Sherman “Champagne” Santiwiwatthanaphong of Thailand battled a ferocious wind and carded a 3-under, 69, on Sunday, to win the Island Resort Championship by two shots at 6-under, 210. Click the above headline to see details, courtesy of SymetraTour.com.
It was Fan Appreciation Night Saturday at the Upper Peninsula International Raceway in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of reporter Todd Rose.
Madelene Sagstrom hit a 326-yard drive on her final hole for a birdie to close at 1-under, 71 on Saturday at the Island Resort Championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Club. Click the above headline for all of the details, courtesy of the LPGA Symetra Tour.
The first day of the Marquette Trail Festival is in the books, with the events scheduled to continue on Saturday and Sunday. Click the above headline to see the weekend schedule. Pictured: Keith Dobbratz (383) and Hank Kowalik (380) at the gate.
Peiyun Chien carded a 5-under, 67, to take the outright 18-hole lead on Friday at the Island Resort Championship. She made eight birdies on the day and has a one shot lead over two-time winner Madelene Sagstrom, and Jennifer Brumbaugh. Click the above headline to read the story, courtesy of the LPGA Symetra Tour.
The racing season at the Upper Peninsula International Raceway in Escanaba begins Friday night. The racing begins at 7:00. Then, on Saturday and Sunday, it's the Monster Trucks, Tuff Trucks and Sick Air FMX. Click the above headline for more details.
Gladstone's Matt Argall won the U.P. Challenge men's golf tournament on Sunday, which was actually held in Marinette, Wisconsin. Argall shot a third-round "70" to end the three-round event with a 209, two shots clear of second place. Click the above headline for details.
Last weekend's Island Resort Championship tournament played at Sweetgrass Golf Club – hosted near-record crowds and continued its tradition of supporting local non-profit organizations, prompting organizers to call it the most successful week in the five-year history of the tournament. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Polecats baseball team built a 6-1 lead after four innings, but the Channing Railroaders rallied for an 8-7 victory in a Wisigan League game Wednesday at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
Sweden's Dani Holmqvist birdied on the final hole to avoid a playoff and win the LPGA Symetra Tour's Island Resort Championship by one stroke on Sunday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Canadian Samantha Richdale (Kelowna, British Columbia) finished second, while fellow Canadian Brooke Henderson (Smith Falls, Ontario) took third. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of the LPGA Symetra Tour.
Anne-Catherine Tanguay (Quebec, Canada) will take a one-shot lead over Dani Holmqvist (Stockholm, Sweden) into the final round of the Island Resort Championship. Tanguay shot a 67 in Saturday's second round at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Click the above headline to read more details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
Four golfers share the lead after the first day of the LPGA Symetra Tour event at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. Dani Holmqvist, Lee Lopez, Lauren Doughtie, and Giulia Molinaro all shot five under par on Friday. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
The Island Resort Championship LPGA Symetra Tour begins Friday morning at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. Defending champion Molly Aronsson is back in town, and says she has fought off a hip injury to get back into contention for another title. Click the above headline to read details.
Brooke Henderson from Smiths Falls, Ontario carded a 3-under 69 to win the 2015 Four Winds Invitational by three shots at 10-under 206 Sunday in South Bend, Indiana. She then petitioned the Symetra Tour Commissioner to allow her to play this weekend in the Island Resort Championships at Sweetgrass. Click the above headline to read more.
The Escanaba Polecats baseball team scored five runs in the second inning and pulled away for an 11-1 win over the Tri-City (Ishpeming/Marquette/Negaunee) North Stars Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos. Pictured above: Escanaba's Austin Young after a two-run double.
Tickets are on sale now for the LPGA Symetra Tour event, set for June 26th through the 28th at the Sweetgrass Golf Club in Harris. Tournament officials say more than 5,000 spectators will attend the three days of event. Click the above headline to read details.
Nearly two dozen Upper Peninsula runners of all ages took part in Monday's Boston Marathon, two years after terrorists bombed the event. Click the above headline to see how the 21 U.P. runners did.
A man who won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in beach volleyball will visit with Marquette school kids on Friday. Dain Blanton was supposed to speak on Thursday, but flight delays forced a postponement. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Negaunee Invitational Basketball Tournament has been held every spring for the past 50 years. But officials announced on Wednesday that there will be no NIT Tournament in 2015. The main reason: not enough volunteers to help out with that monthlong event. Click the above headline to read more details. (NIT photo)
Green Bay Packers cornerback Davon House (#31) visited Escanaba Tuesday night to raise money for the Marine Corps "Toys For Tots" program for disadvantaged kids in Delta and Dickinson Counties. Click the above headline to see the story, and photos from the event.
Louisiana's Greg Hackney is the 2014 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year. Over nine events, Hackney outlasted the other 107 Bassmaster Elite Series anglers who started the season. He finished 24th in this weekend's Escanaba event, but had enough points to win the overall title. Click the above headline to see details, courtesy of Bassmaster.com.
A Wisconsin man won the championship of the Cabella's National Walleye Tournament this weekend in the Bays deNoc. Keith Kavajecz of Kaukauna had the most pounds of fish in both days of the tournament to take home the trophy. Click the above headline to read the story from the Cabela's Media Office.
Veteran walleye fishing pro Keith Kavajecz battled cold, windy conditions Friday to take the lead after the first day of the Cabela's National Walleye Tour event in the Bays deNoc. The Kaukauna, Wis., native and his partner caught 27.8 pounds of fish on Friday. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of the Walleye Tour.
Escanaba native Scott Hebert dominated the field to win the Michigan PGA Professional Championship by six strokes in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills. Click the above headline to read more details.
Joe Quinn beat Brian Smith in a playoff hole to take the championship of the Upper Peninsula Golf Association's Men's Championship Sunday in Gladstone. Both men finished with 290's for the four rounds of the event, sending it into a playoff round. Three other golfers were a stroke back, and ten golfers were within six.
Marquette native Avery Rochester won the Upper Peninsula Lady's Golf Association championship for a third straight year Tuesday at Escanaba's Highland Golf Course. She defeated Calumet's Zoe Woodworth in the championship flight, 3 and 2. Click the above headline to see Tuesday's results.
Molly Aronsson shot a final-round even-par 72 to capture the 2014 Island Resort Championship on Sunday at Sweetgrass Golf Club. She finished at one-under for the three-day tournament, one stroke in front of her college teammate at the University of Washington, Sadena Parks. Click the above headline to read the full story.
Georgia native Lacey Agnew has the lead heading into Sunday's final round of the LPGA Symetra Tour golf event at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. Agnew chipped in for a birdie on the 19th hole, and has a one stroke lead after 36 holes. Click the above headline to read all of the details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour. Pictured above: Lacey Agenew. Symetra Tour photo courtesy of Scott Miller.
Lee Lopez shot a four-under 68 Friday to take the first round lead at the LPGA Symetra Tour's Island Resort Championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. The California native leads three other golfers by one stroke. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the Symetra Tour.
The LPGA Symetra Tour golf tournament begins on Friday at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris. The Island Resort Championship has a $125,000 purse, as 144 of the top ladies golfers from around the world compete for a spot on the professional LPGA Tour. Click the above headline to see the details.
