The North Central High School wrestling team won a Division Four district championship Wednesday night at Munising High School, beating the Munising Mustangs, 66-18, and the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 40-33. The Jets advance to the MHSAA Team Regionals on Feb. 18 at Indian River Inland Lakes. Before that, the individual district tournament will be held this Saturday at Manistique High School. (North Central High School Photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team outlasted the North Region State College (N.D.) Royals Sunday evening in Minnesota, bouncing back from a disappointing home loss to Oakland Community College nine days earlier. Bay had four men score in double figures and posted a 79-69 win. The game was played in a neutral gym at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., a gym that claims to have hosted the first-ever college basketball game nearly a century ago. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The best football season for the Bark River-Harris Broncos in more than two decades came crashing down on Saturday, as the Harbor Beach Pirates rolled to a 40-0 win in the MHSAA Division Eight state semifinal at Alpena High School. Click the above headline for details.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos football team pulled off a miracle victory Friday night to win the school's first regional championship in more than two decades, beating Maple City Glen Lake, 22-21, in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos raced to a 24-0 lead and held off the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 41-20, to send the Broncos into the regional final next week below the Bridge. Gionni McDonough scored on two long touchdown runs, including a 91-yarder, and the Bronco defense intercepted three passes in the first half. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and, interviews, and video highlights.
Nine Upper Peninsula high school football teams survived the first weekend of the playoffs, and will play some November games next weekend. Escanaba, Kingsford, Menominee, Bark River-Harris, and Iron Mountain are all alive in 11-player. Norway, North Dickinson, Pickford and Lake Linden-Hubbell are alive in eight-player. Click the above headline to see the schedules and Week One scores.
The Bark-Harris High School football team jumped to a 22-0 lead in the first three minutes of the game and cruised past the West Iron County Wykons, 44-7, Friday night in Harris. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Escanaba High School Gym was full of spikes and digs on Saturday as the annual Elks Invitational was held on a hot, humid day. Ten teams played four pool matches, and the top four teams advanced to the semifinals. Escanaba defeated Ishpeming, Forest Park defeated Cheboygan, and then Forest Park won the championship over Escanaba, 2-0. Click the above headline for all of the scores, photos, videos.
The Norway High School boys basketball team took care of business in their next-to-last game of the regular season Monday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 75-53, in Bark River. Bryce Adams knocked down eight triples and scored 28 points, and Mason Trudeau added 21 points. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School girls volleyball team picked up a non-conference win Tuesday night, beating the injury-plagued Bark River-Harris Broncos, 3-0. The scores were 25-13, 25-16, and 25-20. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews, and U.P. scores.
The start of the 2024 high school football season is one week away, and there were multiple scrimmages held across the Upper Peninsula on Thursday. One of them saw the Bark River-Harris Broncos make their annual trip to Escanaba to face the Eskymos. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear comments from kids on both teams.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos won the MHSAA Division Two girls golf Upper Peninsula championship on Wednesday, the school's first title in a decade. BR-H senior Ava McDonough was the medalist. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MHSAA/Jason Juno.
The Bark River-Harris High School baseball team wrapped up its regular season Friday night with a 6-3 loss to the Escanaba Junior Varsity Eskymos at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, video clips, and post-game comments.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team jumped to a 19-0 lead Tuesday night and cruised to a 62-35 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos in Harris. The Eskymos swept the season series from the Broncos. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The North Central High School boys basketball team had four players score in double figures Monday night, posting an easy 64-47 win over a young Bark River-Harris Broncos team. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos rolled up 470 yards of total offense and Dominick Lantagne rushed for 177 yards and four touchdowns in a 49-8 win over the West Iron County Wykons on Saturday in Stambaugh. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews
The Escanaba Eskymos and Bark River-Harris Broncos hooked up in an exhibition scrimmage football game Thursday night at the Escanaba Athletic Field, and when it was over, both sets of players and coaches left the field happy. Click the above headline for details.
Four teams advanced to the Upper Peninsula Zone Five semifinals in American Legion Baseball on Friday after a long day of eight games played on two separate fields. Click the above headline for all of the scores and for game details.
Two Dickinson County wrestlers won MHSAA individual state wrestling championships on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit, while four other U.P. boys had to settle for runners-up. Click the above headline to read details. (Thanks to Vicki Snyder for photos)
Six Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers will go for state championships on Saturday at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's individual championships at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Upper Peninsula will be well-represented next month at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Individual state finals at Ford Field in Detroit. The results from the individual regional tournaments on Saturday around northern Michigan ended with 28 UP Wrestlers qualifying. Click the above headline for details, photos.
Fifteen high school wrestling teams from across the Upper Peninsula and northern lower peninsula met in Manistique on Saturday for the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Division Four Individual District Tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Munising High School boys basketball team owned the paint Tuesday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 78-43, in Bark River. The Mustangs had four players score in double figures, led by Cully Trzeciak's 20 points. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos wrestling team hosted a quad meet Monday night inside the “other” half of the program's co-op: North Central High School. The match was moved from the original site, Menominee, which has not had any classes or sporting events in its school all year long due to mold damage. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team turned in a strong third place showing out of 40 teams at the Northern Michigan Championships in Gaylord on Saturday. The Braves were among nine Upper Peninsula teams that joined 31 downstate teams at the all-day event. CLick the above headline for details, and photos taken by Christe Terrien.
The Norway High School boys basketball team picked up their second lopsided win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Monday night, posting a 70-39 win in Bark River. This follows a 63-22 Knights win ten days prior. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday in Marquette, with three boys winning U.P. Championships and four others finishing as runners-up. Iron Mountain was second on the team scoreboard, winning five individual titles. Click the above headline for all of the results, and to see photos.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team won for the 13th straight time Friday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 65-36, in Bark River. The top-ranked Eskymos led from wire to wire in the contest. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Rapid River High School boys basketball team rallied from eleven points down late in the fourth quarter to stun the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 60-55, Friday night, in Bark River. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights from the game.
The three Delta County high school wrestling teams got together for a triangular Thursday night in Bark River. The Gladstone Braves easily won the event, beating Escanaba, 70-12, and topping Bark River-Harris, 60-18. The Broncos beat the Eskymos in the other match, 42-37. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
