 2. There weren’t many dry spots on the course; even the rain rarely quit falling as the storms at least mainly stayed away. “It was definitely messy,” new Hurley coach Hope Bretting said. “I thin...
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...
WAUSAU, Wis. — Two goal line stands in the first half by Hurley kept Boscobel from making things more interesting and off the scoreboard all together. The Midgets started the season with a 34-0 victory over the Bulldogs, who despite losing their 23rd straight game, made Hurley work for a lot of what it got. The Midgets also had to work through losing running back/tight end/defensive back Jake Colassaco, who sprained his ankle in the first half. “We had to work our way through some things tod...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Mired by mistakes, the Seattle Seahawks still slogged out a win at Lambeau Field. After steamrolling over their first two preseason opponents, the Seahawks nearly tripped themselves up in a 17-10 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Friday night. All the pushing and shoving, and the penalties — 14 for Seattle, and 22 for both teams — in part overshadowed Seattle’s victory in a matchup of NFC heavyweights. “We really looked at it as an opportunity to take the challenge...
HURLEY — Hurley isn’t going to find much sympathy for all of the losses it suffered through graduation. And the Midgets probably won’t need it. The Midgets’ all-time leading rusher, Jarret Rhenlund, graduated. So did Grant Innes, Mike Henning and David Mathias, all special award winners in the Great Western Conference. But ... Six players return for their third year as a starter. It may be the biggest Hurley has been up front and, somehow, the backfield looks as hard as ever to stop. The Mid...
A month after acknowledging only that he made “mistakes,” Ryan Braun admitted taking performance-enhancing drugs during his NL MVP season of 2011. The suspended Milwaukee slugger said he took a cream and a lozenge containing banned substances while rehabilitating an injury. “It was a huge mistake for which I am deeply ashamed and I compounded the situation by not admitting my mistakes immediately,” Braun said in a statement released by the Brewers. Braun tested positive for elevated testosterone...
DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander still hasn’t lost to the Minnesota Twins in more than three years, though he came awfully close on Thursday. The Detroit Tigers ace left after the seventh inning with the game tied. He benefited from a four-run rally that got him off the hook for what would have been his first loss to the Twins since April 2010. However, that didn’t brighten his mood because an eighth-inning run was enough to give the Twins a 7-6 win over his Tigers. “Today was tough,” Verlander...
IRONWOOD — Ironwood started the tennis season with a 5-2 victory over Phillips in Hurley and Ironwood Wednesday. The Red Devils swept the singles matches and Ironwood’s No. 2 doubles took the other victory. Senior Katie Piispanen and rookie freshman Kristine Mieloszyk both won 6-0, 6-0. Piispanen was at No. 1 singles, Mieloszyk at No. 4. Payton Aho won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 2 singles. Katie Erickson defeated Ariana Blair 6-2, 6-4 after the storm delay in No. 3 singles. Ironwood’s No. 2 doubles team,...
DETROIT (AP) — Torii Hunter put the Detroit Tigers ahead with his bat and scored two runs with his 38-year-old legs to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 on Wednesday night. Minnesota let the AL Central-leading Tigers score four runs with two outs in the seventh, and three more with two outs in the eighth. On a pivotal play in the seventh, right fielder Chris Hermann failed to get to Hunter’s drive between him and center fielder Clete Thomas, allowing Austin Jackson to sco...
