A fun night for all
The 16th annual ACC and Pied Piper Fun Night basketball fundraiser came and went and it was again a huge success.
View ArticlePreparing them to play
Have you ever been to a sporting event and seen somebody rushing to the aide of injured players? This is the athletic trainer and it's their job to make sure student athletes are healthy and ready to...
View ArticleTRAVIS: Caught up in the Madness
A few weeks ago, I was watching Michigan State University's basketball team eke out a narrow win against Iowa after playing some of the ugliest basketball I've seen them play all season.
View ArticleReturn to the bigs
Blaise Ilsley is back in the major leagues. Nearly 10 years after his brief time as a big-league player, Ilsley, an Alpena native, will serve as bullpen coach this season for the Saint Louis Cardinals...
View ArticleBENAC: Looking ahead to spring sports, warmth
It's becoming clearer and clearer every day that spring just wants to explode on Alpena and wipe away all the dreams and memories of the frozen wasteland of winter.
View ArticleFormer Alpena icer picked to referee national tournament
Starting today 40 of the nation's best youth hockey teams will take to the ice in a 16U Tier II National hockey tournament in Troy. Kevin Lundquist will be right in the middle of all the actio.
View ArticleIt's time to take the field again
New Alpena Community College softball coach Erin Riopelle has reason to be excited about this season. She also has reason to be a little nervous.
View ArticlePoli resigns as AHS girls hoops coach
For nearly 20 years, Jenny Poli has been a member of the Alpena High School girls basketball program, whether as a player or as a coach.
View ArticleCats win a wet one
The weather may have been less than ideal and the field may have been a wet mix of mud and grass, but at the end of 80 minutes of play, the Alpena High School girls soccer team emerged a winner on Monday.
View ArticleTwo local coaches up for BCAM award
There were a lot of great basketball success stories this year from a wide variety of Northeast Michigan teams. The Alpena boys built a 10-game winning streak that ended just short of a district titl.
View ArticleMake it two in a row
It was another wet night for the Alpena girls soccer team on Tuesday as it faced off against Ogemaw Heights.
View ArticleHillman-Alcona games called early due to weather
HILLMAN-If there's one positive the Hillman and Alcona softball teams can take away from Tuesday, it's that they were able to get outside and get a new season underway, if only for a little while.
View ArticleAlcona baseball team tops Hillman
HILLMAN-Cody Franklin struck out eight and Joe Hudgins had a two-run double as the Alcona baseball team topped Hillman 5-1 in five innings on Tuesday. A scheduled doubleheader between the two teams was...
View ArticleLocal runner signs letter of intent with?Cornerstone
As the 2012-13 school year comes to a close and students are starting to think about which school they want to attend and how to pay for their education, Jacob Benson, a senior at Alpena High School,...
View ArticleACC volleyball holds orientation, practice for incoming recruits
The Alpena Community College volleyball team held a team orientation, practice and scrimmage game on Thursday to help get recently signed recruits acclimated to the school as well as entice a few...
View ArticleThe next in line
Living in a small city like Alpena can often make an athlete feel like a big fish in a small pond. Try telling that to Andy Roh.
View ArticleLeaving his mark
Mike Kollien still remembers shoveling off a clear path in his front yard as a kid so he could shoot hoops, even in the winter as snow and sleet poured down around him. "I'd shoot the basketball no...
View ArticleCats run out of steam
The Alpena girls soccer team's two-game win streak came to an abrupt end on Tuesday against Cadillac in a 3-1 loss that saw the Wildcats holding out strongly defensively against a team that seemed to...
View ArticleAlpena JV teams open season with wins
The Alpena JV baseball team started the 2012-13 season off on the right foot, picking up two wins against Traverse City Central in a doubleheader on Tuesday.
View ArticleThey're off and running
The conditions might not have been the best, but the Alpena track teams hit the ground running on Wednesday.
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