Gladstone High School girls basketball coach Eric Lundin resigned on Monday after one year as the varsity head coach. Lundin said that he was resigning to spend more time with his family, and will be coaching fifth grade basketball. Click the above headline for more.
Bay College Women’s Basketball coach, Rae Drake, Jr. announced the signing of Teidra Fuson of Norway to a NJCAA National Letter of Intent. She is the fourth player to officially sign with the new Norse team. Click the above headline to read more about her.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association met on Wednesday to pick its All-U.P. High School Girls Basketball Teams. The selections were announced early Friday. Click the above headline to see details. (Pictured: Escanaba's Jen Brandt)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has released the classifications for the next school year, used in basketball and volleyball post-season tournaments. Munising and Rudyard moved down from Class C to Class D, while Houghton moved from Class B to Class C. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: Houghton girls basketball)
Marissa Maino, a senior from Ishpeming High School has signed a NJCAA Letter of Intent to play for the inaugural women’s basketball team at Bay College. She signed during a ceremony Friday afternoon in Ishpeming. Click the above headline to read more.
The Escanaba High School took in $819 in donations at the Special Olympics Basketball game the school hosted on March 6th. Pictured above is the group of EHS varsity and JV girl's basketball players and Special Olympics Area One Representative George Dunlap.
Bay College has signed its second player for its new women's basketball program. She's Justice Kinnunen of Baraga High School. She joins St. Ignace's Jordan Belleville as the first members of the new Norse team. Click the above headline for details.
The high school girls basketball post-season has wrapped up for the Upper Peninsula's teams. Click the above headline to see all of the scores from 2016-'17.
The last-remaining Upper Peninsula girls basketball team still alive in the post-season, the Engadine Eagles, played hard Thursday, but lost to Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary, 64-59, at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
Bay College on Monday signed its first-ever women's basketball player to a National Letter of Intent: Jordan Belleville of St. Ignace High School. Belleville has played for four seasons for the Saints. Click the above headline for more details.
The Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans scored all eight points of the second overtime and beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 62-54, in the Class D regional championship game Thursday night in Kingsford. Forest Park will face Engadine in the quarterfinals next week. Click the above headline to read game details, and photos taken by Reid Rahoi.
Kenzie Wilkinson's put-back at the final buzzer gave the Kalkaska High School girls basketball team a 58-57 win over the Houghton Gremlins in the Class B regional semifinal game Tuesday night in Manistique. Houghton had ended Kalkaska's season in each of the past two years. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Upper Peninsula's Special Olympians finally got to take to the court Monday night after their Area One basketball tournament was snowed out last month. The athletes faced the Escanaba High School varsity girls team, and posted a truly special 101-49 victory. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Sandi Young.
The Gladstone Braves trailed the heavily-favored Houghton Gremlins by just one point in the fourth quarter Friday, but the Gremlins pulled away to post a 60-49 victory. Click the above headline to read the game details.
The Gladstone Braves upset the Kingsford Flivvers, 42-40, in a MHSAA Class B girls basketball district semifinal Wednesday night in Kingsford. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Scott Balenger, videos by Mike Dagenais, and hear player interviews.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team's season came to a close in the GLIAC tournament quarterfinals at Saginaw Valley State Tuesday night. The GLIAC North Champion Cardinals downed the Wildcats, 62-45. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Braves honored their three seniors Tuesday night, and then got off to a strong start in their game against the Kingsford Flivvers. But the Flivvers turned up their defense to take control of the game, and went on to post a 72-63 victory in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details and see photos, videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Ishpeming Hematites jumped to a 17-5 lead and cruised to a 57-41 girls basketball victory over the Gladstone Braves in a make-up game Monday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see videos taken by Mike Dagenais, and photos taken by Scott Balenger.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored the final nine points of the game Monday night to turn back the Gladstone Braves, 51-44, at the Escanaba Gym. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Mary Gauthier, and see videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Menominee High School girls basketball team outlasted the Gladstone Braves, 69-65, in overtime, Friday night. Click the above headline for details, see photos taken by Eric Thompson, and see videos by Mike Dagenais. (Pictured: Gladstone's Taelor Zeise)
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team dropped Michigan Tech, 66-55, Monday night at the Berry Events Center. Bre Gaspervich paced the Wildcats with 20 points. Click the above headline to read game details. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team won its eighth straight home game Thursday, beating Ferris State, 66-42, at the Berry Events Center. Bre Gaspervich and Darby Youngstrom each scored 15 points. Click the above headline for more details.
Nine different players scored as the Gladstone Braves built a 30-point lead and cruised to a 71-55 win over the Stephenson Eagles Thursday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Eric Thompson, and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team turned defense into offense to build a big early lead, and the Eskymos rolled to a 61-41 win over the Menominee Maroons Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see details, photos, and videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played another tightly-collected girls basketball game Friday night, before the Eskymos emerged with a 57-51 win in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
Leigha Woelffer scored 25 points and Taylor Hunter added 20, leading the Gladstone Braves to a 66-60 road victory over the Stephenson Eagles Tuesday night in Stephenson. Autumn Rasner had 28 points for the Eagles. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see videos taken by Nate Bellville and photos taken by Scott Balenger.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team scored 17 straight points in the first quarter and rolled to a 77-27 win over the Manistique Emeralds Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos.
The Houghton Gremlins outscored the Gladstone Braves, 20-7, in the third quarter and posted a 55-39 girls basketball victory on Tuesday in Gladstone. Click the above headline for more details, and to see photos and video highlights taken by Nate Bellville.
The Westwood Patriots girls basketball team made three long three-pointers in the final minute of regulation, then outscored Gladstone, 8-1, in overtime, to post a 57-50 victory Tuesday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos taken by Scott Balenger and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Michigan Tech University women's basketball team rallied from an early deficit to record a 61-47 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win against Findlay Saturday in Houghton. Click the above headline to read details. (MTU Photo)