Manistique High School senior Tanner Gonazlez captured a MHSAA Division Four wrestling state championship Saturday evening, beating Johnathon Stid of Dansville, 5-4, in a heart-stopping overtime match at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Click the above headline to read details, see how other U.P. wrestlers fared, and see photos by Anne Truitt.
The North Central High School basketball team faced a challenge from the Bark River-Harris Broncos for two-and-a-half quarters on Saturday, but pulled away to post an 89-52 win in the regular season finale. Click the above headline to see game photos and videos.
Manistique High School wrestler Tanner Gonzalez will wrestle for a state championship on Saturday after he won quarterfinal and semifinal matches Friday at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Iron Mountain's Aaron Bolo lost his semifinal match. Click the above headline to read about the two matches, and to see photos taken by Anne Truitt.
The Gladstone Braves trailed the heavily-favored Houghton Gremlins by just one point in the fourth quarter Friday, but the Gremlins pulled away to post a 60-49 victory. Click the above headline to read the game details.
Four Upper Peninsula wrestlers battled through the consolation rounds at the MHSAA Individual State Finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills on Friday, and they will all get to wrestle for spots on the podium on Saturday. Fifteen other U.P. wrestlers were eliminated, and two were in semifinal action. Click the above headline to see the results, and photos taken by Anne Truitt. Pictured: Gladstone's Austin Demeuse won twice on Friday.
The Gladstone Braves upset the Kingsford Flivvers, 42-40, in a MHSAA Class B girls basketball district semifinal Wednesday night in Kingsford. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Scott Balenger, videos by Mike Dagenais, and hear player interviews.
Northern Michigan University has a new head coach for its women's volleyball program. Mike Lozier was announced as the new coach Wednesday afternoon. He spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Wayne State. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen scored three goals in the third period to eliminate the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-2, in the first round of the MHSAA hockey regional tournament Tuesday in Marquette. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team's season came to a close in the GLIAC tournament quarterfinals at Saginaw Valley State Tuesday night. The GLIAC North Champion Cardinals downed the Wildcats, 62-45. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Braves honored their five seniors and then rolled over their biggest rivals, the Escanaba Eskymos, 81-60, before a standing-room-only crowd Monday night at the Gladstone High School Gym. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos taken by Brenda Crow, and video highlights taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Marquette High School boys and girls skiing teams both won Division One state championships on Monday at Nubs Nob in Harbor Springs. The boys won their fifth straight state title, while the girls won their second straight. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the Michigan High School Association. (James Cook, MHSAA)
The Northern Michigan University hockey team clinched the final WCHA Tournament seed with a 5-3 win over the Michigan Tech Huskies Saturday night in Houghton. Tech won Friday night in Marquette, 3-2, and also made the WCHA Playoffs as the #2 seed. Click the above headline to read stories from both rivalry games. (Michigan Tech U. photo)
Five boys from the Upper Peninsula finished in the top ten at the MHSAA Division Two boys individual regional tournament in Bay City, and will advance to next weekend's state finals. Also, four U.P. girls qualified for states. Click the above headline to see all results.
The new Bay College Norse men's basketball team has signed another local athlete to play for the program in its first year next November. Bark River-Harris Broncos senior Jace Briggs signed on the dotted line Thursday afternoon at his school. Briggs is a three-sport athlete at BR-H, having played as the team's quarterback in football this past fall. He will be a pitcher on the BR-H baseball team this spring. (BR-H Photo)
The Gladstone Braves got off to a strong start in Marquette Wednesday night, but the Redmen used strong defense and clutch shooting to rally for a 54-47 victory. The win was Marquette's 17th in a row. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow, and watch video highlights taken by Nate Bellville.
The Gladstone Braves honored their three seniors Tuesday night, and then got off to a strong start in their game against the Kingsford Flivvers. But the Flivvers turned up their defense to take control of the game, and went on to post a 72-63 victory in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details and see photos, videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The North Central High School basketball team won its 72nd straight game Tuesday night, and improved to 17-0 for this season, by whipping the Munising Mustangs, 83-33, in Munising. The Jets rolled to a 31-8 lead in the first quarter to drop Munising's season record to 15-3. Seniors Jason Whitens and Dawson Bilski both scored 27 points for NCA.
The Ishpeming Hematites jumped to a 17-5 lead and cruised to a 57-41 girls basketball victory over the Gladstone Braves in a make-up game Monday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see videos taken by Mike Dagenais, and photos taken by Scott Balenger.
The Escanaba Eskymos are already looking forward to the upcoming baseball season, despite the calendar showing 'February'. The team held its annual spaghetti fundraiser Sunday afternoon at the Elks Lodge. Click the above headline to read more details.
Gladstone High School swimmer Matt LeClaire closed his varsity swimming career with two more Upper Peninsula championships Saturday at the MHSAA Finals in Marquette. The Redmen won their fourth straight team championship, and Houghton's girls won the team title. Click the above headline to see results. (Pictured: LeClaire wins 100 'back')
Twenty-one Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers finished in the top four at their individual regional tournaments on Saturday, and have qualified for the state finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Click the above headline for details. (Pictured: Gwinn's Kevin Roberts and Bark River-Harris's Tyler Labadie both qualified at 189 pounds in D-4)
The Hancock Bulldogs raced to a 4-0 lead and then held off a late Escanaba rally to post a 5-3 victory Saturday afternoon at the Hannahville Ice & Turf in Wells. Click the above headline to read the game details.
In its first game in program history, the Northern Michigan University women's lacrosse team routed Northland, 18-1, Saturday afternoon at the Superior Dome. Northland was also playing its first-ever match. Click the above headline to read details. (NMU Photo)
The Upper Peninsula's smallest high school boys and girls basketball teams gathered in Hannahville Friday for the annual Northern Lights League Tournament. Hannahville beat Grand Marais, 59-40, before losing to Ojibwe Charter, 51-37. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos. (Pictured: Hannahville's David Welling vs Grand Marais).
The Escanaba High School hockey team couldn't get much traction Friday night as the Eskymos fell to the Calumet Copper Kings, 5-0, at the Hannahville Ice & Turf. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos taken by Bill LaMarch.
Atte Tolvanen's streak of five straight shutouts came to an end Friday night as the Northern Michigan University Wildcat hockey team lost at Minnesota State-Mankato, 5-3. Zach Diamantoni scored twice in a losing effort. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team had its season come to an end Wednesday night as Remus Chippewa Hills came up from Lower Michigan and took home the Division Three regional championship, 48-17. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
Gwinn High School senior Kevin Roberts has signed a letter of intent to play football at Northern Michigan University this upcoming fall. (Pictured: Roberts with Gwinn Football Coach Dion Brown, Athletic Director Rob Soyring, and Superintendent Tom Jayne)
Dre Tuominen scored 37 points, including eleven in overtime, to lead the Negaunee Miners to a 75-71 win over the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Eric Thompson, and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored the final nine points of the game Monday night to turn back the Gladstone Braves, 51-44, at the Escanaba Gym. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Mary Gauthier, and see videos taken by Mike Dagenais.