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 Escanaba High School baseball team picked up two wins on Saturday as the Eskymos hosted a triangular with Negaunee and Rudyard. Click the above headline for details.
The Rudyard High School football team rolled past the Rapid River Rockets, 63-0, Friday night in Rapid River. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association held its All-Star games Monday at the home of the Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park. Escanaba's Jared Hanson and Rudyard's EJ Suggitt played in the games. Click the above headline for details.
The Rudyard High School baseball team rallied from a 4-0 deficit late in its state semifinal game against the Riverview Gabriel Richard Pioneers, before a nightmare seventh inning turned the game against the Bulldogs in an 10-3 loss. Click the above headline for details.
The Rudyard Bulldogs advance to the Division Four Super Regional with a 3-0 win over Indian River Inland Lakes on Wednesday. Click the above headline for details.
The Associated Press has released its All-State boys basketball teams. There were nine U.P. players recognized, and the Menominee and Ewen-Trout Creek coaches were named Michigan Coach of the Year in their respective divisions. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced its All-U.P. football awards Monday night, and the North Central Jets swept all of the major awards, including Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year. Click the above headline to see all of the award winnes.
The Rudyard High School softball team rallied from a 7-1 deficit to beat Holton in a dramatic state semifinal game Friday at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. (MHSAA Photo)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has released the classifications for the next school year, used in basketball and volleyball post-season tournaments. Munising and Rudyard moved down from Class C to Class D, while Houghton moved from Class B to Class C. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: Houghton girls basketball)
The Rudyard High School baseball team played in yet another low-scoring game, but this time, came up a run short. The Bulldogs lost to Centreville, 2-1, in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinal Friday afternoon at Michigan State University.
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The Escanaba High School baseball team improved to 4-0 on the season Friday by turning back the Rudyard Bulldogs, 9-0 and 9-4, at Al Ness Field.
David Falish came within two outs of getting a no-hitter in the opener, settling for a two-hitter with nine strikeouts. Devin Olsen won his Eskymo pitching debut in the nightcap, allowing two runs over four innings.
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