The Ishpeming Hematites are your MHSAA Division Two Upper Peninsula girls tennis champions after sneaking past West Iron County and Norway to take the title on Wednesday. Ishpeming had 13 points, West Iron 12, and Norway ten. The Hematites took championships in three of the four doubles flights. Click the above headline for details. (IHS photo)
The Negaunee Miners won their third straight MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula girls tennis championship on Wednesday, taking six of the eight flights in Escanaba and Gladstone. Westwood was runners up. Click the above headline for the details.
The Westwood Patriots football team beat the Gladstone Braves, 42-15, Friday night, in a game featuring two teams with short benches caused by injuries. Westwood got two touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions from Karter Scherer, and the Patriots offense forced four second half turnovers. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Negaunee High School girls tennis team picked up another Mid Peninsula Conference championship on Thursday, edging the Westwood Patriots for the MPC title, heading into next week's MHSAA Division One championships in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team won the Great Northern Conference championship on Wednesday, winning for a fourth straight year, and setting up a battle with Negaunee in the MHSAA U.P. Finals next Wednesday. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Senior High School boys soccer team shut out three opponents on Saturday at a tournament in Alpena, after also dominating a tournament down in Suttons Bay the previous week. Click the above headline to see recaps the matches, and photos taken by Mary Sysko.
The Gladstone High School football team broke a three-game losing streak Friday night with a 36-20 win over the Hancock Bulldogs at Hancock's McAfee Field. Isaac Ketchum rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns, and Casey Alworden scored on a long pass reception and an even longer punt return. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brad Landis.
The Upper Peninsula Sports Writers and Sportscasters Association came out Tuesday with its first high school football polls of the season. A panel of five members of the media from across the U.P. votes every week on the best teams. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School football team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 42-0 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night in Gladstone. The Braves played after losing three key starters to season-ending injuries the week before. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team picked up a 3-1 win over the rival Gladstone Braves Thursday night in Gladstone, in a battle between Delta County teams that has been dominated by the Eskymos for the past several years. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
Weston Yesney rushed for 182 yards and scored three touchdowns, and the Negaunee defense completely shut down the Gladstone offense, as the Miners throttled the Braves, 28-7, Friday night at Miners Stadium. Click the above headline for details. (Brad Landis photo)
The Marquette Sentinels football team rolled up 479 yards of total offense and dominated the Gladstone Braves, 55-0, in the season-opener Thursday night in Marquette. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and photos taken by Brad Landis.
The Marquette Sentinels boys varsity soccer team traveled to Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday night and posted an easy 8-0 win on the mercy rule. Click the above headline for details.
The start of the 2024 high school football season is one week away, and there were multiple scrimmages held across the Upper Peninsula on Thursday. One of them saw the Bark River-Harris Broncos make their annual trip to Escanaba to face the Eskymos. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear comments from kids on both teams.
The Escanaba Eskymos opened the volleyball season Wednesday night with a big rally over West Iron County, 3-2. The Wykons won the first two sets, 25-23 and 25-21, before the Eskymos rallied to win the next two sets, 25-22 and 25-21. Escanaba won the decisive fifth set, 15-9. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Marquette High School boys soccer team traveled to Iron Mountain for the season opener Tuesday night, and got the mercy rule win at the six-minute mark of the second half with a 10-2 score. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Negaunee High School football team is back on the practice field, and the Miners have a chip on their shoulders after being knocked out of the playoffs last year by the Gladstone Braves. Click the above headline to read more, and to hear from three Miners seniors.
The Norway Knights football team had a veteran group of seniors last season, and went 8-3 in a successful campaign. But for 2024, some younger guys will have to step into new roles. Click the above headline for a preview of the 2024 Knights.
Participation in Michigan High School Athletic Association-sponsored sports rose for the third-straight school year in 2023-24 – this time by nearly one percent – and continued to do so despite another 2-percent decrease in school enrollment among the MHSAA’s 754 member high schools. Click the above headline for details.
Nearly 100,000 Michigan high school student-athletes are anticipated to begin Fall 2024 practices on Monday, Aug. 12, across nine sports for which the Michigan High School Athletic Association sponsors postseason tournaments. Click the above headline for details.
A stretch of hot and humid days has provided another reminder of why acclimatization to weather conditions is essential as teams at Michigan High School Athletic Association schools prepare for their first fall practices this month. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula High School All-Star football game, resurrected by the fitness gym AdvantEdge, went off without a hitch on Saturday in the Superior Dome, with the Red team knocking off the Black team, 49-25. Click the above headline for photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Norway Knights baseball team ran into the defending state champions and a dominating pitcher on Saturday, and its dream season came to an end with a 10-0 loss to the Beal City Aggies in the MHSAA Division Four state title game at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA photo)
The Norway Knights baseball team advanced to the state championship game for the first time in school history on Friday with a dramatic 3-2 win over Marine City Cardinal Mooney at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team had its season come to an end on Wednesday, falling in the state quarterfinals to the Evart Wildcats, 9-0, in Cadillac. It ended a long stretch of softball for a group of seniors who have played together since elementary school. Click the above headline for details, and for photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Escanaba High School softball team had its season come to an end in Sunday as the defending state champion Gaylord Blue Devils rolled to a 12-2 win over the Eskymos in the Division Two regional championship game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Montgomery Pepin threw two complete games to lead the Gladstone Braves softball team to a regional championship. The Braves beat Boyne City, 7-1, in the semifinals, and then pulled out a 2-0 win in the championship game over Grayling. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway High School baseball team had its biggest day in program history on Saturday, winning a regional championship, and then dominating the quarterfinal game to advance to the state finals at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team hit five home runs and beat the Freeland Falcons, 8-4, in the MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal Saturday in Cadillac. The field was flooded by constant heavy rains, so the rest of the action was postponed until Sunday. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team had its season come to an end on Saturday, falling to the Charlevoix Rayders, 12-1, in six innings, in the regional championship game at Traverse City Central High School. Click the above headline for details.
