Paul Barnes

Wisconsin

Freelance Writer at Ashland Daily Press

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Articles

Re-re-re-repeat

1 week ago | apg-wi.com | Paul Barnes

It didn’t come easy, but the Washburn Castle Guards baseball team still captured its fourth consecutive Northern Lights Conference championship on May 22 at home with a decisive 12-2 defeat of the Drummond Lumberjacks. Whether the ‘Guards, 10-2 in the NLC, win the title outright — or share it with the gritty 9-2 Mellen Granite Diggers — was a matter which was decided in a Memorial Day Weekend game that pitted the ‘Diggers against the 8-3 host Hurley Northstars.
Half-Queeb - A whole celebration

3 weeks ago | apg-wi.com | Paul Barnes

One more time honored Northland College tradition was remembered on May 14 when Northland students, faculty, alumni and supportive Bay-Area residents celebrated the ingenious festival known simply as Queeb. Held annually on Oct. 28 on the campus mall, this event was fittingly named Half-Queeb as a nod to it being marked not on 10-28 but, rather, 5-14.
Sports Guys to the end

3 weeks ago | apg-wi.com | Paul Barnes

Perhaps no two people involved with Northland College sports have contributed more to the Bay-Area college sports and entertainment community, over the past few years, than senior baseball player and recent graduate Jay Harris, and sports information director Mike Cooling. In addition to serving as catcher for the LumberJacks baseball team, Harris has become a local music favorite, possessing both a smooth baritone voice and slick guitar playing skills.
Swinging for more

3 weeks ago | apg-wi.com | Paul Barnes

A rebuilding year is underway for the Ashland Oredockers boys tennis team. But the healthy number of athletes entering into the program, and the increasingly competitive play of the team, has third year coach Gary Stevens enthused. All this, despite the graduation of six seniors from 2024. “We’re a young team,” Stevens said. “But even with all this youth and inexperience we still have two wins, and we have played several teams very close.
Kilmarnock's McInnes says deal agreed for Hearts move

3 weeks ago | ca.sports.yahoo.com | Paul Barnes

Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock have agreed a deal to allow Derek McInnes to become the new manager at Tynecastle, the 53-year-old has revealed, although talks are still ongoing before the move can be finalised. The former Aberdeen manager will take charge of Kilmarnock's final two games of the season - including Sunday's visit by Hearts - before formally succeeding Neil Critchley, who was sacked as head coach after just six months.
Kilmarnock's McInnes says deal agreed for Hearts move

3 weeks ago | sports.yahoo.com | Paul Barnes

Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock have agreed a deal to allow Derek McInnes to become the new manager at Tynecastle, the 53-year-old has revealed, although talks are still ongoing before the move can be finalised. The former Aberdeen manager will take charge of Kilmarnock's final two games of the season - including Sunday's visit by Hearts - before formally succeeding Neil Critchley, who was sacked as head coach after just six months.
Spring skate on island

3 weeks ago | apg-wi.com | Paul Barnes

Some 400 skaters will make their way to the Town of LaPointe, on Madeline Island, to participate in the Apostle Islands Inline Marathon on June 14. The event occurs over Father’s Day Weekend, and it is a glamor race of sorts for skaters who come from throughout the United States. Billed as the nation’s “vacation destination inline marathon,” the Apostle Islands Inline Marathon is part of the Rollerblade Inline Skate Series.
Icebreaker: LumberJacks Ben Stewart plays without limits

1 month ago | apg-wi.com | Paul Barnes

Northland College LumberJacks hockey sophomore forward Ben Stewart (Utica Jr. Comets; hometown — Dayton, Ohio) may have some instances of where the limited use of his right arm poses problems, but there were never any shortcomings apparent when he took to the ice the past two seasons for Northland College. Stewart was the ‘Jacks points leader in 2023-2024, and third highest point producer this year.
'Jill becomes Samson

1 month ago | apg-wi.com | Paul Barnes

In what many Bay-Area sports fans may consider the coup of the year, Drummond senior multisport standout Kyla Hanson has officially signed to play basketball and volleyball with the Gogebic Community College Samsons womens programs. Hanson is one of the best point guards the Northern Lights Conference has produced in recent memory, and was an all-conference volleyball player as well. She will compete in both sports at GCC, while also bringing academic chops as valedictorian of her senior class.
Vault breaker

1 month ago | apg-wi.com | Paul Barnes

It was again the Gage Mika show at the Osceola Invitational on April 29 when the junior pole vaulter, who qualified for WIAA D2 state last year, broke his own school record by clearing a height of 14-6 to take first in the highly competitive eight team field. Mika has turned his game up a notch since moving into the outdoor season and, with several meets to go before the Rhinelander regionals on May 27, look for Mika to push to clear the 15-foot barrier.