The Michigan Tech football team took No. 25 Bemidji State to overtime before ultimately falling to the Beavers in the first meeting in over 30 years, 19-13, Thursday night at Chet Anderson Stadium. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech story, photo)
The Marquette Sentinels boys varsity soccer team traveled to Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday night and posted an easy 8-0 win on the mercy rule. Click the above headline for details.
Bay College has a new softball coach. He's John Garris, who comes to Escanaba after being an assistant coach at the University of Maryland. Garris becomes the third softball coach in the last three years for the Norse. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Motor Speedway held its championship races Saturday night, with champions crowned in eight different classes. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Northern Michigan University volleyball team will begin its season in September, and the 'Cats return plenty of firepower and will be a contender for the conference crown come March. Headlined by four-time All-GLIAC First Teamer Jacqueline Smith, the Wildcats return nearly 80% of their set-time from a season ago. Click the above headline for a preview.
The Bay College Volleyball Team will have plenty of fresh faces as they kick off their third season this weekend. Head Coach Dan Porath built a roster around just three returning players by adding eleven new players. Click the above headline for details.
The start of the 2024 high school football season is one week away, and there were multiple scrimmages held across the Upper Peninsula on Thursday. One of them saw the Bark River-Harris Broncos make their annual trip to Escanaba to face the Eskymos. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear comments from kids on both teams.
The Escanaba Eskymos opened the volleyball season Wednesday night with a big rally over West Iron County, 3-2. The Wykons won the first two sets, 25-23 and 25-21, before the Eskymos rallied to win the next two sets, 25-22 and 25-21. Escanaba won the decisive fifth set, 15-9. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Marquette High School boys soccer team traveled to Iron Mountain for the season opener Tuesday night, and got the mercy rule win at the six-minute mark of the second half with a 10-2 score. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Negaunee High School football team is back on the practice field, and the Miners have a chip on their shoulders after being knocked out of the playoffs last year by the Gladstone Braves. Click the above headline to read more, and to hear from three Miners seniors.
The Norway Knights football team had a veteran group of seniors last season, and went 8-3 in a successful campaign. But for 2024, some younger guys will have to step into new roles. Click the above headline for a preview of the 2024 Knights.
The City of Negaunee, in partnership with the Lake Superior Community Partnership, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday to mark the successful re-opening of LaCombe Softball Field. This event celebrated the completion of extensive Universal Design/Access improvements, making the field a more inclusive space. Click the abpve headline for details.
Participation in Michigan High School Athletic Association-sponsored sports rose for the third-straight school year in 2023-24 – this time by nearly one percent – and continued to do so despite another 2-percent decrease in school enrollment among the MHSAA’s 754 member high schools. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Speedway was alive Monday night with races as the Upper Peninsula State Fair got under way. There was racing in eight different classes, and a large crowd was on hand to watch under warm conditions. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Jayger Quinn.
Nearly 100,000 Michigan high school student-athletes are anticipated to begin Fall 2024 practices on Monday, Aug. 12, across nine sports for which the Michigan High School Athletic Association sponsors postseason tournaments. Click the above headline for details.
Former United States Olympic Education Center (USOEC) wrestler Helen Maroulis captured her third Olympic medal on Friday night in the City of Light, winning the bronze medal match by a 4-0 margin over Hannah Taylor of Canada. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team is set to host the Michigan State Spartans for a preseason exhibition game on Sunday, Oct. 13 in Marquette. The game will tip off in the Superior Dome at 1 p.m. (ET). Click the above headline for details.
The 77th annual Michigan-Wisconsin tennis tournament is in the books. Dozens of players of all ages converged on Escanaba to play in both singles and doubles competition. Click the above headline for details.
A stretch of hot and humid days has provided another reminder of why acclimatization to weather conditions is essential as teams at Michigan High School Athletic Association schools prepare for their first fall practices this month. Click the above headline for details.
Another great night of racing weas held in Escanaba last Saturday night at the Escanaba Speedway, and it was a special night as the late racing legend Bob Iverson was honored. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
The Post 44 Legion Blues won the third state championship in program history on Saturday, outlasting the Gladstone Indians, 4-2, in the Class A tournament title game before a large crowd at Marquette's Haley Field. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team stayed alive again in the Class A American Legion State Tournament on Saturday with a 7-2 win over the Three Oaks Oakers from the southwestern Lower Peninsula. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team extended its season on Friday by winning a pair of nailbiting games at the Class A state tournament in Marquette. THe Indians rallied from three runs down to beat Breckenridge, 4-3, and then outlasted Gaylord in extra innings, 8-7. Click the above headline for details, and for Jayger Quinn's photos.
Munising High School graduate had a career night on Friday to help the Post 44 Legion Blues advance to the American Legion Baseball state championship game at Haley Field. Walther slugged a home run and ripped a pair of doubles as the Blues beat Three Oaks, 9-4, to punch their ticket to Saturday's final. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion baseball team had one bad inning of defense and couldn't get the big hit on offense, and lost to Gaylord, 3-2, in the first game of the Michigan Class A state tournament Thursday in Marquette. Click the above headline for details.
One of the final Little League Baseball state tournaments to be held in Michigan will be the Minor Baseball (age 8-10) tournament in Ishpeming this weekend. Sixteen teams from around the state will play in the event, which starts Friday. Click the headline for the schedule.
The Michigan American Legion Class A State Tournament begins on Thursday in Marquette, and the six teams involved in the event met Wednesday night for a "welcome dinner" at Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews, and to read more details.
The Escanaba Raceway was alive Sunday night as the weekly races were held on Fan Appreciation Night. Next Saturday's races will honor Bob Iverson, an Escanaba racing legend, who died in 2018. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Jayger Quinn.
Marquette will play host to the Michigan Class A State Tournament for the second time in four years this weekend, as six teams from across the state compete in a double-elimination tournament. Click the above headline for details and the schedule.
The Gladstone Indians American Legion Baseball team won the Upper Peninsula Zone Five championship on Saturday, beating the Eastern U.P. Wood Ducks, 4-0, Saturday in Escanaba. Cooper Curtis threw a complete-game shutout. Click the above headline for details.
