Rogers City, Alpena compete in Gillespie Invite tournament
By ERIC BENAC News Sports Writer It was a great day for the Rogers City and Alpena wrestling teams on Saturday in the Art Gillespie invite. Rogers City was first place with a perfect 5-0 result while...
View ArticleSweeping 'em up
The Alpena hockey team hadn't played a game since the Dec. 29 Blue Line Tournament championship game, but it hardly looked rusty on Wednesday in a 3-0 shut out of the Traverse City Bay Reps.
View ArticleAlpena grapplers go 1-1 in tri-meet
After beginning a Wednesday home tri-meet on a sour note, the Alpena wrestling team found a way to end the night on a good note.
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POSEN-The Posen girls basketball team stayed undefeated on Wednesday after beating Cedarville 74-44. "This was a great game for us.
View ArticleACC men, women fall to Delta
BAY?CITY-The ACC?basketball teams faced Delta on Wednesday and came up empty ended. The ACC women (3-6) lost 96-58 while the men (2-8) lost 89-58. "The women played a little bit better tonight (than...
View ArticleHillman edges Mio at home
HILLMAN-The Hillman boys basketball team took a huge step toward controlling their North Star League fate on Thursda.
View ArticleBeccard, Posen run by Atlanta in overtime
POSEN-It was an old fashioned North Star League showdown in Posen on Thursday, when the Posen boys basketball team picked up a 51-40 overtime win Atlanta after a 36-36 deadlock in regulation. "We had a...
View ArticleStreet Cats keeping playoff spot in sights
The Alpena Street Cats had a decent showing in 2013, going 13-11. Now the Street Cats are hoping a strong showing in 2014 will lead them to the playoffs. The Street Cats will open the 2014 portion of...
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CADILLAC-Adrianna Hatch scored 17 points for the Alpena girls basketball team on Tuesday, but the Wildcats ultimately fell to Cadillac 50-42 and remain winless on the season.
View ArticleNo place like home
The Alpena boys basketball team made a statement in its home opener. Andy Marwede scored 17 points and the Wildcats defeated Cadillac in a Big North Conference contest on Friday in a matchup of two of...
View ArticleStreet Cats fall to TC Hounds at home
It just wasn't the Alpena Street Cats' night in its match-up against the Traverse City Hounds on Friday as they gave up five goals in the second period to suffer a 6-0 shutout loss.
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SAULT STE. MARIE- Six different players scored for the Alpena hockey team in a 6-1 win over Jeffers on Friday in the Sault Lions Tournament.
View ArticleACC women use depth to defeat shorthanded Kirtland squad
For the first time in over a month, the Alpena Community College women's basketball team had reason to celebrate after a game. Despite a tough effort from an undermanned Kirtland squad, the Lumberjacks...
View ArticleConsistency earns Lumberjacks win at home
Saturday's 99-89 win over Kirtland was the kind of win that the Alpena Community College men's basketball team needed: one that showed it could keep up its intensity for a whole game and not give its...
View ArticlePrep Roundup (1-11-14)
SAULT STE. MARIE-The Alpena High School hockey team hung tough with Sault. Ste. Marie on Saturday, but couldn't muster more than a goal and lost to the Blue Devils on the second day of the Lynn Auto...
View ArticleStreet Cats edged by Hounds
TRAVERSE CITY-The Alpena Street Cats came up just short on the back end of a home-and-home series with the Traverse City Hounds, losing 3-2 on Saturday at Centre Ice Aren.
View ArticleAlpena Sports Hall of Fame announces 2013 inductees
If there's one thing that Faith Egli, Scott MacKenzie, Darvin Walmsley and James Glennie all share in common, it's that all four of them consistently excelled in their respective sports.
View ArticlePosen hosting Arenac in battle of unbeatens
POSEN-The girls basketball season hasn't yet reached the halfway point, but tonight's Posen-Arenac Eastern game comes with a lot at stake. The two teams meet in Posen at 7 p.m.
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SAULT STE. MARIE-Andy Marwede scored 25 points and the Alpena boys basketball team edged past Sault Ste. Marie in overtime on Monday 63-59.
View ArticleHillman by a hair
LINCOLN-The Hillman and Alcona boys basketball game on Monday was the kind of game that gets coaches red in the face and the fans up in the aisles: Alcona came within two points of upsetting Hillman in...
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