The UP Sports Hall of Fame 23-member council recently held their annual meeting and is announcing the 2027 class of ten new inductees into the Hall of Fame. Click the above headline to see the list.
Each year, the MHSAA provides information to its member schools to help them prepare for hot-weather practice and game conditions during the late summer and early fall. Practices for all Fall 2026 sports – cross country, field hockey, football, Lower Peninsula girls golf, boys soccer, Lower Peninsula girls swimming & diving, Lower Peninsula boys and Upper Peninsula girls tennis, and girls volleyball – may begin Monday, Aug. 10. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford American Legion Baseball team completed another big comeback on Sunday to win the Class A state tournament championship. The Greens, after being dumped into the loser's bracket by an illegal team in the first game of the tournament, battled back to win four games in the loser's bracket, including Sunday's 11-1 championship win over Breckenridge Post 295. Click the above heasdline for details, video highlights, audio interviews.
The Kingsford Greens American Legion Baseball team won three gmes in the loser's bracket this weekend in far southern Lower Michigan, and will now play for a state championship on Sunday. The Greens beat Breckenridge Post 295 n Saturday, 8-5, after beating Stevensville-Lakeshore (10-3) and Hudson (8-2) on Friday. The Greens bounced back after political drama that saw a team kicked out of the tournament Friday night. Click the above headline for details, videos, and interviews.
The American Legion Baseball Class A state tournament came to abrupt halt Friday night when one of the undefeated teams was declared to be ineligible and was kicked out of the six-team event at Adrian College. The North Branch WFM/Post 457 team, based out of Lapeer (near Flint), was kicked out of the state tournament for having players from far too many communities that exceeded the Michigan Class A state tournament rules. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Greens American Legion Baseball team made five errors and could not overcome those mistakes, and fell to North Branch, 5-2, at the Class A State Tournament in downstate Adrian. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Greens American Legion Baseball team will have the chance to defend the state championship it won last summer. The Greens blew past the Negaunee Senior Legion team, 12-1 and 9-2, to win the Upper Peninsula Zone Five championship Friday at Iron Town Field. The result sends the Greens to the Class A state tournament next week in downstate Adrian. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Junior Little League All-Stars (age 13-14) kept their season alive Thursday night with a dramatic 7-6 win over Kingsford in an elimination district tournament game in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Junior Little League All-Stars (age 13-14) scored eight runs in the first inning and cruised to a 13-3 win over the Gladstone All-Stars in the district tournament opener Wednesday night in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details, photos, and post-game interviews.
The Kingsford Major Little League All-Star baseball team (age 10-12) snatched victory from the jaws of defeat Thursday night to earn a trip to the state tournament. Kingsford was down to its final out in the bottom of the final inning, but managed to score five runs to stun Iron Mountain North, 10-9, to win the district championship. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and to hear interviews with Kingsford's Luca Cory and Harvey Ellis.
The Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion Baseball Tournament wrapped up on Sunday in Escanaba as Sheboygan completed a perfect weekend to take the trophy back home to Wisconsin. Sheboygan got Kingsford, 5-3, in the semifinal, and then blew past Marinette, 11-5, in the championship game. Three different Sheboygan players hit home runs during Sunday's two wins. Click the above headline for details.
The annual Gregg Johnson Memorial American Legion Baseball tournament wrapped up pool play late Saturday night after ten more games were played in Escanaba and in Wells Township. The tournament saw 20 pool play games since Friday morning, and the ten teams were reduced to four semifinalists for Sunday. The Kingsford Greens will join three Wisconsin teams in the final four. Click the above headline for details.
A ten-team American Legion Baseball tournament got under way Friday in Delta County. The Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament, which has been held every year for more than three decades, saw five games on the Escanaba Al Ness Field and five games on the Bay College field in Wells. Click the above headline for scores, details, and for Saturday's schedule and radio schedule.
The Escanaba High School baseball team was two outs away from having its season end on Friday, but sophomore Bryce Bichler came through with a bases-loaded double to give the Eskymos a dramatic 5-4 win over the Kingsford Flivvers in the Division Two district final. The Eskymos also rallied to beat Negaunee in the semifinals, 3-2. Click the above headline for details. (Nate Zaremba photo)
The Great Northern Conference baseball post-season awards were announced Wednesday night. The awards were voted on by the coaches from Marquette, Escanaba, Kingsford, Menominee, and Gladstone during in Marquette. Click the above heeadline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos baseball team scored eleven runs in the fourth inning to break a 0-0 tie Wednesday evening, and beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 11-0, in a mercy-shortened game at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, videos, post-game interviews.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Friday releeasesd its All-U.P. boys basketball teams. A group of 18 reporters from across the entire U.P. met earlier in the week in Marquette to make the selections. Westwood Patriots senior Ethan Marta was chosen as Mr. Basketball, along with being the Division 1-3 Player of the Year and member of the all-class Dream Team. Dollar Bay senior Liam Tourtillott was named the Division Four Player of the Year. Click the above headline to see all of the winners. (MHSAA Photo)
Eleven Upper Peninsula wrestlers reached the podium Saturday night after the MHSAA Individual Wrestling state finals wrapped up at Detroit's Ford Field. There were 22 wrestlers from across the UP competing at Ford Field. The top eight wrestlers in every weight class in the five divisions reach the winner's podium. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Flivvers overcame a great goaltending performance by Jackson Goudreau Tuesday night to beat the Manistique Emeralds, 2-0, in the MHSAA Division Three regional tournament opener at the Mountain View Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association high school hockey regional tournaments get started this week. All ten Upper Peninsula teams are in Division Three, broken down into two regioanals. Click the above headline for the schedules.
The Negaunee High School wrestling team won a Division Three district championship Wednesday night at Kingsford High School, marking just the second time in school history and the first time since 1991. The Miners eeked out a 42-41 win over the host Flivvers, and after Menominee took down Westwood, 39-30, in the other semifinal, Negaunee faced Menominee in the championship. The Miners beat the Maroons, 60-24, to advance to the MHSAA Team Regionals on Feb. 18 in Gladstone. Before that, the individual district tournament will be held this Saturday at Grayling High School. (Negaunee High School Photo)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association on Tuesday announced more opportunities for high school students to enter into “Name and Likeness” agreements, although it won't be a free-for-all like it is right now in college sports. The high school model will allow students to do appearances or social media promotions, for money, but there are strict guidelines, according to Escanaba Athletic Director Nate Zaremba. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team scored five goals in the first period and cruised to a 7-1 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Tuesday night at the Mountain View Ice Arena. The Eskymos wanted to rebound from last Saturday's 8-0 loss to defending state champion Flint Powers, as well as from a gut-wrenching down-to-the-wire loss to the third ranked Hartland Eagles. They accomplished that, led by captain Graham Johnson. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and to hear interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team cruised to a 4-1 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Friday night at the Wells Sports Complex, beating the Flivvers for the second time this season. Graham Johnson scored another hat trick, getting three more goals to give him 25 on the season, along with 14 assists. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Lizzie Taylor.
The Kingsford Flivvers hockey team beat the Marquette Sentinels for the first time since 2018 Tuesday night, posting a shocking 2-1 victory at the Mountain View Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details. (Breitung Township Schools photo)
The Kingsford High School volleyball team won a district championship Thursday night, but it sure wasn't easy. After a big escape from a deep hole in the semifinals on Wednesday, the Flivvers had to battle the Negaunee Miners into four sets before posting a 3-1 win at the Kingsford High School Gym. Click the above headline for details.
Nine Upper Peninsula high school football teams survived the first weekend of the playoffs, and will play some November games next weekend. Escanaba, Kingsford, Menominee, Bark River-Harris, and Iron Mountain are all alive in 11-player. Norway, North Dickinson, Pickford and Lake Linden-Hubbell are alive in eight-player. Click the above headline to see the schedules and Week One scores.
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 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.