Lumberjacks drop pair to K'Zoo Valley
KALAMAZOO-The Alpena Community College basketball teams didn't have the best of luck on Friday during the first day of the East/West Classic. The ACC women's team lost its season-opener to Kalamazoo...
View ArticleAlpena takes advantage
Eleven seconds into a third period power-play on Saturday, Zack Kendziorski scored to give the Alpena High School hockey team a 1-0 lead.
View ArticleFranklin signs with Cougars
LINCOLN-From the moment he held a bat in his hand, Cody Franklin knew he wanted to be a baseball player. With an unbridled passion for baseball, Franklin grew up with the sport and has become a star...
View ArticleStaying in top form
Becoming an exceptional athlete may seem like an impossible hurdle for many high schoolers, given the limits of an average sports season. During the season, an athlete may only practice 2-3 hours a day...
View ArticleBENAC: Lions have rich Thanksgiving history
Hopefully the vast majority of you are reading this column at home with friends and family and stuffing yourselves silly. I'm likely currently sitting in the catholic church hall in Hillman with my...
View Article2013 All-Alpena News Football Team
The Alcona football team took Northeast Michigan by storm in 2013, finishing 9-0 in the regular season and advancing to the second round of the playoffs among several other successes. At the heart of...
View ArticleWithin their grasp
It was a high scoring night at the Northern Lights Arena on Friday. After trailing 4-0 in the second period, the Alpena Wildcats scored four unanswered goals to tie Escanaba 4-4. But late overtime goal...
View ArticleA learning process
Hockey is a game of creating opportunities and the Escanaba hockey team did a good job of that on Saturday. Levi Wunder scored twice and the Eskymos skated to their second straight victory, topping...
View ArticleACC women pick up first win
MUSKEGON-The Alpena Community College women basketball team picked up its first win of the season on Sunday, in the last day of the Muskegon Community College Thanksgiving Classic. They beat the Alma...
View ArticleStreet Cats swept over weekend
The Street Cats lengthy break did them no favors this weekend. They fell 5-1 against the Detroit Fighting Irish on Friday, 5-4 against the Michigan Ice Dogs on Saturday and 6-4 against the Ice Dogs on...
View ArticleVictorious Vikings
By ERIC BENAC News Sports Writer POSEN-What a way to start the season.
View ArticleAdvantage Alcona
Twenty four hours made a big difference for the Alcona girls basketball tea.
View ArticleHurons top Cards in season-opener
ONAWAY-It was an old fashioned Rogers City and Onaway grudge match on Wednesday, with Onaway looking for a little sweet revenge on the Hurons after last season's first round district shocker.
View ArticleGreat night for the Lumberjacks
Five seconds into the second half on Friday, Alpena Community College's Ashleigh Monticello stole the ball from Sault College's Alex King and ran in for an easy lay-up, giving the Lumberjacks a 47-17...
View ArticleACC men edge Sault College for first win
With seven seconds to go on Friday, the Alpena Community College men's basketball team led Sault College 63-62 and the Cougars had the ball.
View ArticlePrep Roundup (12-6-13)
CADILLAC-Ryan Morse scored 30 seconds into overtime and the Cadillac hockey team topped Alpena 2-1 on Friday in a Big North Conference game. After two scoreless periods, Cadillac got on the board first...
View ArticleThe momentum shifts
It's not how you start, it's how you finish. That was the case on Saturday at Northern Lights Arena for the Alpena hockey team.
View ArticleACC women beat Cougars, get to .500
It was a productive weekend for the Alpena Community College women's basketball team. The Lumberjacks easily routed the Sault Cougars on Friday and its 81-49 Saturday win brought their overall record...
View ArticleACC men handle Sault for second win
The Alpena Community College men's basketball team's second game against Sault College didn't end with any last minute heroics like Friday's win.
View ArticleHurons finish second in Lions Tourney
ST. IGNACE-The Rogers City wrestling team opened the 2013-14 season with an impressive showing at the St. Ignace Lions Invitational, taking second place out of 13 teams.
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