CHICAGO — Nico Hoerner hit his first career lead-off home run, Christopher Morel hit his third homer in as many games and Patrick Wisdom sent one into the stands as the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Saturday. “Our offense has been a little quiet lately obviously,” said ...
BOSTON — Boston Bruins coach Jim Montgomery wanted to do something different with his team heading into a first-round Game 7 matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Bruins were facing the prospect of blowing back-to-back 3-1 leads in the opening round and a sense of impending doom hung ...
HOUGHTON — Over the weekend of April 25-28, four Copper Country area high school hockey players and one coach had a chance to compete in a showcase tournament in Plymouth, Minnesota. Houghton’s Jace DeForge, Michael Maillette, Connor Raffaelli and coach Micah Stipech, along with ...
HOUGHTON — It was a historic day for Houghton High School sports on Wednesday. It marked the first varsity girls soccer game played at home in the school’s long history. Yes, there have been plenty of soccer matches at the high school level played on the turf at Houghton, but none of them ...
LAKE LINDEN — Despite a stellar day from Payton Goldsworthy, both in the pitcher’s circle and at the plate, the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes softball team could not keep the Hancock Bulldogs from rebounding to earn their 13th win of the season, 9-3, Wednesday evening at the ...
IRONWOOD — With strong performances all around, the Houghton Gremlins boys and girls track teams earned team victories at the Kraemer Invitational in Ironwood on Tuesday. The girls nearly doubled the second-place Red Devils, 121 to 69. Ontonagon took third and Ewen-Trout Creek finished ...