The Gladstone High School girls tennis team picked up a 7-1 victory over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Tuesday afternoon at Pfotenhauer Park. Click the above headline to read all of the singles/doubles scores, and to see photos taken by Eric Thompson.
The City of Marquette will begin signing people up for the chance to win tickets for the National Hockey League's exhibition game between the Buffalo Sabres and the Carolina Hurricanes. The game will be held next month at Lakeview Arena, after the arena was named Kraft Hockeyville USA. Click the above headline for details. (WJMN-Local Three News Photo)
The Northern Michigan women's golf team captured its first team title on its home course Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats posted a two-round 490 (178-312), 25 strokes better than second-place Davenport. Click the above headline to read more details. (NMU Photo)
The Michigan Tech soccer team rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit at Bemidji State on Sunday, scoring two unanswered goals in the final 45 minutes to secure a 2-1 victory. The win by the Huskies was their third straight. Click the above headline to read details. (MTU Photo)
The Houghton Gremlins beat the Hancock Bulldogs, 2-0, to win the championship of The Rock girls volleyball tournament on Saturday in Gladstone. The two teams had tied during pool play, and along with Kingsford, had the best records of the event. Click the above headline to see all of the scores from the nine-team event, as well as photos and video highlights.
The Northern Michigan University football team went to overtime for the second straight week, but this time, the result was a downer for the Wildcats. Northern lost to Angelo State (Texas), 47-41, at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read details. (NMU story, photo)
The Michigan Tech University football team built a 21-10 lead on Saturday...with Escanaba native David Falish scoring on a long touchdown reception...but the Huskies couldn't hold on, losing to Ferris State, 30-28, at Sherman Field. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of Michigan Tech University Athletics. (MTU photo)
Neal Violetta scored three touchdowns and Shane Ring added two scores and the Negaunee Miners beat the Gladstone Braves, 44-21, Friday night at Miners Stadium. Click the above headline to read game details, listen to replays, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba High School girls volleyball team rebounded from Tuesday night's loss to Kingsford with a 3-0 win over the Stephenson Eagles Thursday night in Stephenson. Click the above headline to read details, and to see all of Thursday's U.P. volleyball scores.
The Gladstone High School girls tennis team swept the Gwinn Model Towners for the second time this season on Thursday, 8-0, in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see the scores.
The Escanaba Cross Country Invitational was held on Thursday at the Beauchamp Farm in Flat Rock, the site of next month's U.P. Finals. Sault Ste. Marie and Munising won the girls meets, while Stephenson and Houghton won for the boys. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Kingsford Flivvers took an early lead and went on to post a 3-1 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in a Great Northern Conference volleyball match Tuesday night. The scores were 25-23, 25-15, 19-25, 25-17. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the match.
The Northern Michigan University football team rallied to beat the Lake Erie Storm, 38-35, Saturday afternoon in Ohio. Jake Mayon had a six-yard touchdown run in overtime to seal the victory. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Michigan Tech football team kicked off the 2016 season on Saturday with a 33-7 victory against Walsh (Ohio) University at Sherman Field on a perfect day for football. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (Michigan Tech University photo)
The Bark River-Harris Broncos got five touchdown passes from Jace Briggs...three of them to Iver Stenberg...and rolled to a 52-24 win over the Gogebic Miners Friday night in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The North Central Jets outscored the Forest Park Trojans 30-0 in the third quarter and rolled to a 60-42 win Friday night in Crystal Falls. Jason Whitens had four touchdown passes and Tyler Bentley had two long TD runs. Click the above headline for details. (WJMN Local Three photo)
The Bay College Norse will begin playing men's and women's basketball in the fall of 2017. With 13 months before that first game, planning is under way to upgrade the Bay College Gym at the YMCA. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: the current 1968 YMCA gym).
The Escanaba Eskymos scored two defensive touchdowns and Scout Wunder scored two on the ground and the Eskymos rolled past Petoskey, 39-0, Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos. (Pictured: Tyler Willette was pumped after his catch)
The Gladstone High School junior Varsity football team beat Benzie Central, 40-30, Thursday afternoon at the Marble Athletic Field. The varsity game between the two schools was cancelled because the Huskies don't have enough players. Click the above headline for game details, and to see photos from the JV game taken by Brenda Crow.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team lost a Great Northern Conference match against the Menominee Maroons, 3-2, Thursday in Menominee. Then in the evening, the Gladstone Braves also lost in Menominee County, 3-2, to Stephenson. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School girls tennis team picked up a victory on the road Wednesday, beating the Gwinn Model Towners, 8-0. Click the above headline to see all of the individual results.
The Escanaba High School girls volleyball team rallied to beat the Negaunee Miners, 3-2, in the Eskymos' home opener Tuesday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Northern Michigan University men's soccer team played its third and final scrimmage on Saturday, beating Finlandia University, 5-0, in Marquette. The first game that actually counts for the 'Cats is set for next Saturday on the road at Missouri-St. Louis. Meanwhile, NMU soccer team has opened a flash store to raise money. Click the above headline for details.
The Gwinn Model Towners scored 30 points in the first half and rolled to a 36-16 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos taken by Eric Thompson, and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
Scout Wunder scored two touchdowns and the Escanaba Eskymos took advantage of Alpena penalties and turnovers to post a 24-8 win Thursday night in Alpena. Paul Carne added a field goal and three extra point kicks for the Eskymos. Click the above headline for more details.
Jason Whitens threw five touchdown passes and ran in another score as the North Central Jets opened their season Thursday night with a 60-14 win over Luck, Wis. Click the above headline for more details and to hear post-game interviews with Whitens and Tyler Bentley.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team won all four singles matches on Thursday to tie the Menominee Maroons, 4-4, in a Great Northern Conference match. Megan Marenger rallied from a set down to win at #4 singles, preserving the tie. Click the above headline for details, photos.
The Gladstone Braves won all four doubles matches and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 5-3, in girls tennis action Monday afternoon at Pfotenhauer Park. Click the above headline to read photos and see photos, videos. (Pictured above: Gladstone's Kara Salo and Paige Loehr celebrate a winner)
The stock car races at the Upper Peninsula International Raceway were cancelled Saturday night because of heavy rain. But that rain was just what the doctor ordered for Sunday's Mud Drag Races at the track, winding down Fair Week in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos.
The high school volleyball season began on Saturday with tournaments in Munising, Kingsford, and Sault Ste. Marie. The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves both made the long trip to the Soo to play in the seven-team tournament. Click the above headline to see the scores. (File photo)