CHASSELL — Rain held off for a doubleheader in Copper Country Women’s Fastpitch Softball League play between Superior National Bank and Crush/Diamond House International/ Baby E’s BBQ at Chassell Field Wednesday. SNB took advantage of the situation, earning wins in both games, 8-2 and ...
While organizers trying to bring Adventure Mountain Speedway in Greenland were not able to re-open the 1/3rd-mile clay stock car race track this summer, they are not giving up on trying to open the track in the summer of 2020. After preliminary work by volunteers was done this spring and this ...
HANCOCK — Heavy rain halted a Copper Country Slowpitch Softball League game between A&S Industrial and undefeated McGann’s/Northern Auto, who fell one run short before the game was called on account of the rain, 14-14, at the Hancock Driving Park on Monday. “We knew we had to play ...
STANTON — For the second year in a row and the third time in four years, Superior National Bank–Stanton (SNB) won the annual Leo Durocher Memorial Tournament, which is named in SNB-Stanton’s player manager Daron Durocher’s father’s name. On Sunday, they defeated their Copper ...
HANCOCK — The United States women’s soccer team World Cup win in early July, where they beat the Netherlands 2-0, was recognized worldwide as a unique victory. However, what does this World Cup win mean for new Finlandia Lions coach Grace Sokolow and her NCAA Division III squad? “The ...
CHASSELL — Players both young and old put their respective teams aside to come together in celebration of 50 years of Women’s Fastpitch Softball Friday night with the Copper Country Women’s Fastpitch Softball League All-Star game at Chassell Field. The league was founded in the summer ...
STANTON — Friday night marked the opening night of the Leo Durocher Memorial Tournament and Superior National Bank–Stanton, who is managed by Leo’s son Daron, won their opening game against Garnet Garage, 3-0, at Stanton Field. The game was a slow one with a hit here and a hit there, ...
TAPIOLA — South Range handed Houghton its first defeat of the Over 50 Softball League season Thursday night. Range scored a 10-8 win in the battle of old foes in a game that featured several lead changes. Joe Rossi was the winning hurler, with Scott Madajewski taking the loss. Brien ...
HANCOCK — On Monday, the Finlandia Lions women’s soccer team welcomed new leadership in head coach Grace Sokolow, a native of Parker, Colorado. The Lions are a NCAA Division lll team, so Sokolow finds herself in familiar territory, having both played and coached in Division III in New York ...
CALUMET — Many players at all ages and skill levels have called the Calumet Colosseum their home rink for many decades. The recent Hockeyville win brings a special meaning to Calumet natives like Rory Anderson and Maxx Fredrickson. Both have spent the last two seasons together with the ...
For the fourth time in the past 10 years, the team of Holly Rintala and Michelle Miller captured the title in the Women’s Two-Person Scramble at Michigan Technological University’s Portage Lake Golf Course, Tuesday. The pair shot a 4-under 68 to edge sisters Andrea (Penegor) Longhini and ...
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a series of stories about the incoming class for Finlandia baseball. Keep an eye out here for further previews as we go through the summer. HANCOCK — As manager Evan Brandt and his Finlandia Lions baseball team learned during the 2019 season, the WIAC ...
HANCOCK — With the Durocher Tournament looming this weekend, both Garnet Garage and REL Inc.-Mohawk Technology were both looking for a win to give them some momentum heading in during Copper Country Twilight League play. In a five-inning battle Tuesday, REL turned a 6-2 contest into a 14-4 ...
omentum heading into the Durocher Tournament this weekend on the line, a Copper Country Twilight League game ended with neither team finding a win. After 12 innings and even an inning of international-rules baseball, Superior National Bank-Stanton (SNB) played to a 6-6 tie against Dean ...
CALUMET — With the Calumet Colosseum’s naming as the fourth Kraft Hockeyville USA at the end of March comes the quickly approaching preseason NHL game between the St. Louis Blues and the Detroit Red Wings in a game that will be played on Thursday, Sept. 26, and will also be televised on ...
CHASSELL — Superior National Bank (SNB) split Monday night’s doubleheader against Coca Cola in Copper Country Women’s Fastpitch Softball League play. The ladies from Coca Cola took the first game 8-3, and SNB put a 2-0 shutout together in the second game. Game One belonged to Coca Cola ...
STANTON — What a difference a week made for the Copper Country Flames in American Legion baseball. Seven days ago they were mercied by the Negaunee Diamonds. However, on Saturday afternoon, the Flames bounced back and hit their way to a 12-4 win in a nine-inning game. “Our kids played ...
HANCOCK — By 5:45 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, Josh Tews had had enough. Since Saturday morning, he’d been throwing a Frisbee and been hit by a Frisbee one too many times. He was tired and dirty. His feet were swollen. It was time to go home. He and his team, the Appleton Assassins, were ...
The second annual Mid America Snow and Terrain Expert Racers (MASTERS)-Ojibwa Casino Hillclimb took place at Whealkate Bluff this past Saturday. The hill that built its fame for motorcycle hillclimbs in the 1970s and 80s proved just how challenging the hill is to climb. Of the 84 runs up the ...
LAURIUM — He’s widely known for his exploits on the football field. But George Gipp likely would have played major league baseball — if he had not died tragically in 1920 in the prime of his youth. And it is very likely the Notre Dame football legend would have been a member of the ...