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.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association is out with its weekly football poll Tuesday morning. Click the above headline to read the rankings.
Six Upper Peninsula teams played a full day of high school volleyball Saturday in Escanaba at the Elks Invitational. Sault Ste. Marie topped Escanaba in the championship match after rallying past Stephenson in the semifinals. Click the above headline to read details, see pictures and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Negaunee Miners football team had a dominating run game and suffocating pass rush Friday night, in posting a 24-6 win over the Gladstone Braves in a battle of the two top-ranked teams in the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brad Landis.
The Marquette High School soccer team is closing in on another Upper Peninsula championship, and the Redman captain, Max Dawson, is closing in on a milestone of his own: 100 career goals. Click the above headline to read more about him. (Mary Sysko photo)
The high school Division One All-UP girls tennis teams were announced on Wednesday, and the Escanaba Eskymos brought home top honors as well as the Upper Peninsula's only members on the statewide D-1 All-State team. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen boys soccer team traveled to Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday and beat the Blue Devils, 5-1, in the next-to-last game of the season. Click the above headline for details.
The weekly Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association football poll was released Tuesday morning, and there's a new top-ranked eleven-man team: the Negaunee Miners. The North Central Jets are still tops in Eight-man. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen boys varsity soccer team traveled to Houghton on Saturday, and took home a victory by a 7-2 score. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Gladstone Braves football team rallied from a 22-0 deficit but that rally came up short in a loss to the Durand Railroaders, 28-24, Friday night in Gaylord. It was a match-up between two undefeated teams, both ranked in the Top Ten in the Associated Press Michigan football Division Six poll. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team got off to a strong start Thursday night as the Braves hosted its annual pink 'Spike Cancer' match. The Gwinn Model Towners rallied to win the match, 3-1, on a night where nearly $4,000 was raised for two local women who are battling cancer. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Negaunee High School girls tennis team won the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship on Wednesday at Kingsford High School, winning four of the eight flights along the way. Negaunee finished with 19 points, while Marquette took second with 14 points and Escanaba was third with 11 points. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its weekly football polls Tuesday morning, and there's not much change from last week. Gladstone and North Central remain top-ranked in their divisions. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette boys varsity soccer team traveled to Alpena for tournament action. The team placed third even though it finished the day undefeated. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Mary Sysko.
Nate Young threw five touchdown passes and the Gladstone Braves physically dominated the Marquette Redmen, 48-21, Friday night, to clinch the Great Northern Conference championship. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear interviews.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team picked up a rare Great Northern Conference win over the Marquette Redettes Thursday night, 3-0, at the Escanaba High School Gym. The scores were 25-18, 25-13, and 25-19. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Kingsford Flivvers junior varsity team rolled to a 58-18 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Marquette Redmen traveled to Kingsford on Thursday for a boys varsity soccer game and came home with a 6-3 victory to improve their record to 15-2-1 on the season. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos girls tennis team won the Great Northern Conference championship for the second straight year on Wednesday in Kingsford. The Eskymos edged Marquette 25-23, and Gladstone's Tia Schone won the #2 singles title. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos volleyball team defeated the Gladstone Braves, 3-0, Tuesday night, in Escanaba, by scores of 25-9, 25-19, 25-17. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redman hosted the Iron Mountain Mountaineers on Tuesday night in boys varsity soccer and won the game 6-0. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves remain the top-ranked 11-man football team in the Upper Peninsula, and the North Central Jets are a unanimous choice as the top 8-man team. That's according to the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association poll, released Tuesday morning by the organization. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team had a long day on the road Monday, playing two matches in two different towns. The Eskymos defeated the Westwood Patriots, 5-3, before losing to the undefeated Negaunee Miners, 6-2. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School soccer team picked up two more wins on Saturday in Wisconsin, beating Lakeland Union, 4-3, in a shootout and then blanking Hayward, 3-0. Click the above headline to see details from both games, and photos by Mary Sysko.
Cole Potier scored five touchdowns and had a combined 287 yards rushing and receiving as the Gladstone Braves pulled away from the St. Ignace Saints, 40-0, Friday night in St. Ignace. The Braves intercepted five passes, three of them by Austin Solis. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team picked up another 8-0 win on Thursday, heading into a big week for the Eskymos next week with several showdown match-ups. Escanaba turned back Kingsford, 8-0, with six straight set wins. Click the above headline for details.
