The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team won its eighth straight home game Thursday, beating Ferris State, 66-42, at the Berry Events Center. Bre Gaspervich and Darby Youngstrom each scored 15 points. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team made the long trip downstate Wednesday to take part in the Michigan Public High School Showcase in Chelsea. The Eskymos will play three games in three days for the third time this season. Click the above headline to read more.
The Marquette High School hockey team is downstate for the next few days, competing at the Michigan Public High School Hockey Showcase in Chelsea. But the Redmen are also having some fun, treating it as a bonding trip. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Riverside Bantams took second place in a nine-team tournament this weekend in Shawano. Escanaba defeated Oregon, Wis., 8-0, Dodgeville, Wis., 9-4, and Verona, Wis., 5-4. Shawano won the championship, 2-1, in overtime. Click the above headline to see the team and its trophy!
The Gladstone Braves jumped to an 11-point lead early in the game and never looked back, beating the Ishpeming Hematites, 69-48, Tuesday night. The Braves rebounded after last Friday's tough loss in Menominee. Click the above headline to see details and videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos outscored the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 23-3, in the third quarter and pulled away for a 71-47 victory Monday night. It was the first-ever boys basketball game between the two schools. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team continued to dominate the rest of the Upper Peninsula on Saturday, winning the championship of the U.P. Finals in Marquette. Seven Braves reached the finals in their weight classes. Click the above headline for details.
Atte Tolvanen stopped 34 shots to help the Northern Michigan University hockey team beat Alaska-Anchorage, 4-0, Saturday night at the Berry Events Center. NMU also won Friday's game, 6-1. Click the above headline to read details of both games. (NMU photo)
Hunter Hass scored 28 points to help the Menominee Maroons upset the Gladstone Braves, 63-61, Friday in Menominee. The Braves made 12 three-pointers in a losing effort. Click the above headline for a recap, and see photos and videos. (Brenda Crow photo)
Nine different players scored as the Gladstone Braves built a 30-point lead and cruised to a 71-55 win over the Stephenson Eagles Thursday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Eric Thompson, and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Escanaba High School hockey team made its third trip to the Copper Country of the season Thursday night, and the result was the same: a loss. Escanaba was outshot by the Calumet Copper Kings, 37-15, and lost, 4-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team stayed undefeated in dual meets, beating Ishpeming, 75-3, and Munising, 54-18, at a triangular Wednesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Marquette Redmen played another down-to-the-wire hockey game Tuesday night, with Marquette pulling this one out, 2-1, at the Hannahville Ice & Turf. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Bill LaMarch.
Northern Michigan University football player Anthony Herbert was found dead in his dorm room Tuesday morning. Click the above headline to read statements from the university's president, athletic director, and head football coach.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team turned defense into offense to build a big early lead, and the Eskymos rolled to a 61-41 win over the Menominee Maroons Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see details, photos, and videos.
Four different players scored goals as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the University of Detroit Jesuit Cubs, 5-1, Sunday afternoon in Wells. The win came 24 hours after a disappointing loss to Bay City Central. Click the above headline for more details. (Sandi Young photo)
Northern Michigan University and Lake Superior State University played to a 1-1 tie for a second straight night on Saturday. Click the above headline to read details. (NMU Photo)
The Marquette High School hockey team scored four times in the second period on Saturday to beat Big Rapids, 5-1, in the second game of the North/South Hockey Showcase in Traverse City. The Redmen beat Grandville Friday by the same score. Click the above headline to read details, and see videos and photos.
Garth Wickham scored two more goals on Saturday, but the Escanaba Eskymos lost to Bay City Central, 3-2, at the North/South Hockey Showcase in Traverse City. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos, videos taken by Micky LaMarch.
The Escanaba High School hockey team got two goals each from Garth Wickham and Blaine Reinhart and rolled to a 6-1 win over Portage Central Friday night at the North/South Showcase in Traverse City. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Micky LaMarch. Pictured: Wickham (19) scores; puck is in the net.
Brad Spindler scored 20 points and Reece Csstor added 19 as the Gladstone Braves smacked the Kingsford Flivvers, 85-47, Thursday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Eric Thompson, and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team stayed undefeated on Thursday, posting a 66-12 dual meet victory over the Escanaba Eskymos in Escanaba. The Braves improved to 15-0 in dual meets. Click the above headline for details, and photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
A Gladstone High School graduate is trying to win a big payday as part of a national contest run by the Champion auto parts company. Christian Groleau is entered in the same "Search for a Champion" contest that Gladstone teenager Jordan Ives won in 2014. Click the above headline to read more about Groleau, and how you can help.
Heavy snow...mixed at times with ice...continued to fall Tuesday afternoon across the southern U.P. Schools were closed throughout the region Tuesday morning, and many schools have since decided to cancel evening extracurricular activities due to bad road conditions. Click the above headline to see the list. (Pictured: Downtown Escanaba)
The Menominee Maroons battled back from a 12-point deficit to force overtime, but the Escanaba Eskymos played tough defense and made huge free throws in OT to post a 72-65 win Monday night. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the championship of the Northern Michigan Super Duals on Saturday in Kalkaska. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School is celebrating 50 years of wrestling this season, and the Eskymos hosted their marquee event on Saturday: the 44th annual Elks Invitational. Click the above headline to see results, photos, and videos. Pictured: Bark River-Harris's Tyler Labadie and Grayling's Tyler Withers battled in the 215-pound semifinal. Labadie won.
The North Central High School boys basketball team raised another state championship banner to the wall inside the NCA Gym Saturday night, and then continued its march toward another title with a 77-29 victory over North Dickinson. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights from the celebration and the game.
Dominck Shine scored a hat trick Saturday night to lead the Northern Michigan University hockey team to a 6-4 win over Lake Superior State at the Berry Events Center. This followed a 3-2 loss in Friday's game. Click the above headline to read about both games.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played another tightly-collected girls basketball game Friday night, before the Eskymos emerged with a 57-51 win in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.