Two Dickinson County wrestlers won MHSAA individual state wrestling championships on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit, while four other U.P. boys had to settle for runners-up. Click the above headline to read details. (Thanks to Vicki Snyder for photos)
Six Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers will go for state championships on Saturday at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's individual championships at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Gladstone and Iron Mountain High School wrestling teams had their seasons come to an end on Friday in the MHSAA state quarterfinals at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. Iron Mountain lost to defending state champion Hudson, 61-18, in Division Four. And in Division Three, Gladstone lost to Whitehall, 48-24. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team is ready to go on Friday in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division Three state finals, being held at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. Click the above headline to hear how the Braves are preparing. (Chiste Terrien photos)
The Upper Peninsula will be well-represented next month at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Individual state finals at Ford Field in Detroit. The results from the individual regional tournaments on Saturday around northern Michigan ended with 28 UP Wrestlers qualifying. Click the above headline for details, photos.
The Gladstone Braves are the MHSAA Division Three regional wrestling champions after an unusual ending in Wednesday's championship match. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team built a 16-point lead and held on to beat the Gladstone Braves, 63-58, Monday night in Escanaba. Keira Maki scored 28 points to lead the Braves, while Lillie Johnson poured in 29 for Gladstone. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team turned in a strong third place showing out of 40 teams at the Northern Michigan Championships in Gaylord on Saturday. The Braves were among nine Upper Peninsula teams that joined 31 downstate teams at the all-day event. CLick the above headline for details, and photos taken by Christe Terrien.
Caden Luoma scored 18 points to lead the Ishpeming Hematites to a 55-46 win over the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night in Gladstone. The Hematites held the Braves to just 16 points in the first half, and then withstood a Gladstone comeback attempt in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday in Marquette, with three boys winning U.P. Championships and four others finishing as runners-up. Iron Mountain was second on the team scoreboard, winning five individual titles. Click the above headline for all of the results, and to see photos.
The three Delta County high school wrestling teams got together for a triangular Thursday night in Bark River. The Gladstone Braves easily won the event, beating Escanaba, 70-12, and topping Bark River-Harris, 60-18. The Broncos beat the Eskymos in the other match, 42-37. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team shook off a sluggish first half and beat the Westwood Patriots, 63-50, Tuesday night in Gladstone. The Braves won back-to-back games for te first time this season. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team raced to a 36-9 halftime lead and coasted to a 55-37 win over the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team took the long nine-hour trip downstate on Friday, and came home with a second place trophy from the 16-team invitational hosted by Montague High School. Click the above headline for details and see photos tajen by Christe Terrien.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team hung tough for the second straight game, but could not make the big shots down the stretch and fell to the Houghton Gremlins, 47-40, Tuesday night in Gladstone. The close loss followed a 51-48 loss to Marquette on Monday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters announced their All-U.P. football teams Friday evening. A panel of 20 people met for seven hours at Northern Michigan University on Wednesday to come up with this list. Click the above headline to see the winners.
The best season in 15 years came to an end for the Gladstone High School football team on Saturday as the Negaunee Miners posted an 18-12 win in the MHSAA Division Six Regional Championship Game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School football team scored 28 unanswered points to beat the Manistee Chippewas, 36-14, in the MHSAA Division Six district championship game Friday night. The Braves move to the state's Final Eight for the first time since 2008. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Great Northern Conference football awards have been announced. They were voted on by the coaches from Escanaba, Gladstone, Marquette, Menominee, and Kingsford High Schools. Click the above headline to see the list of winners.
The Gladstone High School football team scored early and often on Saturday and beat the Elk Rapids Elks, 51-14, in the MHSAA Division Six state playoff opener at the Marble Athletic Field. It's Gladstone's first playoff victory since 2008. Click the above headline for details, see photos and video highlights, and to hear player interviews.
The Gladstone High School football team bolted to a 26-0 lead and rolled past the Escanaba Eskynos, 47-13, in front of a standing room only crowd Friday night at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Escanaba High School junior varsity football team scored two second half touchdowns to rally past the Gladstone Braves, 22-19, in the season finale Thursday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its weekly poll Tuesday morning, and it shows no change from the past week's ballot, with Negaunee and North Central holding down top spots entering the regular season's final weekend. Gladstone and Munising are second in the respective polls. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School football team pulled out a 22-14 road win over the Gaylord Blue Devils Friday night, as Nate Young scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter and Vinny Howes made two clutch defensive plays down the stretch. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Marquette High School cross country teams captured Great Northern Conference championships on Thursday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association is out with its weekly football poll Tuesday morning. Click the above headline to read the rankings.
The Negaunee Miners football team had a dominating run game and suffocating pass rush Friday night, in posting a 24-6 win over the Gladstone Braves in a battle of the two top-ranked teams in the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brad Landis.
The weekly Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association football poll was released Tuesday morning, and there's a new top-ranked eleven-man team: the Negaunee Miners. The North Central Jets are still tops in Eight-man. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves football team rallied from a 22-0 deficit but that rally came up short in a loss to the Durand Railroaders, 28-24, Friday night in Gaylord. It was a match-up between two undefeated teams, both ranked in the Top Ten in the Associated Press Michigan football Division Six poll. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team got off to a strong start Thursday night as the Braves hosted its annual pink 'Spike Cancer' match. The Gwinn Model Towners rallied to win the match, 3-1, on a night where nearly $4,000 was raised for two local women who are battling cancer. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
