Melanie Green won the Island Resort Championship Epson Tour ladies golf tournament at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris, coming back from two strokes down to win. She shot a 7-under par 65 on Sunday, including an eagle on the 14th hole. Click the above headline for details.
Ater a four-and-a-half-hour delay on Saturday morning, the second round of the Island Resort Championship finally kicked off. Half of the field was able to finish their round before it was suspended due to darkness at 9:15 p.m. local time. Click the above headline for details.
It was a good day to be a University of Southern California alum. Two, Amari Avery and Christine Wang, found themselves with a share of the lead Friday at the Island Resort Championship after 18 holes. Click the above headline for details. (Epson Tour photo)
The 14th annual Island Resort Championship returns to Sweetgrass Golf Club June 20-22, and Tuesday was Media Day as tour officials, golfers, and others came to town to promote the event. Click the above headline for details and to listen to interviews.
Perhaps the biggest football event ever held in Green Bay was held Thursday at Lambeau Field as the National Football League put on its annual Players Draft. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell estimated that 125,000 people jammed into the Lambeau area, a number that is more than the entire normal population of Green Bay. Click the above headline for details.
Brandon McMannus kicked a 45-yard field goal as time expired, and Josh Jacobs caught his first-ever receiving touchdown, as the Green Bay Packers beat the Houston Texans, 24-22, Sunday, at Lambeau Field. Click the above headline to see the coverage from RRN Sports.
Delta College (Saginaw) 3, Bay College 0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-21). Final home match of the season for the Norse. Menominee's Piper Monroe led Bay with ten kills. On defense, Norse libero Jade Jasenovsky led the way with 33 digs. The Norse travel to Ironwood to face Gogebic Community College Saturday afternoon, and then play their final three MCCAA matches on the road next week in Lower Michigan.
The Northern Michigan University women's volleyball taem lost a marathon five-set match to Minnesota State Mankato Mavericks Saturday night in Minnesota, after the Wildcats had won their first three matches of the weekend. Click the above headline for details.
The 2024 Marquette Marathon wrapped up on Saturday afternoon at the Superior Dome, with Adam Martin Caldwell (Wilder, Vermont) taking home first place in the marathon. Click the above headline for details and all of the results. (NMU story, photo)
The 77th annual Michigan-Wisconsin tennis tournament is in the books. Dozens of players of all ages converged on Escanaba to play in both singles and doubles competition. Click the above headline for details.
The Christian Groleau Memorial races went off without a hitch Saturday night in Escanaba, two weeks after being postponed by rain. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
Soo Bin Joo rallied from four strokes behind to win the rain-shortened Island Resort Championship on Sunday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. The LPGA Epson Tour event was reduced from 54 to 36 holes because of the weather. Click the above headline for details.
Anne Chen carded the joint-lowest round that the Island Resort Championship has ever seen in just her third Epson Tour event, firing a 9-under-par 63 to take the lead after the first round at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Epson Tour.
The weather was perfect for racing under the lights Saturday night at the Escanaba Speedway. Click the above headline for reaults and to see photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
Tsai Cheng Tseng made a charge down the stretch to capture her first career Epson Tour victory in only her second start Sunday at the Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass in Harris. Click the above headline for the details. (Epson tour photo, story)
Auston Kim fired a bpgey-free round of 64 on Saturday to take the lead after the second round of the Epson Tour ladies golf tournament at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Epson Tour. (Epson Tour photo)
Sweetgrass Golf Club put up a fight in the First Round of the Island Resort Championship. When the last putt dropped for the day, only 47 players were able to post a red number to start their weekend. Click the above headline for details. (Epson Tour story, photo)
The American Legion baseball season got under way Thursday night with yet another down-to-the-wire battle between Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians. The Indians scored five early runs to grab a 5-0 lead, but the Cubs rallied to win the game, 6-5, scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Click the above headline for details.
A group of Michigan Tech University graduates won their third straight Class A championship Sunday night as the 84th annual Gold Medal Classic wrapped up in Hermansville. The men, playing on the Menominee-based Dexter's team, defeated the Crystal Falls-based McNeil Oilers, 68-56. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews, other scores.
The 84th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament is heading into its final few days after a full week of competition at the Frank Rodman Community Gym in Hermansville. Three champions were crowned over the weekend. Click the above headline for details.
The Hermansville Gold Medal Basketball Classic began Wednesday night with four games on the schedule. There will be 68 teams competing in the event in several different classes, between now and April 16. Click the above headline for details.
The 51st annual Felch Labor Day baseball tournament wrapped up on Monday at the historic Felch Field in Dickinson County, with the championship game being decided between two Wisconsin teams, ending in dramatic fashion. Click the above headline for details.
The 51st annual Felch Labor Day weekend baseball tournament saw eight teams from the Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin turn out for a modified double-elimination event. The field was narrowed to four teams on Sunday. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Polecats Mikey D’s Beer Cave baseball team won the Superiorland Baseball championship Monday night over the the top-seeded Channing Railsplitters, 6-0, in northern Dickinson County. Bark River-Harris graduate and Bay College alum Jack Bower threw a complete game. Escanaba graduate and former Norse Jake LaFave had three hits at the plate. Escanaba earned the right to play against Copper Country Twilight League champion Stanton Building Supply in the U.P. championship game, which will be played next month.
Northern Michigan University graduate and former NMU golfer Chris Black won the Upper Peninsula Golf Association Men's Championship on Sunday in Iron Mountain. The 24-year-old from Northern Ireland won by three strokes. Click the above headline for details.
The 75th Annual Michigan-Wisconsin Tennis Open will take place in Escanaba on Saturday and Sunday. Tournament registration is open to all age groups and skill levels. Click the above headline for more details.
Sawyer Pugh pitched 6 2/3 innings of two-hit, shutout baseball, as the Channing Railsplitters defeated the Escanaba Polecats, 3-2, in men's league action Monday night. Jackson Bower went the distance and took the loss for Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
Ssu-Chia Cheng adds her name to the list of Island Resort Championship on Sunday. The Taiwan native earned her second career victory shooting 17-under par, winning the tournament by six strokes. Click the above headline to read details. (Epson photo)
Ssu-Chia Cheng went lights-out in her second round at the Island Resort Championship, shooting 8 under on the day. The Taiwan native went bogey-free, recording eight birdies. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the Epson Tour.
Ana Paula Valdes, Samantha Wagner and Kenzie Wright sit atop the leaderboard as Friday play concludes. The trio signed for 6-under 66 and hold the overnight lead by one stroke. Play was stopped twice during the afternoon wave of the first round. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Epson Tour.
