The Escanaba High School girls tennis team won one match and lost another on Monday in Ishpeming. The Eskymos defeated Munising, 5-3, but lost to Westwood, 7-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School football team improved to 3-0 on the season Friday night after rolling to a 35-0 win over the Gladstone Braves in Gladstone. Flivvers quarterback Blake Tomasoski scored four touchdowns, two of them on long runs, and Jake Lockhart added another touchdown. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and to hear player interviews.
The Gladstone Braves girls volleyball team picked up an emotional victory Thursday night against the rival Escanaba Eskymos, 3-0, at the Gladstone High School Gym. The Braves won on a night when they (and the Eskymos) raised money for a local family. Click the above headline to see photos and video clips,
The Kingsford High School girls volleyball team opened its Great Northern Conference season with a 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night in Escanaba. The scores were 25-17, 25-17, and 25-15. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights, and to hear post-game interviews.
The Negaunee High School football team won its home opener Friday night, beating the Gladstone Braves, 42-6, in a non-conference game at Miners Stadium. It was an emotional night for Negaunee quarterback Kyle Waterman, who played for the first time in a game on his home field after suffering a knee injury early in the 2025 season. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
The Bark River-Harris High School football team shook off an early touchdown Thursday night and rolled to a 54-6 win over the Gwinn Model Towners on Parent's Night in Harris. Click the thumbnails for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team completed a sweep of its season series with the Gladstone Braves, winning, 6-2, Tuesday afternoon in Escanaba. It was Escanaba's first home match of the season, and was an improvement over the 5-3 Eskymo win last week in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos football team jumped to a 22-0 lead and cruised past the Westwood Patriots, 40-18, Friday night in Bark River. Quarterback Dane Schmitt had three touchdown passes, and Gabe Spear had a monster game on both offense and defense. Click the above headline for photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone High School football team opened its season Thursday night with a 30-6 win over the Gwinn Model Towners at Gwinn's McCormick Field. Junior Wyatt Forvilly led the Braves with 255 yards rushing, including a 42-yard touchdown run. Click the above headline for details, and io see photos and videos, and to hear post-game interviews.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team had a busy day on Tuesday in Marquette County, playing two matches back-to-back. The Eskymos played to a 4-4 draw with the Marquette Sentinels, and lost a tough match to the Westwood Patriots, 5-3. Click the above headline for details, scores from the matches.
The Manistique High School volleyball team lost the first two sets of its match with the Munising Mustangs Tuesday night before the Emeralds rallied to win, 3-2, taking the fifth and deciding set, 17-15. Click the above headline to see all of Tuesday's scores.
High school volleyball season is here in the Upper Peninsula. The Escanaba Eskymos welcomed the West Iron County Wykons to town Wednesday afternoon. West Iron won the first two sets before Escanaba won the third set. The Wykons held on to win the fourth set to take the match, 3-1. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews with both coaches.
The high school girls tennis season is under way across the Upper Peninsula. On Monday, after a week of practice, the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 5-3, at Pfotenhauer Park in Gladstone. The Eskymos took all four doubles flights, while the Braves won three of the four singles flights. Click the above head;ine for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos football program is looking to make major renovations to the “Igloo” locker room facility at the Escanaba Athletic Field. A $600,000 fundraising campaign has been launched. Click the above headline for more details and how you van support the project.
Escanaba HIgh School senior offensive lineman Zahn Anderson is hoping to lead his Eskymos to another great season on the football field before he heads to Michigan Tech University for his college football career. Click the above headline for more from him and his coach.
The Upper Peninsula high school football season is offically under way. Practices were allowed to begin on Monday, and several Upper Peninsula schools took advantage by holding special practices at exactly midnight. One of them was Escanaba, where the Midnight Madness practice has become a tradition. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
Each year, the MHSAA provides information to its member schools to help them prepare for hot-weather practice and game conditions during the late summer and early fall. Practices for all Fall 2026 sports – cross country, field hockey, football, Lower Peninsula girls golf, boys soccer, Lower Peninsula girls swimming & diving, Lower Peninsula boys and Upper Peninsula girls tennis, and girls volleyball – may begin Monday, Aug. 10. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Cold Weather Baseball Coaches Alliance has announced its All-U.P. selctions for the 2026 high school baseball season. The coaches picked an eleven-member Dream Team as the top eleven players in the U.P., regardless of the school's division. They also picked a First Team and Second Team, both for Divisions 1-3 and for Division 4. Click the above headlne for details. (Pictured: Escanaba's Lenny Peacock)
The Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame High School basketball all-star games were held last night at Bay College in Escanaba. In the girls game, Gladstone's Lillie Johnson was named the MVP. She scored 19 points as the South All-Stars beat the North 71-66. Click the above headline for details, and to hear RRN's post-game interview with Lillie Johnson.
The 40th Annual U.P. Sports Hall of Fame All-Star Basketball Classic is scheduled for Wednesday night, and will be held at Bay College in Escanaba for the second year in a row. Click the above headline to see the evening's schedules, and all of the team rosters.
The Upper Peninsula High School Baseball All-Star game was held on Sunday, and it turned out to be a great experience for everyone involved. There were 31 boys from every corner of the Upper Peninsula split up into two teams: Team Michigan and Team Superior. In the end, the game went into extra innings, and Team Superior held off Team Michigan, 7-6, at Escanaba's Al Ness Field. CLick the above headline for details.
It was another down-to-the wire game for the Escanaba Eskymos baseball team on Saturday, as they battled the fifth ranked Kenowa Hills Knights in the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game in suburban Grand Rapids. The Eskymos had plenty of chances to score, especially early in the game, but could not get the big hit. Escanaba's season came to an end with a heartbreaking 1-0 loss. Click the above headline for details.
The Norway High School baseball team cruised to 6-0 win over the Pickford Panthers in the MHSAA Division Four regional semifinal Wednesday night at Marion Park. The Panthers did not get a base hit as seniors Owen Baij and Cam Varda combined to throw a no-hitter. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos baseball team grabbed an early lead Wednesday night and built on it, posting a 10-0 victory over a solid Petoskey Northmen team in the MHSAA Division Two regional semifinals. The Eskymos pounded out 15 hits and senior Lenny Peacock limited the Northmen to three base hits. Click the above headline for details, see video highlights, and to hear post-game interviews.
It was a great day to be a Gladstone Brave on Saturday, and it was a great day to be a member of the Karl family. Andrew Karl and his sister Maggie both brought home Upper Peninsula championships from the U.P. Finals at Flivver Field in Kingsford. Click the above headline to hear from them.
Escanaba High School sophomore Andrew Hamlin won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday in Kingsford, but he was less-than thrilled with his perfiormance. Click the above headline to find out why, and to hear our interview with him.
The Escanaba High School baseball team was two outs away from having its season end on Friday, but sophomore Bryce Bichler came through with a bases-loaded double to give the Eskymos a dramatic 5-4 win over the Kingsford Flivvers in the Division Two district final. The Eskymos also rallied to beat Negaunee in the semifinals, 3-2. Click the above headline for details. (Nate Zaremba photo)
The Escanaba High School softball team had its season come to a premature end on Friday with a 2-0 loss to the Negaunee Miners in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals at Kingsford's Lodal Park. Alyse Robar threw a complete-game three-hitter with ten strikeouts and only one walk for the Miners. Click the above headline for details and to hear comments from Eskymo Manager Andy Fields.
The Gladstone High School softball team won its 26th straight MHSAA District championship on Friday, beating the Manistique Emeralds in the Division Three semifinals, 15-0, and then topping the Menominee Maroons, 6-0, in the championship game. Click the above headline for details.
The Great Northern Conference baseball post-season awards were announced Wednesday night. The awards were voted on by the coaches from Marquette, Escanaba, Kingsford, Menominee, and Gladstone during in Marquette. Click the above heeadline for details.
