The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils defeated the Houghton Gremlins, 2-0, on Saturday, to win the championship of the eight-team Escanaba Elks Invitational. The scores were 26-24, 25-15. Click the above headline to see all scores, and photos and videos.
The Negaunee Miners and Gladstone Braves played a back-and-forth battle on the gridiron Friday night, with the Miners getting the final seven points in a 31-30 victory at Miners Stadium. The win clinched a state playoff spot for the Miners. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Iron Mountain Mountaineers cruised to an easy win over the Gladstone Braves Thursday in Gladstone's Volley For a Cure "pink" volleyball match. The scores were 25-12, 25-10, 25-13, keeping the Braves winless on the season. Click the above headline for details.
The Negaunee High School junior varsity football team scored four first half touchdowns and cruised past the Gladstone Braves, 26-8, Thursday night at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos.
The Marquette boys varsity soccer team traveled to Sault Ste Marie Wednesday night for the regular season finale vs the Blue Devils. Marquette came home with a 5-1 win to finish its season with a 19-2 record. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos lost the first games of their best-of-five volleyball match with the Bark River-Harris Broncos Tuesday night, but roared back to win three straight games to take a 3-2 victory before a large, loud crowd in Harris. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and hear post-game interviews.
Gladstone cross country runner Drew Hughes won his ninth straight race, while the Marquette boys and girls teams continued their dominance on Tuesday at the Farmhouse Invitational in Delta County. The race also saw new Holy Name Catholic school participate for the first time. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone Braves football team improved to 3-1 in road games Friday night with a 34-0 win over the Elk Rapids Elks in Lower Michigan. The Braves defense forced eight sacks, four-and-a-half of them by Hunter Potier, and they intercepted three passes. Click the above headline for details. pictures, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School junior varsity football team won its first game of the season Thursday night, using strong defense and three second half touchdowns to beat an understaffed Menominee Maroons team, 18-0. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Westwood Patriots won the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula girls tennis championship on Wednesday. They finished with 20 points. Negaunee was second with 15 and Escanaba third with 12. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Westwood Patriots and Gladstone Braves went back and forth all night long before the Patriots picked up a road victory over the Braves, 3-2. The scores were 20-25, 25-15, 24-26, 25-15, and 15-8. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Negaunee Miners girls tennis team finished its regular season with a perfect 15-0 record in dual meets Monday by sweeping Escanaba, 8-0. The Eskymos bounced back to beat Iron Mountain, 6-2. in the second match of the day. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen boys soccer team traveled down to Alpena for an eight team tournament on Saturday. The Redmen won their first two games over Tawas and Traverse City Christian, before falling to West Branch Ogemaw Heights, 3-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen improved to 3-0 in the Great Northern Conference Friday night with a 43-12 win over the Gladstone Braves on Braves Homecoming. Senior quarterback Austin Ridl was efficient, completing 13 of 21 passes for 178 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. Click the above headline for detals.
The Escanaba Eskymos won the Great Northern Conference championship yesterday in Marquette. The Eskymos made the finals in seven of the eight flights. West Iron County was a distant second in the team score. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team shrugged off a sluggish start and rolled past the Gladstone Braves, 3-0, Tuesday night in Gladstone. The scores were 25-18, 25-12, 25-9. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The 2021 high school girls tennis season is coming to an end, and the Negaunee Miners are one of the top favorites to take home the Upper Peninsula championship. Click the above headline to read about the team, and hear interviews with Coach Kyle Saari and senior Lilly Nelson.
The North Central Jets on Saturday did whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted, and dominated the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes, 65-0, at the North Central field. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Houghton Gremlins scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to rally past the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 21-20, Saturday afternoon in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and post-game interviews.
The Gladstone High School football team beat the arch-rival Escanaba Eskymos for the first time since 2010 Friday night, racing to a 30-0 lead and cruising to a 30-15 win at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team rolled to their second straight 8-0 win on Wednesday, beating the Kingsford Flivvers, 8-0, in Escanaba. The Eskymos also swept Marquette on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details, photos courtesy of Esky Athletics.
The first postseason events in Michigan High School Athletic Association history for students at the junior high/middle school level will be conducted in cross country this season at eight Regional sites during the second half of October. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette boys soccer team hosted the Houghton Gremlins on Saturday at the Kaufman Sports Complex. The Redmen came out firing, scoring 3 goals in a 5 minute span early in the first half. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Soccer Photo)
The Westwood Patriots won three of the four doubles matches and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 5-3, in girls tennis action Monday afternoon. The match featured three flights that went to third set tiebreaks. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Gladstone High School football team scored 22 unanswered points in the fourth quarter but fell one point short, losing to the Menominee Maroons, 35-34, Friday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team led from wire-to-wire Thursday night in rolling to a 3-0 win over the Gladstone Braves. The scores were 25-10, 25-14, 25-14. Click the above headline to see details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos played their first match in two weeks Tuesday night. It too a while to shake off the rust before the Broncos recovered to turn back the Munising Mustangs, 3-0, in Harris. The scores were 26-24, 25-18, 25-13. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
Max Dawson scored twice and goaltender Harrison Anthos was strong in the net as the Marquete Redmen boys soccer team stayed undefeated with a 4-0 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Tuesday night in Kingsford. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School football team scored touchdowns on two screen passes and a long Toby Wilcox run, and relied on tough defense to beat the Gladstone Braves, 21-6, Friday night at Flivver Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Manistique High School football team took a 16-0 first quarter lead and held on to beat the Gwinn Model Towners, 24-16, Thursday night in Manistique. Parker Graphos had two touchdown runs and intercepted a pass, and Wyatt Demers intercepted two passes. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and video highlights.