The Gladstone Indians scored five runs in the fourth inning to break open a close game and beat the Bark River Bucs, 13-6, Tuesday night in Bark River. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights taken by Laura Lamberg. (Pictured: Bark River's Zach Englund is tagged out at the plate by Gladstone's Cole Hansen)
Escanaba Eskymo Logan Carroll scored a touchdown on the ground and Bark River-Harris Bronco Ryan Arndt caught a TD pass as Team Black defeated Team Red, 14-7, in the Upper Peninsula High School Football All-Star Game Saturday in Marquette. BR-H Coach Al Stenberg was the winning coach. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bark River Bucs American Legion Baseball team paid back the Escanaba Cubs in a big way on Monday, 16-0, in seven innings, at Al Ness Field. The Cubs had stunned the Bucs in a nine-inning marathon game late Saturday night. Click the above headline foe details.
Noah Lancour's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Escanaba Cubs surprise the Bark River Bucs, 9-8, in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament late Saturday night. The result sent Gladstone into the tournament semifinals after Ben Kelly fired a one-hitter to lead Gladstone past Marquette, 1-0, earlier in the day. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
Nothing went according to script on Friday as the Division Four baseball district tournament was held in Norway. The North Central Jets upset the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 9-4, and then the Stephenson Eagles pulled an even bigger surprise, 4-2, over the host Norway Knights. Then the Jets won their first-ever baseball district, 14-4, over Stephenson. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, video highlights.
Grant LaMarche hit a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 3-2 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Monday at Al Ness Field. The Eskymos had carried a 2-0 lead into the late innings as Escanaba's Noah Lancour and BR-H's Ryan Arndt both pitched well. Kadin Mustafa was able to work out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning, but the Eskymos got the winner in the ninth. It was LaMarche's second walk-off hit of the season, and the Eskymos avenged an earlier 5-0 loss to the Broncos.
Payton Thompson hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning to help the Norway Knights beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 6-4, in the second game of a doubleheader on Monday. The Broncos won the opener, 7-1. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The North Central Jets outlasted the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 11-9, in an error-filled baseball game on Monday in Bark River. The second game of the twinbill ended in a 5-5 tie. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the opener.
The Bark River-Harris High School softball team swept the Stephenson Eagles, 8-1 and 15-5, Monday afternoon in Bark River. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Bark River-Harris High School baseball team split a pair of games on Saturday at the Escanaba Invitational. The Broncos lost to Sault Ste. Marie, 6-1, in the opener. It was the first setback of the season fo BR-H. Sam Hall took the loss on the mound. In the afternoon game, the Broncos rolled past mistake-prone Kingsford, 14-0, in five innings. Brad Vandermissen pitched the Broncos to the win. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos beat the Escanaba Eskymos for the first time in the four-year history of the BR-H baseball program Monday, 5-0, in Bark River. Ryan Arndt threw six innings of two-hit ball and Matt Richer had three hits to lead BR-H. Click the above headline for details, photos, and listen to post-game interviews.
Bark River-Harris High School senior Ryan Arndt officially signed this afternoon to attend Bay College and play basketball next year for the Norse. Arndt was a first team Class D All-U.P. selection this season. Click the above headline for more details.
The Upper Peninsula boys high school basketball post-season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see schedules and scores for U.P. teams.
The 2018 Upper Peninsula high school girls basketball post-season has come to an end. Click the above headline to see the of the season's results.
The MHSAA individual wrestling districts were held on Saturday, and Delta County boys did well as the Escanaba Eskymos' Scout Wunder and Hunter Larson won championships in Division Two, and Gladstone's Jared Demeuse and Brody Sanville pulled upsets in Division Three. Click the above headline for details. (Jackie Demeuse photo)
Ryan Arndt scored 32 points to lead the Bark River-Harris Broncos to a 85-45 win over the North Dickinson Nordics Friday night in Harris. He had seven triples in the game and became the fourth Bronco in school history to cross the 1,000-point mark in his career. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team trailed by as many as seven points, but rallied to beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 71-61, Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
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 Norway Knights outscored the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 23-8, in the third quarter and rolled to a 64-41 win Friday night in Harris. Connor Ortman scored 26 points to lead the Knights. Click the above headline for details, see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team won the Elks Invitational championship for the first time since 2012 on Saturday as eight boys made the finals, with three taking first place. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, video highlights.
The Carney-Nadeau High School boys basketball team used strong defense instead of the usual three-point basket to beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 56-47, Thursday night in Carney. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos boys basketball team scored 57 points in the first half and rolled to an 85-44 win over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Friday night in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos girls basketball team jumped to a big early lead and never looked back Thursday, posting a 69-31 win over the Norway Knights in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Rapid River High School boys basketball team won its third straight game Monday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 47-33, in Harris. The Rockets got 16 points from Logan Hardwick. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Bark River-Harris High School girls basketball team trailed entering the fourth quarter Friday night, but made big plays down the stretch to beat the North Dickinson Nordics, 63-58. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights.
The high school football season is coming to an end. Click the above headline to see all of the Upper Peninsula's regular season and playoff scores.
Bark River-Harris High School senior Logan Heim has signed NJCAA Letter of Intent to play baseball at Lake Land College in in Mattoon, Illinois. Heim was a catcher and shortstop for the BR-H Broncos. Click the above headline for details and pictures.
The Mid-Eastern Football Conference announced its All-Conference team, as voted on by the league's coaches. The Bark River-Harris Broncos had six players picked to the First Team, including Ryan Arndt (pictured) and Mike Hall, who made it on both offense and defense. Click the above headline for the list of All-Conference winners.
The Carney-Nadeau Wolves beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 3-0, in high school volleyball Thursday night in Harris. It was the BR-H "pink" match for breast cancer awareness, and was played in memory of Sue Jorasz, who lost her battle with the disease just last weekend. Click the above headline for more details, and to see photos, videos.
The Bark River-Harris High School volleyball team rallied from two games down to beat the North Central Jets, 3-2, Monday night in Powers. The Broncos won the fifth game, 15-8. BR-H hosts its "Pink Out" match on Thursday. Also on Monday, Superior Central topped Mid Peninsula, 3-1, and Manistique beat Newberry, 3-1.