The Calumet Copper Kings had their magical girs basletball season come to an and Thursday night aftter a 43-38 loss to Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest in a Division 3 state Semifinal on Thursday at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA photo)
The Calumet High School girls basketball team advanced to the MHSAA Division Three regional final Monday night with a 64-40 win over the Menominee Maroons in the semifinal at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School football team missed out on multiple chances in the red zone Friday night, and lost to the Calumet Copper Kings, 19-6, at the Marble Athletic Field. Ben Anderson scored two touchdowns and rushed for 173 yards as Calumet stayed alive in the playoff race. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team lost its fourth straight game to a team from the Keweenaw Peninsula Friday night, falling to the Calumet Copper Kings, 4-3, at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews. (Cooper LaMarch photo)
The Calumet High School hockey team beat the Hancock Bulldogs, 4-2, Thursday night at the Colosseum, despite being outshot 35-16. The team started the night by honoring legendary coach Jim Crawford, who died Tuesday night. Click the above headline for details.
Nate Young threw three touchdown passes and ran in another as the Gladstone High School football team rolled past the Calumet Copper Kings, 42-13, in varsity football Friday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Upper Peninsula Sportwriters and Sportscasters Association announced its 2021-22 high school girls basketball All-U.P. teams Thursday night. The media members from across the U.P. met in Marquette earlier this week to make their selections. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula hockey season has come to an end. Click the above headline to see the schedule and scoreboard for U.P. teams.
The Great Lakes Hockey Conference Awards have been announced as the regular season has wrapped up. Calumet goaltender Aksel Loukas was named the player of the year. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
The Calumet Copper Kings got two goals from Paul Sturos, a hat trick from Ayden Williams, and goaltender Aksel Loukus stopped 28 shots to lead Calumet to a 9-2 win Saturday at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters announced their All-U.P. football teams Friday evening. A panel of 21 people met for nearly seven hours at the Marquette Holiday Inn Wednesday to come up with this list. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School junior varsity football team beat the Calumet Copper Kings, 20-12, in the season-opener Thursday night. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The 2021 high school girls softball playoffs are winding down across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the scores/schedules.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos baseball team got good pitching and strong defensive play from the left side of the infield and beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 7-3, on a cold Tuesday afternoon in Bark River. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Calumet High School girls basketball team came up short in its quest for a state championship on Wednesday, losing in the MHSAA Division Three state semifinals to Kent City, 59-53, at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
For the second time in four years, the Upper Peninsula is home to Hockeyville USA after Calumet was named the winner of the national contest on Sunday. This after Marquette's Lakeview Arena won the honor in 2016 and hosted an NHL Pre-Season game. Now the Calumet Colosseum has will do the same this fall. Click the above headline for details.
Kraft Heinz on Sunday announced the top four finalist communities competing for the title of Kraft Hockeyville USA 2019. And Calumet is one of them, just three years after Marquette won the title and renovation money. Click the above headline for details.
Team Copper Country won the USA Hockey Tier II Under-18 national championship on Monday, beating the Wonderland Wizards out of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 5-1, in Green Bay. Colton Salani, Dawson McKay, Brent Loukus, Teddy Randell and Brendan Erickson all scored goals in the final. Click the above headline for more details.
The Calumet Copper Kings scored six power play goals and rolled to a 10-2 victory over the Escanaba Eskymos Thursday in Wells. The game was called on the mercy rule in the third period. Click the above headline for details, and photos taken by Sandi Young.
The Calumet Copper Kings lost to Bronson, 3-0, in the Class C state volleyball semifinals Friday afternoon at Battle Creek's Kellogg Arena. The scores were 25-16, 25-12, and 25-13. Lea Bjorn had 11 kills and 13 digs to lead Calumet. Amber Johnson added ten digs for the Copper Kings, who lost to Bronson for the second straight year in the Final Four.
The Calumet High School volleyball team won its sixth straight volleyball regional championship Thursday, beating West Iron County, 3-0, in L'Anse. The scores were 25-11, 25-8, 25-22. The Copper Kings advance to the Class C state quarterfinals next Tuesday in Munising. Thursday's Class D matches between Munising and Carney-Nadeau; and between Rudyard and Pellston, were postponed until Friday night because of weather.
A team of Houghton, Hancock, and Calumet High School hockey players came together to win the USA Hockey Tier II National Championship on Monday. Team Copper Country beat Clarence, NY, 5-2. Click the above headline for details. (USA Hockey photo)
The dream season came to an end for the Calumet High School hockey team on Saturday after a 6-3 loss to Warren DelaSalle in the Division 3 state championship game in Plymouth. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the MHSAA. (MHSAA Photo)
The Upper Peninsula High School hockey season has come to an end. Click the above headline to see the scores for all of the U.P's teams.
Four Upper Peninsula high school hockey teams competed in the MIHL Hockey Showcase in downstate Trenton this weekend. The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils won their second straight game on Saturday, beating Grand Rapids Christian, 4-0. Bobby Price (pictured) had a goal and an assist. Click the above headline for details on all four U.P. teams.
Former Calumet High School hockey star Ben Johnson has been sentenced to three years in a Canadian prison for a sexual assault conviction. Johnson heard his sentence in an Ontario courtroom on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details. (Pictured: Johnson as a Spitfire)
The Calumet Copper Kings and Forest Park Trojans are the last two Upper Peninsula high school volleyball teams standing, and both will play in the state quarterfinals Tuesday in Manistique. Calumet will face Traverse City St. Francis in the Class C quarterfinal Tuesday at 5:30, and then Forest Park will take on Rogers City in the "D" quarterfinal at 7:00 ET.
The 2014-15 high school hockey season has come to an end. Congratulations to Escanaba and Houghton for making it to Compuware Arena. Click the above headline to see all of the scores for all U.P. teams.
The Forest Park Trojans closed their volleyball season Thursday with a 3-0 loss to Battle Creek St. Phillip in the Class D state semifinals in Battle Creek. The scores were 25-14, 25-22, 25-17. Lexi Gussert finished her volleyball career with 16 kills in the match. The Trojans finish a fine season with a 36-2-5 overall record. Pictured: Forest Park's Lexi Gussert with a block during an earlier match in Rapid River.
The Calumet Copper Kings dominated the line of scrimmage Thursday and cruised to a 36-12 win over the Gladstone Braves at the Marble Athletic Field. Calumet got four touchdowns from Clark Kangas and held the Braves to just 22 yards of total rushing. lick the above headline to read details, and to see videos.
