C.J. Barron and Jeny Brandt took the top two awards as the Escanaba High School held its annual senior awards banquet on Wednesday. And Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein paid a visit. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos.
Bay College has signed three young men from Wisconsin to play for the Norse basketball team this fall. Click the above headline to read about the three new recruits.
Dane Quigley has been hired as the new varsity boys basketball coach in Gladstone after serving for the past seven years as the junior varsity coach. He takes over a team that won 18 of 24 games last season. Click the above headline for details, and our interview.
North Central High School senior Marcus Krachinski signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play basketball at Northern Michigan University. He is the third member of the Jets' state championship team to sign with a college. Click the above headline for more.
Gwinn High School senior Reed Wiedenhoefer has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Bay College for the 2017-18 season. Pictured: Wiedenhoefer (back row), joined by GHS Coach Jim Finkbeiner, GHS Athletic Director Rob Soyring; Bay Coach Matt Johnson; and (front row) Reed’s grandma, Gloria Carlson, and mother, Sara Wiedenhoefer
North Central High School senior Jason Whitens signed a National Letter of Intent Friday to play basketball at Western Michigan University. Click the above headline to see photos, and listen to the press conference, plus interviews with Whitens and his father.
The 79th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament wrapped up Sunday with more than 12 hours of continuous action inside the Hermansville Community Center. Click the above headline to see video highlights and photos from some of Sunday's action.
Championship weekend began Friday at the 79th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament in Hermansville. And Saturday includes games all day. Click the above headline for schedules. Pictured: Class C Champs Norway Gallino Seamless Gutters (Paul Polfus photo).
Three games were played Thursday night at the Gold Medal Basketball Classic in Hermansville, and all three went down to the wire. Click the above headline for scores from Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and to see Friday night's schedule.
The new Bay College Norse men's basketball team officially announced six new members on Wednesday, with the latest signees being Dre Tuominen of Negaunee and Marcus McKenney (pictured above) of Menominee. Click the above headline to read details.
The Radio Results Network has secured the rights to broadcast men’s and women’s basketball games for the Bay College Norse when the teams begin their inaugural seasons in November. Click the above headline to read the details. (Pictured: YMCA Gym)
The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan has released its All-State Top Ten academic teams. Marquette, Gladstone, and North Central all made the top ten teams in their respective classes, while Escanaba, Bark River-Harris, Manistique, and Bessemer were honorable mention. Click the above headline to read more details.
The 79th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament continued on Sunday in Hermansville. Click the above headline to see all of the scores and top scorers.
The Hermansville Community Center was full of basketball from morning to night on Saturday as the 79th annual Gold Medal Classic continued with ten contests. Click the above headline to see the results, plus photos and videos from Class C and Class E games.
The Upper Peninsula Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association met on Wednesday to select its All-U.P. boys basketball teams. Those selections were announced early Saturday. Gladstone's Reece Castor and his father, Clayton, were big winners. As were the North Central Jets, as expected. Click the above headline for details. (Pictured: Reece Castor)
The Gold Medal Basketball Classic began Friday night at the Hermansville Community Center Gym with four games on the schedule. Click the above headline to read more details, and to see videos and photos from the first night, and see Saturday's schedule.
For the third straight March, the North Central High School basketball team won a state championship at Michigan State University on Saturday.The boys then returned home to a hero’s welcome, with a parade led by fire vehicles. Click the above headline for more.
The North Central Jets completed an unprecedented three-year run on the basketball court Saturday with a third consecutive MHSAA Class D state championship. The Jets raced to a 23-point lead and held off a furious rally from the Buckley Bears to post a 78-69 victory. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews and radio replays.
Seth Polfus scored a layup as time expired in a second overtime period to help the North Central Jets beat beat Southfield Christian, 84-83, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, and to hear interviews and radio replays. (MHSAA Photo)
The 2016-17 Upper Peninsula high school boys basketball season has come to an end. Click the above headline for the U.P. composite schedule and scores.
The North Central Jets earned a shot at a third straight basketball state championship Tuesday with a 74-61 win over the Hillman Tigers in the state quarterfinals. The Jets advanced to the Final Four at Michigan State University. Click the above headline to read game details, and to listen to post-game interviews. (Bill Krachinski photo)
The Negaunee Miners battled from behind to force overtime, but lost to Manton, 51-49, in the Class C state quarterfinal Tuesday night in Petoskey. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: Negaunee's Trent Bell and Gladstone's Joe Gibbs earlier this year)
The North Central High School boys basketball team will face the Hillman Tigers in the Class D state quarterfinal game Tuesday night in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the Jets' practice, and for interviews.
Less than 24 hours after their season ended in a regional final downstate, the Gladstone Braves basketball players were back at the school for their season-ending banquet Thursday night. Click the above headline to read details and see photos from the event.
The Gladstone High School basketball team had its season come to an end Wednesday with a 63-48 loss to the Ludington Orioles in the Class B regional championship game in Grayling. Click the above headline for Joyce Ness photos and Mike Dagenais videos.
The North Central High School basketball team won its fifth straight regional championship Friday, beating Rapid River, 95-51, in Negaunee. Click the above headline for details, to hear post-game interviews, and see pictures taken by Bill Krachinski.
The North Central High School basketball team survived a major upset bid Monday night, turning back Dollar Bay, 75-73, in the Class D regional semifinals in Negaunee. In the first game, Rapid River topped Ewen-Trout Creek. And in Class C, Negaunee and Iron Mountain won their games. Click the above headline for details, interviews. (Pictured: NCA survives)
The Gladstone community turned the Sault Ste. Marie High School Gym into "Gladstone East" Monday night, and the loud crowd helped the Braves to overcome a strong Grayling Vikings team, 74-69, in the Class B regional semifinals. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, videos taken by Ben Deatrick, and listen to radio interviews.
The Gladstone Braves rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to beat the Menominee Maroons, 57-43, in the Class B district championship game Friday night in a jam-packed Gladstone High School Gym. Click the above headline to read game details, see video highlights taken by Mike Dagenais, and see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The North Central High School basketball team won its fifth straight district championship Friday night, turning back the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 79-60, in Stephenson. Click the above headline for more details, and to listen to post-game interviews.
