The Escanaba High School hockey team wrapped up a successful weekend on home ice Saturday with a 5-1 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils at the Wells Sports Complex. The Eskymos improved to 12-4-0 on the season, and are gearing up to face two of the best teams in all of Michigan next weekend. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Lizzie Taylor.
Lake Superior State University Athletics in association with the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario is pleased to announce that LSSU’s NCAA Division I men’s hockey team will host the 2nd Superior Ice Showdown on January 23, 2026. This year’s event will include a Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season game against University of St. Thomas Tommies at the GFL Memorial Gardens. LSSU is proud to bring NCAA Hockey to its sister city of Sault Ontario for a celebration of hockey internationally. (LSSU Athletics/Matt Pocket)
The Post 44 Reds 15u baseball team won two tight games on Sunday to take the state championship of the newly-formed Michigan Vetarans Baseball league, 3-2 and 4-3 over the Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) Black Sox. The games were moved to Marquette's Haley Field after heavy rains caused flooding at the tournament site in Felch.
It was a night to remember for a Brimley High School graduate as the Eastern U.P. Wood Ducks American Legion baseball team battled the Post 44 Legion Blues out of Marquette Thursday night in Escanaba. LeBlanc threw his first-ever no-hitter as the Wood Ducks eeked out a 2-0 win to stay alive in the Zone Five U.P. Finals. 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 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 Gladstone High School wrestling team won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday in Marquette, with three boys winning U.P. Championships and four others finishing as runners-up. Iron Mountain was second on the team scoreboard, winning five individual titles. Click the above headline for all of the results, and to see photos.
The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils and Escanaba Eskymos hooked up in an intense, marathon volleyball match Wednesday night in Escanaba. The Eskymos won the first two sets on Senior Night, but the Blue Devils rallied to take the next three sets to win, 3-2. Click the above headline for pictures and videos, and interviews with both coaches.
The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devil football team dominated the line of scrimmage and rolled up 400 rushing yards in beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 46-19, in the season-opener for both teams Thursday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
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.
The Iron Mountain Golds, Copper Country Flames, and Marinette Legion baseball teams all went 2-0 on the first day of the Gregg Johnson Memorial tournament on a windy Friday in Delta County. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Kingsford Flivvers and Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils played a classic baseball game Tuesday to open the MHSAA Division Two district tournament. It went extra innings with the Blue Devils surviving, 3-2. Click the above headline for details. (Soo Baseball Photos)
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team shook off a poor shooting night and slipped past the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 41-29, in the MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal Monday night in Manistique. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Sault Ste. Marie High School girls basketball team led from wire to wire Monday night in beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 58-43, with three players scoring in double figures. Sault also won, 54-44, in the Soo back in December. Click the above headline for details.
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 Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils defeated the Houghton Gremlins, 2-0, on Saturday, to win the championship of the eight-team Escanaba Elks Invitational. The scores were 26-24, 25-15. Click the above headline to see all scores, and photos and videos.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released the 2019 U.P. High School Football Teams. Click the above headline to see who was honored.
The Gladstone Braves snapped a three-game losing streak Friday night with a 20-8 win over Sault Ste. Marie on Homecoming. The Braves kept their playoff hopes alive with the win. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
The baseball season ended Tuesday for the Escanaba Eskymos as the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils got strong pitching, perfect defense, and timely hitting to post a 3-1 victory in the MHSAA Division District Two tournament opener in Petoskey. Click the above headline to read game details and to see photos taken by Sandi Young.
The Gladstone Braves got strong pitching performances from Carson Shea and Zac Hanson and turned back the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 3-0 and 11-3, Friday in Gladstone. Jared Crow brought in all three runs in the opener. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone High School football team qualified for the state playoffs for the first time in a decade Friday with a 13-0 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils on Braves Homecoming. The game was scoreless until the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos shot by Scott Balenger.
The Gladstone High School baseball team swept both ends of a doubleheader from the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 11-0 and 3-1, Friday at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos taken by Nate Belleville.
Garth Wickham lit the lamp for the 21st time this season, but the Escanaba Eskymos lost in Sault Ste. Marie, 2-1, Thursday night. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School wrestling team beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 63-15, to win a Division Two district championship Wednesday in Escanaba. The Redmen beat Sault Ste. Marie, 57-19, in the semifinals. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The voting for Kraft's Hockeyville campaign continues this week as Sault Ste. Marie's Pullar stadium has been named one of the final four finalists from thousands of applicants throughout the nation. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association on Monday announced Classification changes for the 2015-16 school year, based on school enrollment figures. St. Ignace will move from Class D to Class C, while Sault Ste. Marie drops from Class A to Class B. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Sault Ste. Marie High School hockey team lost in the Division Three state championship game for the second straight year on Saturday, falling to the Farmington Falcons, 2-1, at CompuWare Arena in Plymouth. Click the above headline for details.
The Sault Ste. Marie High School hockey team ran into a powerhouse squad Saturday at the MHSAA Hockey State Finals in downstate Plymouth. The Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Cranes beat the Blue Devils, 4-2, in the Division Three state championship game. Click the above headline to read the game story.
