The Escanaba High School boys basketball team won its home opener Monday night, turning back the Norway Knights, 50-36, in a defensive battle. It was the first varsity win for new head coach Jake Berlinksi, who became the third EHS head coach in three seasons for three seasons. Click the above headline to read details, to see photos and videos, and to hear post-game comments.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Wednesday released its All U.P. Eight-Man football award winners. Norway High School senior quarterback Owen Baij was named to the Dream Team, was picked as Offensive Player of the Year, and was named Mr. Football as the U.P.'s top overall player. Click the above headline to see the entire list of winners.
The Norway High School volleyball team won a district championship Thursday night, beating the North Dickinson Nordics in a four-set match. The Nordics won the first set, 25-21, before the Knights took the next three. 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 fall season is underway for 1,042 student athletes on 76 high schools teams participating in the Michigan State High School Clay Target League programs. The MISHSCTL is a part of the USA Clay Target League, which provides clay target shooting sports as an extracurricular activity to thousands of schools nationwide. There are two Upper Peninsula high school teams with students taking part in these actitivies: Escanaba and Norway High Schools.
The Norway High School boys basketball team took care of business in their next-to-last game of the regular season Monday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 75-53, in Bark River. Bryce Adams knocked down eight triples and scored 28 points, and Mason Trudeau added 21 points. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone Indians and Escanaba Cubs turned in another white-knuckle performance on Saturday in the semifinals of the Upper Peninsula Zone Five Tournament at Al Ness Field. The Indians won in extra innings, 3-2, while the Eastern UP Wood Ducks outlasted Norway in the other semifinal, 7-5. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway Vikings American Legion Baseball team defeated the Gladstone Indians, 7-2, Friday night to wrap up a perfect 3-0 record in pool play at the Zone Five Tournament in Gladstone. Both teams advance to Saturday's semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
It was another Escanaba vs Norway baseball battle that went right down to the wire, and then some. The Escanaba Cubs and Norway Vikings met Wednesday night at Mike Maule Field, with the Cubs winning in extra innings, 6-4. Click the above headline for details, and to hear the radio broadcast of the game. (Kimberly Erickson photo)
The Norway Vikings American Legion Baseball team opened its play in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament on Friday with a pair of wins over UP teams, 13-2, over the Eastern U.P. Wood Ducks, and 7-4, over the Copper Country Flames. Click the above headline for details.
The Norwy Vikings American Legion Baseball team scored seven unanswered runs in the final three innings to rally from a 7-1 deficit and stun the Escanaba Cubs, 8-7, Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Norway Knights baseball team ran into the defending state champions and a dominating pitcher on Saturday, and its dream season came to an end with a 10-0 loss to the Beal City Aggies in the MHSAA Division Four state title game at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA photo)
The Norway Knights baseball team advanced to the state championship game for the first time in school history on Friday with a dramatic 3-2 win over Marine City Cardinal Mooney at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway High School baseball team had its biggest day in program history on Saturday, winning a regional championship, and then dominating the quarterfinal game to advance to the state finals at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway High School baseball team battled several rain delays, and then beat a tough Painesdale-Jeffers Jets team in come-from-behind fasion, 4-3, in the MHSAA Division Four Regional Semifinal at Norway's Marion Park. Click the above headline for details.
Lenny Peacock and Alex Ortman hooked up in an old-fashioned pitcher's duel Thursday night as the Escanaba Eskymos and Norway Knights played another tight baseball game. Escanaba won the game, 1-0, as Peacock struck out ten batters and allowed two hits. Ortman threw a one-hitter, but three walks in the first inning hurt him. Click the above headline for details.
Norway High School senior Alex Ortman has signed his National Letter of Intent to play two sports, baseball and basketball, at Galludet University in Washington, D.C. Click the above headline to read more about his big decision.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team played its first home game of the season on Monday, and the Eskymos went down to the wire with the Norway Knights, pulling out a 69-65 win in an entertaining contest before a large crowd. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Wednesday released its All-U.P. football awards for the Eight-Man divisions. A group of 21 reporters from across the Upper Peninsula spent several hours during a meeting at Northern Michigan University to come up with this list. Click the above headline to see the award winners.
They didn't do it the easy way, but the Norway Knights football team finally slay the dragon Thursday night in a rivalry match-up with the North Central Jets. Norway fell behind, 14-0, but rallied to win, 32-26. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
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.
The Norway High School football team opened its season Thursday night with a 54-34 loss to the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes in Norway. The Knights fell behind early, battled back several times, but couldn't get over the hump in losing the first of two match-ups between the teams. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
The Norway High School football team has one of its most veteran set of guys in years, and are looking to finally get past North Central and make a deep playoff push. Click the above headline for details, practice photos and videos, and player/coach interviews.
The Marquette Reds American Legion Baseball team won the Junior Association championship on Sunday, winning a war against Norway, 2-1, in the semifinals, and then rolling over Kingsford, 12-0, in the championship game. Click the above headline for photos, videos, listen to interviews, and how some Marquette players broadcasted the game.
Alex Ortman struck out eleven batters and pitched a complete game as the Norway Vikings American Legion Baseball team rallied from a 4-0 deficit to beat the Marquette Blues, 5-4, Wednesday night in Norway. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The third time was the charm for the Niagara American Legion Baseball team on Sunday as they pulled out a 5-2 win over the Norway Vikings in the championship game of the Felch Tournament. Norway had defeated Niagara in each of the last two meetings in the past seven days, both on walk-offs. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway Vikings American Legion Baseball team won a pair of games on Saturday, beating the Copper Country Flames, 6-4, and then rallying for a walk-off win over Niagara, 4-3, at the Felch Holiday Tournament at historic Felch Field. Click the above headline for details.
In a battle of a couple of shorthanded teams, the Gladstone Indians slipped past the Norway Vikings, 4-2, in American Legion Baseball action Wednesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Escanaba Cubs American Legion Baseball team wrapped up its play in the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament late Saturday night with a 4-1 win over the Norway Vikings at Al Ness Field. The result came after the Cubs lost earlier in the day to DePere, 7-3. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
-The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team played four tight games at the Gregg Johnson Memorial Tournament this weekend, and ended up losing three of them. The result means Gladstone will not advance to the semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
