Green Bay Packer fullback John Kuhn used his day off Tuesday to come to the U.P. to meet Yooper Packer fans. Kuhn spent about 90 minutes at the Escanaba Wal-Mart store, and one by one, fans of all ages filed by to get their picture taken with the popular fullback. Click the above headline to see photos.
The Gladstone Braves volleyball team went the distance with the Marquette Redettes Tuesday before the Redettes pulled out a 3-2 Great Northern Conference win at the Gladstone High School Gym. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos won the first two sets of their match against the Mid Peninsula Wolverines Monday night. But the Wolverines battled back to tie the match, before BR-H pulled out an exciting 3-2 win by taking the final set, 15-13. Click the above headline to read details and to see pictures and videos.
The Escanaba Junior Hockey Association is sponsoring a "pre-season" hockey team this fall, getting the boys ready for the upcoming high school hockey season. But on this team, they're not only boys! Click the abive headline to read more, and to see photos taken from Sunday's pre-season game.
Volunteers have been doing renovation work on the Al Ness Baseball Field this fall. There will be new all-grass baselines between first and third bases, a warning track behind the plate to the backstop, and artificial grass walkways between the plate and the dugouts.
The Northern Michigan University football team picked up its biggest win of the season Saturday, beating the #14-ranked Grand Valley State Lakers, 38-10, at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read the story and photos.
Gladstone Braves volleyball team did not make it out of pool play Saturday at a tournament in Houghton. The Braves beat Ishpeming and Dollar Bay, but lost to Calumet and L'Anse to finish the day 2-2. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos had a Happy Homecoming Friday night after posting a 42-14 win over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers at the Escanaba Athletic Field. David Falish rushed for three touchdowns and Jake Walker scored twice to lead the attack. Click the above headline to read more details from the game.
The Gladstone Braves fell behind, 21-0, in the first quarter and couldn't catch up, as the Kingsford Flivvers posted a 49-28 win Friday night over the Braves. Kingsford's Reed Larson rushed for 210 yards and scored three touchdowns as the Braves lost their sixth straight game. Click the above headline to read the story, and to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba High School boys cross country team successfully defended its Great Northern Conference Championship Thursday by easily outdistancing the rest of the field at the Escanaba Country Club. The Eskymos had five boys finish in the top 15 to win the meet with 51 points. Menominee was second, eleven points back. Click the above headline to read details, and to see meet pictures and videos.
The Escanaba High School freshman football team hang on to beat the Westwood Patriots, 29-28, Thursday night on a cold evening in Escanaba. Logan Lamb scored two touchdowns and Dylan Gauthier had a 75-yard TD run to pace the Eskymos. Click the above headline to see pictures and videos from the game.
The eighth graders from Escanaba's Holy Name Catholic School and the Rapid River Junior High hooked up in a good football game Thursday afternoon in Escanaba. The Holy Name Crusaders took a 22-0 lead and held on for a 22-20 win over the junior Rockets. But the big winner from the game was the Delta County Cancer Alliance, as the kids all wore pink to support breast cancer research. Click the above headline to see photos from the game.
The Marquette Redettes dominated the field at the Great Northern Conference girls cross country championships Thursday. Lindsey Rudden was the runaway winner for Marquette. Escanaba finished second on a tiebreaker over Menominee, as Aimee Giese took fourth and Aubree Peterson finished fifth. Click the above headline to see results and photos.
Homecoming Week continued Wednesday night at the Escanaba High School as the girls took to the Escanaba Athletic Field for the annual Powder Puff football game. In a fun, hard-hitting game, the Eskymo Seniors beat the Juniors, 20-6. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Lisa Dagenais.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team got off to a slow start Tuesday night, but rallied to beat the Gladstone Braves, 3-2, in a Great Northern Conference match at the Escanaba High School Gym. The scores were 15-25, 25-17, 25-15, 18-25, 15-9. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Michigan Tech University football team scored the first 34 points of the game and beat the Northern Michigan Wildcats, 41-17, Saturday at the Superior Dome. Escanaba graduate Austin Young made his NMU debut in the game, catching one pass and getting four carries on the ground. Click the above headline to read more details.
Logan Lamb and Dylan Gauthier each rushed for two touchdowns and more than 100 yards as the Escanaba High School freshman football team edged the Gladstone Braves, 32-26, Saturday at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline to read more details and to see pictures from the game.
The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils won all six of their matches on Saturday to cruise to the championship of the Elks Volleyball Invitational in Escanaba. The Soo beat Rudyard in the final. Escanaba finished 1-1-2 and Gladstone was 0-4 in pool play. Click the above headline to see all of the scores, pictures, and videos from the tournament.
David Falish rushed for 181 yards and scored two touchdowns, threw for 95 yards and another score, and returned an interception 95 yards and another touchdown to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 37-25 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night. Click the above headline to see videos and pictures.
The Escanaba Eskymos junior varsity football team scored touchdowns on eight straight posessions and beat the Gladstone Braves, 47-7, Thursday at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, taken by EHS student Ryan Schoff.
The Escanaba High School tennis team won three Upper Peninsula championships and had three other semifinalists en route to a third place finish at the Division One U.P. Finals Wednesday in Marquette. Negaunee and Kingsford tied for the team championship. Click the above headline fotr details.
The Escanaba High School boys cross-country team won the Gladstone Invitational on Thursday. The Eskymos had 34 points while Kingsford was second with 80. Gladstone finished in seventh place out of 13 teams. Click the above headline to read more.
The Westwood Patriots won the MHSAA Division Two girls tennis U.P. Championship on Wednesday. The Patriots won three doubles championships and one singles title to slip past Iron Mountain in the team standings. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Escanaba Eskymos were competitive throughout their match with the Kingsford Flivvers Tuesday night, but the Flivvers pulled out a 3-1 Great Northern Conference win. Click the above headline to read details, and to see pictures and videos from the match.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team split its first two games with the Menominee Maroons Monday night, but lost the next two games and fell, 3-1, in a Great Northern Conference match-up at the Gladstone High School Gym. Click the above headline to read the details from the match.
The Michigan Tech University football team fell behind by five touchdowns and nearly rallied to beat the third-ranked team in the nation Saturday night in Houghton. But Grand Valley State managed to escape with a 51-43 win at Sherman Field. Click the above headline to read more, and to see videos of post-game interviews, courtesy of the MTU Sports Information.
The Escanaba High School cross-country teams used their home course advantage to win the annual "Golden K" meet Saturday in Ludington Park. The boys team had five of the first eight finishers to easily outdistance second-place Kingsford, while the girls had five of the first seven places to top second-place Gladstone. Click the above headline to see all of the details from the meets.
The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils scored touchdowns on all five of their first half posessions Friday and rolled to a 49-19 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night. Justin Jurek, Sam Pouliot and Riley Ballard all scored for the Braves, but not before the Blue Devils had invoked the mercy rule. Click the above headline to read the details and see pictures and videos.
The Big Bay deNoc Black Bears girls volleyball team lost the first game during their match against the Hannahville Soaring Eagles Thursday night in Hannahville. But the Big Bay deNoc girls rallied to win the next three games to win the match, 3-1. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the match.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos volleyball team cruised to two easy victories and then had to rally at the end to pull out a 3-2 win over the Rapid River Rockets Thursday night in Bark River. The Broncos won both of the first two games by 25-15 scores, but Rapid River didn't give up. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
