Carney 3-on-3, 4-on-4

tournament sign ups

CARNEY — The Carney-Nadeau Public School will be hosting two basketball tournaments for grades 3-12 in the coming weeks.

The first will be a 3-on-3 tournament taking place on April 23.

The deadline to apply for the 3-on-3 tournament is April 6th.

The second will be on May 7th and will be a 4-on-4 tournament.

The deadline to enter the 4-on-4 tournament is April 30.

Each tournament will be divided by age with divisions for grades three and four, five and six, seven and eight, nine and ten and, finally, 11 and 12. Boys and girls will play separately and team rosters are limited to five players.

T-shirts and medals will be awarded to the first, second and third place teams.

Registrations can be sent to Pau Polfus, Box 55, Carney, MI 49812 or via email to ppolfus@gmail.com.

For questions and further information, call 906-748-0184.

Team captains will be contacted for their first game time on April 21 for 3-on-3 and May 5 for 4-on-4.

Upper Peninsula

Sports Hall of Fame

tickets available

ESCANABA — April 27 is the absolute deadline to obtain reservations to attend the Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet.

The 50th induction banquet will be held May 14 at the Island Resort & Casino in Harris. It begins at 6 p.m. (EDT) in the room behind the casino, 15 miles west of Escanaba.

Admission is $30 per person. Tickets must be reserved by April 27 and they can be picked up prior to the banquet.

To reserve seats for the banquet, contact Cathy Shamion (885-5739) in Ontonagon, Dennis Grall (789-9005) in Escanaba, Mike Caruso (774-1918) in Iron Mountain, Don Gustafson (298-0174) in St. Ignace, Dan Hinch (265-9891) in Iron River or DeeJay Paquette (202-0725) in Munising.

Inductees include: Bruce Coppo of Calumet, Mike Dellangelo of Ishpeming, Dale Hongisto of Wakefield/Gladstone, Chris Nance of Newberry, John Pistulka of Manistique, Jerry Root of Cedarville/Escanaba, Tom Russo of Marquette, the late John Jewell of Laurium, the late Vernon “Moose” Johnson of Crystal Falls, and the late Sam Kokko of Sault Ste. Marie.

Also to be honored at the induction banquet will be four recipients of the annual UPSHF scholarships.

To nominate candidates for the UPSHF, send biographies to Dennis Grall, 2115 24th Ave. S., Escanaba. Email nominations are not allowed. Nomination deadline is June 1 each year.

There are two openings on the council following the recent deaths of Dan Juntilla of Calumet and Dave Lahtinen of Gladstone. For details, contact Grall (789-9005).

The U.P. All-Star Classic basketball game will be held June 18 in St. Ignace.

Eskymo Fan Club

The next Eskymo Fan Club meeting is Monday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the High School Library.