The Escanaba High School football team is being praised for is success off of the field. The team was again an All-State selection in academics, with a 3.84 team grade point average.
Also, U.P. Dream Team lineman Chad Leisenring (#65 pictured above) was also a first team Academic All State selection. Escanaba was also a recipient of the Steve Spicer Team Leadership Award for 2014. Click the above headline to see all of the details.
High School football players from across the Upper Peninsula were able to explore their college options Wednesday at the "Recruiting Night" event, hosted by Escanaba High School. The boys and their parents were able to talk one-on-one with coaches from seven Division Two and Division Three schools from as far away as Chicago. Click the above headline to read more.
The third time was the charm for the Detroit Loyola High School football team on Saturday at Ford Field. After losing to the Ishpeming Hematites in each of the last two Division Seven state championship games, Loyola finally got a trophy by posting a 29-8 win. Click the above headline for the details, courtesy of the MHSAA.
The Munising High School football team scored the first touchdown of the game in Friday's state championship game against Muskegon Catholic Central. But the Crusaders shut down the Mustangs from there and repeated as MHSAA Division Eight state championships with a 31-6 win at Ford Field. Click the above headline for more details. (MHSAA photo)
The Gladstone High School football season began with a 3-0 start before six straight losses ended the team's playoff hopes. But there were a lot of positive moments, and those moments were celebrated during the team's awards banquet Sunday night. (Lori Jurek photo)
The Michigan Tech University football team lived on the edge several times this season, winning two of their nine games on last-second field goals. But on Saturday in the NCAA Playoffs, a missed field goal as time ran out gave Angelo State (Texas) a 42-41 win at Sherman Field. Click the above headline for the story, courtesy of MTU Communications.
The Munising High School football team will play for its first state championship since 1980 next Friday after the Mustangs posted an emotional 10-7 semifinal win over Beal City Friday night at the Superior Dome. Meanwhile, Cedarville lost in the "Eight Man" state championship game to the Lawrence Tigers, 56-12, in Greenville. Click the above headline for details on both games.
The Upper Peninsula high school volleyball season came to an end Tuesday night as the Calumet Copper Kings and the Stephenson Eagles both lost their quarterfinal matches. In Class C, Calumet lost to Roscommon, 3-0 (25-17, 25-10, 25-13). In Class D, Stephenson lost to Onaway, 3-0. (25-15, 25-15, 25-17). Click the above headline to see all of the playoff scores.
The Michigan Tech Huskies are off to a 10-0 start for the first time in school history. And now the rest of the country is taking notice. Tech is ranked #1 in the nation in the latest poll by US College Hockey On-Line, and in the USA Today/USA Hockey Poll.
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Three Upper Peninsula high school football teams won regional championships over the weekend, and will face downstate teams in the state semifinals next weekend. ready to compete in the state semifinals next weekend. Click the above headline for details on all of the games.
Austin Young caught two touchdown passes to help the Northern Michigan University Wildcats beat the Findlay (Ohio) Oilers, 66-38, Saturday at the Superior Dome. Young, a 2012 Escanaba graduate, caught three passes for 83 yards. Click the above headline to read all the details.
The Michigan Tech University football team scored 41 points in the first half and rolled to a 59-14 win over Lake Erie University on Saturday at Sherman Field in Houghton.
The Huskies gained nearly 500 yards in total offense and improved to 9-1 on the season. Click the above headline for the details, courtesy of Michigan Tech University.
The Michigan Tech hockey team improved to 9-0 for first time in its 94-year history with a 2-1 win at Bemidji State Friday night at Sanford Center. CJ Eick and Alex Petan supplied the offense while goaltender Jamie Phillips stopped 35 shots.
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NMU Volleyball was swept in straight sets by the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals in the GLIAC Quarterfinals with final scores of 25-23, 25-14 and 27-25. The Wildcats finish the year 14-14 overall with a 14-4 record during GLIAC play. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Cedarville Trojans won the MHSAA "Eight Player" football regional championship Friday night with a resounding 28-0 win over the Rapid River Rockets. Mike Bailey rushed for 202 yards and scored twice as the Trojans advanced to the state semifinals. Click the above headline to see photos by Michelle Rubick and videos by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team played an excellent first set in an MHSAA Class B District semifinal Wednesday night against the favored Kingsford Flivvers. Escanaba led that set, 24-17, but lost, 30-28. Kingsford won the next two sets to eliminate the Eskymos, 3-0. Click the above headline to see photos.
The Gladstone High School girls volleyball team ran into a well-tuned Houghton Gremlins squad, and lost in the Class B District semifinals, 3-0, Wednesday night. The scores were 25-13, 25-11, 25-9. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and all U.P. scores.
The Rapid River Rockets have spent the week preparing for their toughest challenge of the year: the Cedarville Trojans. The two teams will battle Friday night for an MHSAA Division Nine regional championship. Click the above headline to hear from the Rockets players and coaches.
The Michigan Tech University soccer team advanced to the GLIAC Tournament semifinals with a 5-0 win over Walsh Tuesday afternoon in Houghton. Meanwhile, the Northern Michigan Wildcats were eliminated by top seed Ohio Dominican, 3-1. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of MTU and NMU Sports. (Michigan Tech U. photo)
The Bark River-Harris High School football team is in the state playoffs for the first time since 2009, and the Broncos emerged with a victory in a defensive battle on Saturday. Bark River-Harris beat Lake Linden-Hubbell, 14-6, at Ron Warner Field. Click the above headline to read details.
The Michigan Tech Huskies stayed undefeated in WCHA play Saturday night with a 6-2 win over the Michigan Wolverines. This follows Friday's 4-1 MTU win over U-M, both at the jam-packed Student Ice Arena in Houghton. Click the above headline to read all of the details, courtesy of Michigan Tech University Communications.
The Rapid River High School football team raced to a 24-0 lead and then had to hold off a determined Engadine Eagles squad to win, 46-26, in the first round of the state football playoffs on Halloween Friday night. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The smallest school in the Great Northern Conference is on top of the league in volleyball. The Stephenson Eagles rolled past the Escanaba Eskymos, 3-0, Thursday night, to clinch the GNC championship. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
Green Bay Packers cornerback Davon House (#31) visited Escanaba Tuesday night to raise money for the Marine Corps "Toys For Tots" program for disadvantaged kids in Delta and Dickinson Counties. Click the above headline to see the story, and photos from the event.
The Northern Michigan University volleyball team used a hitting percentage of .346 in the first set and .483 in the third set to cruise to a three-set sweep of the Michigan Tech Huskies (25-15, 27-25, 25-14) Tuesday at the SDC Gymnasium in Houghton. Click the above headline for details from NMU Sports Information.
The Detroit Lions rallied from a 21-0 deficit to beat the Atlanta Falcons, 22-21, Sunday in London, England. And in attendance was Escanaba native Kelton Heller, who is stationed at an Air Force base there. Click the above headline to read more about Heller's day.
It was a battle of two undefeated, nationally-ranked college football teams Saturday at Sherman Field in Houghton as the Michigan Tech Huskies hosted the Ferris State Bulldogs. In the end, the sixth-ranked Bulldogs dominated the #13 Huskies, 37-3. Click the above headline to see the details. Story and photo courtesy of Michigan Tech University.
The Rapid River High School football team closed out a perfect regular season Friday night with a 42-28 win over the Bellaire Eagles in Rapid River. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Michelle Rubick.
The Gladstone High School football team scored two touchdowns in the final ten seconds of Friday night's game against the Calumet Copper Kings. Too bad it wasn't enough as the Braves lost to the Kings, 47-38, in a wild game at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for all of the details.
