The Gladstone High School football season began with a 3-0 start before six straight losses ended the team's playoff hopes. But there were a lot of positive moments, and those moments were celebrated during the team's awards banquet Sunday night. (Lori Jurek photo)
Seven different boys scored goals on Saturday as the Escanaba High School hockey team completed a weekend sweep of the Alpena Wildcats, 7-0, at the Wells Sports Complex. Levi Wunder had a goal and three assists and Nick Aird added three assists in the win. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier, and listen to radio replays and interviews from the contest.
The Munising High School football team will play for its first state championship since 1980 next Friday after the Mustangs posted an emotional 10-7 semifinal win over Beal City Friday night at the Superior Dome. Meanwhile, Cedarville lost in the "Eight Man" state championship game to the Lawrence Tigers, 56-12, in Greenville. Click the above headline for details on both games.
Levi Wunder scored 16 seconds into the game and then added four assists as the Escanaba Eskymos overwhelmed the Alpena Wildcats, 7-1, in a season-opening contest Friday. Click the above headline for game details.
The Upper Peninsula high school volleyball season came to an end Tuesday night as the Calumet Copper Kings and the Stephenson Eagles both lost their quarterfinal matches. In Class C, Calumet lost to Roscommon, 3-0 (25-17, 25-10, 25-13). In Class D, Stephenson lost to Onaway, 3-0. (25-15, 25-15, 25-17). Click the above headline to see all of the playoff scores.
Three Upper Peninsula high school football teams won regional championships over the weekend, and will face downstate teams in the state semifinals next weekend. ready to compete in the state semifinals next weekend. Click the above headline for details on all of the games.
Austin Young caught two touchdown passes to help the Northern Michigan University Wildcats beat the Findlay (Ohio) Oilers, 66-38, Saturday at the Superior Dome. Young, a 2012 Escanaba graduate, caught three passes for 83 yards. Click the above headline to read all the details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team has begun practicing for the new season, which gets off to an early start on Friday against Alpena. The Eskymos have just one senior this season: Levi Wunder. Click the above headline to read more about the team.
The Cedarville Trojans won the MHSAA "Eight Player" football regional championship Friday night with a resounding 28-0 win over the Rapid River Rockets. Mike Bailey rushed for 202 yards and scored twice as the Trojans advanced to the state semifinals. Click the above headline to see photos by Michelle Rubick and videos by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team played an excellent first set in an MHSAA Class B District semifinal Wednesday night against the favored Kingsford Flivvers. Escanaba led that set, 24-17, but lost, 30-28. Kingsford won the next two sets to eliminate the Eskymos, 3-0. Click the above headline to see photos.
The Gladstone High School girls volleyball team ran into a well-tuned Houghton Gremlins squad, and lost in the Class B District semifinals, 3-0, Wednesday night. The scores were 25-13, 25-11, 25-9. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and all U.P. scores.
The Rapid River Rockets have spent the week preparing for their toughest challenge of the year: the Cedarville Trojans. The two teams will battle Friday night for an MHSAA Division Nine regional championship. Click the above headline to hear from the Rockets players and coaches.
The Bark River-Harris High School football team is in the state playoffs for the first time since 2009, and the Broncos emerged with a victory in a defensive battle on Saturday. Bark River-Harris beat Lake Linden-Hubbell, 14-6, at Ron Warner Field. Click the above headline to read details.
The Rapid River High School football team raced to a 24-0 lead and then had to hold off a determined Engadine Eagles squad to win, 46-26, in the first round of the state football playoffs on Halloween Friday night. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The smallest school in the Great Northern Conference is on top of the league in volleyball. The Stephenson Eagles rolled past the Escanaba Eskymos, 3-0, Thursday night, to clinch the GNC championship. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Detroit Lions rallied from a 21-0 deficit to beat the Atlanta Falcons, 22-21, Sunday in London, England. And in attendance was Escanaba native Kelton Heller, who is stationed at an Air Force base there. Click the above headline to read more about Heller's day.
The Rapid River High School football team closed out a perfect regular season Friday night with a 42-28 win over the Bellaire Eagles in Rapid River. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Michelle Rubick.
The Gladstone High School football team scored two touchdowns in the final ten seconds of Friday night's game against the Calumet Copper Kings. Too bad it wasn't enough as the Braves lost to the Kings, 47-38, in a wild game at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos ended their football season on a high note, while the Bark River-Harris Broncos picked up big momentum in Friday night's football action. The Eskymos upset Kingsford, while BR-H beat previously-undefeated West Iron County. Click the above headline to see details.
The Escanaba High School freshmen football team won the Great Northern Conference championship Thursday with a 20-7 win over the Kingsford Flivvers under rainy conditions at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Scout Wunder (pictured) scored all three of Escanaba's touchdowns. Click the above headline to see videos and photos.
The Upper Peninsula's top boys and girls cross country runners were named on Wednesday by the UP Cross Country Coaches Association (UPCCCA).Click the above headline to see details.
The Marquette High School girls volleyball team wore pink uniforms Tuesday night in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month as the Redettes faced the Gladstone Braves in Gladstone. The result was the same as when the Marquette girls wore red and white earlier this season: a 3-0 win. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the match.
The Escanaba School Board voted Monday to hire Jamie Segorski as the new Eskymo varsity softball head coach for the 2015 season. Segorski takes over for John LaMarch, who resigned last month. Click the above headline for details.
The high school wrestling season is still a few weeks away, but several Upper Peninsula boys started preparing this past weekend by competing in the 2014 Michigan Grappler Fall Classic in Battle Creek. Escanaba's Kaleb Rahoi and Huntler Sadler, Gladstone's Jeremy Kadish, and Norway's Cole Gonzalez particpiated. See how they fared by clicking the above headline.
The Marquette, Ishpeming, and Chassell High School cross-country teams won both the boys and girls Upper Peninsula championships in their respective divisions on Saturday in Marquette. Click the above headline for all of the results.
The Gladstone High School girls volleyball team won two of three matches during pool play at the Houghton Invitational on Saturday, before losing to Hancock in bracket play to finish the day with a 2-2 record. Click the above headline to see the tournament details.
The Kingsford Flivvers scored three straight touchdowns in the second half to beat the Gladstone Braves, 41-20, Friday night at Flivver Field. The Flivvers (4-4) kept their playoff hopes alive, while Gladstone was eliminated with its fifth straight loss. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Ron Jurek.
The Escanaba High School junior varsity football team was sluggish at times, but rolled to a 41-12 win over Sault Ste. Marie Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Escanaba High School freshman football team fell to 5-3 on the season Thursday after losing to the Norway junior varsity squad, 14-8, in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
Manistique High School sports broadcaster Dick Ketcik has been given a statewide reward for his work with the Emeralds on the radio. Ketcik was inducted into the Basketball Coach's Association's Hall of Honor last weekend in Lansing, recognizing his many years work on WTIQ-AM (1490). Click the above headline for details.
