Rouse, Kingsford Flivvers Sweep Football Awards
November 09, 2023The Upper Peninsula Sportswiters and Sportscasters Association on Thursday released its All-U.P. football players for the 11-man division. Click the above headline for details
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Football
UPPER PENINSULA HS FOOTBALL SCORES/SCHEDULES
November 08, 2023The high school football playoffs are winding down, with teams from across the Upper Peninsula competing in several divisions losing this weekend. Only Menominee plays on. Click the above headline to see all of the schedules and scores.
Football
'FINALLY OUR TURN': Braves Take Down Miners
November 04, 2023The Gladstone Braves football team ended four years of playoff frustration by beating the Negaunee Miners, 28-14, Friday night, at the Marble Athletic Field. The Braves took down the defending state runners-up, and the team that had ended their season in each of the past three playoffs. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
Girls Volleyball
Houghton Volleyball Outlasts Feisty Eskymos, 3-1
October 31, 2023The Escanaba Eskymos played hard after falling behind by two sets in Monday night's MHSAA volleyball district tournament opener, winning the third set and nearly winning the fourth, before losing to the Houghton Gremlins, 3-1, in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and comments from both teams' head coaches.
Football
STILL GOING STRONG: NCA Begins Title Defense
October 28, 2023The North Central High School football team opened defense of its threepeat state championship on Saturday with a dominating 54-20 win over the previously-undefeated Posen Vikings in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos, interveiws.
Football
SURVIVE & ADVANCE: Gladstone Tops Ramblers
October 28, 2023The Gladstone High School football team opened MHSAA Division Six playoff action Friday night with a workmanlike 28-7 win over the Boyne City Ramblers at the Marble Athletic Field. Eli Berthume rushed for three touchdowns and the Braves defense pitched a shutout until the back-ups allowed a score in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Volleyball
Manistique Volleyball Team Wins 30th Match, 3-0
October 27, 2023The Manistique Hogh School volleyball team wrapped up a successful regular season Thursday night, with a rather easy 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos. The scores were 25-21, 25-14, and 25-15. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and other UP scores.
Soccer
Marquette Soccer Season Ends In Regional Semis
October 26, 2023Mother Nature was not kind for the Marquette High School soccer team, and Lady Luck wasn't either, as the boys faced the Fruitport Trojans in an MHSAA Division Two regional semifinal game in Gaylord late Tuesday night. Marquette lost the game, 2-0. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Photo by Michelle Grunert)
Soccer
MAGICAL RUN ENDS: Flivvers Lose Heartbreaker
October 25, 2023The soccer season came to an end for the Kingsford Flivvers late Tuesday night in Gaylord, as the Flivvers couldn't hold a 2-0 lead and lost at the very end of regulation time to the Fremont Packers, 3-2, in Gaylord. Click the above headline for details.
Soccer
FUTBOL, NOT FOOTBALL! Flivvers Making Push
October 23, 2023The Kingsford High School soccer team is preparing for the biggest game in school history on Tuesday, when the Flivvers head downstate to face Fremont in the MHSAA Division Three regional semifinals. Click the above headline for details. (Coleton Mihelich photo)
Cross Country
Marquette, Jeffers, Dollar Bay Claim Boys UP Titles
October 22, 2023The MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals for cross country were held in Gladstone on Saturday, and there were repeat champions on the boys side as Marquette, Painesdale-Jeffers, and Dollar Bay won titles. Click the above headline for details, photos, courtesy of MHSAA.
Football
DISTRICT CHAMPIONS! Marquette Soccer On Top
October 22, 2023The Marquette High School boys soccer team made history on Saturday, winning a MHSAA District Championship with a dramatic win over Petoskey on penalty kicks. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos courtesy of MSHS soccer.
Football
STRONG FINISH: Braves Rout Esky; Playoffs Next
October 21, 2023The Gladstone Braves raced to a 27-0 lead in the first half and cruised to a 30-0 victory over the Escanaba Eskymos Friday night, ending Escanaba's season and sending the Braves into the playoffs as a No. 1 seed. Click the above headline for details, photos, interviews.
Girls Tennis
BACK-TO-BACK: Derkos Named U.P.'s Top Player
October 19, 2023The U.P. Division One Girls Tennis Awards have been announced, and the co-champion Escanaba Eskymos and Negaunee Miners cleaned up the top awards. Escanaba's Sophia Derkos led the way, winning her second straight U.P. Player of the Year award. Click the above headline for details.
Soccer
MOVING ON: Marquette Soccer Wins In Playoffs
October 18, 2023The Marquette High School boys varsity soccer team made the most of the new ability to take part in the MHSAA State tournament. Marquette beat Alpena, 3-0, Tuesday afternoon, at the Kaufman Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
Girls Volleyball
Kingsford Sweeps Escanaba; Closes In On GNC Title
October 18, 2023The Kingsford High School volleyball team moved to within one win of the outright Great Northern Conference championship with a 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night. The scores were 25-16, 25-16, and 25-15. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, interviews, and other Upper Peninsula scores.
Football
GUT CHECK: Gladstone Overcomes Calumet, 28-21
October 14, 2023The Gladstone Braves scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to beat the Calumet Copper Kings, 28-21, Friday night in the Copper Country. Eli Berthaume scored all four touchdowns for the Braves. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Football
FINALLY! Norway Knights Outlast NCA Jets, 32-26
October 13, 2023They didn't do it the easy way, but the Norway Knights football team finally slay the dragon Thursday night in a rivalry match-up with the North Central Jets. Norway fell behind, 14-0, but rallied to win, 32-26. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
Soccer
Kingsford Outlasts Marquette For U.P. Soccer Title
October 10, 2023The Kingsford Flivvers beat the Marquette Redmen, 2-1, in an intense boys soccer title game to win the Upper Peninsula championship. The match went past regulation time tied at 1-1, and after overtime solved nothing, it went to penalty kicks to decide it. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Soccer Photo)
Football
RUNNING WILD: Broncos Smack West Iron, 49-8
October 08, 2023The Bark River-Harris Broncos rolled up 470 yards of total offense and Dominick Lantagne rushed for 177 yards and four touchdowns in a 49-8 win over the West Iron County Wykons on Saturday in Stambaugh. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews
Football
Northern Football Drops Sixth Straight Game 28-12
October 08, 2023The Northern Michigan football team battled at No. 16 Davenport on Saturday afternoon, falling 28-12. The Wildcats kept it close throughout most of the contest, but back-to-back scores from Davenport early in the fourth quarter put it away. Click the above headline fror details.
Football
WAKE-UP CALL: Braves Cruise Past Gremlins 31-8
October 07, 2023The Gladstone Braves scored three touchdowns in the second half, and the defense pitched a shutout, as the Braves pulled away from the Houghton Gremlins on Homecoming, 31-8, Friday night. Eli Berthaume scored three touchdowns in that second half, and the defense forced twqo fumbles, as the Braves improved to 5-2. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Tennis
ALL TIED UP: Miners, Eskymos Share Tennis Title
October 06, 2023The Escanaba Eskymos and Negaunee Miners finished as co-Upper Peninsula champions after Wednesday's MHSAA Division One Tournament in Marquette. Both teams finished undefeated seasons after they tied for first with 16 points each. Westwood had a great day, too, with 14 points. CLick the above headline for details.
Cross Country
FINALS PREVIEW: X-Country Races In Gladstone
October 04, 2023Eight boys high school cross country teams and six girls teams ran at the Gladstone Farmhouse meet on Tuesday, with the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils winning both races and the Gladstone Braves taking second in both. It was somewhat of a preview of the U.P. Finals, which will be held on this course on Oct. 21. Click the above headline for details, photos
Football
Maroons Shake Off Slow Start To Roll Braves, 44-26
September 30, 2023The Maroons won their sixth straight game Friday night as Landan Bardowski rushed for four touchdowns and Trevor Theuerkauf passed for two more scores in a 44-26 win over the Gladstone Braves. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Football
Esky Juniors, Seniors Battle In Homecoming Event
September 29, 2023Escanaba High School's Homecoming Week continued Wednesday night with the annual Powderpuff Football Game in Ludington Park, with the girls taking part in a competitive game and the guys serving as coaches. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Girls Volleyball
LONG TIME COMING: Braves Finally Taste Victory
September 27, 2023The Gladstone High School volleyball team won its first match in two years Tuesday night, beating the Westwood Patriots, 3-0, by scores of 25-15, 25-10, and 25-23. Click the above headline for details, and interviews. (Freddy VanBrocklin photo)
Football
COSTLY WIN: Braves Top Patriots But Solis Injured
September 23, 2023The Gladstone Braves football team earned an easy 49-8 win over the Westwood Patriots Friday night in West Ishpeming, but the Braves paid a heavy price for the win when senior running back Austin Solis suffered a leg injury that may sideline him for the rest of the season. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Girls Tennis
STATEMENT WIN: Esky Tennis Wins At Westwood
September 22, 2023The Escanaba High School girls tennis team picked up a 7-1 win over a strong Westwood Patriots team Wednesday afternoon in West Ishpeming. The win kept the Eskymos undefeated on the season, as they followed up a tie with undefeated Negaunee with a performance that saw five straight-set victories. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Volleyball
Eskymo Volleyball Knocks Off Gladstone Again, 3-0
September 20, 2023The Escanaba High School volleyball team swept the Gladstone Braves, 3-0, Tuesday night, butthe third set was a marathon, with the Eskymos winning, 31-29. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and to see pictures taken by RRN's Freddy VanBrocklin.
