An increase in the number of regular-season games high school basketball teams are allowed to play may be the most visible action taken by the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. Other sports will also see changes, some as early as this spring. Click the above headline for details.
Classifications for Michigan High School Athletic Association elections and postseason tournaments for the 2022-23 school year have been announced, with enrollment breaks for postseason tournaments posted to each sport’s page on the MHSAA Website. Click the above headline for details.
The Menominee Maroons boys basketball team fell behind early and could not recover, and lost to the Schoolcraft Eagles, 59-49, Saturday, in the Division Three state championship game at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers led for most of the game on Saturday, but lost in the Division Four state championship game to Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian, 56-45, in overtime at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers coughed up a 17-point lead in the second half but managed to pull out a 62-56 win over Lake Leelanau St. Mary in the Division Four state semifinal basketball game Thursday. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Menominee High School basketball team built a big lead in the first half and then held off a second half push by the Ecorse Red Raiders to post a 74-56 win in Thursday's state semifinal at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Menominee High School boys basketball team advanced to the state's Final Four on Tuesday with a dominating 70-39 win over Grayling in the Division Three state quarterfinals in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Baraga High School girls basketball team rallied from 13 points down in their Division Four state semifinal game against Fowler at the Breslin Center on Thursday, but lost a tough one, 51-45. Click the above headline for the details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Menominee High School boys basketball team captured its first regional championship since 2008 Wednesday night by beating Benzie Central, 60-56, in double overtime. At the same time, Escanaba and North Central lost their title games. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team shook off a poor shooting night and slipped past the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 41-29, in the MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal Monday night in Manistique. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Munising High School boys basketball team rolled to a MHSAA district championship Friday night, avenging last year's upset loss to the Rapid River Rockets by winning this time, 60-25, in Munising. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team won its second straight district championship game Wednesday night, blowing past the Kingsford Flivvers, 74-50, at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team raced to a 29-3 lead and rolled past the Negaunee Miners, 57-31, in the MHSAA Division Three district semifinals Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos boys basketball team followed in the footsteps of the girls squad by posting a playoff win against a larger Great Northern Conference school Monday night. The BR-H boys beat Gladstone, 45-40, in a district tournament game three days after the girls upset Menominee. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights.
The Upper Peninsula is home to three high school wrestling state champions, as well as two state runners-up. Drew Allgeyer of Bark River-Harris, and Parker Stroud and Shawn McGuire of Iron Mountain, all won titles Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. BR-H’s Dillon Raab and Iron Mountain’s Tyler Winch were runners-up. Click the above headline for details
The Bark River-Harris Broncos girls basketball team used strong defense Friday night to upset the Menominee Maroons, 37-33, in the MHSAA Division Three district championship game in Bark River. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The MHSAA individual wrestling state finals began on Friday at Ford Field in Detroit, and when the dust settled, five U.P. boys advanced to the championship round of their brackets. And two of them will face each other for the state title. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen scored three goals in a four minute span late in the second period to break a 2-2 tie and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-2, in the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team outscored Iron Mountain, 14-6, in the third quarter and posted a 46-37 win in the MHSAA Division Three district tournament opener. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Freshman Oskar Kangas was a one-man wrecking crew as the Iron Mountain Mountaineers dominated the Gladstone Braves, 61-41, in a boys basketball game Monday afternoon in Gladstone. Kangas scored 35 points, including 13 in a row at one point in the second quarter. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and hear interviews.
The Gladstone Braves and Iron Mountain Mountaineers both lost in the MHSAA Team State Finals on Friday in Kalamazoo. The Braves lost to Clinton in Division Three, 51-24, while the Mountaineers fell to New Lothrop in Division Four, 36-35. Click the above headline for details. (Lewis Berry photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos survived an epic collapse to win their MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal game over the Kingsford Flivvers, 4-3, in an incredible four overtimes at the Mountain View Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details.
The Menominee High School girls basketball team raced to a 28-point lead and held off the Escanaba Eskymos, 52-40, Wednesday night in Escanaba. Kennedy Olson led all scorers with 21 points. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Great Lakes Hockey Conference Awards have been announced as the regular season has wrapped up. Calumet goaltender Aksel Loukas was named the player of the year. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
The Sault Ste. Marie High School girls basketball team led from wire to wire Monday night in beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 58-43, with three players scoring in double figures. Sault also won, 54-44, in the Soo back in December. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team gave up 18 shots and three goals in the first period in the first period, and couldn't recover as an emotional Hancock Bulldogs team skated to a 5-3 win on Bulldog Senior Night Thursday at the Houghton County Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews from the game.
The Gladstone Braves won their first title since 2016 by beating Cheboygan, 80-0, in the semifinals before taking a nailbiter from the Kinglsey Stags, 46-34, in the championship. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.