Escanaba High School graduate Levi Wunder was selected in the first round of the North American Hockey League draft by the Lone Star Brahmas of North Richland, Texas. Wunder played his first season of juniors in Canada. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball program will have a new head coach for the first time in more than a decade with the hiring of Eric Lundin. Click the above headline for more details. Pictured: Lundin, right, in the girls huddle last season.
The Big Bay deNoc School will hold a 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday, May 21, at the school in Garden Corners. It's for both boys and girls, grades 5-12. The money raised will support the Big Bay deNoc High School basketball programs. The entry cost is $75 per team. Register at www.facebook/bigbay3on3 or call 644-2150.
The Gold Medal Basketball Classic came to an end Sunday night as nine champions were crowned in Hermansville. Click the above headline to see who won, and to see photos.
Gladstone High School 130-pounder Adam Bruce won four matches Sunday to win the championship at the National United Wrestling Association for Youth in downstate Battle Creek. Click the above headline to read all of the details, and hear an interview with Bruce.
The Escanaba Eskymo hockey team is being recognized for its work outside of the hockey rink. The team has been named Academic All-State by the Michigan Hockey Coach's Association. Senior Jack Williams was led the way. Click the above headline for the details.
Two dozen youth wrestlers from Delta County competed in the Michigan Youth Wrestling Association state tournament last weekend in Battle Creek. Six kids from Escanaba and three from Gladstone "placed" in their weight classes. Click the above headline for the list.
The Marquette Sentinels girls hockey team had their season come to an end on Saturday with a 5-0 loss to Team South Dakota at the USA Hockey U-19 national tournament in Vermont. The girls finish ninth out of 12 teams there. Click the above headline for details. Pictured: the Marquette Sentinels girls with their state banner.
The Gold Medal Basketball Classic began Friday night in the Menominee County town of Hermansville. It is the nation's oldest, continuous, independent basketball tournament, dating back 78 years. Click the above headline to read more, and to see photos and videos.
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.
The 2016 Michigan Tech women's soccer season doesn't officially open until September, but fans can see the Huskies play this spring as the team will host a pair of exhibitions in April at Sherman Field. Click the above headline to read the details. (MTU photo)
The North Central High School boys basketball team returned to Menominee County Saturday night to a hero's welcome after winning their state championship earlier in the day in East Lansing. Click the above headline for photos, videos from the celebration.
The North Central High School boys basketball team won its second straight Class D state championship on Saturday, holding off a big challenge from Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, 59-48, at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline to read game details.
Three members of the Michigan Tech hockey senior class have signed professional contracts to continue their hockey careers: Alex Petan, CJ Eick, and Malcolm Gould. Click the above headline to read more details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (MTU photo image)
The Upper Peninsula high school boys basketball season is wrapping up this week. Click the above headline to see all of the U.P. scores and schedules.
The North Central Jets jumped to a 50-9 lead and cruised to a 64-23 win over Fulton-Middleton in the Class D state semifinal game Thursday night at Michigan State University. Click the above headline to read the story, courtesy of the MHSAA.
The North Central Jets were playing in the state semifinals 400 miles away in Lansing, but that didn't stop Powers-Spalding-Hermansville residents from coming out to support the team. They poured into LaBelle's Inn in Powers Thursday night for a viewing party. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the party.
The North Central High School boys basketball team was given a pep talk, and a tour of the behind-the-scenes parts of the Breslin Center Thursday. The tour was conducted by MSU Spartans Coach Tom Izzo, who is a Yooper from Iron Mountain. (NCA photo)
Escanaba High School graduate Levi Wunder has completed his first season of junior hockey. Wunder won the Rookie of the Year award for the Drumheller Dragons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League in Canada. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan head coach Chris Ostrowsky announced the hiring of David Corrao as the football team's defensive coordinator Wednesday. Corrao spent the past eight seasons with the National Football League's Miami Dolphins. Click the above headline to read more details from NMU Sports Information.
The Escanaba High School hockey team celebrated its 2015-16 season, and said goodbye to eleven seniors at its annual banquet Tuesday night at the House of Ludington. Click the above headline to read details on the award winners, and see photos from the banquet.
The high school girls basketball season wrapped up this week across Michigan. Click the above headline to see the schedules and regional, district scores.
Jason Whitens scored 30 points to lead the North Central Jets to a 75-52 win over the Onaway Cardinals in a Class D state quarterfinal Tuesday night in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline to read details and see photos taken by Dalton Neumeier and Ben Deatrick.
Michigan Tech goaltender Jamie Phillips turned aside 32 shots, but the Huskies fell to Ferris State 1-0 Friday night in the WCHA Final Five semifinals at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. Click the above headline to read the story, courtesy of MTU Athletics.
The Stephenson High School girls basketball team had their playoff run come to an end Thursday night. The Eagles lost to Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart, 45-38, in a Class D semifinal at Michigan State University's Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details.
The North Central High School basketball team dominated from start to finish to win another regional championship Wednesday night. The Jets pounded the Forest Parks Trojans, 75-45, at the Negaunee Lakeview Gym. Click the above headline to read details, to see photos and videos, and listen to post-game player interviews.
The playoff run continues for the Westwood High School basketball team after the Patriots won a Class C Regional Championship, 50-45, over the Norway Knights in Escanaba. Ryan Stanaway scored 23 points to lead the Pstriots. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Riverside Bantam "B" hockey team came from behind to beat St. Ignace, 3-1, in the state semifinal game Sunday, and then cruised to an 8-3 win over St. Clair Shores in the state championship game. Click the above headline to read details from the weekend tournament, and to see photos, videos, taken by Mike Martin.
The Stephenson High School girls basketball team will play at Michigan State University on Thursday. The girls rolled past Newberry, 60-35, in the Class D state quarterfinal Tuesday in Negaunee. Click the above headline for details, and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Hancock High School hockey team won a Division Three state championship Saturday, beating Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 4-2, in Plymouth. Freshman Alex Nordstrom scored two goals, including an empty netter. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. (Sherry Hill photo)
