Kwiatkowski signs with Street Cats
The Alpena Street Cats haven't taken the ice yet at Northern Lights Arena, but the team is already establshing some local connections.
View ArticleHillman staying in North Star League
Hillman is staying in the North Star League after all. The Hillman Community Schools Board of Education voted to stay in the North Star League rather than move the school's teams to the Ski Valley...
View ArticleBENAC: Sports films offer something for every movie fan
Normally, I use my columns as a chance to discuss serious matters that have rocked the sports world, but today I feel like a little fun is in order.
View ArticleThunderstruck tourney returns for third year
For the third consecutive year, some of the state's best youth softball teams will flock to Alpena for the Thunderstruck Tournament, which begins today and runs through Sunda.
View ArticleGoike throws no-no for AHSBR 11U squad
NILES-The Alpena Huron Shore Babe Ruth 11U team won its first pool play game of the Cal Ripken state tournament today 7-0 over Clinton Valley. Aidan Goike threw a no-hitter striking out 16 batters in...
View ArticleMWJHL releases schedule; Street Cats looking for host families, sponsors,...
The Midwest Junior Hockey League has released its schedule for the 2013-14 season. The Alpena Street Cats will open its 42-game season with a three-game series on the road against the Michigan Ice Dogs...
View ArticleFourth annual PIGS Tournament begins today in Rogers City
ROGERS CITY-After spending last weekend in Alpena, several of the state's best travel softball teams are heading a little further north.
View ArticleTough road to travel
Michele (Suszek) Yates remembers her first marathon experience quite well. As an 18-year-old, Yates made a bet with her older brother Nick and the pair decided to run the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon...
View ArticleAHSBR holding celebrity fundraiser game on Sunday
There will be a celebrity softball game and family fun night on Sunday at the Alpena Huron Shore Babe Ruth Complex on US 23 North.
View ArticleF Sergey Deev to return to Street Cats
The Alpena Street Cats have announced that Russian forward Sergey Deev will return to the Street Cats for the upcoming Midwest Junior Hockey League season.
View ArticleLearning the ropes
Soccer is becoming a bigger sport every year in Alpena, and if Alpena High soccer coach Tim Storch has his way, the Storch Soccer Academy will help sculpt area players into the kind of players that can...
View ArticleANDERSEN: Tiger will win a major again, someday
It's going to happen again. No one knows where. No one knows when. But it will happen. Maybe in August. Maybe next April. Maybe next June. Tiger Woods will win another major. He's been close, sometimes...
View ArticleAmber Repke signs with Street Cats
When Amber Repke steps on the ice for the Alpena Street Cats, she'll not only be one step closer to fulfulling her dream of playing college hockey, she'll also be making history.
View ArticleLearning to give
In some circles, high school sports players have a reputation as being a bit spoiled or entitled, especially when athletes are involved in hazing or bullying, but a group of Alpena area varsity...
View ArticleAHSBR teams ready to compete in regionals
It's been quite an eventful and exciting summer for Alpena Huron Shores Babe Ruth baseball.
View ArticleStreet Cats ink two Canadian players
The Alpena Street Cats have signed two Canadian players for the upcoming season.
View ArticleAHSBR teams taking part in icebreakers at Cal Ripken regionals
More than two weeks after they won Cal Ripken state titles in Niles, the Alpena Huron Shores Babe Ruth 9U and 11U baseball team are taking the field agai.
View ArticleHillman 9-10 softball headed to state semifinals
ESCANABA-The Hillman Little League All Star 9-10 Softball team has advanced to the State semifinals after defeating Cheboygan 8-5 Tuesday in the quarterfinals. Hillman now one of four teams left in the...
View ArticleAlpena 11U goes 2-0 in pool play; 9U team goes 1-2
GALESBURG, ILL.-The Alpena Huron Shores 11U baseball team moved to 2-0 in pool play on Friday with a 17-5 victory over Connersville, Ind. in 4 innings during Cal Ripken Ohio Valley Regional pla.
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