GAYLORD—Lucas Manning made his first Big North Conference race a memorable one. Manning, an Alpena senior, finished 11th at the Big North Conference Championship on Tuesday, crossing the line in 17:26.33. In doing so, Manning earned second team all-conference honors. Manning was the only ...
Everything fell perfectly into place for the Alpena High boys soccer team on Tuesday. A new team record for wins? Check. New individual program records set? Check. Another win to keep its season alive? Check. Ivo Arvidsson-Ullberg, Kyle Barbeau and Kolton Goebel each scored twice and the ...
TRAVERSE CITY—The Alpena High girls golf team carded its lowest score of the season on Monday at Big North Conference Championships and Kennedy Ellis earned second team all-conference honors. Ellis fired a 90 and finished sixth on the way to her all-BNC selection. As a team, Alpena shot a ...
The Alpena Community College volleyball team was caught between swings in momentum on Saturday. The Lumberjacks played well in spurts, but when they lost momentum it proved costly and ultimately resulted in a pair of conference losses to St. Clair at Park Arena. St Clair won the first match ...
BLOOMFIELD HILLS — In their first all Junior College team meet of the season, the Alpena Community College cross country team hoped to get a grasp on what their competition would look like when they run at Regionals in two weeks. As the old saying goes “sometime the best laid plans go ...
For a quarter and a half, the Alpena High football team was able to feed on the energy of its homecoming crowd and controlled the early stages of Friday’s key Big North Conference football game. Unfortunately the Wildcats (3-4, 2-2 BNC), suffered a few tough breaks and unraveled in the ...
HILLMAN—The Hillman football team’s playoff streak will continue for a 14th straight season. Caleb Sanders scored a pair of touchdowns to help the Tigers romp past Pellston 38-14 at Hillman High School and secure a playoff berth with their sixth win this season. On a night when rainy ...
ST. HELEN — The Posen football team traveled to take on Charlton Heston on Friday and despite difficult playing conditions due to Friday’s rain fall, the Vikings came away with a dominant 44-8 victory. The weather could not slow down Posen running back Tyler Hincka who continues to shine ...
The Alpena High soccer program has come a long way since head coach Tim Storch took over in 2011. The Wildcats are enjoying one of their best seasons in team history and on Thursday, Storch and his group of Wildcats achieved another milestone as Alpena won its first postseason game under ...
The Alpena High football team is in unfamiliar territory heading into tonight’s crucial Week 7 matchup against Big North Conference rival Traverse City Central. Not only is there an added motivation because of homecoming festivities, but the stakes are even higher and the Wildcats (3-3, ...
Former Alpena High School Wildcat Lilly Lewis became the newest member of the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks softball team as she signed her National Letter of Intent on Thursday at ACC’s Park Arena. Lewis is lefty specialist, having spent most of her high school career coming out of ...
The fear of the unknown can make your blood pressure rise. There’s a reason Swami does a lot of research for his column every week. This week, Swami had to do extra research, not just for his column but also because of some refrigerator issues. It involved research, research and more research ...
ROGERS CITY — The Rogers City volleyball team played host to Hillman on Thursday and swept the Tigers in a North Star League matchup, winning by scores of 25-23, 25-19 and 25-16. The Hurons were led by Brooke Saile who finished with 12 digs, 10 kills and three aces. Kristin Brege dished out ...
ROGERS CITY — Heading into Tuesday’s North Star League matchup, the Rogers City volleyball team had set some goals in their game against Au Gres. The Hurons achieved their goals and looked solid doing so as they swept the Wolverines by scores of 25-18, 25-15 and 25-20 at Rogers City High ...
MIDLAND — The Alpena High girls golf team competed in regionals at Currie West Golf Club in Midland on Tuesday. The Wildcats finished in stellar fashion as they shot a season low 472. Kennedy Ellis shot 81; Gianna Bolda shot 111; Mykenzie Klimczak shot 145; Kaiya Little shot 170 and Bekah ...
Faced with one of its toughest matchups of the season, the Alpena Community College volleyball team didn’t back down. The Lumberjacks were swept in two matches against Mott on Monday at Park Arena, but in a matchup against the top team in the Michigan Community College Athletic ...
LANSING — In each meet that the Alpena Community College cross country team has run, the Lumberjacks have improved their times. On Friday, at the Lansing CC Invitational, the team not only improved, but each runner ran either a season or career best. “Going into to the meet, I ...
TRAVERSE CITY — The Alpena boys soccer team finished regular season play on a positive note, defeating rival Traverse City Central 2-1 on Monday. The Wildcats wasted little time taking an early lead when Ivo Arvidsson-Ullberg found the back of the net two minutes into the game on an assist ...
HILLMAN—The Hillman football team ran over, under and through Bellaire’s defense on the way to a dominant 60-14 on Saturday at Hillman High School. Sean Henigan ran for 183 yards and four touchdowns on 10 carries and a banged-up Tigers squad ran for 542 rushing yards in the win, ...
ROGERS CITY—With his Rogers City football team trailing by two with less than 10 minutes to play, Jesse Fenstermaker’s message to his team was simple. Don’t give up. The Hurons heeded their coach’s advice, kept playing and went the clock hit zeroes, they had a hard-fought win to show ...