The Northern Michigan men's basketball team found itselfin a sizable 17-point hole in the first half, but a 16-0 run to close the first half and to open the second half helped the Wildcats rally past Davenport, 60-52, Thursday. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team played its best game of the season Saturday, but ran into a hot goaltender and a little bit of bad "puck luck" and lost to the St. Edward Eagles from Ohio, 3-2, in an overtime shootout in Alpena. Click the above headline for details.
The Manistique High School hockey team picked up its second win of the season on Saturday, beating the Tri-Valley Thunder from the Saginaw-Bay City area, 5-1, at the Northern Lights Arena in Alpena. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team exploded for four goals in the first four minutes of the third period to beat the Tri-Valley Thunder out of Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, 6-2, Friday evening. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Jackson Goudreau made 28 saves to keep the Manistique Emeralds hockey team in the game, but the Emeralds lost to the Capital City Capitals, 4-1, Friday in Alpena. Ajay Berger scored the only goal late in the game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association Representative Council had a short agenda at its recent meeting in East Lansing, with only one action item: delaying the implementation of a requirement that baseball teams submit their pitch count reports electronically. Click the above headline for details.
The latest battle between the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves went down to the wire again Friday night. In a game where points were at a premium, the Eskymos pulled out a 38-36 win over the Braves. Click the above headline for details. photos, videos, interviews.
A record number of spectators at girls postseason events pushed Michigan High School Athletic Association attendance during the 2023-24 school year past 1.4 million fans for the second straight year, with the total of 471,651 spectators for girls competitions breaking the previous all-time best set in 2014-15.
The Escanaba High School hockey team kept its perfect all-time record against the Manisdtique Emeralds intact Tuesday night with an unusually-easy 9-1 victory at the Little Bear West Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Nolan Bink had three goals and added three assists to help the Escanaba Eskymos hockey team beat the Negaunee Miners, 9-2, Friday night, at the Negaunee Ice Arena. Graham Johnson added four assists as the Eskymos bounced back from last weekend's empty trip to the Copper Country. Click the above headline for details.
This season, for the first time, an MHSAA Finals team championship will be awarded in high school girls wrestling. Click the above headline to read details.
Lillie Johnson scored 25 points, crossing 1,000 for her Gladstone Braves career, as she helped her team post a 51-47 win over the defending state champion Ishpeming Hematites Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and post-game reaction.
Jordan Guenette scored 20 points and the Negaunee Miners used strong defense to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 64-42, Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to listen to post-game interviews.
Cale Carter scored with 32.5 seconds left in overtime to lift the Escanaba High School hockey team to a 3-2 win over the Traverse City Central Trojans on Saturday at the Centre Ice Arena. It ended an intense up-and-down battle that saw 76 shots on goal and multiple huge saves by both goaltenders. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba Hgh School hockey team got a 33-save performance from Cully Hayes and three different Eskymos scored in a 3-1 win over Traverse City West Friday night as a winter storm raged through northern Michigan. Graham Johnson assisted on all three goals as the Eskymos improved to 3-1 on the season. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team could not follow up on last Friday's emotional win over Marquette, as the Eskymos lost to the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets, 4-2, on Thanksgiving Eve at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team, playing without two of its top players, managed to beat the Alpena Wildcats, 57-49, in the season opener Monday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans won the school's fifth football state championship on Saturday, beating the Morrice Orioles, 42-20, at the Suerior Dome. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. (MHSAA Photo)
The Pickford High School football team got off to a great start in the state championship game Saturday in the Superior Dome, but fell to the Deckerville Eagles in dramatic fashion, 30-28. Click the above headline for details, photos, courtesy of MHSAA.
The Escanaba High School hockey team ended nine years of frustration against their biggest rival Friday night, beating Marquette, 3-1, at the Wells Sports Complex. The win broke a 17-game losing streak for the Eskymos against the Redmen, and now the Sentinels, dating back to November 26, 2016. Click the above headline for details. (LIzzie Taylor photo)
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Assoication on Friday evening unveiled the All-U.P. teams for the eleven-man football divisions. And the Iron Mountain Mountaineers cleaned up on most of the major awards. Click the above headline for the details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its All-U.P. football players list Wednesday night for the eight-man divisions. The panel of 15 journalists from across the Upper Peninsula met at Northern Michigan University earlier this week to make the selections. Click the above headline to see the winners.
The Escanaba High School hockey team cut through the fog, and cut through the Kingsford Flivvers, 9-0, in the season opener Tuesday night in the warm, moist Mountain View Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The MHSAA high school football playoffS are winding down. Click the above headline to see how the U.P. teams are doing.
The MHSAA regional tournaments are wrapping up across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the schedules and scores.
Sophomore Dax Huuki ran for four touchdowns to lead the Forest Park Trojans to a 34-12 win over the North Central Jets to win the MHSAA Eight Player regional championship Friday night. Lane Gorzinski had two long touchdown runs for NCA to bring the Jets to within 13-12 at halftime, but the Forest Park defense pitched a shutout in the second half. The Trojans advanced to the state semifinals at home against Onekema.
The MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award will again, with Farm Bureau Insurance, present 32 $2,000 scholarships to top student-athletes at member high schools during the 2024-25 school year. Click the above headline for information and how to apply.
olan Bink threw four touchdown passes and the Escanaba Eskymos broke a three-year losing streak against the arch-rival Gladstone Braves, 50-7, Friday night at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Iron Mountain High School football team faced its toughest test of the season Thursday night, and the Mountaineers passed the test with flying colors. Iron Mountain raced to a 21-0 lead over the Negaunee Miners and cruised to a 35-14 win in the season finale at Mountaineer Stadium. Click the above headline for details. (Iron Mountain Public Schools photo)
Jaxon Buckley scored four goals and Jett Buckley scored twice as the Kingsford High School soccer team swarmed the Montague Wildcats, 6-0, in the MHSAA regional semifinals Tuesday at Gaylord High School. Click the above headline for details. (Breitung Twp Schools photos)
