Gladstone High School senior Adam Bruce on Friday signed his National Letter of Intent to run cross country and track at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. He was the Division One Upper Peninsula champion last fall and was a four-time U.P. champion in wrestling. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team scored 33 of the game's first 43 points and cruised to a 42-27 win over the Manistique Emeralds Thursday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Gwinn Model Towners shaved a 21-point deficit to one in the fourth quarter, but the Gladstone Braves pulled away to post a 69-60 win Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone Braves wrestling team won the championship of the Ray Mariucci Invitational Saturday in Kingsford. Gladstone won championships at 103 (Lane Matzke), 135 (Adam Bruce), 152 (Cole Hansen), and 215 (Cole Dawson). The Braves took first as a team. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
The Gladstone High School basketball teams both lost their Great Northern Conference match-ups Tuesday night. The Braves boys lost at home to Marquette, 61-47, as Marius Grazulis scored 27 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for the Redmen. Meanwhile, the Gladstone girls lost in Kingsford, 54-51, as Brooke Kriegl scored 34 points in a second-half Flivver rally. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brenda Crow, Scott Balenger.
Reece Castor set Gladstone High School's all-time career boys basketball scoring record Thursday night by scoring 34 points to lead the Braves to a 71-28 win over the Manistique Emeralds in Gladstone. Castor, who has signed to play at Northern Michigan University, broke the old record set by another former NMU Wildcat, Doug Ingalls. Castor has 1,344 career points, with 18 games left in his senior season. (Gladstone HS Photo)
Gladstone High School senior Reece Castor signed his National Letter of Intent Friday to attend school and play basketball at Northern Michigan University. The 6-5 point guard was also recruited by Michigan Tech, but said that NMU was "the right fit". Click the above headline to see photos from Friday's signing, and hear our interview.
Gladstone High School third baseman Sydney Herioux has signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball at Saginaw Valley State University. Herioux is a three-sport athlete at Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and interview.
The high school football post-season is winding down across Michigan. Click the above headline to see the scoreboard.
Hundreds of people lined up inside the Gladstone High School auditorium for five hours Wednesday to pay their respects to Matt Houle. The well-known former coach and activities director passed away over the weekend at the age of 57. Click the above headline for reaction.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its All-U.P. picks for the high school football season on Saturday. The Escanaba Eskymos were named the large school Team of the Year, and quarterback Craig Kamin was named the offensive player of the year. Click the above headline to see all of the award selections.
The Gladstone Braves won the first set, but the Kingsford Flivvers roared back to post a 3-1 victory in the MHSAA Division Three volleyball district semifinals Tuesday night in Gladstone. The scores were 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-16. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and scores from other U.P. matches.
Christian Laettner put on a series of camps in Gladstone on Sunday. He was a two-time national champion at Duke University, played 13 seasons with several teams in the NBA, and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team. Laettner posed for photos and there were raffle tickets drawn for Duke University and Team USA jerseys. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
The Gladstone Braves defeated the Negaunee Miners, 3-0, on Volley for a Cure Night in Gladstone on Tuesday. The scores were 25-12, 25-20, and 25-21. The money raised from the match will benefit "Grandma Peaches", the grandmother of Braves sophomore Megan Crow, who is battling cancer. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights.
Gladstone High School senior Adam Bruce wrapped up an outstanding season on the cross country trails Saturday by capturing the MHSAA Division One championship at Pictured Rocks Golf Course in Munising. The Braves took third as a team. Click the above headline to read more details.
Brody Sanville scored four touchdowns to lead the Gladstone High School football team to a 42-22 win over the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes under cold, wet conditions Saturday in the Copper Country. Sanville crossed the 1,000 yard mark in rushing for his senior season, the first Braves player to do that since 2008. Gladstone finished its season 4-5, including three losses by a touchdown or less. (Brenda Crow photo)
The Marquette Redettes held off a late Gladstone Braves rally to post a key Great Northern Conference volleyball win Tuesday night, 3-1, in Gladstone. At the same time, Kingsford blanked Escanaba, 3-0, in Kingsford. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights, and hear post-game comments.
The Gladstone High School football team lost another close game Friday night, falling to the Marquette Redmen, 21-14, in Marquette. The Redmen led, 14-0, before the Braves tied the game on a 62-yard Jared Crow-to-Vince Hughes touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown run by Brody Sanville. Marquette, however, got four interceptions on defense and scored the winning touchdown on a six-yard run by Brady Wright with 1:49 left.
Marquette High School won both the boys and girls Great Northern Conference cross country championships on Thursday in Flat Rock. The Gladstone Braves were runners up in the boys race while the Menominee Maroons were second in the girls race. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video clips.
The high school girls tennis season saw the Negaunee Miners and Marquette Redettes battle for the U.P. Division One championship this fall. And they are at the front of the All-U.P. teams announced this week, led by Player of the Year Elysa Olivier of Marquette. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
Craig Kamin tossed a pair of touchdown passes to Jared Nash, and Isaac Cooper scored a fourth quarter touchdown to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 28-15 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone Braves boys cross country team had the top three fastest times at the Barnyard Invitational Thursday in Flat Rock. But the Marquette Redmen had even more depth and won the meet, 45-61. Marquette also won the girls meet, 42-62, over second place Menominee. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone Braves picked up a Great Northern Conference victory Monday night, beating the Menominee Maroons, 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, and 25-22). Gladstone scored 11 of the final 15 points of the match. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone Braves lost to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 14-7, Friday night in the Sault. Tate Kay scored a three-yard touchdown with 44 seconds left in the game to give the Blue Devils the win. Click the above headline for details, and listen to interviews.
The seven-team Great Northern Conference girls tennis tournament was held on Wednesday in Delta County. Marquette slipped past Menominee, 22-20, to win the title. West Iron County was third. Click the above headline to see details and photos.
Christian Laettner is coming to Gladstone to put on a series of camps at the end of October. He was a two-time national champion at Duke University, played 13 seasons in the NBA, and was a member of the US Olympic Basketball Team. Click the above headline for the camp schedule, registration information, and hear Jack Hall's interview.
The Gladstone Braves improved to 3-2 on the season with a 28-8 win over the Maple City Glen Lake Lakers Friday night on Gladstone Homecoming. Jared Crow threw three touchdown passes to Vince Hughes (35, 15 and 31 yards) and Brody Sanville had an eight-yard TD run. Click the above headline to listen to post-game interviews.
Gladstone High School senior Reece Castor has committed to attend school and play basketball at Northern Michigan University next fall. Castor is a three-year starter for the Braves, and was an All-U.P. selection last year. Castor made his announcement Wednesday on social media. He had been recruited by several other universities, including Michigan Tech. Click the above headline for more.
The Escanaba Eskymos lost the first two sets of their match with the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night, but roared back to take the next three sets, and the match, 3-2. Lexi Chaillier was unstoppable in the final three sets, and finished with 28 kills in the victory. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and hear interviews.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team won the championship of The Rock tournament for the first time on Saturday. The Braves beat Gwinn, 2-1, in the championship match, after losing the first set. Earlier, in the semifinals, Gladstone beat Norway, 2-0, and Gwinn knocked off Houghton, 2-1. (Andy Jacques photo)
