Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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IRONWOOD — Portage Lake scored 10 runs in the fifth inning to pull away and eliminate Penokee Range from the Little League District 11 (ages 11-12) tournament Wednesday. Portage Lake won 20-9 in 5 innings after Penokee battled back from a 10-5 deficit to trail 10-9. “The kids came to play today,” Penokee manager Scott Wilson said. “(Tuesday) they didn’t come to play, but they played well today. That’s part of Little League. It gets away from you and it’s hard to come back from a deficit. They... Full story
IRONWOOD — After winning their first two Little League District 11 Tournament games at the John Krznarich Field, the Penokee Range All-Stars fell victim to Ishpeming and the 10-run rule in the winner’s bracket semifinal. Ishpeming thumped Penokee Range 15-3 in four innings. “Our boys just didn’t come out to play today,” Penokee coach Scott Wilson said. “We didn’t have the defense we normally play and we’re a better hitting team than we showed today.” Ishpeming quickly jumped ahead by scoring two... Full story
DETROIT (AP) — Daniel Alfredsson is joining the Detroit Red Wings to make perhaps his final run at an elusive championship, and Stephen Weiss is in it for the long haul in the Motor City. “I’m really excited to get this opportunity at this stage of my career to go for a Stanley Cup and fulfill a longtime dream,” the 40-year-old Alfredsson said on a conference call. Detroit got a $5.5 million, one-year deal done with Alfredsson on Friday afternoon, mere minutes after NHL teams could sign free ag... Full story
WAKEFIELD – The 36th annual Sunday Lake Run/Walk was held on Thursday with 261 runners and walkers participating under nearly perfect weather conditions on the scenic 2.8 mile course. For the runners, they simply run around the lake and Allan Peterson and Carolyn Andresen did it best. They were the top male and female runners overall. Both grew up in Ironwood and were key performers on the Red Devil cross country and track and field teams in high school. Peterson now runs cross country and t... Full story
BESSEMER — The 25th annual Bessemer Hometown Run was held Saturday as part of the Bessemer Blast 2013 weeklong celebration. As the weather cooperated with no rain and temperatures in the mid 60s, 277 runners/walkers participated in the 10-kilometer run and 2-mile walk/run. Dave Rowe, teacher at A.D. Johnston High School as well as a race participant, kicked off the race with the national anthem. Winners included: —Jared Joki, 15, of Ironwood, was the top male 2 miler with a time of 10:47. —Ja... Full story
HURLEY — Football practice doesn't start for a month, but the Hurley Midgets had 40 high school players on the gridiron Monday for a Blugold Football Camp. The UW-Eau Claire coaching staff came to Hurley to conduct the camp for the second year in a row. “I knew we were going to have a good number of kids this year coming out for fall ball. To get 40 here today feels like the program is really going and continuing in the right direction,” Hurley coach Scott Erickson said. “Very happy. A lot of sc... Full story
MARQUETTE — Saturday wasn’t much of a day for offense, but Gogebic Miners’ quarterback Eric Lane helped account for one of West’s touchdowns. Seven local players took part in the U.P. Football All-Star Game at the Superior Dome in Marquette Saturday. The East lost its 19-0 lead, but held on for a 19-13 victory. The East scored the game’s first three touchdowns, two in the first quarter and one in the third. The West finally got on the scoreboard when Lane threw a 26-yard TD pass to Norway’s John... Full story
BESSEMER — The Penokee Range All-Stars lost a heartbreaker, 6-5, to Negaunee Sunday during the District 11 ages 11-12 Little League softball tournament. Penokee plays Portage Lake tonight at 5:30 p.m. here. The loser is eliminated from the tournament, but the winner advances to play Negaunee in a championship game Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Negaunee can take the tourney with one win, but its opponent needs to beat Negaunee twice in the double-elimination event. The second game would be Wednesday. P... Full story
ST. IGNACE — Dillon Gordon had one more chance to wear a Ewen-Trout Creek uniform — and not worry about his ankle. He took advantage, scoring 16 points for the North, which beat the South 94-81 Saturday in the U.P. All-Star Basketball Classic at St. Ignace. His ankle was at 100 percent three weeks after the season. Gordon, E-TC’s second all-time leading scorer, hurt it in the final regular season game and was limited in playoff action during his senior year. He wasn’t limited Saturday. He spla... Full story
BOSTON (AP) — An NHL-record unbeaten streak to start the lockout-shortened season. Three straight victories to clinch the title. From beginning to end, the Chicago Blackhawks skated away from the rest of the league. Bryan Bickell and Dave Bolland scored 17 seconds apart in the final 1:16 and the Blackhawks struck quickly to win Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final 3-2 on Monday night for their second NHL championship in four seasons. “I still can’t believe that finish. Oh my God, we never quit,... Full story
DETROIT (AP) — Avisail Garcia lifted a fly ball to right field, Daniel Nava drifted back to make the play — and then a sloppy game swung in Detroit’s favor for good. Nava appeared to have the ball in his glove, but when it came free second base umpire Mike DiMuro ruled there was no catch. That was the first of two Boston errors that helped the Tigers score three runs in the eighth inning en route to a 7-5 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday. “Sometimes it’s your day, sometimes it isn’t,” D... Full story
ST. IGNACE — A storybook season and a sterling career reached a special farewell here Saturday. Sarah Cullip of St. Ignace and Brett Branstrom of Mid Peninsula ended their high school careers with a flourish, earning MVP honors at the 28th annual Upper Peninsula All-Star Classic basketball twinbill at LaSalle High School. The games are conducted by the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, with proceeds helping fund a scholarship program for a quartet of U.P. athletes each year. Cullip was one of the 2013 recipients. Cullip, playing on her home floor f... Full story
IRONWOOD — Andy and Halley Borseth shot nine-under-par 62 to win the 19th annual Gogebic Community College Basketball Golf Classic two-person scramble held Saturday at the Gogebic Country Club. Eight-two golfers participated in men’s, women’s and mixed divisions. The Borseth duo captured the mixed division title, while Jim Milakovich and Joe Matrella shot 67 to win the men’s division, and Nancy Dalpiaz and Nancy Levra captured the women’s division with a 78. “We were fortunate to have decent wea... Full story
ONTONAGON — For forty years John Gravier has run the football fields, basketball courts and tracks across the Western Upper Peninsula. He is affectionately known as a zebra by many and occasionally there may have been some cheers and boos. Gravier is a referee. This winter he was honored by the Michigan High School Athletic Association for 40 years as a referee. Although John could not attend the dinner honoring long time referees, the Association presented him with a trophy in which is e... Full story
MIAMI (AP) — Carlos Gomez added another impressive offensive performance during his breakout season. Gomez had four hits, including two triples, drove in three runs, and scored three runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. “He had a very big night, two triples,” said Jonathan Lucroy, who drove in four runs. “Anytime you have a guy with that kind of speed and a ballpark this big, things like that are going to happen. He did very well for us tonight... Full story
BESSEMER – The Gogebic Rangers were on the comeback trail Monday night and took the first game of a doubleheader against the Ashland Lakers at Massie Field, but took a thumping by the bigger school in game two. Gogebic won game one 6-5 but fell in the second game 11-1. Game One – Gogebic 6, Ashland 5 Ashland sophomore pitcher Josh Carlson had the look of a college pitcher early on in the first game. He was throwing an impressive fastball that was humming and mixing in a slow curveball that had... Full story
HURLEY –Tim Steiger of Bessemer and Scott Erickson of Hurley slogged through some very wet playing conditions on Sunday and shot a 139 total to win the Championship Flight in this weekend’s Battle of the Bluff golf tournament at the Eagle Bluff Golf Club. “It was really hard,” Steiger said. “The course was good, but the fairways were real wet.” Golfers said there were periods of hard rain during their rounds on the final day. Erickson and Steiger shot a two-over par 72 on Sunday with birdie... Full story
IRONWOOD — Skiers will once again fly at Copper Peak. On Friday, USA Ski Jumping and Copper Peak announced an exhibition ski flying event to be held from Feb. 28 to March 2, 2014. The last ski flying event at Copper Peak, the only ski flying facility in North America, came in 1994. Officials expect about a dozen ski jumpers in the event with athletes from the United States and Canada. Invitations to athletes from other nations will be extended. Copper Peak has since seen many renovations g... Full story
MIAMI (AP) — Tony Parker banked in a 16-footer with 5.2 seconds left for the last of his 21 points and the San Antonio Spurs stunned the Miami Heat 92-88 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. Tim Duncan had 20 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks, and Manu Ginobili scored 13 points for the Spurs, who are in the finals for the first time since 2007 and are pursuing their fifth championship. LeBron James had 18 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists for his 10th career playoff t... Full story
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP — Ironwood edged Hurley 1-0 in an evenly played rivalry soccer match Tuesday at Airport Park. It was scoreless at the half. “The first half was pretty evenly played,” Ironwood coach Don Cvengros said. “And Hurley’s got a pretty good team this year. We had a couple good chances in the first half. They did, too. It was pretty evenly matched.” Hurley coach Chris Tweiten agreed. “I thought it was a pretty evenly matched game,” he said. “The team that scored first would probably co... Full story
DETROIT (AP) — Torii Hunter noticed early on that something was amiss with Tampa Bay left-hander Matt Moore. “I saw him throw the curveball a couple times, and I saw that he didn’t have a feel for that,” Hunter said. “This guy has great stuff — his changeup, his arm action is the same as the fastball, coming out of his arm. Just the fact that we were able to capitalize on his mistakes — we have a professional team over here. They make the adjustments and battle at the plate.” Prince Fielder... Full story
