The Escanaba High School girls tennis team continued its strong early-season play by beating the Gladstone Braves, 7-1, Monday afternoon in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, and see video highlights from the #1 doubles match.
The Escanaba High School football team waited an extra day to finally get on the field, but it was worth the wait as the Eskymos beat the Antigo Red Robins, 42-28, Saturday afternoon in Wisconsin. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Marquette Redmen boys soccer team stayed undefeated on the season by winning three more games on Saturday in Saginaw. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Photo)
The Gladstone Braves outlasted the Calumet Copper Kings, 26-20, in overtime in the varsity football season opener Friday night at rainy Agassiz Field. The Braves scored on a touchdown pass from Cam Kelly to Nate Young in OT, then the defense made a goal line stand to preserve the win. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Menominee High School volleyball team bounced back from a dismal performance in their season opener to beat the Gladstone Braves, 3-0, Thursday night in Gladstone. The scores were 25-18, 25-23, and 25-11. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School junior varsity football team beat the Calumet Copper Kings, 20-12, in the season-opener Thursday night. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse baseball and softball teams are back on the Escanaba campus now that summer is winding down and fall classes resume next Monday. The teams were back on the field Wednesday night as fall practices have begun. Click the above headline for more.
The Marquette Redmen boys varsity soccer defeats Boyne City 2-0 on Tuesday night in Marquette. Junior Max Dawson lead the way scoring both goals in the first half. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Soccer Photo)
The Bark River-Harris Broncos volleyball team scored the first 12 points of the match and rolled to a 3-0 win over the Menominee Maroons Tuesday night. The scores were 25-5, 25-12, 25-22. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Marquette County Mavericks avenged two earlier losses to the Escanaba "Mikey D Beer Cave" Polecats to win the Superiorland Baseball championship Monday night, 10-5, in Gwinn. Jeff Krejcik had a home run, double, and five runs batted in for Marquette. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Marquette High School boys soccer team beat the heat over the weekend and opened the season by winning four soccer matches in lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos (courtesy of MSHS Varsity Soccer)
Gleason, Wisconsin’s Justin Mondeik passed Mike Lantange for the lead with six circuits remaining and went on to win the late model feature at Norway Speedway Friday. Pembine, Wisconsin’s Anthony Schiefelbein sweated out multiple caution periods and went on to win the super stock feature. Click the above headline for details.
The North Central High School football team is ready to try defending last winter's state championship as practice has begun for the 2021 season. The Jets lost eight seniors off last year's team, but returns the core bunch that went went undefeated in 2020-21. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to player interviews.
The Copper Country's Jiesung Choi won the 2021 Upper Peninsula Men's Golf Association championship on Sunday in Escanaba. The 2020 Houghton High School graduate led all four rounds to collect the F.H. Hood Trophy. Choi is a member of the Saginaw Valley State University golf team. Gladstone's Terrace Bluff Country Club won the Team Trophy.
Justin Mondeik of Gleason, Wisconsin, and Joey Pontbriand of Norway were two of the big winners at Norway Speedway Friday night. Mondreik won the late model feature and Pontbriand rallied to win the super stock feature. Click the above headline for all the winners.
The Escanaba High School football team has begun practice after surviving a 2020 COVID season in which the Eskymos played only two regular season games, and none at home. Click the above headline for photos, videos, from Tuesday's practice.
The Gladstone Braves held their first practice of the 2021 football season on Monday. The Braves have a tough schedule this year, with non-conference games against Gaylord, Elk Rapids, Sault Ste. Marie, and Calumet, to go along with the Great Northern Conference games. Click the above headline for photos, videos interviews.
Teams participating in all nine sports for which the Michigan High School Athletic Association sponsors postseason tournaments – featuring more than 100,000 student athletes statewide – will be allowed to begin practice Monday. Click the above headline for details.
2020 track champion Dan Lindsley of Vulcan won the caution-free 50 lap late model feature at Norway Speedway Friday. Ryan Wender won the super stock after his 14-year-old son, Tony, won the heat. Click the above headline for details.
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association on Thursday announced its compaosite schedule for the 2021-22 season. Northern Michigan University plays the most home games of any conference team. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association member schools are preparing to begin fall sports practices next Monday, and they're also preparing for hot weather. Click the above headline to read details, and the MHSAA's heat protocols.
The Finlandia University volleyball team will be holding a camp for 9th thru 12th grade, Wednesday. It will be from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Paavo Nurmi Center. Click the above headline for details.
Longtime assistant director Nate Hampton has retired after 32 years on staff with the Michigan High School Athletic Association and 50 serving in education and educational athletics. Click the above hesdline to read details of his career.
The high school football careers officially came to an end for 80 Upper Peninsula graduated seniors as the U.P. Football All-Star Game was held at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read details. (Xcel Photo)
The Marquette Blues American Legion Baseball team captured a Class A state championship on Saturday, beating the surprising Copper Country Flames, 10-0, in an all-U.P. final at Marquette's Haley Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Menominee Red Wave American Legion baseball team had its season come to an end on Friday, losing to Rosebush out of Mount Pleasant, 9-2, in the state tournament in Marquette. Menominee had stayed alive earlier in the day with a 6-2 win over Blissfield. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos.
The Marquette Blues American Legion Baseball team advanced to the state championship game on Friday, with an easy 10-0 win over the Copper Country Flames at Haley Field. Erik Johnson barely broke a sweat, striking out 12 batters and allowing just two hits in five innings. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Marquette Blues American Legion baseball team turned to "small ball" to turn around their Class A State tournament opener against Rosebush from the Mount Pleasant area Thursday. The Blues put down several successful bunts to take the lead, and then held on at the end as the downstate team mounted a late challenge. Marquette won, 8-5. Click the above headline for details.