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Flivvers place third at Division 1 girls golf

HARRIS — The Negaunee girls golf team enjoyed a historic Wednesday at Sage Run. The Miners carded a 383 to win the Upper Peninsula Division 1 Final by 24 strokes – with the championship the program’s first after previous runner-up finishes in 2000 and 2022, and a distant fourth place only a year ago. Returning four golfers from last year’s Finals lineup, Negaunee placed three golfers among the top nine in the individual standings. Junior Adyson Crookham finished third with an 89, with senior Kennidy Glasheen tied for fourth at 90 and senior Sonya Erva tied for eighth at ...

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Marquette repeats, KHS 7th in UP Division 1 boys golf

HARRIS — It was a great day for golf with temperatures in the 70s and light winds for the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 1 Final – and Marquette’s boys played up to it. The Sentinels backed up last year’s title as they ended Wednesday with a first-place 295 strokes, finishing ahead of second-place Escanaba at 314 and third-place Houghton with 316. Gladstone finished fourth with 317 and Sault Ste. Marie was fifth with 322. Marquette junior Seve Swanson had the best day of all in the field as he posted a score of 70 with four birdies. “The depth of our roster was the key ...

Big Bay claims D3 girls golf title; ND’s Lindholm 5th

WATERSMEET — Big Bay de Noc’s girls golf team has finished runner-up the past three years at the Upper Peninsula Division 3 Final. First, the Black Bears finished second to a Cedarville team in the last season of a three-year championship run. Then the last two years, they took second behind traditional U.P. power Ontonagon. Wednesday, it was finally their turn. Big Bay de Noc won at Lac Vieux Desert Golf Course in Watersmeet, breezing past the second-place Gladiators 475-532 to win its first Finals title since 2005. The Black Bears did it with four golfers placing among ...

Jets’ Pipkorn places 6th in D3 golf finals

WATERSMEET — Rock Mid Peninsula's Christian VanDamme is only a sophomore, yet he came into Wednesday’s Upper Peninsula Division 3 Final with two past runner-up finishes at this golf tournament. He made the top five as a seventh grader before shooting an impressive 76 as an eighth grader to finish second behind his brother Bradly. Last year, he had a seven-hole lead going into the back nine, but couldn’t hold off Powers North Central’s Nathan Pipkorn. “I’ve definitely been putting too much pressure on myself the last couple years,” VanDamme said. “So I just kind of ...

West Iron three-peats at UP D2 tennis finals

KINGSFORD – In the end, Wednesday’s final scoreboard in Kingsford read: West Iron County 46, Ishpeming 28, Iron Mountain 20. But that scoreline doesn't show just how hard the Wykons had to work to capture their third-straight MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 2 boys tennis ...