The track at Munising High School collapsed Monday night after heavy weekend thunderstorms weakened the structure. The track is now off-limits to the public, and this Friday's popular "under the lights" meet has been cancelled. Click the above headline for details.
Three Upper Peninsula high school students were named as winners of the MHSAA Scholar Athlete award on Tuesday. Dayne Behning and Trevor Nolan of Munising, and Josh Gaunt of Dollar Bay, were among the 32 statewide winners. Click the above headline for details.
Munising High School junior Trevor Nolan scored a school record 44 points and crossed the 1,000 point mark for his Mustangs career after an 84-46 win over Rapid River Tuesday night. Click the above headline for details, and to hear from Nolan.
The Munising Mustang wrestling team competed in the Bridge Brawl in Sault Ste. Marie on Friday, going 5-0 in the tournament. All of the Mustangs points throughout the day-long event either came on pins, or on opponet forfeits. Click the above headline for details, photos.
Classifications for Michigan High School Athletic Association elections and postseason tournaments for the 2023-24 school year have been announced, with enrollment breaks for postseason tournaments. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Friday released its 2022-23 All-U.P. boys basketball teams, and the state champion Munising Mustangs cleaned up on awards. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
The Munising High School boys basketball team captured the first state championship in school history on Saturday, beating defending state champion Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian, 39-37, at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline to read details.
The Munising High School boys basketball team continues to make history. THe Mustangs beat Marine City Cardinal Mooney, 55-44, in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinal game Thursday night in East Lansing. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Munising High School boys basketball team is headed to the state semifinals after winning a heavyweight battle against the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets, 52-43, Tuesday night at Negaunee High School. Click the above headline for photos, videos, post-game interviews.
The Munising High School boys basketball team won the school's first regional championship since 1954 Wednesday night with a suffocating defensive performance in a 60-28 win over the Mackinaw City Comets in Newberry. Click the above headline for details.
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 Upper Peninsula will be well-represented next month at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Individual state finals at Ford Field in Detroit. The results from the individual regional tournaments on Saturday around northern Michigan ended with 28 UP Wrestlers qualifying. Click the above headline for details, photos.
The Munising High School boys basketball team owned the paint Tuesday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 78-43, in Bark River. The Mustangs had four players score in double figures, led by Cully Trzeciak's 20 points. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
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 Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its weekly poll Tuesday morning, and it shows no change from the past week's ballot, with Negaunee and North Central holding down top spots entering the regular season's final weekend. Gladstone and Munising are second in the respective polls. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School Baseball team rolled to the MHSAA Division Three district championship on Friday, beating Superior Central, 12-2, in the semifinals, and topping Newberry, 15-0, in the finals. Click the above headline for details.
The Munising High School boys basketball team rolled to a MHSAA district championship Friday night, avenging last year's upset loss to the Rapid River Rockets by winning this time, 60-25, in Munising. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Bark River-Harris wrestling team won twice at a quad meet on their home mat Thursday, beating Munising, 60-24, and Kingsford 59-24. Kingsford defeated Gwinn 39-0 and Munising defeated Gwinn 42-6 in the other matches. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School football team lost by one point for the third time this season Friday night, falling to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 15-14, at the Marble Athletic Field. Cole Hawker kicked three field goals, including the game-winner with 31.1 seconds left, and the Braves threw two interceptions in the red zone to stop scoring drives. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos played their first match in two weeks Tuesday night. It too a while to shake off the rust before the Broncos recovered to turn back the Munising Mustangs, 3-0, in Harris. The scores were 26-24, 25-18, 25-13. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Superior Central Cougars scored seven runs in the top of the eleventh inning to beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 10-3, on Wednesday. It is believed to be the longest game in both schools' history, and it lasted three hours and 29 minutes. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Munising High School boys basketball team built an 18-point lead in the fourth quarter and held off the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 60-51, Tuesday night in Harris. It was the first loss of the year for BR-H. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Bark River-Harris High School girls basketball team used a big second quarter to roll past the Munising Mustangs, 50-31, Tuesday night in Harris. The Broncos led by as many as 30 points. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips.
The Gladstone Braves and Munising Mustangs played to a 4-4 tie on Thursday in the Braves' final match on the home court of Pfotenhauer Park. The Mustangs were without their #1 singles player due to track regionals. Also Thursday, Escanaba won at Menominee, 7-1. Click the above headline for details, and photos from Gladstone.
The North Central High School boys basketball team had nine players score en route to a 72-56 win over the Munising Mustangs Tuesday in Powers. The Mustangs also played Monday night against Carney-Nadeau. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Munising High School girls volleyball team lost to the Fowler Eagles in the Class D state semifinals, 3-0, Thursday afternoon at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. The scores were 25-21, 25-18, and 25-11. Click the above headline to read details.
The Munising High School volleyball team won a volleyball district championship Thursday night, beating Rapid River, 3-0, in Rapid River. The scores were 25-20, 25-16, and 25-20. Kianne Wendt led the Mustangs with 21 kills. Marissa Ackerman had 14 digs, and Emily Contreras led in assists with 26. Westwood also won its district on Thursday.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has released the classifications for the next school year, used in basketball and volleyball post-season tournaments. Munising and Rudyard moved down from Class C to Class D, while Houghton moved from Class B to Class C. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: Houghton girls basketball)
The Munising Mustangs won the Skyline Conference Track Championship for both the boys and girls on Friday in Felch. Rapid River was second. Click the above headline for details.
The Munising Mustangs, Newberry Indians, and Rudyard Bulldogs are moving from Class D to Class C for basketball and volleyball, the Michigan High School Athletic Association announced this week. It's due to the schools being just above the enrollment cutoff between the Classes C and D. Click the above headline to read the details.
