Four Upper Peninsula high school volleyball teams won regional semifinal matches on Tuesday to stay alive in the MHSAA tournaments: Forest Park, Ishpeming, Newberry, and Painesdale-Jeffers. Click the above headline for details.
The Forest Park Trojans volleyball team cruised to a district championship Thursday night, with an eye on bigger and better things in the next two weeks. The Trojans continued their domination of UP opponents, brushing away the Wakefield-Marenisco Cardinals in straight sets. Click the above headline for details.
The Forest Park Trojans volleyball team took on the best the Upper Peninsula had to offer, on Saturday, and stayed undfeated against U.P. teams by beating the Kingsford Flivvers, Marquette Sentinels, and Calumet Copper Kings in the “Clash of the Divisions” tournament hosted by Kingsford High School.
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.
It was the end of the line Thursday for the Forest Park Trojans basketball team, falling to Grand Rapids-area powerhouse Tri-Unity Christian, 67-46, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline to read the details. (MHSAA story and photo)
The Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans won the school's fifth football state championship on Saturday, beating the Morrice Orioles, 42-20, at the Suerior Dome. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. (MHSAA Photo)
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its All-U.P. football players list Wednesday night for the eight-man divisions. The panel of 15 journalists from across the Upper Peninsula met at Northern Michigan University earlier this week to make the selections. Click the above headline to see the winners.
Sophomore Dax Huuki ran for four touchdowns to lead the Forest Park Trojans to a 34-12 win over the North Central Jets to win the MHSAA Eight Player regional championship Friday night. Lane Gorzinski had two long touchdown runs for NCA to bring the Jets to within 13-12 at halftime, but the Forest Park defense pitched a shutout in the second half. The Trojans advanced to the state semifinals at home against Onekema.
The Upper Peninsula Sports Writers and Sportscasters Association came out Tuesday with its first high school football polls of the season. A panel of five members of the media from across the U.P. votes every week on the best teams. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway High School football team used a big second half to pull away from the previously-undefeated Forest Park Trojans, 40-6, Thursday night, at Romberg Stadium. Wyatt Spade scored four touchdowns and Ian Popp added three scores as the Knights won their third straight game after a season-opening loss. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
A.J. Miley scored 18 points and Trevor Lippens added 16 as the Bark River-Harris Broncos beat the Forest Park Trojans, 57-54, in double overtime Monday night in Bark River. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba Eskymos rallied from eight points down to force a fifth game, and the held off the Manistique Emeralds in the decisive fifth game to pull out another wild 3-2 match before a pair of raucous student sections Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and hear post-game interviews.
The Rapid River Rockets scored on a trick play with 1:11 left in the fourth quarter and beat the Forest Park Trojans, 40-34, in a thrilling Eight-Man regional championship game on Friday. Click the above headline to read details and listen to post-game interviews.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos fell behind by 13 points in the third quarter and were unable to come all the way back, losing to the Forest Park Trojans, 63-57, Monday night. Click the above headline for details and to see photos, video highlights.
The Forest Park Trojans rolled to the eight-man football state championship on Saturday, beating Portland St. Patrick, 54-12, at the Superior Dome. Connor Bortolini had four touchdown runs and Peter Ropiak added three TD runs for the Trojans. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of MHSAA's "Second Half". (MHSAA Photo)
The Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans scored all eight points of the second overtime and beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 62-54, in the Class D regional championship game Thursday night in Kingsford. Forest Park will face Engadine in the quarterfinals next week. Click the above headline to read game details, and photos taken by Reid Rahoi.
The Forest Park Trojans won the first set in their Class D state semifinal match against the Leland Comets Thursday in Battle Creek. But Leland won the next three sets...two of them with extra points...to eliminate the Trojans, 3-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Forest Park Trojans won a Class D state quarterfinal match over Rogers City, 3-1, Tuesday night in Manistique. That happened after Calumet fell to Traverse City St. Francis, 3-0, in the Class C quarterfinal on the same court. Click the above headline for details.
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 Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans cruised to a 3-0 volleyball victory over the North Central Jets Monday night in Powers. The scores were 25-5, 25-18, and 25-15. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the match. Pictured above: North Central's Jaycee Faccio (5) goes up for the block during Monday's match.
The Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans and St. Ignace Saints both slipped past their downstate opponents on Thurdsay during high school girls basketball state semifinals at Michigan State University. Forest Park beat Athens, 49-33, in Class D, while St. Ignace struggled past Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, 34-30, in Class C. Click the above headline to see details and statistics. Pictured above: St. Ignace's Emily Hinsman and Liggett's Kendall McConico battle for a losse ball. (MHSAA photo)
The Saint Ignace Saints and Forest Park Trojans both won their state quarterfinal girls basketball games on Tuesday, and advanced to the semifinals at Michigan State University. The Saints beat McBain, 54-37, while the Trojans topped Posen, 69-56. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans completed a perfect season in the Skyline Conference Thursday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 3-0, in Harris. The scores were 25-3, 25-12, 25-11. Lexi Gussert (#9, above) led the way with 13 kills for the Trojans. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights from the match.
Forest Park junior Lexi Gussert was a unanimous choice for Class D Upper Peninsula girls basketball Player of The Year in voting done by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Escanaba sophomore Michelle LaFave made the Class ABC First Team, and Bark River-Harris senior Sarah Madalinski made the Class D First Team. Click the above headline to see the entire list.
The St. Ignace Saints built an 11-point halftime lead and rolled to a 70-54 win over the Forest Park Trojans in a Class D state quarterfinal game Tuesday night in Escanaba. Lexi Gussert scored 30 points for the Trojans. Click the above headline to read the story, and to see photos and videos.
The Upper Peninsula will not be home to a high school girls basketball state champion this year as the Saint Ignace Saints and Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans both lost their state semifinal games on Thursday at Michigan State University.
