The Michigan High School Athletic Association individual regional wrestling tournaments were held on Saturday across the state, and guys from across the Upper Peninsula had to head downstate. In all, 28 UP wrestlers qualified for the state tournament by qualifying in the top four in their weight classes, and six of them won regional championships. The girls will have their regionals on Sunday, so even more UP kids could be heading to Detroit. Click the above headline for details. Photos courtesy of local schools athletic departments and Facebook.
The Marquette Senior High School girl's swim and diving team won an MHSAA Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday, outdistancing the Houghton Gremlins, 311-226, to take their fifth straight U.P. title. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MHSAA. (MHSAA photo)
The Escanaba High School hockey team started fast and finished fast Friday night in a 9-1 mercy-killing of the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils in the MHSAA Division Three regional semifinals at the Wells Sports Complex. Escanaba led, 4-1, after one period, and scored four more times in the second period. Click the above headline for details, videos taken by Cooper LaMarch, and to hear interviews.
The Gladstone Braves held the Escanaba Eskymos to no baskets and only one total point over the last part of the third and all of the fourth quarters, and the Braves rallied for a 56-52 victory over the Eskymos Friday night. The win allowed Gladstone, which has suffered multiple very close losses to top Upper Peninsula teams, to finish with a 12-10 record. Escanaba finishes with a 7-14 record. Click the above headline for interviews.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team rolled to a 60-18 win over the Negaunee Miners in the MHSAA Division Three regional semifinal Thursday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Kingsford Flivvers overcame a great goaltending performance by Jackson Goudreau Tuesday night to beat the Manistique Emeralds, 2-0, in the MHSAA Division Three regional tournament opener at the Mountain View Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association high school hockey regional tournaments get started this week. All ten Upper Peninsula teams are in Division Three, broken down into two regioanals. Click the above headline for the schedules.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association team regionals are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday night, with the individual regionals set for Saturday. Click the above headline for the schedules.
The high school wrestling post-season continued on Saturday with the MHSAA individual district tournaments being held across the state. Fourteen Division Four schools from across the Upper Peninsula and northern lower peninsula converged on the Manistique High School for the individual districts. Click the above headline to see the results.
It was a classic Great Northern Conference basketball game Friday night as the Menominee Maroons and Gladstone Braves battled it out in Gladstone. The game went down to the wire before the second-ranked Maroons escaped with a 65-62 win to improve to 6-1 in GNC play. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and interviews.
The Gwinn High School girls basketball team nailed 19 three-point baskets and rolled to a 57-36 win. Eva Pankonien led the way with nine three's and a career-high 27 points for the Braves. Click the above headline for drtails.
The Negaunee High School wrestling team won a Division Three district championship Wednesday night at Kingsford High School, marking just the second time in school history and the first time since 1991. The Miners eeked out a 42-41 win over the host Flivvers, and after Menominee took down Westwood, 39-30, in the other semifinal, Negaunee faced Menominee in the championship. The Miners beat the Maroons, 60-24, to advance to the MHSAA Team Regionals on Feb. 18 in Gladstone. Before that, the individual district tournament will be held this Saturday at Grayling High School. (Negaunee High School Photo)
The North Central High School wrestling team won a Division Four district championship Wednesday night at Munising High School, beating the Munising Mustangs, 66-18, and the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 40-33. The Jets advance to the MHSAA Team Regionals on Feb. 18 at Indian River Inland Lakes. Before that, the individual district tournament will be held this Saturday at Manistique High School. (North Central High School Photo)
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won a Division Three district championship Wednesday night, beating the Boyne City Ramblers, 52-30, and the Cheboygan Chiefs, 78-6, at the Gladstoine High School Gym. It's the 28th straight year that the Braves won a wrestling district. The Braves advance to the MHSAA Team Regionals on Feb. 18 at the Gladstone High School Gym. Before that, the individual district tournament will be held this Saturday at Grayling High School. (Gladstone High School Photo)
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team jumped to a 12-0 lead and rolled past the rival Escanaba Eskymos, 70-25, Monday night in Gladstone. It was the Pink Game for breast cancer awareness to help local resident Mary Johnson, who is fighting cancer. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team held off the Manistique Emeralds, 65-55, Monday night, on Senior Night at the Escanaba High School Gym. The Eskymos won their third straight game to improve to 7-11 on the season. Manistique's record fell to 5-11. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team led from wire-to-wire Thursday night in completing a sweep of the Copper Country teams, beating the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets, 9-2, at the Wells Sports Complex. That gave the Eskymos wins against all Keweenaw teams this season: Houghton, Hancock, Calumet, and now, Jeffers. Click the above headline for details.
It was another milestone in a season filled with milestones for Gladstone High School girls basketball senior Lillie Johnson. The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay recruit crossed the 2,000 point mark for her Braves career as the Braves beat the Ishpeming Hematites, 53-49, in an intense game that went to overtime. Johnson scored 32 points in the victory. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team picked up a signature victory on the big stage Friday night. The Eskymos knocked off the top-ranked (Division Three) Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Cranes, 6-2, at the MIHL Showcase in the Detroit suburb of Trenton. Click the above headline for the details, video highlights, and post-game interviews.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association on Tuesday announced more opportunities for high school students to enter into “Name and Likeness” agreements, although it won't be a free-for-all like it is right now in college sports. The high school model will allow students to do appearances or social media promotions, for money, but there are strict guidelines, according to Escanaba Athletic Director Nate Zaremba. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team scored three goals in less than two minutes to start the third period Thursday night, and beat the Grandville Bulldogs, 5-1, at the Wells Sports Complex. It was a battle of two state-ranked teams, with Grandville ranked No. 2 in Division Two (and eighth in the Super Ten of all classes) and the Eskymos coming in ranked eighth in Division Three. Click the above headline for details.
Munising hosted Gwinn Tuesday night in a Wrestling Dual Meet. The Modeltowners defeated the Mustangs, 41-28. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Casey Ford.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday, with four wrestlers taking first place, and six others also making the podium. The Braves won the Duval Trophy, named after the legendary Escanaba High School wrestling coach, given every year to the U.P. Champion. Click the above headline for the results. (Gladstone HS wrestling photo)
The latest match-up between the Menominee Maroons and Marinette Marines boys basketball teams Saturday night went the same way most recent M&M games have gone: into the Menominee win column. The Maroons won their tenth straight game, beating the Marines for the second time this season, 92-67. Tanner Theurkauf led the Maroons with 23 points, all but one of them in the second half. Kaden Ducane had 20 points ane eight rebounds for the Marines. Menominee improved to 10-1 on the season while Marinette fell to 4-11.
The Marinette High School boys basketball team came up short Thursday night against the Freedom Irish, falling, 80-44, in Marinette. Connor Eastman led the Marines again with 13 points. Donovan Davis had a double-double of 14 points and ten rebounds for Freedom. Marinette fell to 4-10 on the season.
The Escanaba High School hockey team scored five goals in the first period and cruised to a 7-1 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Tuesday night at the Mountain View Ice Arena. The Eskymos wanted to rebound from last Saturday's 8-0 loss to defending state champion Flint Powers, as well as from a gut-wrenching down-to-the-wire loss to the third ranked Hartland Eagles. They accomplished that, led by captain Graham Johnson. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and to hear interviews.
The Escanaba High School girls JV and varsity basketball teams are recovering after a harrowing experience after its games Tuesday night in Marquette. The bus carrying both teams was on its way home when it got into sudden icy conditions on Highway M-553 near the Marquette County Fairgrounds. The crash that followed is going to be felt for a long time. Click the above headline for details, videos, interviews.
The Marquette High School boys basketball team took a while to get going Tuesday night, but gradually pulled away to an 84-44 Great Northern Conference victory at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
Gladstone High School senior Lillie Johnson made Braves basketball history Tuesday night, passing Reece Castor for the all-time scoring record for the school, both boys and girls. Johnson, passed Castor's 1802 career points, and then some, as the Braves beat the Westwood Patriots, 51-30. Johnson scored 27 points in the victory. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
A scary moment late Tuesday night for the Escanaba High School girls basketball team, as the team returned home after its game against the Marquette Sentinels in Marquette. The team's bus slid on extremely icy roads and flipped onto its side along Highway M-553 near the Marquette County Fairgrounds at 9:25 Tuesday night, according to the Marquette County Sheriff's Department. Click the above headline for details.
