The soccer UP finals were held in Marquette, and the Marquette Redmen took home their 15th consecutive title after beating Iron Mountain 9–1 in the semifinals and Kingsford in the championship game 4–0. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
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 Marquette Redmen and Houghton Gremlins played to a 1-1 draw in high school soccer Wednesday night in a tune-up for Saturday's U.P. Finals. Click the above headline for details.
Six Upper Peninsula teams played a full day of high school volleyball Saturday in Escanaba at the Elks Invitational. Sault Ste. Marie topped Escanaba in the championship match after rallying past Stephenson in the semifinals. Click the above headline to read details, see pictures and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Marquette High School soccer team is closing in on another Upper Peninsula championship, and the Redman captain, Max Dawson, is closing in on a milestone of his own: 100 career goals. Click the above headline to read more about him. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Marquette Redmen boys soccer team traveled to Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday and beat the Blue Devils, 5-1, in the next-to-last game of the season. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen boys varsity soccer team traveled to Houghton on Saturday, and took home a victory by a 7-2 score. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Negaunee High School girls tennis team won the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship on Wednesday at Kingsford High School, winning four of the eight flights along the way. Negaunee finished with 19 points, while Marquette took second with 14 points and Escanaba was third with 11 points. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette boys varsity soccer team traveled to Alpena for tournament action. The team placed third even though it finished the day undefeated. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Mary Sysko.
Nate Young threw five touchdown passes and the Gladstone Braves physically dominated the Marquette Redmen, 48-21, Friday night, to clinch the Great Northern Conference championship. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear interviews.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team picked up a rare Great Northern Conference win over the Marquette Redettes Thursday night, 3-0, at the Escanaba High School Gym. The scores were 25-18, 25-13, and 25-19. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos girls tennis team won the Great Northern Conference championship for the second straight year on Wednesday in Kingsford. The Eskymos edged Marquette 25-23, and Gladstone's Tia Schone won the #2 singles title. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redman hosted the Iron Mountain Mountaineers on Tuesday night in boys varsity soccer and won the game 6-0. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School soccer team picked up two more wins on Saturday in Wisconsin, beating Lakeland Union, 4-3, in a shootout and then blanking Hayward, 3-0. Click the above headline to see details from both games, and photos by Mary Sysko.
The Marquette Redettes and Escanaba Eskymos girls tennis teams played to a 4-4 tie for the second straight meeting on Tuesday, with both teams each winning two singles matches and two doubles matches. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School soccer team picked up a couple of road wins downstate over the weekend, rallying past Gaylord, 3-2, on Sunday, after turning back Traverse City Central, 5-1, on Saturday. This followed a home win over Sault Ste. Marie last Thursday evening. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos by Mary Sysko.
The Marquette Redmen boys varsity soccer team hosted the Kingsford Flivvers at the Kaufman sports complex on Tuesday night and came away with a 2-1 win. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Marquette Redettes and Escanaba Eskymos girls tennis teams had some very competitive matches on Tuesday, and the result was a dead heat. The dual meet ended in a 4-4 tie as both teams won twice in singles flights and twice in doubles. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and hear post-game interviews.
The Marquette High School boys soccer team won the championship of the Alpena Tournament on Saturday, playing four games and beating the host Wildcats, 2-0, in the title game. Click the above headline for details on a very long day of soccer.
The Marquette Redmen varsity soccer team opened the 2022 season by winning two of three matches in Petoskey on Friday, before losing to a tough Traverse City West team at home on Saturday. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos, Marquette Redmen, and Negaunee Miners dominated the All-U.P. boys tennis teams, released on Monday. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School baseball team nearly pulled off the upset of the year in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals Saturday in Sault Ste. Marie. But 9th-ranked Cheboygan pulled out a 4-3 win over the Redmen. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School boys tennis team won its second straight MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship on Wednesday, edging Negaunee and Marquette, 17-15-13, at Kingsford High School. Click the above headline for details, and to hear radio interviews.
The Upper Peninsula Sportwriters and Sportscasters Association announced its 2021-22 high school boys basketball All-U.P. teams Friday night. Media members from across the U.P. met in Marquette earlier this week to make their selections. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen scored three goals in a four minute span late in the second period to break a 2-2 tie and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-2, in the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details.
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 Marquette Redmen boys basketball team outscored the Gladstone Braves, 17-0, in the third quarter, and posted a 59-47 win Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Marquette High School girls basketball team held the Gladstone Braves to two points in the third quarter and rallied for a 40-35 Great Northern Conference win Tuesday night. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Marquette Redmen rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits and escaped with a 5-4 win over the understaffed Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night at Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to radio interviews.