The Munising High School volleyball team won a volleyball district championship Thursday night, beating Rapid River, 3-0, in Rapid River. The scores were 25-20, 25-16, and 25-20. Kianne Wendt led the Mustangs with 21 kills. Marissa Ackerman had 14 digs, and Emily Contreras led in assists with 26. Westwood also won its district on Thursday.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has released the classifications for the next school year, used in basketball and volleyball post-season tournaments. Munising and Rudyard moved down from Class C to Class D, while Houghton moved from Class B to Class C. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: Houghton girls basketball)
The Munising Mustangs won the Skyline Conference Track Championship for both the boys and girls on Friday in Felch. Rapid River was second. Click the above headline for details.
The Munising Mustangs, Newberry Indians, and Rudyard Bulldogs are moving from Class D to Class C for basketball and volleyball, the Michigan High School Athletic Association announced this week. It's due to the schools being just above the enrollment cutoff between the Classes C and D. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Munising Mustangs scored the game's first 13 points and rolled to a 72-28 win over the Rapid River Rockets Friday night in the Class D District Championship game. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Munising Mustangs needed only an hour to top the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 3-0, in high school volleyball action Monday night in Harris. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Munising High School football team will play for its first state championship since 1980 next Friday after the Mustangs posted an emotional 10-7 semifinal win over Beal City Friday night at the Superior Dome. Meanwhile, Cedarville lost in the "Eight Man" state championship game to the Lawrence Tigers, 56-12, in Greenville. Click the above headline for details on both games.
The Munising Mustangs rallied to beat the Superior Central Cougars in a Class D district semifinal, 3-2, Tuesday night in Rapid River. The Cougars won the first two sets, but the Mustangs rallied to win the next three. Click the above headline to see photos and videos. You can also see all of the U.P.'s volleyball scores and schedules.
The Munising High School girls cross country team had a perfect score on Wednesday and rolled to the Central U.P. Conference Championship at the Gorzinski Farm in Wilson. The Mustangs got all five of the top spots, lead by race winner Marissa Immel, to win with 15 points. Superior Central was second with 64 points. Big Bay deNoc was third. Click the above headline to see the results, and photos and videos from the meet.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos and Munising Mustangs battled for 31 minutes of basketball Tuesday night, and settled nothing. But in the final minute, the Mustangs took care of business and posted a 49-43 win over the Broncos. Click the above headline to read the game details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The opening day for the Michigan High School Athletic Association's girls softball district tournaments did not have much drama on Tuesday. The Division Three districts in Gladstone saw a forfeit and another game that was mercied after three innings of play. The Division Four districts in Norway featured three games that ended on the mercy rule. Click the above headline to see Tuesday's scores.
The post-season gets underway for some of the Upper Peninsula's high school girls softball teams on Tuesday. Division Three games will be held in Gladstone, while Division Four games take place in Norway. Both are hosting districts for the first time. Click the above headline to see all softball/baseball schedules.
The British are coming, the British are coming! They're coming to teach our kids how to play soccer this summer. Challenger Sports holds summer soccer camps in all 50 states, as well as in Canada. And they will come to four Upper Peninsula cities this year: Munising, Manistique, Iron Mountain, and St. Ignace. Click the above headline to read more about the camps, see registration information, and hear audio soundbytes from A.J. Nwosu describing the goal of the camps.
Carney-Nadeau High School has seen many girls basketball teams go downstate over the past 25 years. But the boys basketball program had never won a regional title, until Wednesday night, that is. The Wolves beat the Munising Mustangs, 57-51, to win the Class D title at Negaunee High School.
