The Forest Park High School volleyball team had its great season come to an end on Thursday with a 3-2 loss to the Fowler Eagles in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinal match at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. Click the above headline for details. (Photo courtesy of MHSAA)
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.
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 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 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 Forest Park Trojans and Rapid River Rockets pulled off playoff surprises Friday night as the post-season began. The Trojans stunned top-seeded North Central, 36-24, while the Rockets turned back the favored Engadine Eagles, 20-18, in Engadine. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos from the Trojans-Jets game.
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 Escanaba Cubs and Gladstone Indians have started the 2016 American Legion Baseball season, just days after the end of the high school season. The Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament has seven teams this time. Escanaba and Gladstone both won on Friday, after the Cubs beat the Indians Thursday. Click the above headline for scores.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team fell to Ashland, 68-54, in the GLIAC tournament quarterfinals Tuesday night at Kates Gymnasium in Ohio. Click the above headline to read game details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
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 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 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.
