It was another milestone in a season filled with milestones for Gladstone High School girls basketball senior Lillie Johnson. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay recruit crossed the 2,000 point mark for her Braves career as the Braves beat the Ishpeming Hematites, 53-49, in an intense game that went to overtime. Johnson scored 32 points in the victory. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
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 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 Negaunee High School girls tennis team won the Mid Peninsula Conference championship on Thursday. The Miners had 44 points, with Westwood second at 36 points. Negaunee won six of the eight championship flights: Lili Saunders, Rheana Nelson, and Addi Chapman in singles. The doubles teams of Nicole Kerkela and Clare O'Donnell; Olivia Richards and Sadie Rogers; and Paige O'Donnell and Maia Brunette also won championships. Ishpeming (20 points) finished third on the team scoreboard. Norway (14 points) was fourth and Iron Mountain (4 points) finished fifth.
Lillie Johnson scored 25 points, crossing 1,000 for her Gladstone Braves career, as she helped her team post a 51-47 win over the defending state champion Ishpeming Hematites Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and post-game reaction.
The MHSAA high school football playoffS are winding down. Click the above headline to see how the U.P. teams are doing.
The Ishpeming Hematites are your MHSAA Division Two Upper Peninsula girls tennis champions after sneaking past West Iron County and Norway to take the title on Wednesday. Ishpeming had 13 points, West Iron 12, and Norway ten. The Hematites took championships in three of the four doubles flights. Click the above headline for details. (IHS photo)
The Ishpeming High School girls basketball team fell behind early, but recovered to pull past Kingston, 73-54, to win the MHSAA Division Four state championship Saturday in East Lansing. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA photo, story)
The Ishpeming High School girls basketball team got 30 points from Jenna Maki, 22 of them in the first half, and the Hematites rolled past the Fowler Eagles, 75-40, in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinals Thursday night at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the MHSAA. (MHSAA photo)
The St. Ignace High School boys basketball program won its first regional championship in two decades Wednesday night, ending the Cinderella run of the Ishpeming Hematites, 62-38, at the Gladstone High School Gym. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
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.
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.
Caden Luoma scored 18 points to lead the Ishpeming Hematites to a 55-46 win over the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night in Gladstone. The Hematites held the Braves to just 16 points in the first half, and then withstood a Gladstone comeback attempt in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The 2021 high school girls softball playoffs are winding down across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the scores/schedules.
Twenty-four Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers qualified for the MHSAA State Finals at Detroit’s Ford Field on Saturday by placing in the top four at their individual regional tournaments downstate. Seven of them won championships. Click the above headline to see who qualified. (Pictured: Gladstone's Michael Brazeau)
Nicole Kamin scored 31 points and Taylor Ray added 15 as the Escanaba High School girls basketball team beat the Ishpeming Hematites, 72-50, Thursday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Ishpeming High School boys basketball team shook off a horrendous start and beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 67-56, Monday night. It was the first ever meeting between the schools. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone Braves slipped past the Ishpeming Hematites, 42-35, in girls basketball action Thursday night. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Ishpeming High School football team scored 46 points in the first quarter and rolled to a 54-13 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Thursday night in Harris. The Hematites finished their regular season with a perfect 9-0 record. The Broncos finished the season at 2-7. Click the above headline to see photos, video clips.
The St. Ignace High School girls basketball team captured the Class C regional championship, beating the Ishpeming Hematites, 70-56, Thursday night in Escanaba. Four players scored in double figures. Click the above headline to read details.
Madigan Johns hit four straight free throws in the closing seconds as the Ishpeming Henatites topped the West Iron County Wykons, 59-55, in the Class C regional semifinals Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos.
Five high schools that currently compete in the Mid Peninsula Conference have applied for membership in the West PAC Conferene. Athletic Directors met on Wednesday to talk about it. Click the above headline to read the press release about the meeting.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team stayed undefeated in dual meets, beating Ishpeming, 75-3, and Munising, 54-18, at a triangular Wednesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association's Upper Peninsula Cross-Country Finals were held on a crisp Saturday afternoon at the Beauchamp Farm in Delta County. It was a double championship for Ishpeming in Division Two, while teams from both ends of the U.P. won other championships. Click the above headline to see all of the results. Thanks to Superior Timing!
Ozzy Corp scored three touchdowns, including the game-winner in the fourth quarter, and the Ishpeming Hematites held on to beat Pewamo-Westphalia, 22-16, to win the MHSAA Division Seven state championship Saturday at Ford Field. Click the above headline to read the story from MHSAA.
The 2015 Upper Peninsula High School football season has moved into the playoffs. Click the above headline to see the playoff scores, plus all of the 2015 regular season scores.
The third time was the charm for the Detroit Loyola High School football team on Saturday at Ford Field. After losing to the Ishpeming Hematites in each of the last two Division Seven state championship games, Loyola finally got a trophy by posting a 29-8 win. Click the above headline for the details, courtesy of the MHSAA.
The St. Ignace High School girls basketball team showed why it is one of the top-ranked teams in the state Tuesday night. The Saints raced to a 16-0 lead and beat the Ishpeming Hematites, 66-30, in the Class C regional semifinal. Click the above headline to read more details, and to see photos and videos.
As 2014 begins, here's a look back at an extremely emotional 17 months for Ishpeming's Jeff Olson. He suffered the tragedy of his son's suicide and played a part in Eric Dompierre's long battle to be able to play beyond his 19th birthday. But then came two state football championships in a row, and a new job as the head coach of the Hematite varsity basketball team. Click the above headline to read more.
Alex Briones scored 29 points to lead the Ishpeming Hematites to a 68-44 win over the Gladstone Braves Monday night in Gladstone. It was Ishpeming's season-opener after winning its second straight football state championship one month ago. Dave Dykowski led the Braves (1-4) with 13 points. Click the above headline for details.
