The Escanaba High School football team beat the Menominee Maroons for the first time since 1998 Friday night, 42-21, at Blesch Stadium. The Eskymos scored 21 unanswered points to raise their record to 5-1. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team dug a big hole early, but recovered to post a 3-1 win over the Stephenson Eagles Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see other U.P. scores, and see photos and video highlights.
The Westwood High School girls tennis team repeated as U.P. champions on Wednesday, beating West Iron County, 17-16. Munising was third with ten points, as sisters Marissa (pictured) and Kelsea Ackerman won titles at #1 and #2 singles. Westwood won the championship for the eighth time in ten years. Click the above headline for details.
The Negaunee Miners captured another Division One girls tennis Upper Peninsula championship on Wednesday. The Miners had 18 points. Marquette was second with 13, and Escanaba finished third. Escanaba's Taylor Gauthier (pictured) won a U.P. singles championship for the third straight year. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves earned volleyball victories in conference match-ups Tuesday night. Escanaba won a GNC match in Menominee, 3-0, on scores of 25-7, 25-21, and 25-15. Gladstone won an MPC match at home against Negaunee, 3-1, on scores of 25-13, 20-25, 25-23, and 25-18. Also Tuesday, Bark River-Harris fell to Norway, 3-1 (18-25, 22-25, 25-19, and 14-25), and Carney-Nadeau swept Superior Central, 3-0.
The Houghton Gremlins boys cross country team won the championship of the Munising Al Harger Invitational Tuesday afternoon. The Gremlins had 51 points, with Ishpeming second (74), and Negaunee third (105). Click the above headline for more details.
The Negaunee Miners had the top two runners and easily won the Al Harger Cross Country Invitational Tuesday in Munising. The Miners had 60 points, with Sault Ste. Marie taking second with 98. Negaunee's Emily Paupore won the race in 19:20.4, and teammate Clara Johnson was second (19:56.7). Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone High School girls tennis team split their singles matches, but lost all four doubles matches, and fell to the Menominee Maroons, 6-2, Tuesday in Menominee. The girls are at U.P. Finals in Kingsford on Wednesday. Click the above headline for details.
Homecoming Week began in Gladstone Monday night with a pair of girls Powder Puff football games. The sophomores beat the freshmen, 24-8. Maddie Ahlgren, Taelor Zeise, and Jenna Tardiff scored touchdowns for the sophomores. Amber King scored for the freshmen. In the second game, the seniors beat the juniors, 12-6. Chasey Williams had the winner and Kaylin Holden also scored for the Class of 2018. Sammie Shalifoe found the end zone for the juniors. The boys play Sault Ste. Marie on Friday.
Ten high school volleyball teams got together for the Redette Rumble tournament on Saturday in Marquette. The host Redettes beat Gwinn in the final. Munising and Negaunee were the other semifinalists. Click the above headline to see all of the scores, plus photos and videos from the Gladstone-Negaunee and Munising-Menominee matches.
The Stephenson High School football team raced to a 46-0 lead and cruised to a 54-30 victory over the Superior Central Cougars Saturday in Eben. Montell Glover scored five straight touchdowns for the Eagles. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School football team faced a stiff challenge from the Ishpeming Hematites Friday night, but the Braves pulled out a 20-8 victory to stay undefeated and clinch the Mid Peninsula Conference championship. Click the above headline for details, radio replays, photos taken by Brenda Crow, and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba High School football team had a Happy Homecoming on Friday with a 35-6 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils. The Eskymos are now 4-1 on the season. Click the above headline to read details. (Anne Truitt photos)
The Escanaba Eskymos scored the first nine points of their match in Marquette Thursday night, and went on to post a 3-1 win over the Redettes. Marquette hosts its annual invitational on Saturday. Click the above headline to see all of the U.P. scores.
Scott Hanson has been hired as Escanaba's new varsity baseball coach. He replaces Kirk Schwalbach, who resigned earlier this summer. Click the above headline to read more. (Pictured: Hanson, second from left, along with Schwalbach and the 2017 EHS seniors)
The Great Northern and Mid Peninsula Conferences held their girls tennis championships on Wednesday as scattered thunderstorms rolled through the Upper Peninsula. In Escanaba, Marquette won the GNC title, with West Iron County second and Menominee third. In Iron Mountain, not all of the matches were finished, but Negaunee clinched the Mid Pen title, with Westwood due to finish second and Gladstone to take third. The meet will be finished on Thursday. (Pictured: Marquette's Hannah Swajanen)
The Escanaba High School volleyball team won a hard-fought battle from the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night, 3-1, in Gladstone. The scores were 25-21, 25-27, 25-18, and 25-23. The Eskymos visit Marquette on Thursday while the Braves are idle. Also on Tuesday, Mid Peninsula beat North Central, 3-0, and Munising topped Rapid River, 3-0.
The Escanaba High School tennis team lost to the Menpminee Maroons, 5-3, Tuesday afternoon in Menominee. The Eskymos got wins from Taylor Gauthier, Megan Marenger, and Jasmine Clark in singles action, but the Maroons won all four doubles flights, including #1 doubles by forfeit. Click the above headline to see all of the scores.
The North Central High School football team broke its two-game losing streak Saturday with a 76-8 win over the Baldwin Panthers in Pickford. Hunter Riley threw three touchdown passes and ran in another score. Lucas Dombrowski returned a fumble for a touchdown. Austin Paupore also scored for the Jets. NCA (2-2) led, 60-0, at the half.
The Gladstone High School football team improved to 4-0 on the season Friday with a hard-fought 20-12 win over the Westwood Patriots. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Brenda Crow, and videos taken by Scott Balenger.
The Rapid River High School football team improved to 4-0 on the season with a dramatic 26-22 win over the Ontonagon Gladiators Friday in Rapid River. Sam Orth intercepted a pass and returned it deep into Ontonagon territory late in the fourth quarter, and then on a 4th-and-7 play, Brent Sundquist tossed a 23-yard touchdown pass to Logan Hardwick to take the lead for good. The Rockets face Carney-Nadeau next week.
The Escanaba High School football team improved to 3-1 on the season with a 45-28 win over the Marquette Redmen Friday night in Escanaba. Logan Carroll ran for more than 200 yards and scored four touchdowns. His TD's all came on long runs of 66, 62, 34, and 33 yard scampers. Craig Kamin threw a 30-yard touchdown to Ryan Robinette, Cody Vandermissen scored on a short run, and Christer Carne kicked a field goal.
The Escanaba High School tennis team posted a 6-2 win over the Kingsford Flivvers on Thursday. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School tennis team swept all four doubles flights and posted a 6-2 win over the Munising Mustangs Wednesday afternoon at Pfotenhauer Park. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos. (Pictured: Braves' Natalie Hansen).
The Escanaba High School volleyball team was in control most of the way Tuesday night and posted a 3-0 win over the Negaunee Miners. The scores were 25-20, 25-20, and 25-16. Click the above headline to see photos and video clips.
The Gladstone Braves be having a veteran's football game vs Westwood on Friday. All of the proceeds will go toward the UP Honor Flight. The Braves will be wearing the Digital Camo Jerseys in honor of our veterans. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School tennis team dropped a 6-2 decision to the Westwood Patriots Monday at Pfotenhauer Park. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School football team held on to beat Detroit Loyola, 21-20, Saturday afternoon in Hazel Park. The Eskymos stopped a two-point conversion and recovered an on-side kick in the final seconds to preserve the win. Click the above headline for details.
The Houghton High School volleyball team won the championship of The Rock event Saturday in Gladstone. The Gremlins topped the host Braves, 2-0, in the final, after knocking off the Escanaba Eskymos, 2-1, in the semis. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School football team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 43-0 win over the Negaunee Miners Friday night in Gladstone. The Braves are now one of just four undefeated 11-man teams in the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for details.
