Governor Gretchen Whitmer is calling on the Michigan High School Athletic Association to move certain fall sports to next spring where social distancing is not possible. Her comments on Tuesday seemed aimed at football and volleyball, although she did not name them specifically. Click the above headline for the governor's comments.
High school sports are closer to resuming as the coronavirus fears ease and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer removes some of the restrictions that had been in place. Click the avove headline to read about the summer workout guidelines.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer Friday announced appointments to the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports. One of them is Ryan Reichel of Negaunee, the girls basketball coach at Ishpeming High School. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School senior Gabi Salo has been named the Gatorade Michigan Softball Player of the Year for the 2019-20 school year. Click the above headline to read more, and to see comments from Salo and her coach/father Gary Salo.
Two Upper Peninsula natives have committed to continue their education and play basketball at Olivet College. Dre Tuominen of Negaunee and Ryan Robinette of Escanaba announced together on Monday. Click the above headline to read more.
Organizers of the Upper Peninsula high school football All-Star game have postponed, not canceled, this summer's event. It was scheduled for late June. It is now scheduled for August 1 in Marquette. Click the above headline to read details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association says it will seed the hockey regionals this winter, and will change the basketball system where the top seed of a district to make sure that if there is a bye, the top seed gets it. Click the above headline for details.
The North Central High School boys basketball team won three straight state championships in 2015, 2016, and 2017, posting a national record winning streak along the way. This weekend, relive the 2016 title win over Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes by listening to Jerry Root's broadcast. Thursday and Saturday at 4:00 CT on Eagle 107.3, Friday at 4:00 CT on Maverick 106.3, and Sunday at 2:00 CT on NewsTalk 600 AM.
Escanaba native Brayden Stannard took another step toward his hockey dreams on Tuesday when he was drafted in the second round of the United States Hockey League's Green Bay Gamblers. Click the above headline to read more and hear his interview.
The Radio Results Network will help to fill some of that sports void this weekend with the re-broadcast of last June's high school softball state championship game between the Escanaba Eskymos and Stevensville-Lakeshore. Click the above headline for details.
A Gladstone High School graduate had a breakout year as a freshman in college football, and now he’s looking to expand his opportunities heading into this upcoming season. Christian Creten was the leading tackler for Finlandia University last season, and on Monday, he entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. Click the above headline to read details.
You can get rid of all of those returnable cans and bottles and help the Manistique High School wrestling team at the same time. You can drop them off at the Gonzalez home at 1019 Deer Street, and when stores start accepting returnables again, the team will return them and the money will be used to help to buy new gear for next season. You can also call 286-3978, and they'll pick up the returnables.
A member of the Marquette Senior High School hockey team has signed to play hockey in Canada. Jakob Peterson will become a member of the Drayton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey Association. Click the above headline for details.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control voted to cancel 2020 spring sports regular-season competitions and the Tournament Series while allowing individual, virtual spring sports coaching to continue. Click the above headline for details.
The Radio Results Network is missing sports just as much as you are. So until the games begin again in the U.P., we will broadcast a different "classic" game every week on three of our radio stations, as well as on-line. Our first broadcast is scheduled for this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Click the above headline to see details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced on Monday that schools are being assigned to their divisions beforehand in football, rather than taking the state's top 256 teams and then breaking them down by division. The state also announced some schools are changing divisions in various sports. Click the above headline for details.
The folks who run some of the Upper Peninsula’s American Legion Baseball programs say they’re not giving up on playing baseball at some point this summer here in the U.P. It just won't be "legion ball". Click the above headline for details.
The Detroit News is out with its high school girls basketball All-State Teams. Click the above headline to see who made the paper's list. (Pictured: Nicole Kamin).
Iron Mountain's Marcus Johnson and Foster Wonders were both named as Division Three First Team All-Staters on Tuesday by the Associated Press, while the U.P.'s Nick Edington and Ashton Janke were Division Four First Teamers and Carney-Nadeau's Brett LaFord was named to the D-4 Second Team. Click the above headline to read details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced the All-U.P. boys basketball teams Monday night. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced the All-U.P. boys basketball teams Friday night. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Escanaba High School softball team will not get a chance to defend its back-to-back state championships as Michigan's high school sports seasons were cancelled Friday because of the coronavirus. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association decided on Friday to cancel the winter post-season tournaments that had been suspended, and has cancelled all spring sports seasons because of the coronavirus. Click the above headline to read details.
The Michigan Wrestling Association is praising the work of the best high school wrestling teams and individuals...off the mat. The Escanaba Eskymos were recognized for having the ninth-best team grade point average in the state in Division Two. The Westwood Patriots and five individuals were also honored. Click the above headline to read more.
Eight Upper Peninsula High School wrestlers are being honored for their success on the mat this winter. The Michigan Wrestling Association lists its All-State teams by grade level and by division. Click the above headline to read about the Yoopers and see videos.
An Upper Peninsula hockey player had his East Coast junior hockey season come and abrupt end, along with the rest of the sports world, with the emergence of the coronavirus. Click the above headline to read more about Bark River's Brayden Stannard.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association closed its East Lansing office on Tuesday as the coronavirus concerns continue. But there has been no change in the status of the high school sports seasons. Click the above headline to read more.
Six Marquette Redmen and one Escanaba Eskymo have been named to the Divison Two All-State teams by the Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association. Click the above headline to see who made the teams, and hear interviews about their selections.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has directed all member schools to suspend activities in all sports for all seasons – effective Monday, March 16 through at least Sunday, April 5. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association decided on Thursday afternoon to postpone all winter sports tournaments, immediately, and until further notice. Click the above headline to read details from the MHSAA director.
