The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Friday releeasesd its All-U.P. boys basketball teams. A group of 18 reporters from across the entire U.P. met earlier in the week in Marquette to make the selections. Westwood Patriots senior Ethan Marta was chosen as Mr. Basketball, along with being the Division 1-3 Player of the Year and member of the all-class Dream Team. Dollar Bay senior Liam Tourtillott was named the Division Four Player of the Year. Click the above headline to see all of the winners. (MHSAA Photo)
The Dollar Bay High School boys basketball team battled hard Thuirsday night, but lost to Detroit Douglass, 58-47, in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinal at the Breslin Center. The Blue Bolts faurced a team that has blown out all of its recent opponents, but were down by just six points in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA story and photo)
Liam Tourtillott scored 23 points, 14 of them down the stretch, to lead the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts to a 55-46 come-from-behind win over the Pickford Panthers Tuesday night in the MHSAA Division Four boys basketball state quarterfinal in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
Iron Mountain's Marcus Johnson and Foster Wonders were both named as Division Three First Team All-Staters on Tuesday by the Associated Press, while the U.P.'s Nick Edington and Ashton Janke were Division Four First Teamers and Carney-Nadeau's Brett LaFord was named to the D-4 Second Team. Click the above headline to read details.
The Dollar Bay Blue Bolts bowed out in the Division Four state semifinals for the second straight year on Thursday, losing to Southfield Christian, 55-28, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the MHSAA.
Dollar Bay's best basketball season in nearly 40 years came to an end Thursday night with a 71-32 loss to Southfield Christian in the Class D state semifinals in East Lansing. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the MHSAA. (MHSAA Photo)
Devin Schmitz scored 35 points and Jaden Janke added 23 to lead the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts to a 74-68 win over the Cedarville Trojans in a Class D state quarterfinal game Tuesday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos.
The Carney-Nadeau High School boys basketball team rallied from 14 points down to take a late lead, but ended up losing to the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts, 65-64, in the Class D regional final Wednesday in Negaunee. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba 9-10 girls softball All-Star team posted a 6-1 win over the Norway All-Stars Sunday evening at Norway's Marion Park. The win sent the Escanaba girls into the 16-team state tournament, set for the end of this month in downstate Bay City.
Click the above headline to see photos taken during Sunday night's game in Norway.
