The Norway High School football team will play its second season as an eight-man program this fall, and are looking to return to where they were so many times as an 11-man program: the MHSAA playoffs. Click the above headline to hear from the Knights players and coaches.
The Rapid River High School football program is hoping to make a playoff push this season after winning just two games a year ago and missing the playoffs. The Rockets have a new head coach, a larger roster, and a new schedule. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School football team is looking to the 2022 season as a way of redemption after a miserable season a year ago that saw the Eskymos compile a 1-8 record. Click the above headline for details, practice photos, and player/coaches interviews.
The Gladstone High School football team joined hundreds of others around Michigan Monday by opening practice. The Braves have a new coach, and will be playing without two All-U.P. linemen, but are confident. Click the above headline for details.
Nearly 95,000 athletes statewide began practice on Monday, kicking off the Fall 2022 season across nine sports for which the Michigan High School Athletic Association sponsors postseason tournaments. Click the above headline for details.
A fun night for the U.P. All-Star football players Wednesday was the Skills Challenge. Events included the Fastest Man (40 yard dash), the Strongest Man, Quarterback Challenge, Receiver Challenge, Punting and Field Goal Kicking. Click the above headline for details.
Gladstone Braves freshman Lauren Sundquist was named to the Division Three Al-State softball team. She was chosen by the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association as a utility player after suiting up in several different positions for the Braves this season. She was the only UP player to be a first team selection. Negaunee's Grace Nardi and Julie Thompson were honorable mention, along with Westwood's Natalie Prophet.
The Escanaba Eskymos softball team held its post-season awards program Monday night at the Pioneer Trail Park. The program was the last get-together for the team, less than a week after the season ended in the state semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
High School football All-Star week is in full swing in Marquette, with 82 players and 14 coaches practicing ahead of Saturday's game. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos, Marquette Redmen, and Negaunee Miners dominated the All-U.P. boys tennis teams, released on Monday. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association held its All-Star games Monday at the home of the Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park. Escanaba's Jared Hanson and Rudyard's EJ Suggitt played in the games. Click the above headline for details.
The 30-member All-Southern U.P. high school baseball team has been announced, covering teams in Delta, Dickinson, Schoolcraft, Alger and Menominee Counties. It was selected by members of the media after consulting with area coaches. Escanaba pitcher Hunter Lancour was named the region's Most Valuable Player. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School Softball fell 2-1 to Stevensville-Lakeshore in the MHSAA Division 2 Semifinals, Thursday night at Secchia Field in East Lansing. Click the above headline for more details, interviews, photos, and videos.
The Rudyard High School baseball team rallied from a 4-0 deficit late in its state semifinal game against the Riverview Gabriel Richard Pioneers, before a nightmare seventh inning turned the game against the Bulldogs in an 10-3 loss. Click the above headline for details.
For the fifth time in six seasons, the Escanaba High School softball team is in East Lansing for the MHSAA Division Two state semifinals. Wednesday was an off-day for the Eskymos, and they were given a tour of the Michigan state capitol. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School Softball hung on against the Hudsonville Unity Christian Crusaders 4-3 Tuesday Evening at Northwood Univeristy in Midland. Click the above headline for more details, pictures, videos, and interviews.
The MHSAA softball playoffs are winding down. Click the above headline to see the schedules and scores.
The MHSAA baseball playoffs have wrapped up in the U.P. except for one team. Click the above headline to read the U.P. playoff scoreboard.
The Kalksaska Blazers edged the Gladstone Braves 1-0 behind a strong Mia Miller performance Sunday morning in Gladstone in the MHSAA Division Three Regional Finals in Gladstone. Click the above headline for more details.
Carsyn Segorski cranked a two-run homer in the seventh inning to lead the Escanaba High School softball team to a 3-2 win over top-ranked Gaylord in the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School Softball travels to Gaylord to play in the MHSAA Division 2 regional tournament on Saturday. Other area softball tournaments also get underway on Saturday. Click the above headline for details and interviews with Eskymo players.
The Escanaba High School baseball team wrapped up its season Thursday night with its annual awards program. The varsity and JV teams were treated to pizza, homemade French fries, and celebrated a successful spring. Click the above headline for details.
The Houghton Gremlins High School Baseball team beat the Gladstone Braves, 4-1, Wednesday Night, in Gladstone, using one big inning and strong pitching to earn a trip downstate. Click on the above headline for more details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Painesdale-Jeffers Jets scored three runs in the eighth inning to stun the Norway Knights, 4-1, in the D4 regional semifinal in Ironwood on Wednesday. Click the above headline for details.
The Rudyard Bulldogs advance to the Division Four Super Regional with a 3-0 win over Indian River Inland Lakes on Wednesday. Click the above headline for details.
The Bark River-Harris High School girls track and field team won its first-ever MHSAA Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday, and it wasn't even close. The Broncos raced past everybody to win by 33 points. Click the above headline for details (MHSAA courtesy)
The Escanaba Eksymos softball team rolled through the MHSAA Division Two District tournament on Saturday. The Eskymos beat the Cheboygan Chiefs 13-3 in six innings before beating the host Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils 16-0 in the final. Click the above headline for details.
The Cheboygan Chiefs and Escanaba Eskymos had another classic battle on Saturday, as seven innings were not enough to settle the MHSAA Division Two district championship. In the end, the Chiefs pulled out a 1-0 win over the Eskymos in nine innings, one year after the Eskymos walked off the Chiefs by a run. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School baseball team nearly pulled off the upset of the year in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals Saturday in Sault Ste. Marie. But 9th-ranked Cheboygan pulled out a 4-3 win over the Redmen. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School Baseball team rolled to the MHSAA Division Three district championship on Friday, beating Superior Central, 12-2, in the semifinals, and topping Newberry, 15-0, in the finals. Click the above headline for details.
