Forest Park’s boys golf team earned the runner-up trophy at the Division 3 U.P. Finals May 31. From left: Michael Smithson, Matthew Sawyer, David Beck, Dustin Dishaw and Kevin Stankewicz.
CRYSTAL FALLS—Forest Park wrapped up another successful high school golf season at the Division 3 U.P. Finals May 31 by earning a team runner-up award, a medalist and a runner-up medalist—at different meets.

KINGSFORD—Last spring, West Iron County’s boys tennis team won its second consecutive U.P. Division 2 championship by a margin of one point over Iron Mountain.
 On May 30, the Wykons fell short in their bid for a third straight title—again by one point. Westwood High School took the title with 16 team points to the Wykons’ 15. Iron Mountain took third with 10.

KINGSFORD—Aargh! So close!
 Both Forest Park’s track teams came this close to bringing home a trophy from the Division 3 U.P. Finals track meet, held at Kingsford on June 2. But it wasn’t meant to be.
 Both teams finished in third place. The boys ended up  one point out of second place, and the girls were two points back.
 Forest Park won three events at the U.P. Finals, all by relay teams.

West Iron’s girls team started its U.P. Finals perfectly by winning the 3200-meter relay. From left: Brianna Lambert, Jaclyn Waara, Kylee Erickson and Madeline Waara.
KINGSFORD—While West Iron County’s girls team didn’t earn its third consecutive runner-up trophy at the Division 2 U.P. Track Finals here June 2, the Wykons had a strong finish to their season, earning third place.
 St. Ignace easily repeated as team champion with 142 points, and Norway took second with 96. The Wykons claimed third with 72, followed by Rudyard (63) and Ishpeming (50). In all, 11 teams took part.

Chalk up one more hurdles win for Audrey Sholander, who is on her way in the 100 highs at North Dickinson, over the Nordics’ Heather Roell. Trojan teammate Georgie Dohl finished fourth.

CRYSTAL FALLS—In their final tune-up before the Skyline Conference tournament, Forest Park’s boys and girls track teams both finished second during a four-team meet held at North Dickinson May 22.
 The meet, let’s face it, was more relaxed than most. Many students didn’t run in their normal events, opting to try out others instead. For example, the girls sprint relay team ran the two-mile relay, and vice versa.

Joanna Pellizzer, shown here hitting the finish line in the 1600-meter relay during the regional tourney May 17, led West Iron’s girls during the West Pac Conference meet last week.
IRON RIVER—Joanna Pellizzer recorded a first place and two thirds as she led West Iron County’s girls track team at the West Pac Conference meet, held May 23 in Calumet.
 Pellizzer won the 300-meter low hurdles and claimed third in both the 100 highs and the 200 dash.

CRYSTAL FALLS—Dustin Dishaw’s 18-hole score of 77 led the way for Forest Park’s boys golf team May 21, as the Trojans again captured first place in the Skyline/Central U.P. Conference tournament, held at George Young Golf Course.
 Dishaw earned medalist honors, finishing three strokes ahead of Bark River-Harris’ Taren Halfaday, who shot an 80.

IRON RIVER— Before taking part in the Great Northern Conference tournament last week, West Iron’s boys tennis team earned a win and a tie in dual matches at Nelson Field.
 The team earned a 6-2 win over Westwood on May 21, sweeping the doubles matches along with victories by top singles players Austin Waara and Caleb Pellizzer.
 The day’s most exciting match came at first doubles, where Ryan Rogers and Andrew Peterson bounced back from a 2-6 first set loss to win the match 6-1, 6-3.

The Wykons’ Casey Harrington is first across the finish line, winning the 100-meter dash during the Division 2 regional tournament May 17.

IRON RIVER—A gray, damp day was just fine for West Iron’s track team, as the Wykons had a big day during their Division 2 regional tournament, held at Nelson Field on May 17.
 The girls team rolled to first place with 75 points, well ahead of second place Westwood (41) and third place Ironwood (32). That was no surprise.
 The boys team, however, did raise a few eyebrows with a strong showing and a second place finish with 46 points. Ironwood won with 58, and Westwood was third at 33.

CRYSTAL FALLS—Forest Park’s boys and girls track teams both finished first at the Division 3 regional tournament held May 17 at Lake Linden.
 As usual, the Trojans will be well represented at the U.P. Finals, which take place June 2 at Kingsford High School. The regional meet decided who would qualify for the U.P. Finals.
 “It was a great meet,” said boys Coach Erich Ziegler. “Everybody stepped up, and we are very proud of them.”
 The boys team finished with 58 team points for first place, while North Dickinson (45) edged Lake Linden (44) for second place. Seven teams took part.
 The Trojans finished first in six events. Alex Takala won two of them—the 400 and 200 sprints—and  the other wins were by Jacob Siler (100), Jake Divine (800) and the 3200 and 1600 relay teams.