National Signing Day on Wednesday saw five Marquette Senior High School athletes put pen to paper and sign with the Northern Michigan Wildcats football team. Brady Audette, Pierce Pittsley, Bodi Bennett, Jacob Norman, and Pavel McCutheon all signed with new NMU Coach Matt Janus. In Menominee, Tanner Theurekauf and Nate Komp off the state champion Maroons signed with NMU. Click the above headline for details.
Two members of the state champion Menominee High School football team have committed to play for the Northern Michigan University Wildcats. Maroons quarterback Tanner Theuerkauf was selected Mister UP Football in his senior season and he says he is ready to join his older brother Trevor to play for new NMU Coach Matt Janus. And receiver Nate Komp is also headed to the Dome. Click the above headline for details.
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 latest match-up between the Menominee Maroons and Marinette Marines boys basketball teams Saturday night went the same way most recent M&M games have gone: into the Menominee win column. The Maroons won their tenth straight game, beating the Marines for the second time this season, 92-67. Tanner Theurkauf led the Maroons with 23 points, all but one of them in the second half. Kaden Ducane had 20 points ane eight rebounds for the Marines. Menominee improved to 10-1 on the season while Marinette fell to 4-11.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team got off to a slow start Tuesday night at the Border Battle in Menominee, but the Braves clamped down on defense in the second half to beat the Marinette Marines, 41-28. In Tuesday's second game, Menominee crushed the Green Bay West Wildcats, 90-52, as Tanner Theuerkauf scored 29 points. Click the above headline for details and interviews.
The Menominee High School football team on Sunday erased the pain of a heartbreaking 2023 state championship loss by crushing the Schoolcraft Eagles, 34-6, to win the 2025 MHSAA Division Seven state championship at Ford Field in Detroit. The Maroons scored touchdowns in all four quarters, with senior running back Clayton Miller getting three of them. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA photo)
The Menominee Maroons scored three straight touchdowns in the fourth quarter to stun the Pewamo-Westphalia Pirates, 32-28, in the MHSAA Division Seven state semifinal on Saturday. The Maroons punch their ticket to the state championship game next weekend at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for all of the game details.
-The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its 2025 All-UP football teams. A group of 19 reporters from every corner of the UP voted on the best-of-the-best during a meeting at Northern Michigan University. Menominee standout quarterback Tanner Theuerkauf led the way in the voting by being an unanimous pick for Dream Team quarterback, Offensive Player of the Year, and as Mr. Football for the regioin's best overall player. Click the above headline for more.
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 Menominee High School football team scored four touchdowns in the first quarter and never looked back Friday night, blowing out the Gladstone Braves, 61-6, on Maroons Homecoming at Blesch Stadium. Senior quarterback Tanner Theuerkauf threw three touchdown passes, all of them to fellow senior Landen Daigneau, to help the Maroons jump to a 27-0 lead before the first quarter was over.
The Post 44 White Diamonds from Marquette County completed their journey through the loser's bracket Sunday by beating the Menominee Red Wave, 7-6, in eight innings, to win the 17-and-under state championship of the new Michigan Veterans Baseball league.
Cooper Curtis fired the most bizarre no-hitter you will ever see in American Legion Baseball on Saturday as the Escanaba Cubs beat the Menominee Red Wave, 8-0, in the second game of the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette, Wis. Click the above headline for details.
Tanner Theuerkauf threw two touchdwn passes and ran in two more scores as the top-ranked Menominee Maroons stayed undefeated with a 49-7 win over the Gladstone Braves on Braves Homecoming Friday night. Click the above headline for photos, videos, 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 Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team salvaged the final game of the Marinette Firecracker Tournament on Sunday, beating the Menominee Red Wave, 14-4, in six innings, in the tournament's seventh place game. Click the above headline for details.
It was a long day for the Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team on Saturday, but it was a successful one, as the Cubs won three games to advance to the championship game of the Firecracker Tournament in Marinette. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team pounded out 18 base hits Tuesday evening, with six different guys getting two hits apiece, and the Braves beat the Menominee Maroons, 16-2, in the MHSAA Division Three district tournament opener at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by GHS student Jayger Quinn.
The Menominee Maroons football team fought hard on Sunday against heavily-favored Jackson Lumen Christi in the MHSAA Division Seven state championship game, but lost, 34-30, in an entertaining, back-and-forth contest at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for the details, and to listen back to the Maroons radio broadcast.
The Maroons won their sixth straight game Friday night as Landan Bardowski rushed for four touchdowns and Trevor Theuerkauf passed for two more scores in a 44-26 win over the Gladstone Braves. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone High School baseball team cruised to two wins over the Menominee Maroons, 17-0 and 7-0, at the Gladstone Sports Park. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to listen to post-game interviews.
Six Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers will go for state championships on Saturday at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's individual championships at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos wrestling team hosted a quad meet Monday night inside the “other” half of the program's co-op: North Central High School. The match was moved from the original site, Menominee, which has not had any classes or sporting events in its school all year long due to mold damage. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team improved to 12-0 on the season with a 62-46 win over the Menominee Maroons Monday night. The Eskymos led by as many as 27 points in the game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Great Northern Conference football awards have been announced. They were voted on by the coaches from Escanaba, Gladstone, Marquette, Menominee, and Kingsford High Schools. Click the above headline to see the list of winners.
The Upper Peninsula football weekend got underway with junior varsity games Thursday night, and the Gladstone Braves used a potent aerial attack to win their home opener. Click the above headline for details, photos and video highlights.
The American Legion Zone 5 Tournament continued on Friday as eight games took place in Gladstone and Escanaba. Marquette, Escanaba, Copper Country, and Gladstone advanced to the semifinal game. Click the above headline for more details.
The Zone Five American Legion Tournament got underway on Thursday as Gladstone defeated Iron Mountain 11-4, Escanaba beat Eastern UP 10-6, Marquette rolled Ishpeming 17-4, and Copper Country escaped 6-5 against Menominee. Click the above headline for details.
Travis Mack threw a complete-game two hitter as the Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team whipped the Menominee Red Wave, 10-1, Thursday at Spies Field. The Indians won their second straight game after losing seven in a row. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Cubs and Menominee Red Wave finished their road trip on Sunday with single games in Sault Ste. Marie, after each team played three games in Gaylord. Menominee ended up with a win while Escanaba took a loss. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba Cubs, Menominee Red Wave, Gaylord Post 180, and Northern Michigan Patriots American Legion baseball teams did battle on Saturday in Gaylord. Click the above headline for more details.
