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Thunder Bowl Lanes “Bowlers of the Week”

Saturday Drop in League Blind Doubles Winners Brandi McDonald & Josh Munsey 1430 Scott Beland & Sarah Nunez 1417 Sunday Funday Kids Zach Orban 159 140-299 Aria Wagner 111 120-231 The Bowler Bears 2 Nicole Hoggard 158 The Pin Heads 1 Evan Miller 142 The Polack's 3 Zach Orban 299 Banana Splits 0 Aria Wagner 231 Nuclear Potato's 3 Wyatt Dziesinski 254 Gutter Gang 0 Ben McDonald 260 Rolling Thunder 3 Elaine Ruby 138 Strikers 0 Noah Markowski 252 BYE 2 Only Pins 1 Damion Moore 295 Super 300 2 Henry Brown 97 Two Bros 1 Clayton Ulch 245 Monday Nite ...

Five Wildcats receive all-state honors

ALPENA – The Division No. 2 All-State hockey teams have been announced by the Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association and several Alpena Wildcats received all-state honors. Alpena’s Beckham Winterstein, Gavin Winterstein, Clark Weir, and Ethan Walker all were named to the first ...

ACC baseball team focused on building momentum

ALPENA - The Alpena Community College baseball program continues to build momentum under head coach Rob Enslen, with a focus on developing players both on and off the field. Since baseball returned to the community college in 2023, the Lumberjacks have taken steps forward, something Enslen ...

Alpena Jr. Wildcats win LCAHL Championship

TRENTON — The Alpena Junior Wildcats’ peewee team delivered a weekend to remember by finishing its season in dominant fashion and securing the Little Caesars Amateur Hockey League (LCAHL) Smythe League Championship on Sunday. Riding an incredible 13 game win streak to close the season, ...

Highs and lows of being a high school athlete

According to an article published by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), participation in high school sports in the U.S. reached an all-time high of over 8.26 million for the 2024-2025 school year. Being a high school athlete is a rollercoaster of highs and ...

ACC softball prepared to win

ALPENA — The Alpena Community College softball team is gearing up for the beginning of a new season and hoping to improve on its 17-23 record last season in the Northern Conference of the Michigan Community College Athletic Association(MCCAA).. Lumberjacks’ Head Coach Drew Ornelas is ...