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 Escanaba High School baseball team lost two more tight games on Saturday, falling to the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-2, and to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 4-0, in a rain-shortened game at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Isabella DeWildt of Sault Ste. Marie High School was honored as a recipient of the Michigan High School Athletic Association/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award. The presentatipon was made at the boys basketball finals last weekend at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. She will receive $2,000 to use at her college of choice. (MHSAA Photo)
The St. Norbert College football team opened its season on Saturday with a 23-7 win over Ripon College. The Green Knights roster includes eleven players from the Upper Peninsula, and three of them saw action in the victory. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews with nine of the Yoopers.
The Escanaba High School baseball team beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 1-0, in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals on Friday, but lost a heartbreaker to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 6-5, in nine innings, in the title game. Click the above headline for details.
The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils and Escanaba Eskymos hooked up in an intense, marathon volleyball match Wednesday night in Escanaba. The Eskymos won the first two sets on Senior Night, but the Blue Devils rallied to take the next three sets to win, 3-2. Click the above headline for pictures and videos, and interviews with both coaches.
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 Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devil football team dominated the line of scrimmage and rolled up 400 rushing yards in beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 46-19, in the season-opener for both teams Thursday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
The Kingsford Flivvers and Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils played a classic baseball game Tuesday to open the MHSAA Division Two district tournament. It went extra innings with the Blue Devils surviving, 3-2. Click the above headline for details. (Soo Baseball Photos)
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team shook off a poor shooting night and slipped past the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 41-29, in the MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal Monday night in Manistique. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
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 Sault Ste. Marie High School girls basketball team led from wire to wire Monday night in beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 58-43, with three players scoring in double figures. Sault also won, 54-44, in the Soo back in December. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School football team lost by one point for the third time this season Friday night, falling to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 15-14, at the Marble Athletic Field. Cole Hawker kicked three field goals, including the game-winner with 31.1 seconds left, and the Braves threw two interceptions in the red zone to stop scoring drives. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Sault Ste. Marie native Abby Roque was named the nation's top women's hockey player by USA Hockey on Wednesday. The University of Wisconsin senior had 26 goals and 58 points for the Badgers last season. Click the above headline for details. (UW Photo)
Sault Ste. Marie High School graduate and University of Wisconsin hockey player Abby Roque has been named an All-American, along with Badgers teammate Daryl Watts. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of UW Athletics.
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.
The Gladstone Braves snapped a three-game losing streak Friday night with a 20-8 win over Sault Ste. Marie on Homecoming. The Braves kept their playoff hopes alive with the win. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
The baseball season ended Tuesday for the Escanaba Eskymos as the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils got strong pitching, perfect defense, and timely hitting to post a 3-1 victory in the MHSAA Division District Two tournament opener in Petoskey. Click the above headline to read game details and to see photos taken by Sandi Young.
The Gladstone Braves got strong pitching performances from Carson Shea and Zac Hanson and turned back the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 3-0 and 11-3, Friday in Gladstone. Jared Crow brought in all three runs in the opener. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Gladstone High School football team qualified for the state playoffs for the first time in a decade Friday with a 13-0 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils on Braves Homecoming. The game was scoreless until the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos shot by Scott Balenger.
The Gladstone High School baseball team swept both ends of a doubleheader from the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 11-0 and 3-1, Friday at Don Olsen Field. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos taken by Nate Belleville.
The Upper Peninsula High School hockey season has come to an end. Click the above headline to see the scores for all of the U.P's teams.
Garth Wickham lit the lamp for the 21st time this season, but the Escanaba Eskymos lost in Sault Ste. Marie, 2-1, Thursday night. Click the above headline for details.
Four Upper Peninsula high school hockey teams competed in the MIHL Hockey Showcase in downstate Trenton this weekend. The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils won their second straight game on Saturday, beating Grand Rapids Christian, 4-0. Bobby Price (pictured) had a goal and an assist. Click the above headline for details on all four U.P. teams.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association's Upper Peninsula Cross-Country Finals were held on a crisp Saturday afternoon at the Beauchamp Farm in Delta County. It was a double championship for Ishpeming in Division Two, while teams from both ends of the U.P. won other championships. Click the above headline to see all of the results. Thanks to Superior Timing!
Ryan Jones scored three touchdowns to lead the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils to a 37-27 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night on Braves Homecoming. Ben Schwalbach threw two touchdown passes to Jake Greenfield in a losing effort for Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The voting for Kraft's Hockeyville campaign continues this week as Sault Ste. Marie's Pullar stadium has been named one of the final four finalists from thousands of applicants throughout the nation. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association on Monday announced Classification changes for the 2015-16 school year, based on school enrollment figures. St. Ignace will move from Class D to Class C, while Sault Ste. Marie drops from Class A to Class B. Click the above headline to read the details.
The 2014-15 high school hockey season has come to an end. Congratulations to Escanaba and Houghton for making it to Compuware Arena. Click the above headline to see all of the scores for all U.P. teams.
The Sault Ste. Marie High School hockey team lost in the Division Three state championship game for the second straight year on Saturday, falling to the Farmington Falcons, 2-1, at CompuWare Arena in Plymouth. Click the above headline for details.
