The Rapid River High School boys basketball team came from behind several times Monday night against the undefeated Dollar Bay Blue Bolts, but lost in the closing seconds, 63-60, in the Class D regional semifinals in Negaunee. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team had a seven-point halftime lead, but the Boyne City Ramblers rallied to post a 76-66 win over the Braves in the Class B district championship game Friday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The St. Ignace High School girls basketball team captured the Class C regional championship, beating the Ishpeming Hematites, 70-56, Thursday night in Escanaba. Four players scored in double figures. Click the above headline to read details.
Brad Spindler scored 30 points and pulled down 17 rebounds Wednesday as the Gladstone Braves overwhelmed the Kingsford Flivvers, 73-53, in a Class B district semifinal game in Kingsford. Click the above headline for photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos taken by Nate Belleville.
Madigan Johns hit four straight free throws in the closing seconds as the Ishpeming Henatites topped the West Iron County Wykons, 59-55, in the Class C regional semifinals Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos.
The Saint Ignace High School girls basketball team kept rolling along Tuesday night, beating the Houghton Gremlins, 68-34, in the Class C regional semifinals in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos, video highlights.
Reece Castor scored 31 points to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 81-72 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in the Class B District quarterfinals Monday night. Jared Nash had a career-high 31 for the Eskymos. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Brenda Crow, videos taken by Nate Bellville, and listen to interviews.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association Individual Wrestling state finals were held Fridat and Saturday at Detroit’s Ford Field. There were 17 U.P. wrestlers competing, and six reached the podium. Click the above headline for results.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team had its season come to an end Friday night as the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils left town with a 62-48 win in the Class B district championship game. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team played its best game of the season Thursday in the regional semifinals, but lost a heartbreaker to the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-2, at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Anne Truitt, videos taken by Sanid Young, and to listen to interviews and radio replays.
Connor Ortman scored 24 points to lead the Norway Knights to a 58-56 win over the Rapid River Rockets Thursday night in Norway. Ortman crossed the 1,000 point mark in his high school career (1,012). He is a recruit of Lakeland University in Wisconsin. (Bob Bal photo)
Mykenzie Monkevich scored with 4.3 seconds left to play Wednesday to lift the Escanaba Eskymos to a 49-48 win over the Gladstone Braves in the Class B district semifinals in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brenda Crow, videos taken by Mike Dagenais. Also listen to interviews and a replay of the game-winning shot.
The Marquette Redmen won the Division One state championship in boys downhill skiing on Monday in downstate Boyne Falls. Marquette won for a sixth straight year with 56 points. Traverse City Central was second with 80.5. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo, Story)
Brayden Stannard had a hat trick and Blaine Reinhart had a three-assist "playmaker" as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Negaunee Miners, 9-1, Tuesday night, in the Division Two regional opener. Click the above headline for photos by Anne Truitt, videos by Sandi Young.
Taylor Hunter scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Gladstone Braves beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 56-36, in a Class B district tournament game Monday night. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brenda Crow, and videos by Mike Dagenais.
The Gladstone High School basketball team used a big third quarter run to break a 36-36 tie and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 78-66, Friday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos taken by Garrett Finkbeiner.
The Escanaba High School hockey team defeated the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets, 3-1, on Senior Night Friday night in Wells. Blaine Reinhart and Christer Carne gave the Eskymos the lead, then Brayden Stannard put it away. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Anne Truitt.
Dawson MacKay scored three goals to lead the Houghton Gremlins to a 6-2 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Thursday night at the Hannahville Ice & Turf in Wells. Click the above headline to see videos taken by Sandi Young, photos by Anne Truitt.
Gladstone High School senior Jared Demeuse signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to study and play football at Lakeland University in Sheboygan, Wis. He will study criminal justice there. Click the above headline to read more.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team picked up a win in their final home game of the season Wednesday night, 66-64, over the Menominee Maroons. The Eskymos improved to 9-9 on the season. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights.
The North Central High School boys basketball team had nine players score en route to a 72-56 win over the Munising Mustangs Tuesday in Powers. The Mustangs also played Monday night against Carney-Nadeau. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School girls swimming team won the MHSAA Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday in Marquette. The Braves 200 medley relay team of Claire Tembreull, Sydney Herioux, Abby Rouleau, and Taylor MacFarlane won the U.P. title. The 200 freestyle relay team of Herioux, Liz Stephenson, Kirsten Williams, and MacFarlane were also champions. (Amy Rouleau photo)
The MHSAA individual wrestling regional tournaments were held across the state on Saturday. Escanaba's Hunter Larson (pictured) won his second straight regional championship, and a total of six Delta County wrestlers qualified for the state finals at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Gladstone Braves rallied from 15 points down in the fourth quarter, closing to within one point, but the top-ranked Iron Mountain Mountaineers held on to post a 73-66 win. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association held its wrestling team regionals in Marquette, Iron Mountain, and Ishpeming on Wednesday. And the home cooking was not in favor of the Upper Peninsula's teams. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Escanaba High School hockey team played hard, but lost in overtime to the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-2, Tuesday night at Mountain View Arena. Click the above headline to read details, listen to interviews, and see photos and video highlights.
The MHSAA individual wrestling districts were held on Saturday, and Delta County boys did well as the Escanaba Eskymos' Scout Wunder and Hunter Larson won championships in Division Two, and Gladstone's Jared Demeuse and Brody Sanville pulled upsets in Division Three. Click the above headline for details. (Jackie Demeuse photo)
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team stayed in a three-way battle with Escanaba and Marquette for the Great Northern Conference championship Thursday with a 75-68 win over the Kingsford Flivvers. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Two Escanaba High School football players signed their letters of intent on Wednesday to play college football next year. Seated left is Hayden Haslow signing his letter of intent to play football at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. At right is Scout Wunder signing his letter of intent to play football at Michigan Tech. Standing left to right is EHS Head Football Coach Dave Howes, Greg Haslow, Margie Haslow, Polly Wunder, Tim Wunder, EHS Athletic Director Nick Nolde.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team rolled to a 74-48 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night. It was a match-up that featured the Upper Peninsula two top-ranked teams. Click the above headline for photos, videos, post-game interviews.
