The Marquette High School volleyball team clinched the outright Great Northern Conference championship Tuesday night with a 3-1 win over the Escanaba Eskymos. The scores were 25-18, 25-11, 20-25, 25-13. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Marquette Redmen won the Division One boys Upper Peninsula cross country championship on its home course Saturday, as Carson Vanderschaaf (pictured) won the medalist honors. Painesdale-Jeffers in Division Two, and Dollar Bay won in Division Three. Click the above headline to read details courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association.
The Marquette High School boys soccer team closed one of its best seasons ever on Saturday with an Upper Peninsula championship. The boys whipped Iron Mountain, 8-0, in the Division One title game, while the Escanaba Bayside Soccer Club won the D-2 title with a shootout win over the Marquette JV. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Soccer photo)
The Marquette boys varsity soccer team traveled to Sault Ste Marie Wednesday night for the regular season finale vs the Blue Devils. Marquette came home with a 5-1 win to finish its season with a 19-2 record. Click the above headline for details.
Gladstone cross country runner Drew Hughes won his ninth straight race, while the Marquette boys and girls teams continued their dominance on Tuesday at the Farmhouse Invitational in Delta County. The race also saw new Holy Name Catholic school participate for the first time. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, interviews.
The Marquette Redmen boys soccer team traveled down to Alpena for an eight team tournament on Saturday. The Redmen won their first two games over Tawas and Traverse City Christian, before falling to West Branch Ogemaw Heights, 3-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen improved to 3-0 in the Great Northern Conference Friday night with a 43-12 win over the Gladstone Braves on Braves Homecoming. Senior quarterback Austin Ridl was efficient, completing 13 of 21 passes for 178 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. Click the above headline for detals.
The Marquette boys soccer team hosted the Houghton Gremlins on Saturday at the Kaufman Sports Complex. The Redmen came out firing, scoring 3 goals in a 5 minute span early in the first half. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Soccer Photo)
Max Dawson scored twice and goaltender Harrison Anthos was strong in the net as the Marquete Redmen boys soccer team stayed undefeated with a 4-0 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Tuesday night in Kingsford. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen boys soccer team stayed undefeated on the season by winning three more games on Saturday in Saginaw. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Photo)
The Marquette Redmen boys varsity soccer defeats Boyne City 2-0 on Tuesday night in Marquette. Junior Max Dawson lead the way scoring both goals in the first half. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Soccer Photo)
The Marquette High School boys soccer team beat the heat over the weekend and opened the season by winning four soccer matches in lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos (courtesy of MSHS Varsity Soccer)
The high school football careers officially came to an end for 80 Upper Peninsula graduated seniors as the U.P. Football All-Star Game was held at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read details. (Xcel Photo)
The Escanaba High School baseball team hoisted its first district championship trophy since 2016 on Saturday after a posting a dramatic 5-4 win over Cheboygan in the semifinals, and then topping Marquette, 9-5, in the championship game. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Marquette Redmen scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday night and beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 4-2, in Quinnesec. It was a double win for the Redmen as the MHSAA has moved the rest of the district tournament from Quinnesec to Marquette this Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team broke a three-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Marquette Redmen Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Trent Lawson pitched a complete game to earn the victory. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone Braves executed two perfect suicide squeezes in the bottom of the seventh inning Wednesday and pulled out a wild 11-10 win over the Marquette Redmen at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see Gladstone Braves photos.
The Marquette Redmen got two goals apiece from three different players and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-1, to win the MHSAA Division Two Regional Chamopionship Saturday at Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Marquette Redmen overcame 42 saves from Escanaba goaltender Dylan Ziemke to post a 2-0 win over the Eskymos Tuesday night at Lakeview Arena. Owen Riipi scored both of Marquette's goals. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
A rally designed to convince Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to allow indoor contact sports to immediately begin was held in Lansing on Saturday, with hundreds, perhaps thousands, in attendance. And there were U.P. kids, coaches, and parents on hand. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School football team opened the MHSAA Playoffs on Saturday with a 38-0 win over Muskegon Reeths Puffer. Click the above headline for details. (Nathan Larsh photo)
The Marquette High School boys soccer team completed a near perfect season over the weekend by beating the Houghton Gremlins, 7-0, for the Division One Upper Peninsula championship. The Iron Mountain and Kingsford teams could not complete because of coronavirus restrictions that shut them down at the last minute. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School soccer team cruised to a 5-0 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Thursday night, their third straight win in the series. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen boys varsity soccer team traveled to Escanaba Thursday night for a boys varsity soccer game. The game ended in a 8-0 Marquette mercy win at the half. Click the above headline to read details.
A member of the Marquette Senior High School hockey team has signed to play hockey in Canada. Jakob Peterson will become a member of the Drayton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey Association. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced the All-U.P. boys basketball teams Friday night. Click the above headline to see the list.
Six Marquette Redmen and one Escanaba Eskymo have been named to the Divison Two All-State teams by the Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association. Click the above headline to see who made the teams, and hear interviews about their selections.
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.