Sophomore Lillie Johnson scored 37 points as part of another double-double, and the Gladstone Braves rallied from ten points down to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 60-51, Monday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details. (Gladstone Athletics photo)
Kodey Goldi fought off early foul trouble and scored a career high 42 to lead the Rapid River Rockets to a 80-60 win over the previously-undefeated Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Monday night. Steven Holmes scored 32 points in a losing effort for Big Bay. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and post-game interviews.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos boys basketball team scored 57 points in the first half and rolled to an 85-44 win over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Friday night in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Rapid River Rockets rolled past the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears, 70-40; and the Mid Peninsula Wolverines eliminated the Superior Central Cougars, 69-48, as the Class D boys basketball district tournament began Monday night in Eben Junction. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Gladstone Braves rolled to their eighth win of the season Monday night, beating Big Bay deNoc, 97-37, in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Hunter Eichhorn scored 25 points and the Carney-Nadeau Wolves topped the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears, 64-42, Thursday night on Garden Corners. Eichhorn made six three-pointers. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Big Bay deNoc School will hold a 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday, May 21, at the school in Garden Corners. It's for both boys and girls, grades 5-12. The money raised will support the Big Bay deNoc High School basketball programs. The entry cost is $75 per team. Register at www.facebook/bigbay3on3 or call 644-2150.
Damian Richmond scored 21 points and Terry Brower added 20 as the Mid Peninsula Wolverines beat Big Bay deNoc, 54-36, in the Class D District Championship game Friday night in Perkins. It was Mid Pen's first district title since 1996. Click the above headline to read game details, listen to replays and interviews, and see photos and videos.
Keenen Adams scored 31 points and the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears overcame an early challenge from the Superior Central Cougars, 73-60, in a Class D district game Wednesday night. Click the above headline for details, and photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The North Central High School boys basketball team stayed undefeated with an easy 76-34 win over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Friday night in Garden Corners. Click the above headline to read game details, hear interviews, and see game photos and videos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team played a pair of games in the Green Bay area Monday night, although they weren't quite what Coach Kirk Schwalbach expected. The Eskymos lost to the BayPort Pirates, 6-5, and then tied the Bay Port JV team, 0-0. Click the above headline to read the details.
The North Central Jets scored 39 points in the first quarter and had 59 points in the first half, on the way to an 87-43 win over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Friday night in Powers. NCA sophomore Dawson Bilski hit ten three-pointers and scored 36 points. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
Tyler Wells scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 60-50 basketball victory over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Monday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see details.
The Gladstone Braves managed to keep their Delta County Track Meet winning streak alive on Wednesday, but not by much. The Braves edged Escanaba by 11 points for their eleventh straight boys title. The Escanaba girls dominated their meet, more than doubling the score of the second place Braves. Click the above headline to read more details.
Bryce Thompson sank a pair of free throws with 2.3 seconds left in overtime to lead the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears to a 56-55 overtime win over the Gladstone Braves Thursday night in Garden Corners. Jared Hunter scored 22 points in a losing effort for Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear audio interviews and replays from the game.
The Rapid River High School volleyball team got off to a strong start on Tuesday and beat the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears, 3-0, in a Class D district tournament match in Rapid River. The Rockets won the first set, 25-14, and then won a pair of tougher sets, 25-23 and 25-21, to advance to Thursday's district championship match against Munising. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the match.
The Gladstone Braves substituted freely and posted an easy 56-19 girls basketball victory over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Thursday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read the game story, and to see photos.
The Hannahville Soaring Eagles shot the lights out in the first half of Monday night's game against the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears. Hannahville hit eight three-point baskets and built a 12-point lead. But Big Bay took control in the second half and cruised to a 68-54 win. Click the above headline to see videos and photos from the game.
It was a defensive battle in Hannahville Monday night as the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears slipped past the host Soaring Eagles, 33-25, in a girls basketball make-up game. Click the above headline to read the story, and to see pictures and video highlights.
The Gladstone Braves went on a 19-4 run in the third quarter and beat the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears, 73-61, Thursday night in high school basketball. The small Class D school had a halftime lead built by phenominal free throw shooting, but the Braves' depth of talent turned the tide in the second half. Click the above headline to read the story, see photos and videos, and listen to audio highlights.
The Big Bay deNoc Black Bears girls volleyball team lost the first game during their match against the Hannahville Soaring Eagles Thursday night in Hannahville. But the Big Bay deNoc girls rallied to win the next three games to win the match, 3-1. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the match.
The Manistique and Big Bay de Noc School Boards have approved having a co-op football program this fall. The decisions came at special meetings on Monday so that the schools could meet the Michigan High School Athletic Association's deadline for notification. The vote in Manistique was 4-3; it was 7-0 in Big Bay.
After the Gladstone Braves finished off a 62-46 win over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Tuesday night, it was hard to tell that they had won the game. Nobody seemed to be happy about the performance, in which the Braves built a 33-point lead and then cruised to the victory. Why? Well, shooting 14-for-40 from the free throw line is not very encouraging. And a slew of turnovers and missed lay-ups didn't exactly excite the guys, or a glum Coach Phil Griebel after the game.