Strength training is lifting the Indians

By Dan Hardenbrook At a recent summer workout, new Head Coach Zach Clickner could already see results from the Indians’ revamped offseason program. He’s hoping it will pay dividends when the season opens in August, but if it had to start today, Clickner thinks the...

Newberry Country Club fully open

By Dan Hardenbrook Less than a month after a major storm ripped through the Newberry Country Club, club owner Lance Byrns has announced that all 18 holes are now playable and the course is fully reopened. Damaging straight line winds tore through the course, wiping...

J.L. DeCook Gymnasium to get new floor

By Dan Hardenbrook One of Newberry High School’s main athletic facilities will get a facelift when the J.L. DeCook Gymnasium receives a newly remodeled floor and playing surface later this summer. The gym’s basketball and volleyball courts will be redesigned and...

Indians football hosting summer scrimmages

By Dan Hardenbrook The season opener is weeks away, but football play returns to Newberry when the Indians welcome several schools for partial squad scrimmages. These matches are part of a summer series prior to the start of official practice on August 12. It’s a...

SOS: Save our sports

By Dan Hardenbrook After news broke last week that the Tahquamenon Area Schools (TAS) Board of Education was considering a massive cut to the athletic department for the second straight year, reactions were highly emotional. Sadness, disappointment, and anger were...

Indians win by a hair

By John Vrancic For the Newberry News It doesn’t get much closer than this. The outcome of the Upper Peninsula Division 3 boys’ track and field Finals boiled down to the last race as Newberry held off St. Ignace 96-92 for its first championship in eight years when it...