The UP Sports Hall of Fame 23-member council recently held their annual meeting and is announcing the 2027 class of ten new inductees into the Hall of Fame. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Gladstone Junior Little League All-Star (age 13-14) team was eliminated from the state tournament late Wednesday night in a heartbreaking ending. Defending champion Croswell-Lexington trailed the District Ten champions, 5-4, in the sixth inning. But Cros-Lex rallied for the tying run in the bottom of the sixth inning and then scored again in the bottom of the seventh to walk it off, 6-5. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments.
The Gladstone Junior Little League All-Star softball team (age 13-14) picked up its first state tournament win Tuesday night in the 100-degree heat in central Lower Michigan, beating Three Rivers, 17-1, at Georgetown Little League. Click the above headline for details.
The Iron Mountain Junior Little League All-Stars (age 13-14) won the District Ten championship on Friday, beating Gladstone, 13-4, to advance to the state tournament, which will be held next weekend in Felch. The Iron Mountain (and Iron County) boys scored seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to break the game open. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Major Little League All-Star baseball team (age 10-12) snatched victory from the jaws of defeat Thursday night to earn a trip to the state tournament. Kingsford was down to its final out in the bottom of the final inning, but managed to score five runs to stun Iron Mountain North, 10-9, to win the district championship. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and to hear interviews with Kingsford's Luca Cory and Harvey Ellis.
In the end, the final scoreboard in Kingsford on Wednesday read: West Iron County 46, Ishpeming 28, Iron Mountain 20. But that scoreline doesn't show just how hard the Wykons had to work to capture their third straight MHSAA Division Two Upper Peninsula boys tennis championship at Kingsford High School. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Gladstone Braves and Iron Mountain Mountaineers baseball teams braved the cold, windy conditions Thursday night to play a rather entertaining game at Don Olsen Field in Gladstone. The Braves trailed the whole game, but pulled it out in extra innings, 3-2. Gladstone then won the second game on the mercy rule, 11-1. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The North Dickinson Nordics football season came to an end on Saturday in the MHSAA Eight-Player state championship game, as the Portland St. Patrick Shamrocks scored early and often to win the trophy, 53-0, at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA story, photo)
The Bark River-Harris Broncos raced to a 24-0 lead and held off the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 41-20, to send the Broncos into the regional final next week below the Bridge. Gionni McDonough scored on two long touchdown runs, including a 91-yarder, and the Bronco defense intercepted three passes in the first half. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and, interviews, and video highlights.
Nine Upper Peninsula high school football teams survived the first weekend of the playoffs, and will play some November games next weekend. Escanaba, Kingsford, Menominee, Bark River-Harris, and Iron Mountain are all alive in 11-player. Norway, North Dickinson, Pickford and Lake Linden-Hubbell are alive in eight-player. Click the above headline to see the schedules and Week One scores.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its list of the region’s top high school boys basketball teams, coaches, and players. A group of 18 reporters from every corner of the U.P. met at Northern Michigan University on Monday to come up with the awards list. The list was released Friday night. Click the above headline for details.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team won a district championship Friday night, turning back the Menominee Maroons, 56-38, in Iron Mountain. Oskar Kangas scored 22 points and Gerald Sampol-Torres added 13 for the Mountaineers. Click the above headline to see photos courtesy of the Iron Mountain Public Schools.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team jumped off to a 22-point lead in the first quarter and cruised to a 73-37 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Wednesday night in Escanaba. Oskar Kangas scored 30 points after committing to play for the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Iron Mountain High School football team faced its toughest test of the season Thursday night, and the Mountaineers passed the test with flying colors. Iron Mountain raced to a 21-0 lead over the Negaunee Miners and cruised to a 35-14 win in the season finale at Mountaineer Stadium. Click the above headline for details. (Iron Mountain Public Schools photo)
The Upper Peninsula Sports Writers and Sportscasters Association came out Tuesday with its first high school football polls of the season. A panel of five members of the media from across the U.P. votes every week on the best teams. Click the above headline for details.
Iron Mountain senior pitcher Niko Burgoon pitched a gem and he got big help from freshman third baseman Connor Pickett on Thursday, and the duo led the Mountaineers to a 3-1 upset win over the Gladstone Braves at Ranger Field. Gladstone came back to take the nightcap, 17-6. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School baseball team opened its season with a 12-3 win over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. Ben Johnson and Brian Boutilier both drove in two runs in an eight-run fifth inning that put the game away. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The high school baseball season got underway on Tuesday as the Gladstone Braves swept a doubleheader from the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 17-2, and 6-1, at Don Olsen Field. It was a rematch of last spring's regional semifinal game, but there were a lot of new faces on the field for both teams on Tuesday. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone High School baseball team scored eight runs in the first inning and coasted past the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 17-5, in the MHSAA Division Three Regional Semifinals Wednesday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Iron Mountain High School baseball team won a district championship on Saturday, winning the same number of games they won all season long: two. IM beat both Calumet and Negaunee, and now, it's on to the regional semifinals. 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 Gladstone Braves baseball team celebrated its fourth straight win on Wednesday, celebrating Senior Night with a 9-1 win over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers at Don Olsen Field. The Braves took advantage of six Iron Mountain errors to improve to 10-2 on the season. Click the above healdine to read details and to hear post-game comments.
The Escanaba Eskymos beat the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 14-4, in the high school baseball season opener Wednesday night at Escanaba's Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to listen to post-game interviews.
Two Dickinson County wrestlers won MHSAA individual state wrestling championships on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit, while four other U.P. boys had to settle for runners-up. Click the above headline to read details. (Thanks to Vicki Snyder for photos)
Six Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers will go for state championships on Saturday at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's individual championships at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team built a four-goal lead and held on to beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 4-2, in the MHSAA Division Three Regional Semifinals Friday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Lizzy Taylor.
The Gladstone and Iron Mountain High School wrestling teams had their seasons come to an end on Friday in the MHSAA state quarterfinals at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. Iron Mountain lost to defending state champion Hudson, 61-18, in Division Four. And in Division Three, Gladstone lost to Whitehall, 48-24. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula will be well-represented next month at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Individual state finals at Ford Field in Detroit. The results from the individual regional tournaments on Saturday around northern Michigan ended with 28 UP Wrestlers qualifying. Click the above headline for details, photos.
Fifteen high school wrestling teams from across the Upper Peninsula and northern lower peninsula met in Manistique on Saturday for the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Division Four Individual District Tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team bounced back from last week's loss to Westwood by beating the North Central Jets, 64-58, Monday night in Iron Mountain. Click the thumbnails to see photos and videos, and to hear post-game interviews.