The basketball season came to an end for the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Tuesday night with a 66-49 loss to Maple City Glen Lake in the Class C state quarterfinals in Petoskey. The Mountaineers rallied from an early 14-point deficit to close to within 30-27 at halftime, and had the lead for a moment in the third quarter. Foster Wonders led Iron Mountain with 20 points. Reece Hazleton had 21 for the Lakers. Iron Mountain finishes 23-2.
Devin Schmitz scored 35 points and Jaden Janke added 23 to lead the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts to a 74-68 win over the Cedarville Trojans in a Class D state quarterfinal game Tuesday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team put the wraps on the 2017-18 season with its awards banquet Monday night at the House of Ludington. Blaine Reinhart was named the Most Valuable Player. Click the above headline for awards winners and photos.
The rosters have been set for U.P. All-Star football game, which will be held this June in the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to see how the players were divided, and all of the schedule details for All-Star Week. (All-Star Football Game Photo)
The Carney-Nadeau High School boys basketball team rallied from 14 points down to take a late lead, but ended up losing to the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts, 65-64, in the Class D regional final Wednesday in Negaunee. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Carney-Nadeau High School boys basketball team used strong defense and balanced scoring to knock off the Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers, 51-45, in the Class D regional semifinals Monday in Negaunee. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
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.
