The Kingsford Flivvers got championships in five flights at the Great Northern Conference tennis meet on Wednesday, and won the team championship with 42 points. Marquette was second, Escanaba finished third, and Gladstone took fourth place. Click the above headline to see all of the team and individual results, and a bunch of pictures, courtesy of Lisa Dagenais.
The Menominee Maroons snapped a 1-1 tie with two dominating sets and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 3-1, Tuesday night in Escanaba. After the Eskymos had tied the match with a 25-22 win in the second set, the Maroons cruised to 25-11 and 25-12 wins to take the match. Meanwhile, in Marquette, the Gladstone Braves led the Redettes two sets to one before the host team rallied to win the next two sets to win the match, 3-2. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys cross-country team cruised to another tournament championship on Tuesday, winning the Munising Invitational at Pictured Rocks. The Eskymos had 56 points, well ahead of Kingsford's 121 and Sault Ste. Marie's 124. Click the above headline to read more details from the race.
The Northern Michigan University women's volleyball team rolled to a 3-0 win over Upper Peninsula rival Michigan Tech Tuesday night at Vandament Arena. Click the above headline to read all of the game details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information Office.
The start of the high school hockey season is still two months away. But an early look at the Escanaba Eskymos' 2012-13 schedule shows that the team will have the chance to bring back a lot of hardware during the campaign, competing in five in-season tournaments. Two of the tournaments will be at home. Click the above headline to get a sneak peak at the schedule.
The Esacanaba Eskymos finally played some tennis on Monday, after having their matches rained out four times last week. The girls traveled to Marquette and lost to the Redettes, 6-2, in their Great Northern Conference finale. Click the above headline to read more details and photos.
The Gladstone Braves played a solid half of football against the Marquette Redmen on Homecoming Friday night. Unfortunately, it takes two halves of solid football to earn a victory. Marquette scored three touchdowns in the second half to beat Gladstone, 35-14. Click the above headline to read more details and see photos and videos.
The North Dickinon Nordics clinched a state football playoff spot Friday with a 40-0 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Friday night in Felch. It marks the 22nd straight year that the Nordics have qualified for the Michigan state playoffs. Click the above headline to see more of his photos.
The Escanaba High School football team appeared to have the game won against the Medford Raiders Friday night in Wisconsin. The Eskymos had a five-point lead, and they had the ball, looking to run out the clock. But an ill-advised pass led to two minutes from hell, and the Eskymos lost to the Raiders, 44-35. Click the above headline to read more about the game.
The Rapid River Rockets gave up 40 points in their football game against the Engadine Eagles on Homecoming Friday night. That usually means a loss. But the Rockets scored 60 points on offense and beat the Eagles, 60-40. Jake Pearson scored six touchdowns...three in the air and three on the ground...as the Rockets improved to 5-0.
The Gladstone High School girls volleyball team played well in stretches Thursday night, but left the court with nothing to show for it. The girls had the lead several times throughout the night, but lost to the Stephenson Eagles, 3-0. The scores wers 25-17, 25-23, and 25-22. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Rapid River Rockets got off to a good start Thursday night, racing to a 20-14 lead in their first volleyball game against the North Dickinson Nordics. But the Nordics rallied to win that game, 25-23, and then took the next two games (25-14, 25-17) to shock the Rockets, 3-0, on Parent's Night in Rapid River. Click the above headline to see pictures and video highlights from the contest.
The newest Upper Peninsula high school baseball program is already gearing up for the 2013 campaign. Gladstone High School will have baseball for the first time next spring, as a self-funded sport. Former Escanaba Coach Don Lauscher will be at the helm, and his son Kirk and nephew B.J. will be at his side. Click the above headline to read more about the 2013 Braves.
The magazine Sports Illustrated is running a series titled "Underdogs: Inspiring Stories in High School Football". And this week's episode, dated September 18th, highlights Ishpeming Hematite Senior Eric Dompierre. Click the above headline to see the video and the page that SI set up about Dompierre and the Hematites.
The Escanaba High School boys cross-country team wasn't even scheduled to run in the M&M Border Battle Tuesday in Menominee. But the Eskymos joined the field late, and ended up placeing four guys in the top 20 to run away with the championship. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves spent their Saturday at multi-team volleyball tournaments. Both local teams had mixed results, as the Braves lost four of five matches in Clintonville, Wis., and the Eskymos went 1-2-1 in pool play at a tournament in Marquette. Click the above headline to see all of the scores, and other details.
The Escanaba Eskymos shocked the Marquette Redmen, 31-22, in a Great Northern Conference match-up Friday night in Marquette. David Falish scored three touchdowns on the ground and tossed a touchdown pass to lead the Eskymos. Escanaba entered the game on a two-game skid, but scored 22 points in the first half and then the defense shut out the Redmen in the second half. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Escanaba High School cross-country teams competed Saturday in the 56th Annual Smiley Invitational. The girls competed in Division One Small School bracker, and placed fifth as a team, with Aimee Giese finishing eighth with a time of 16:20 in 4000 meters. The boys placed fourth overall. Andrew Stenberg was the top Eskymo, finishing third with a time of 17:13 in 5000 meters.
The Gladstone Braves had high hopes entering their Great Northern Conference football opener Friday night in Menominee. But the Maroons jumped to a big lead in the first quarter and the Braves committed five turnovers and Menominee cruised to a 47-6 win at the century-old Blesch Field. Click the above headline to read more about the game.
The Gladstone Braves rallied to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 3-2, in an exciting volleyball match Thursday night in Gladstone. The Braves trailed by a game, 2-1, but pulled out a 25-21 win in the fourth game. Then in the fifth game, the Braves rallied again, winning, 18-16, to take the match. Click the above headline to see more details.
The Upper Peninsula Youth Football season is under way in Delta County. The first games were played on last Saturday, and the young kids have a six-game schedule. They play at Holy Name Field in Escanaba Saturday mornings, starting at 9:00. Click the above headline to read more details and see photos.
The new United States Olympic Education Center weightlifting team has a definite "home town" advantage this season. Ten of the 21-member squad hail from Michigan. Three of them call Marquette home and the fourth is a Munising native. Click the above headline to read more about them, and about the team's upcoming intrasquad competition.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves settled nothing on the tennis courts Tuesday afternoon. The two rivals played to a 4-4 tie, with Escanaba winning three doubles matches and Gladstone taking three of the singles matches. Click the above headline to see more photos.
The Michigan Tech Huskies scored twice in the second half to post a 2-0 win over Northern Michigan in a non-conference match on Monday. The win was the first for Tech over NMU in program history. Click the above headline to read more details. Photo and other details courtesy of Michigan Tech University Sports Information.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team lost 3-0 in Negaunee Tuesday night. The scores were 25-20, 25-14, 25-23. The Eskymos had a 16-11 lead in the final game, but could not hold on. "Poor serving at the end of games really hurt," Eskymo Coach Bron Harmon said.
David Falish scored a touchdown less than two minutes into Saturday's game against Cedar Grove-Belgium, Wis., at the Escanaba Athletic Field. But the Eskymos never found the end zone again and lost, 49-10. Click the above headline to see video highlights from the game, as well as a bunch of pictures.
The Houghton Gremlins lost the first game to the Marquette Redettes on Saturday, but then rallied to take the next two games to beat the Redettes and win the championship of the Gladstone 'Rock' Invitational. Click the above headline to see all tournament scores, photos and videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos volleyball team won three of its four pool play matches at the Gladstone 'Rock' Invitational on Saturday before losing a tight match to the eventual champion Houghton Gremlins. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights from the girls' day.
The Gladstone Braves and Rapid River Rockets didn't see much success Saturday at 'The Rock' Volleyball Tournament. The homestanding Braves lost three matches and managed a tie against Gwinn, while the Rockets went winless. Click the above headline to see photos for both local teams.
The Negaunee Miners scored two touchdowns in the final six minutes of the game to stun the Gladstone Braves, 36-34, Friday night. Dusty Goupille scored the tying touchdown and Tyler Lajoie had the game-winning two-point conversion. Click the above headline for story, photos, audio, video.
