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87th Gold Medal Classic resumes after Winter Storm Elsa

HERMANSVILLE — The 87th Gold Medal Classic resumed Tuesday night after being postponed for two days due to Winter Storm Elsa. The two-day postponement was the first one in the tournaments history. The Action picked back up with the Got Milk junior high boys team from Stephenson defeating ...

Youth Pool Tournament was very successful last weekend

ESCANABA — Twelve-year-old Isaiah Miller of Manistique took another step up the ladder, the one he needed to earn top honors in the age 8-12 division of the 36th Annual Great Lakes Youth Pool tournament here Saturday. This was the fifth appearance in this tournament for Miller, who placed ...

Today in Sports March 18

1945 — Maurice Richard of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first NHL player to score 50 goals in a season during a 4-2 triumph over the Boston Bruins in the final game of the season. 1950 — CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship. 1953 — Don Schlundt scores 30 points to lead Indiana to a 69-68 victory over Kansas for the NCAA basketball championship. 1990 — Jeff Fryer’s 41 points leads Loyola Marymount to a 149-115 victory over defending national champion Michigan in the highest-scoring game in NCAA tournament history. 1993 — Santa Clara beats Arizona 64-61 to ...

Isaiah Miller earns top honors at Youth Pool Tournament

ESCANABA — Twelve-year-old Isaiah Miller of Manistique took another step up the ladder, the one he needed to earn top honors in the age 8-12 division of the 36th Annual Great Lakes Youth Pool tournament here Saturday. This was the fifth appearance in this tournament for Miller, who placed third in 2024 and second a year ago and gained his first title in a hard-fought, three-set victory over 10-year-old Camden McGuire of Stephenson. “It took a lot of practice and four months of preparation to get here,” Miller said. “He put up a pretty good fight. I knew I had to play really ...

Sports Flashback March 8-14

March 10, 1971 — The basketball season ended for the Big Bay de Noc Black Bears after dropping a 58-56 overtime decision to the Brimley Bays in a Class D regional opener. Dave Hardwick led the Black Bears with 19 points. Kim Hartman added 12 and Joe LaVigne finished with 10. Reggie Robbins poured in 32 points for Brimley. Don Hyvarinen tallied 16. March 12, 1971 — Dick Goshorn rolled a national honor count 704 series at the Bowl-a-rama Lanes. He opened with a 219 game, followed by 263 and 222 while bowling for the Idle Hour Bar in the Happy Hour League. March 13, 1971 — ...