Ishpeming Hematites bring home emotional state title

Regardless of your fan affiliation, everyone in the central U.P. was rooting for the Ishpeming Hematites in the state playoffs this week. The boys in blue brought the title home, although it meant mixed emotions after a year of personal losses.

Excerpt: Ishpeming players came running from all over the field and the sidelines to mob Briones and celebrate their school’s first state football championship in 33 years, this one in Division 7.

It was the Michigan High School Athletic Association title the Ishpeming players had prophetically announced as their goal back in the dog days of August, a time of heat, humidity and sorrow.

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Source: Iron Mountain Daily News