LAKE LINDEN — Auto Pro started hitting from the get-go Monday night against Mattila Rock and Dock and never stopped in registering an 18-0 mercy rule win. The victors put four runs across in the first inning against Diane Mattila as Taylor Shepeard and Kenzie Brunet had key ...
STANTON — After an 0-3 start, Superior National Bank-Stanton came into Thursday’s matchup with REL Inc.-Mohawk Technologies looking for their fifth win in a row. Behind a strong outing from starting pitcher Eli Luoma on the mound and at the plate, Stanton did just that, down REL Inc., 9-1, ...
For Brad Pennala and several members of his family, it all started with a gift. His wife, Sara, who knew that her husband loved working out, but also knew that he had struggled to find time to hit a gym as their family had grown in size to 11, gave him the gift of a lifetime by signing him up ...
TAPIOLA — Chassell moved into a first-place tie in the Over 50 Softball League Thursday night. Chassell pounded out 21 hits in a 13-3 win over South Range as Pat Duguay had four hits for the winners, who improved to 4-3. Winning pitcher Steve Giddings and Charlie Kemppainen chipped in ...
David Archambeau/Daily Mining Gazette A group of motocross racers try to get off to a fast start at last year’s race. This year’s competition takes place this weekend.
HANCOCK — The American Legion Post 186 Copper Country Flames are looking for one thing out of starting pitcher Carter Nettell each and every start: consistency. After surrendering two runs in the top of the first inning Wednesday, including one on a bases loaded walk, the Flames got just what ...
SOUTH RANGE — It was a full night of action at the baseball diamond in South Range as the semifinals of the Little League minors were underway. In the first game, Pat's Foods beat South Range VFW, 14-9, in a back-and-forth battle. South Range struck first with three runs in the first ...
HANCOCK — Dean Kangas State Farm spotted REL Inc.-Mohawk Technologies a quick 2-0 lead in Tuesday night's game at the Hancock Driving Park. Then the Hancock team had to rely on the pitching of Brady Turner to register an important 7-3 Twilight League victory. “It's a good thing we had ...
It was just one play among many in a long athletic career for Chuck Klingbeil. The late Houghton High athlete, who passed away earlier this week, was playing for the Miami Dolphins in a 1991 game against the Green Bay Packers. Packers quarterback Don Majkowski faded back into his own end ...
HOUGHTON — It was a beautiful day for golf at the Portage Lake Golf Course as close to two dozen youngsters took part in the first Junior Tournament of the summer. According to Portage Lake's assistant golf professional Paul Sintkowski, the tournament for players 17 and under is a ...
David Archambeau/Daily Mining Gazette The Daily Mining Gazette’s own Brandon Mukavetz connects with a pitch for a single during a slowpitch softball game Monday evening.
Photo provided to the Daily Mining Gazette Shown are the winners of the 3-Woman Scramble held Monday at the Calumet Golf Club. The team members are (from left to right): Maurine Schick, Sara Dudenas and Laura Shawn. The team of Ecklund, Scholie, and Johnson won First Flight while Richards, ...
CALUMET — It was a chilly evening at the Calumet Legion Park Monday. The cold weather did not squelch the hot bats of the ladies from Loading Zone II/Calumet Golf Club as they defeated Superior National Bank (SNB), 10-8, in the first game and then Auto Pro Glass and Tire in the nightcap, ...
David Archambeau/Daily Mining Gazette Romi Mattson of Range Bank slides home while teammate Stella Soumis prepares to bat during a Little League game Monday. Range won, 13-5, over Douglas Agency.
HOUGHTON — More than 150 golfers teed off Saturday morning at the Portage Lake Golf Course as part of the Stonelake Invitational. “It (the tournament) has been going on for at least 25 years,” said course manager Mark Maroste. The day of golf is named after long-time Portage Lake ...
HOUGHTON — Chuck Klingbeil, a Houghton native, who played five years in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, passed away unexpected Tuesday, June 19, at the age of 52. “We are mourning the loss of a friend and former assistant coach Chuck Klingbeil,” Michigan Tech head coach Steve Olson ...
HUBBELL — The Range Bank and Sweet Treats Little League softball teams were supposed to be on opposite sides Wednesday night. Instead, the two teams traded their baseball mitts for work gloves and joined forces to help clean mud from yards in Hubbell, one of the areas hardest hit by ...
ONTONAGON — His name was once mentioned in the same breath as Minnesota Twins sluggers Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison. But Ontonagon native Dan Dobbek saw his baseball career shortened by an injury, and never could reach the same heights as the late Hall-of-Fame great Killebrew. Dobbek ...
HANCOCK — It was the Jake Lucchini show Thursday night at the Hancock Driving Park in Copper Country Twilight League action as the visiting Wolverine-Orbit cruised to an 11-2 victory over REL Inc-Mohawk Technologies. Lucchini, the crafty right-hander not only threw a two-run complete game, ...
TAPIOLA — Houghton took over first place in the 50 and Over Softball League by knocking off South Range Thursday night. Now 5-1 on the season, Houghton used the five-hit pitching of Steve Dunstan to down Range by a 13-3 score. Kevin Tormala, Tom Legault, Jim Perrin and Dunstan rapped out ...