Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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CHICAGO (AP) — The class of the AL Central, the Detroit Tigers were no match Monday night for the ace of the division’s last-place team. Left-hander Chris Sale was back in form for the White Sox, and at times, just plain nasty against Detroit. Sale (8-11) scattered nine hits in his fourth complete game of the season, and Chicago overcame Miguel Cabrera’s fourth homer in four games to beat the Tigers 6-2. Josh Phegley, Gordon Beckham and Alexei Ramirez singled in runs in a three-run fifth innin...
HURLEY — When runners turned back onto Wisconsin 77, off County E near Iron Belt, Wis., it looked like the 45th Paavo Nurmi Marathon might have a tight race. Candice Schneider, 28, of Minneapolis, led Denise Hefferin, 31, of St. Charles, Ill., by just a few yards. “I just ran panicked after that,” Schneider said. “I didn’t want her to have it.” Schneider fought through her hip injury to pull away from Hefferin and win her third straight Paavo women’s marathon, about 40 minutes after her hus...
HURLEY – Melissa Williams-Herrala lives in Chicago but talk to her for a few minutes and you realize she still has a soft spot in her heart for northern Wisconsin. After all, she grew up in Iron Belt and ran cross country at Hurley K-12 School. Last year, Williams-Herrala was second in the women’s half-marathon, but on Saturday at the 45th annual Paavo Nurmi Marathon, she was the first to cross the finish line. Her time was 1:34:13. “I like coming up here,” Williams-Herrala said. “It has that...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Stepfan Taylor aced his first test. Exactly what you expect from a Stanford kid. Taylor ran for 64 yards in his NFL debut, and the Arizona Cardinals exposed several trouble spots for the Green Bay Packers in a 17-0 preseason win Friday night. Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton each threw for a touchdown against a Packers secondary that had trouble containing anybody, and Arizona’s aggressive new defense had three sacks, one interception and one forced fumble. “You just try to...
HURLEY — Ben Schneider’s third straight Paavo Nurmi Marathon win back in 2008 was one of his toughest as he didn’t pass Wakefield’s Ryan Holm until late in the race. His wife, Candice, 28, shoots for her third consecutive title in Saturday’s 45th Paavo, which starts at 7:30 a.m. along Wisconsin 77 in Upson, Wis. It could be her toughest as she recovers from an injury. Only two women have ever won three straight Paavos, Ann Heaslett (eight, 2001-08) and Mary Bange (seven, 1978-84). No male has...
HURLEY – There always seems to be feel-good stories that come out of each Paavo Nurmi Marathon. One of the best ones in the 2013 Paavo, set for Saturday in Iron County, belongs to Amanda Koivisto-Niemi of Bessemer. And sometime around noon on Saturday, Koivisto-Niemi will be standing on Silver Street feeling very good about herself after she finishes running with her five-person relay team. It will have nothing to do with the time she ran. It will have everything to do with the simple i...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Prince Fielder hit a two-run double in the 14th inning as the Detroit Tigers won their 11th straight, 6-5 on Wednesday night over the Cleveland Indians, who fell six games out of first place in the AL Central and maybe left rookie Danny Salazar in for one too many pitches. After the Tigers put two on against Bryan Shaw (2-3), Fielder lined his double off Marc Rzepczynski into the gap as the Tigers beat the Indians for the 11th time in 12 games and improved to 12-3 against t...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Justin Verlander recently watched videotape of his 2011 season, when he was the AL’s MVP and noticed he wasn’t pitching the way he had back then — dominating, overpowering, nearly unhittable. Verlander made an adjustment. And made the Indians look silly. Verlander toyed with Cleveland’s lineup for eight innings and Don Kelly hit a three-run homer off Justin Masterson, leading the Detroit Tigers to their 10th straight win, 5-1 over the Indians, who can’t seem to beat the one tea...
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers All-Star shortstop Jhonny Peralta said he shouldn’t be on the list of players linked to the Biogenesis case. “It’s wrong,” Peralta said Wednesday after hitting a double in Detroit’s 11-1 win over the Washington Nationals. “But whatever happens, I need to fight and try to move on.” Before and after the game, which might end up being his last one for a while, Peralta insisted he didn’t not know whether Major League Baseball planned to suspend him. “I don’t hear not...
ALLEN PARK (AP) — Havard Rugland has not missed a kick in game-like conditions during Detroit Lions training camp, including a 58-yard field goal that got everyone’s attention that saw or heard it. “That big boot? He’s legit,” teammate Nate Burleson said. “Kickalicious is for real. He isn’t just an Internet sensation.” Even though the Norwegian made all 11 of his field goals in 11-on-11 situations in a three-day period, he still seems like a longshot to beat out David Akers. “He’s done an i...
ROCHESTER HILLS — As Upper Peninsula Little League teams compete in state tournaments, some of them have some company from above the Mackinac Bridge. Umpire Sam Fontecchio of Ironwood is making the rounds across the Midwest, with his traveling partner, umpire Steve Ritenour of Marquette. Fontecchio worked the 11-12-year-old boys Michigan state event in Ishpeming earlier this month. That included Portage Lake from the Houghton area, which won the district tournament in Ironwood. He figured he w...
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers added some help for their shaky bullpen Monday, acquiring reliever Jose Veras from the Houston Astros for minor league outfielder Danry Vasquez and a player to be named. Veras is 0-4 with a 2.93 ERA and 19 saves this season, and the 32-year-old right-hander has struck out 44 in 43 innings with only 14 walks. “We are pleased to add an experienced arm to our bullpen,” Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski said. “Jose can pitch in a variety of roles, provide...
HURLEY – A very diverse group of athletes from the Class of 2013 were inducted into the 16th annual Hurley High School Athletic Hall of Fame at the Hurley K-12 School on Saturday. The new inductees included Johnny Allice (Class of 1932), Kyle Elsemore (Class of 2002), Sarah Tarasewicz (Class of 2001) and the 1987-88 Hurley girls’ basketball team. Sarah Tarasewicz Class of 2001 Sarah Tarasewicz received the Danielle Ladwig Memorial Outstanding Senior Athlete Award at the conclusion of her high school career in Hurley. When an award has a tit...
HURLEY — Brothers Cory Wicklund, of Montreal, and Jeremy Wicklund, of Appleton, overcame a strong field of 76 teams and miserable weather conditions to win their first Hurley Quarterback Club golf tournament at the Eagle Bluff Golf Club on Friday. They shot a 64. Tim Steiger, of Bessemer, and Jack Croci, of Hurley, who have won this event four times, were runners-up this time with a 65. The Wicklunds were ecstatic with their low round in the foggy, rainy, cold weather. “We were hoping for bad...
The 21st running of the Festival Ironwood Walk, Run and Roll held on July 20 was met with a record turnout. “We had 230 entrants which tops all past 20 years,” said Chris Bergquist, race director. “It really helped that our two mile female winner, Carolyn (Andresen), was getting married later in the day. I think most of her wedding party and guests participated in our race prior to the wedding celebrations.” Jason Smith from Milwaukee, Wis., was the top male finisher in the 2-mile event in a ti...
