The Marquette Redmen scored seven goals in the first period, and after the Escanaba Eskymos scored three times, regained momentum in the third period to post an 11-3 win Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Complex. The game ended on the mercy rule with 3:49 to play. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and for interviews.
The Negaunee Miners football team battled Grand Rapids West Catholic to a 14-14 draw in the third quarter before the Falcons exploded to beat the Miners, 59-14, in the Division Six state championship game on Friday. Click the above heaadline for details.
The 2022 Upper Peninsula high school football playoffs have come to an end. Click the above headline for all of the scores.
Sawyer LaMarch scored the game-winning goal in the third period, and his cousin, Brayden Martineau, had the other two goals as the Escanaba Eskymos erased a 2-0 deficit to edge the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-2, Tuesday nigt in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and player/coach radio interveiws.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its Eight Man All-U.P. teams. The voting was done last week by a panel of 16 reporters from around the U.P. at a meeting in Marquette, before the North Central Jets won the state championship.
The North Central Jets completed a remarkable "three-peat" on Saturday with yet another dominating performance in the MHSAA Division Two Eight Man state championsip game, racing to a 35-0 lead and rolling over the Mendon Hornets, 66-26, at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details, and to listen to the radio replay of the game.
The Negaunee High School football team pulled out a gutsy 13-12 victory over Reed City in the MHSAA Division Six state semifinals Saturday afternoon in Gaylord. The Miners advance to the state championship game at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters announced their All-U.P. football teams Friday evening. A panel of 20 people met for seven hours at Northern Michigan University on Wednesday to come up with this list. Click the above headline to see the winners.
The North Central High School football team faced its first challenge of the season on Saturday, but pulled away from the Marion Eagles, 36-12. THe win moves the Jets into the state championship game next Saturday at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details, and to listen to a replay of the game and post-game comments. (Photo Michelle Gorzinski)
The Upper Peninsula high school volleyball post-season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules.
The best season in 15 years came to an end for the Gladstone High School football team on Saturday as the Negaunee Miners posted an 18-12 win in the MHSAA Division Six Regional Championship Game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Escanaba High School senior Mari Bink has signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Saginaw Valley State University, an NCAA Division Two school and member of the GLIAC conference. Also, senior McKayla Mott signed her letter to play softball at Aquinas College, a NAIA school located in Grand Rapids. Both Eskymos signed their letters Wednesday afternoon at the high school with family and friends in attendance.
The Gladstone High School football team scored 28 unanswered points to beat the Manistee Chippewas, 36-14, in the MHSAA Division Six district championship game Friday night. The Braves move to the state's Final Eight for the first time since 2008. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Great Northern Conference football awards have been announced. They were voted on by the coaches from Escanaba, Gladstone, Marquette, Menominee, and Kingsford High Schools. Click the above headline to see the list of winners.
The Houghton High School volleyball team fought off four match points when they were about to be swept in their MHSAA Division Two district semifinal game by the Escanaba Eskymos, and then pulled off an improbable comeback to beat the Eskymos, 3-2, Wednesday night. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Superior Central Cougars opened the MHSAA District Tournament Monday night with a 3-0 win over Big Bay deNoc at Mid Pen High School. The scores were 25-14, 25-15, 27-25. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
The Gladstone High School football team scored early and often on Saturday and beat the Elk Rapids Elks, 51-14, in the MHSAA Division Six state playoff opener at the Marble Athletic Field. It's Gladstone's first playoff victory since 2008. Click the above headline for details, see photos and video highlights, and to hear player interviews.
The North Central High School football team began its quest for a third straight state championship Friday night with a 54-6 win over the Stephenson Eagles in Powers. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos, and post-game interviews.
The Stephenson High School boys cross country team captured the school's first MHSAA Upper Peninsula cross country championship since 2012 on Saturday, taking the top spot by nine points over Engadine, 77-86. Click the above headline for details. (Kate Kuntze photo)
The Marquette Redmen won another pair of Division One cross country championships on Saturday. And while the boys cruised to an easy team title, the girls had to pull out a tight victory. Click the above headline to read details. (MHSAA photo/Cara Kamps)
The Gladstone High School football team bolted to a 26-0 lead and rolled past the Escanaba Eskynos, 47-13, in front of a standing room only crowd Friday night at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Negaunee High School football team dominated the Westwood Patriots, 44-0, Thursday night, in a game played in Marquette due to heavy snow in the western part of the county. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos outlasted the Ishpeming Hematites, 28-20, in high school football action Thursday night. Ethan Ives connected with Ben Shiverski on two touchdown passes, and the defense made two key stops as the Broncos finished 7-2 on the season. Click the above headline for details, interviews.
The Escanaba High School junior varsity football team scored two second half touchdowns to rally past the Gladstone Braves, 22-19, in the season finale Thursday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
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 soccer UP finals were held in Marquette, and the Marquette Redmen took home their 15th consecutive title after beating Iron Mountain 9–1 in the semifinals and Kingsford in the championship game 4–0. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Gladstone High School football team pulled out a 22-14 road win over the Gaylord Blue Devils Friday night, as Nate Young scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter and Vinny Howes made two clutch defensive plays down the stretch. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Marquette High School cross country teams captured Great Northern Conference championships on Thursday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
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 Marquette Redmen and Houghton Gremlins played to a 1-1 draw in high school soccer Wednesday night in a tune-up for Saturday's U.P. Finals. Click the above headline for details.