Mackinaw City, MI

The Mackinaw City boys’ cross country team is headed back to the state finals. On Saturday, Oct. 31, the Comets were running in their Division 4 regional race held at Mancelona, where they finished second as a team, punching their ticket to the state finals for the second year in a row. “I’m so proud of the team, my kids […] The post Mackinaw City Boys Cross Country Takes Second at Regionals, Punches Finals Ticket first appeared on The St. Ignace News.

The campaign trail for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers rolled through Mackinaw City Thursday, October 12, as part of a statewide bus tour. He held a campaign event at The Hook restaurant and was joined by his wife, Kristi Rogers, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, and Michigan Rep. Parker Fairbairn as they worked to make a case for his platform. […] The post Mike Rogers Campaigns in Mackinaw City as Election Approaches first appeared on The St. Ignace News.

Fresh off their recent Northern Lakes Conference championship, the Mackinaw City cross country team added another trophy on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The Comets were running in the final Eastern UP Conference meet, held at Northwoods Christian Camp in Pickford, and they were able to come out on top; clinching the EUPC championship in the process. “I’m proud of the boys […] The post Mackinaw City Boys Run to EUPC Cross Country Championship first appeared on The St. Ignace News.

Each year that Mackinaw City volleyball has hosted the Peninsula Championship tournament, it has gotten bigger and bigger. Now with a new gym, the Lady Comets were able to host even more teams on Saturday, Oct. 24; making this year’s the biggest one yet. “With the addition of the new gymnasium we expanded our tournament from six teams to 10 […] The post Mackinaw City Volleyball Hosts Peninsula Championship first appeared on The St. Ignace News.

The Mackinac Island volleyball team closed out their regular season Tuesday, October 20.  Mackinac Island fell to Brimley 25-12 and 25-9, and they followed that with a setback against Mackinaw City 25-22, 23-25, and 25-22. “We had a tough match against Brimley, getting swept, but the team didn’t let that get them down,” head coach Emma Motz said. “We came […] The post Mackinac Island Volleyball Wraps Regular Season at Tri-meet first appeared on The St. Ignace News.

Eight high school cross country teams converged at the Doc Holle’s Silver Mountain Skiing and Tubing Hill in St. Ignace for the annual windy and hilly Kiwanis Invitational Monday, September 28.    St. Ignace hosted the other seven teams, Cedarville-DeTour, Engadine, Cheboygan, Pickford, Mackinaw City, Manistique, and Brimley, in a 5,000M run around the trails at Silver Mountain. A two-mile […] The post Eight Teams Compete in Cross Country Kiwanis Meet at Silver Mountain first appeared on T

The Mackinaw City Village Council voted to change Lakeside Drive to a one-way road, with traffic flowing from west to east, within 30 days of the ongoing repair project on the road being completed during their meeting Thursday, October 1. For at least a decade, a portion of Lakeside Drive, running from North Nokomis Street to Dujauncy Street, has been […] The post Mackinaw City Hears Community Input on Lakeside Drive, Approves One-Way Traffic Change first appeared on The St. Ignace News.

There’s still one meet remaining, but the Mackinaw City boys’ cross country team was able to secure the Northern Lakes Conference championship on Thursday, Oct. 8. The Comets were running at the fourth NLC meet, held at Boyne Falls and they had their boys’ team win, followed by Boyne Falls and Wolverine. In the girls’ race, Boyne Falls took first, […] The post Mack City cross country has boys’ team clinch NLC title first appeared on The St. Ignace News.

  Nearly two weeks off from game action left the Mackinaw City volleyball team anxious to hit the court on Saturday, Sept. 26. The Lady Comets were at the Onaway Invitational, where they battled it out through four matches. “We hit the floor on Saturday after an 11-day layoff since our victory over Harbor Light Christian, we faced some very […] The post Mackinaw City volleyball returned from lay-off, competed in Onaway tourney first appeared on The St. Ignace News.

  The Mackinaw City boys’ cross country team liked winning their annual home invite so much last fall, they decided to do it again this year. The Comets, hosting a 20-team meet dubbed the Mackinaw Club Invite, were able to outrun the field, winning the small school division. The Comets won with 86 points, well ahead of second place Ellsworth […] The post Mackinaw City boys claim title at home invite, again first appeared on The St. Ignace News.