The Kingsford Flivvers football team jumped to a big early lead and cruised to a 25-13 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night at the Marble Athletic Field. The game was played in Gladstone because major renovations at Flivver Field are not yet completed. Flivver senior quarterback Jack Kriegl, a Michigan Tech University recruit, rushed for a touchdown on the ground and threw two touchdown passes in the win. Kingsford's defense also scored four points on a pair of safeties.
The Escanaba High School football team rallied from eleven points down in the final quarter to beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 21-18, Thursday night, at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Brody Ison’s “jump-pass” to Alex Stolboerger for a touchdown put the Eskymos in the lead with three minutes left, and Keagan Braun's interception with 27 seconds left sealed the win.
The Kingsford Greens captured the American Legion Baseball Class A state championship on Sunday, beating Stevensville-Lakeshore on their own field, 8-4, in a winner-take-all contest. The Greens had lost to that team in a testy game earlier in the tournament, but picked up a 5-2 win on Saturday to force this Sunday baseball. This group of ten kids from Kingsford and Norway combined to form this team, after both high school squads had successful seasons. And now, they share a state championship trophy together.
The Kingsford Greens American Legion Baseball team opened Class A state tournament play on Thursday with a 9-5 victory over the Three Oaks Oakers in the far southwest Lower Michigan town of Stevensville. The Greens scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 5-5 tie in a game played under sweltering 90-degree heat that was amplified by the artificial turf on the field.
The Kingsford Minor Little League All-Stars (age 8-10) will be making a long trip to Lower Michigan later this month. The boys won the District Ten championship, 10-4, over Norway. Kingsford opens state tournament play on Saturday, Juiy 26, way down in Tecumseh.
It was a rough day Friday for the two Upper Peninsula teams playing at the Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion baseball tournament in Escanaba. Defensive mistakes and lack of timely hitting were the themes for the Escanaba Cubs and Kingsford Greens, as they both ended Friday's play without a victory. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School baseball team won its first-ever district championship on Friday, beating the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 9-1, and the Escanaba Eskymos, 7-1, at Escanaba's Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for video highlights and radio replays.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its list of the region’s top high school boys basketball teams, coaches, and players. A group of 18 reporters from every corner of the U.P. met at Northern Michigan University on Monday to come up with the awards list. The list was released Friday night. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team beat the Kingsford Flivvers Saturday night, posting a 5-2 victory that looks much wider on the scoreboard than it actually was on the ice. Click the above headline fof details. (Lizzie Taylor photos, videos).
Escanaba Eskymos scored three goals in the first period and coasted past the Kingsford Flivvers, 4-1, in high school hockey action Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Complex Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interveiws.
The Escanaba High School hockey team cut through the fog, and cut through the Kingsford Flivvers, 9-0, in the season opener Tuesday night in the warm, moist Mountain View Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
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 Kingsford High School football team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 42-0 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night in Gladstone. The Braves played after losing three key starters to season-ending injuries the week before. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) opened district tournament play Friday night with a resounding 18-3 win over Escanaba at the Quinnesec Field. The Kingsford boys took advantage of multiple walks, errors, and wild pitches, to easily advance to the second round against Schaffer. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team lost two more tight games on Saturday, falling to the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-2, and to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 4-0, in a rain-shortened game at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Kingsford High School baseball team won a Great Northern Conference game for the second straight night Wednesday night, taking out the Escanaba Eskymos, 9-1, at Al Ness Field. The win follows a 6-2 win over Marquette the night before, putting the Flivvers in the early driver's seat in the GNC conference race. Click the above headline for details.
The North-South High School Hockey Showcase wrapped up Saturday in snowbound Traverse City, with three Upper Peninsula teams in action. And there was extra hockey for all three U.P. teams as Escanaba, Kingsford, and Marquette playing overtime. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team snapped a four-game losing streak Thursday night with a 4-2 win over the Kingsford Flivvers at the Mountain View Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team picked up its first win of the season Tuesday night, beating the Kingsford Flivvers, 7-2, in a battle of two depleted hockey teams. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and radio interviews.
The Upper Peninsuila Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its All-UP high school volleyball teams on Monday. Kingsford's Maddy Kreider was named Ms. Volleyball as the U.P.'s top player, and was the D1-3 Defensive Player of the Year. Manistique's Ella Schuetter was named the D1-3 Offensive Player of the Year. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswiters and Sportscasters Association on Thursday released its All-U.P. football players for the 11-man division. Click the above headline for details
The soccer season came to an end for the Kingsford Flivvers late Tuesday night in Gaylord, as the Flivvers couldn't hold a 2-0 lead and lost at the very end of regulation time to the Fremont Packers, 3-2, in Gaylord. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School soccer team is preparing for the biggest game in school history on Tuesday, when the Flivvers head downstate to face Fremont in the MHSAA Division Three regional semifinals. Click the above headline for details. (Coleton Mihelich photo)
The Kingsford High School volleyball team moved to within one win of the outright Great Northern Conference championship with a 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night. The scores were 25-16, 25-16, and 25-15. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, interviews, and other Upper Peninsula scores.
The Kingsford Flivvers beat the Marquette Redmen, 2-1, in an intense boys soccer title game to win the Upper Peninsula championship. The match went past regulation time tied at 1-1, and after overtime solved nothing, it went to penalty kicks to decide it. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Soccer Photo)
Eli Rouse ran for 215 yards and three touchdowns, and the Kingsford Flivvers rolled past the Gladstone Braves, 35-12, in a battle of unbeaten teams Friday night, at Flivver Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The St. Norbert College football team opened its season on Saturday with a 23-7 win over Ripon College. The Green Knights roster includes eleven players from the Upper Peninsula, and three of them saw action in the victory. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews with nine of the Yoopers.
The Escanaba High School baseball team beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 1-0, in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals on Friday, but lost a heartbreaker to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 6-5, in nine innings, in the title game. Click the above headline for details.
The Houghton High School boys golf team cruised to a repeat of its 2022 MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division One championship on Wednesday, while a newcomer “came out of nowhere” to win individual medalist honors. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
