CALUMET — Before the Calumet Copper Kings softball team won their first district title in school history, they needed to get past a much-improved Jeffers Jets squad Thursday afternoon at Legion Field. With five runs in the first inning, and five more in the seventh, the Copper Kings were ...
L'ANSE — The L'Anse Purple Hornets softball team made postseason winning look easy on Thursday as their opponents were at their “mercy.” They opened the afternoon with a 13-3 mercy win over their cross-town rivals Baraga. Then they defeated Crystal Falls Forest Park, 18-3, in four ...
HOUGHTON — Last season, the Newberry Indians girls golf team won the Division 2 U.P. title. That win was motivation for coach Kenn Depew’s boys team. With a par by their fourth golfer on the final hole Wednesday, the Indians boys held off the host Hancock Bulldogs by one stroke for the win ...
Editor’s note: This story first appeared on MHSAA.com. WATERSMEET — Rock Mid Peninsula's Christian VanDamme is only a sophomore, yet he came into Wednesday’s Upper Peninsula Division 3 Final with two past runner-up finishes at this golf tournament. He made the top five as a seventh ...
CALUMET — It was a tight race for top honors in the Houghton County Invitational track and meet Tuesday as the Calumet girls were crowned champions for the first time in 11 years with 114 1/2 points. Houghton was runner-up at 103 3/4 and Dollar Bay placed third at 94 3/4. The Houghton ...
HARRIS — It was a great day for golf with temperatures in the 70s and light winds for the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 1 Final – and Marquette’s boys played to match to outstanding conditions. The Sentinels backed up last year’s title as they ended the day with a first-place 295 strokes, finishing ahead of second-place Escanaba at 314 and third-place Houghton with 316. Gladstone finished fourth with 317 and Sault Ste. Marie was fifth with 322. Marquette junior Seve Swanson had the best day of all in the field as he posted a score of 70 with four birdies. “The depth of ...
