The Kingsford High School baseball team won its first-ever district championship on Friday, beating the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 9-1, and the Escanaba Eskymos, 7-1, at Escanaba's Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for video highlights and radio replays.
The Upper Peninsula high school hockey season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores for the ten U.P. teams.
The Escanaba Eskymos played hard after falling behind by two sets in Monday night's MHSAA volleyball district tournament opener, winning the third set and nearly winning the fourth, before losing to the Houghton Gremlins, 3-1, in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and comments from both teams' head coaches.
The Gladstone Braves scored three touchdowns in the second half, and the defense pitched a shutout, as the Braves pulled away from the Houghton Gremlins on Homecoming, 31-8, Friday night. Eli Berthaume scored three touchdowns in that second half, and the defense forced twqo fumbles, as the Braves improved to 5-2. Click the above headline for details.
The Houghton High School boys golf team cruised to a repeat of its 2022 MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division One championship on Wednesday, while a newcomer “came out of nowhere” to win individual medalist honors. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association Sunday night announced its Dream Team for the 2022-23 hockey season, as well as the Mr. Hockey award for the state's best player. And Houghton captain Cam Markham was given that honor. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos high school hockey season came to an end on Saturday as the boys lost to the top-ranked Houghton Gremlins, 8-0, in the MHSAA Division Three state quartefinal game in Marquette. Click the above headline for details. (Houghton HS Photo)
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 Houghton High School volleyball team fought off four match points when they were about to be swept in their MHSAA Division Two district semifinal game by the Escanaba Eskymos, and then pulled off an improbable comeback to beat the Eskymos, 3-2, Wednesday night. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Copper Country Flames American Legion Baseball team swept both ends of a doubleheader from the Marquette Blues, 4-3 and 10-5, Thursday night at Houghton High School. Click the above headline for details.
The semifinals are set for the Gregg Johnson American Baseball Memorial Tournament in Delta County. Click the above headline for all of the scores and photos.
The Iron Mountain Golds, Copper Country Flames, and Marinette Legion baseball teams all went 2-0 on the first day of the Gregg Johnson Memorial tournament on a windy Friday in Delta County. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Houghton Gremlins High School Baseball team beat the Gladstone Braves, 4-1, Wednesday Night, in Gladstone, using one big inning and strong pitching to earn a trip downstate. Click on the above headline for more details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division One golf championships were held on Wednesday. The Escanaba Eskymos won the girl's title by six strokes over Negaunee, while Houghton topped Marquette by five strokes for the boys. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula hockey season has come to an end. Click the above headline to see the schedule and scoreboard for U.P. teams.
The Great Lakes Hockey Conference Awards have been announced as the regular season has wrapped up. Calumet goaltender Aksel Loukas was named the player of the year. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
The man who allegedly sexually abused a National Hockey League player is from Houghton, and also allegedly assaulted a Houghton High School hockey player while he was an assistant coach with the Gremlins. Click the above headline for details. (TSN Photo)
The Houghton Gremlins scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to rally past the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 21-20, Saturday afternoon in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and post-game interviews.
The 2021 high school girls softball playoffs are winding down across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the scores/schedules.
The 2021 high school baseball playoffs have wrapped up for Upper Peninsula teams. Click the above headline to see scores.
The Upper Peninsula high school hockey post-season was postponed due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see the schedules and scores for all of the U.P. varsity teams.
Brad Simonsen scored 33 points for the Houghton Gremlins, but the Escanaba Eskymos had four players score in double figures and the Eskymos cruised to an 82-50 win in their home opener on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The MHSAA District Volleyball Tournaments began on Monday across the Upper Peninsula, with the most intense match happening in Kingsford as the Houghton Gremlins came to town. Kingsford pulled out a 3-2 win. Click the above headline to see U.P. scores.
The Houghton Gremlins edged the Marquette Redmen and Escanaba Eskymos to take the championship of the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division One boys golf championship Wednesday in Escanaba. Gladstone's Rudy Peterson was the medalist. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team shook off a sluggish first half and beat the Houghton Gremlins, 53-48, Friday in Escanaba. The Eskymos had just two practices this week, and no games, due to weather. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Houghton Gremlins hockey team scored a pair of quick goals on two separate occasions and played stingy defense Friday to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 5-1, in Wells. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
Team Copper Country won the USA Hockey Tier II Under-18 national championship on Monday, beating the Wonderland Wizards out of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 5-1, in Green Bay. Colton Salani, Dawson McKay, Brent Loukus, Teddy Randell and Brendan Erickson all scored goals in the final. Click the above headline for more details.
Classifications for Michigan High School Athletic Association postseason tournaments for the 2018-19 school year have been announced, with Bark River-Harris and Munising moving to Class C, and Negaunee and Houghton moving to Class B. Click the above headline for details, and to see the basketball division break-down.
Dawson MacKay scored three goals to lead the Houghton Gremlins to a 6-2 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Thursday night at the Hannahville Ice & Turf in Wells. Click the above headline to see videos taken by Sandi Young, photos by Anne Truitt.
