HOUGHTON — Tour Da Yoop, Eh riders left Copper Country Tuesday on the sixth day of their 10-day ride around the Upper Peninsula. The group of 12 riders left Bridgeview Park in Houghton just after 8 a.m. to ride more than 117 miles to Marquette. This is only the second year for the tour. As ...
Just the other day, I had the chance to take in football summer drills at L’Anse High. If there was a bit of deja vu involved, that could be understood because my first experience with football drills took place 47 years ago in the same town. Life in general, was much different, on that ...
TAPIOLA — Rick Niemi singled in the decisive run in the bottom of the sixth inning Monday to give Houghton a 7-6 win over South Range in a loser’s bracket game in the 50 And Over Softball playoffs. Houghton will now meet Chassell at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in a winners bracket game. They will ...
HOUGHTON — Lifelong friends Cliff Watson and C.J. Eick have been around each other since early in their youth. Over their careers, they have had multiple opportunities to play on the same team, which helped them always feel comfortable together. When Watson’s commitment to Ohio State for ...
TAPIOLA — Chassell advanced to the winners bracket in the Over 50 Softball League playoffs with a win over Houghton Thursday. Nick Kosczykowski singled in the winning run in the top of the seventh inning for a 6-5 win. The two teams battled on even terms up to that point as Chassell’s ...
ONTONAGON — In an effort to get more women into fishing, the Upper Peninsula Sport Fisherman’s Association will be hosting a Powder Puff Challenge this Saturday. The fishing tourney will run from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., and be based out of the Ontonagon Marina. “We’re giving away $200 to ...
HANCOCK – All Dean Kangas-State Farm needed was one inning to win Game Two and the championship trophy in the Copper Country Twilight League playoffs on Thursday night at the Hancock Driving Park. The home team wasted no time and got their work done in the first inning as they scored their ...
HANCOCK — The tables were turned for REL Inc.-Mohawk Technology. They were the “comeback kids” of the Copper Country Twilight League playoffs against Garnet Garage. On Tuesday night, however, Dean Kangas-State Farm gave them a taste of their own postseason medicine as they pulled off a ...
The story is a familiar one. The star of the scenario is an underdog team who some how defies the odds and takes down the heavy favorite on the biggest stage. This subject again came up during a recent conversation I was having with a fellow sports fan. It got me to thinking about some of ...
TAPIOLA — Houghton and Chassell captured wins in the opening night of the Over 50 Softball League playoffs Monday evening. Houghton scored a 14-5 victory over Tapiola behind the pitching of Steve Dunstan. Jim Perron, Dave Kamerand and Tom Merz collected three hits each for the ...
HANCOCK — If there was one thing that characterized the Copper Country Twilight League playoff series between first place REL. Inc.-Mohawk Technology and last-place Garnet Garage, is that REL had a taste for late-inning baseball drama. In Game Two on Thursday, they rallied back from a 6-2 ...
BOOTJACK — A couple of friends started walking together in April. Their walks quickly snowballed into Saturday’s inaugural Bootjack Fun Run, where more than 200 runners and walkers helped raise money for a worthy cause. It began in April, When Rita Krans had started walking and working ...
HANCOCK — He had enough talent to potentially reach the National Hockey League. But late Hancock High product Bruce Riutta chose another path after athletics and it was one he was familiar with. Riutta, a standout at Hancock High in football, excelled in that sport. Former Mining Gazette ...
HANCOCK — After winning the first game of a Copper Country Twilight League semifinal series Tuesday night on the Stanton Field, Dean Kangas-State Farm came back to the Hancock Driving Park on Thursday with a chance to clinch the best-of-three playoff first round against favorite Superior ...
CALUMET — The 2019 Jazzy Giroux Memorial Shortstop was held Aug. 3 and 4. Numbers were strong as 54 golfers participated in the annual tournament at the Calumet Golf Club. Saturday’s qualifying round had defending champion Jay Monticello shoot a 72, earning low medalist honors. Reese ...
TAPIOLA — Houghton finished as the first place team in the Over 50 Softball League in the final night of play, thanks to an upset win by South Range. Range defeated Chassell by an 8-2 score earlier in the evening, leaving the losers with an 8-4 record. That is the same record as Houghton, ...
STANTON — With just six outs to go, things did not look good for REL. Inc.-Mohawk Technology. They were down 6-2 to Garnet Garage in the Game 2 of the best-of-three Copper Country Twilight League playoff action at Stanton Field. REL, the No. 1 seed, had lost the first game and were on the ...
HOUGHTON — Growing up together in Appleton, Wisconsin, former Michigan Tech hockey players C.J. Eick and Cliff Watson found success from youth hockey right up to the professional ranks. When they first hit the ice together, they were part of creating an atmosphere in eastern Wisconsin, and ...
HANCOCK — As the lowest seed (No. 4) in this week’s Copper Country Twilight League playoffs, Garnet Garage knew they had their work cut out for them as they would face the No. 1-seeded REL Inc.-Mohawk Technology in the best-of-three playoff series. Their manager, Joe Romano, reminded ...
The way the Detroit Tigers are going about their rebuilding job is one of the strangest I can recall. Now, I’ve watched many other major league teams go about the job of restoring their fortunes. Some prefer the “tear it down” method, which means they unload just about all of their ...