The 2023 North Central High School football team is looking to make a name for itself after the previous three teams won state championships. The Jets lost 13 players to graduation, so these guys are hoping to keep the tradition going. Click the above headline for details.
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 Upper Peninsula High School football All-Star game is back. After Todd Goldbeck at Xcel Pysical Therapy announced last week that the 2023 game would be the last, the announcement came overnight Monday-Tuesday that the game has been resurrected. Click the above headline for details, and reaction from two U.P. football players.
The Gladstone High School football team made a long playoff run last year, and with most of them guys back for their senior year this season, the Braves are hoping to make an even deeper run this fall. Click the above headline for interviews, photos, videos.
High School football practices are under way across the Upper Peninsula, and one team looking for a better year is the Escanaba Eskymos, after having a 2-7 record last year. Click the above headline for pictures and videos, and to hear interviews with coaches and players.
The man who founded and has run the Upper Peninsula high school football All-Star game for the past 16 years is speaking out about why the annual event is not going to be held anymore. Click the above headline for more about the decision that shocked many U.P. football players.
The high school fall sports seasons are right around the corner, with practices beginning on Monday in football and several other sports. The Michigan High School Athletic Association has made a number of changes for this school year in multiple sports. Click the above headline to see those changes, sport-by-sport.
Upper Peninsula High School Football All-Star Week wrapped up on Saturday as the Black team beat the Red team, 48-12, in the All-Star game at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details, and to see the list of award winners.
Young kids from around the Upper Peninsula got quite a treat at the Xcel High School Football All-Star Week youth camp Thursday at the Superior Dome. They were paid a visit by Jake Witt, who was drafted earlier this spring by the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. Click the above headline for more, and to see photos taken by RRN's Casey Ford.
The highlight of day three for the U.P. All-Star football players Wednesday was the Skills Challenge. Events included the Fastest Man (40 yard dash), the Strongest Man (Bench Press-225 lbs), Quarterback Challenge, Receiver Challenge, Punting and Field Goal Kicking. CLick the above headline for all of the results. (XCel Photo Credits)
The Gladstone High School softball team lost a tough extra-inning battle to Standish-Sterling in the state quarterfinals on Tuesday, 3-1, in Gaylord. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Gina Pepin, videos taken by Amy Sundquist, and to hear post-game interviews.
The Gladstone High School baseball team won a regional championship on Saturday, beating Benzie Central, 6-4. But the Braves gave up three unearned runs in the final inning of the quarterfinal game and lost to Standish-Sterling, 5-4. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team won a MHSAA Division Three regional championship on Saturday, beating the Negaunee Miners, 6-0, and then turning back the host Elk Rapids Elks, 9-3, in the championship game. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association girls softball district tournaments have wrapped up across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for the schedules for all Upper Peninsula teams.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association baseball post-season tournaments are in the regional rounds across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for the schedules for all Upper Peninsula teams.
The Gladstone High School baseball team scored eight runs in the first inning and coasted past the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 17-5, in the MHSAA Division Three Regional Semifinals Wednesday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Iron Mountain High School baseball team won a district championship on Saturday, winning the same number of games they won all season long: two. IM beat both Calumet and Negaunee, and now, it's on to the regional semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves baseball team took care of business with two mercy-rule district tournament wins, 15-3 over Manistique in the semifinals, and 11-1 over Superior Central in the championship game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The softball battle between the state's two top-ranked Divison Two teams was not close Saturday as the Gaylord Blue Devils hit three home runs and rolled to a mercy-shortened victory over the Escanaba Eskymos, 13-1, at Gaylord High School. Click the above headline for details.
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 Mid Peninsula High School boys golf team captured the MHSAA Division Three Upper Peninsula championship on Wednesday, and it was mostly a family affair. Click the above headline for details, and to hear interviews.
The Houghton High School boys golf team cruised to a repeat of its 2022 MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division One championship on Wednesday, while a newcomer “came out of nowhere” to win individual medalist honors. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Kingsford Flivvers girls golf team won the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship on Wednesday for the first time in school history. And Marquette golfer Abigail Luke got a hole-in-one. Click the above headline for details, interviews.
The Gladstone High School baseball team scored nine runs in the first inning and cruised past the Menominee Maroons, 13-3, in the first round of the MHSAA Division Three District tournament on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details and other U.P.scores.
The Gladstone Braves and Norway Knights played two softball games on Tuesday as both teams prepare for what they hope will be long tournament runs. The Braves won both games, 12-3 and 9-2. Click the above headline for details and to see other U.P. scores.
Trent Lawson's RBI single broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning and lifted the Escanaba Eskymos to a 2-1 win over the Norway Knights in a well-played baseball game under the lights Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for interviews, photos, and videos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team turned to “small ball” and solid relief pitching to capture a share of the Great Northern Conference championship Wednesday night, turning back the Marquette Redmen, 4-1, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos won the Great Northern Conference championship for a third straight year on Tuesday, edging Kingsford, 24 points to 22, with Marquette third at 20 points. Click the above headline for results and post-tournament reaction.
The Gladstone Braves and Escanaba Eskymos met for the final time in the 2023 softball season on Tuesday, and both teams left the field with something to smile about. The Braves pulled out a 4-3 upset in the first game of the doubleheader to earn their first win over their rivals after three straight losses, before the Eskymos cruised to an emotional 8-0 win in the second game to close the regular season. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team won twice on Saturday on the road in Sault Ste. Marie, beating the Blue Devils, 4-3 and 9-0, in a possible playoff preview. The Eskymos stretched their win streak to eight games. Click the above headline for all of the details.
