The Escanaba High School wrestling team fought off a huge challenge from the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils in the MHSAA Division Two District championship match Wednesday night in Marquette. Breyden Papineau's pin in the final match of the night gave Escanaba the needed six points, leading to a 39-36 Eskymo victory, and a trip to the regionals.
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The Marquette High School boys basketball team clinched the Great Northern Conference championship with a 46-24 win over the Gladstone Braves Tuesday in Marquette. The Redmen got a big third quarter from 6-10 center Vejas Grazulis to break open a close game. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos used balanced scoring and a tough full-court press defense to overwhelm the Stephenson Eagles, 84-57, Monday in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos got two goals apiece from Hunter LaMarch and Levi Wunder on the way to a 6-3 win over Berkley Saturday at the Michigan Public High School Hockey Showcase in Chelsea. The win followed a pair of frustrating 5-3 losses Thursday and Friday. Click the above headline to read recaps of all three Eskymo games.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team clinched home ice for the upcoming WCHA playoffs by beating Bemidji State, 2-1, Saturday night in Houghton. Coupled with Friday's 3-1 win, Tech captured the Winter Carnival championship. Defenseman Riley Sweeney was named MVP. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Communications.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team upset the nation's 17th-ranked team, the Ferris State Bulldogs, 73-71, Saturday in Big Rapids. Chavis Mattison and Marcus Hall both scored 20 points as NMU Coach Bill Sall got a win against his former team. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Gladstone Braves made 19 turnovers and missed eight of their eleven free throw attempts Friday night, and that led to a 49-40 girls basketball loss to the Menominee Maroons. Click the above headline to read the details, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
Scout Wunder, Ean Bevins and Nick Onate had pins in the lower weight classes, and the Escanaba Eskymos took advantage of three Gladstone forfeits to beat the Braves, 41-39, Wednesday in Gladstone. The Braves swept the upper weight classes. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear coach's comments.
A man who won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in beach volleyball will visit with Marquette school kids on Friday. Dain Blanton was supposed to speak on Thursday, but flight delays forced a postponement. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team got 15 points from Leigha Woelffer and held off the Negaunee Miners, 43-37, Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details.
Tyler Wells scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 60-50 basketball victory over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Monday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see details.
Morgan Anderson scored 16 points and Brenna Heise added 12 as the Michigan Tech University women's basketball team turned back Northern Michigan, 56-49, Monday night in Houghton. Click the above headline to see the details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team was shut out for the second time in as many days on Saturday, falling to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 1-0, at the Pullar Stadium. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone High School competitive cheerleading team won a tournament championship for the second straight weekend on Saturday. After taking first place last week at home, the Gladstone girls won the U.P. Cheer Classic in Munising on Saturday. Click the above headline to read the scores for all ten teams in this tournament.
Cale Markham scored twice and Marcus Gloss was perfect in net Friday as the Houghton Gremlins blanked the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-0. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Gladstone Braves and Rapid River Rockets met for the first time Thursday in a varsity girls basketball game. Gladstone won, 61-12. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville and Mike Dagenais. Pictured above: Gladstone's Sam Sailer (14) sets a play as Rapid River's Hannah Kanyuh (10) defends.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team rolled to a 19-point lead in the first half and cruised to a 61-51 win over the Negaunee Miners Wednesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored three power play goals, and then killed off several late Kingsford power plays to post a 5-2 victory Tuesday at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team followed up its win at last weekend's Upper Peninsula Championships by winning a tri-meet at home on Tuesday. Escanaba beat Negaunee, 72-12, and Menominee, 74-3, at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline to see photos taken be Sheila Olsen.
The Escanaba "Mites to Men" Pond Hockey Tournament scheduled for this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on the bay has been cancelled because of unsafe ice conditions. However, there will be an event for those who entered on Saturday at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to read more information.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has announced the 120 finalists for the annual Scholar-Athlete Awards. They were selected from 1,584 nominees submitted by schools from across Michigan. Of the finalists, ten of them are from the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School wrestling won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday at Marquette High School. The Eskymos had 210 points, while the Gladstone Braves were second with 175. Click the above headline for all of the results.
The Gladstone High School competitive cheerleading team took first place at the Braves Invitational on Saturday. The Braves trailed Kingsford by 2 1/2 points after the first round, but they won both the second and third rounds to take the invitational trophy.
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The Michigan Tech University hockey team rallied from two goals down in the third period Friday night to post a 4-3 win over the Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks. And then on Saturday, the Huskies rallied for a 3-2 win over the Nanooks. Click the above headline to read the game details, courtesy of MTU Communications. (MTU photo)
The Escanaba High School hockey team jumped to a 3-0 lead Thursday night, but the Calumet Copper Kings scored four unanswered goals to beat the Eskymos in overtime, 4-3, at the Calumet Colosseum. Click the above headline to read the game details.
Pictured: Calumet Colosseum, known for years as the Calumet Armory, was built in 1913.
It took less than a half-hour for the Gladstone Braves to win their wrestling dual meet over the Ishpeming Hematites, 41-24, Wednesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team won four matches in two days during a pair of tri-meets in Bark River and Negaunee. On Tuesday, Escanaba beat Munising, 58-16, and then topped Bark River-Harris, 70-12. Then on Wednesday, Escanaba had a perfect score of 84-0 against Negaunee, and the Eskymos also routed Kingsford, 76-6. Click the above headline to see photos.
The Marquette High School hockey team continued its defensive domination Tuesday, shutting down the high-flying Escanaba Eskymos, 2-0, at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to read the game details, and to see videos taken by Mike Dagenais and photos taken by Lisa Dagenais.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team had a hard time getting into an offensive flow Monday night, and the girls lost a 51-37 decision to the Menominee Maroons.
Escanaba's Michelle LaFave (54, pictured) was held to one basket in the first quarter, and ended up with 17 points. Click the above headline to see game photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the championship of the annual Ray Mariucci Invitational Saturday afternoon in Kingsford. The Braves had three individual champions: Jeremy Kadish, Bradley Gagnon, and Diego Mileski.
