Fourteen Upper Peninsula high school football teams have qualified for the Michigan High School Athletic Assocation playoffs. The pairings for the 256 eleven-man and 32 eight-man teams were announced Sunday night by the MHSAA. Click the above headline for the details.
The Florence High School Ladycats are WIAA Division Five regional champions for the third straight year, after defeating Niagara Saturday night in four sets, 23-25, 25-19, 25-15, 25-7. Florence advances to the sectional semifinal next Thursday, at home, against Suring. First serve is set for 7:00 CT. (Florence Schools photo)
The Gladstone Braves football team jumped to a 14-3 lead over the Escanaba Eskymos Friday night, but the Eskymos scored 26 straight points and held off the Braves, 29-20, at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School football team rallied from two touchdowns behind to beat the Menominee Maroons, 21-14, in a battle of unbeaten teams Friday night in Menominee. Dylan Beal threw two touchdown passes to Brody Daigneau to put the Maroons up 14-0, but Blake Tomasoski scored a touchdown and Jake Lockhart ran in two scores, including the game winner, for Kingsford. The loss breaks a 20-game winning streak for the defending state champion Maroons, and it gives the Flivvers the West-Pac Copper Division championship. Kingsford is the only undefeated eleven-man team in the Upper Peninsula.
The Gladstone Braves and Calumet Copper Kings combined to score more than 70 points in a non-conference football game Friday night, and the Copper Kings kept their playoff hopes alive with a 44-28 win at the Marble Athletic Field. Three different Copper King players scored two touchdowns each. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and to hear interviews.
Munising Mustangs freshman Jackson Lasak rang the bell Saturday night at halftime to celebrate completing his leukemia treatment at a special varsity football game hosted at Munising High School between the Superior Central Cougars and the Mustangs. Click the above headline to for more information, and to see photos from the evening. (Munising Schools/Casey Ford)
The Hannahville Soaring Eagles high school soccer team won the Northern Lights Tournament championship on Saturday. The tournament was held on Mackinac Island under warm, sunny conditions. Hannahville defeated top-seed Big Bay deNoc, 2-1, after the Soaring Eagles topped Munising Baptist in the semifinals, 5-1. Big Bay had defeated the host Mackinac Island Islanders in a shootout in the other semifinal.
It was a night of missed opportunities for the Gladstone Braves football team Friday night in Houghton, with four empty trips into the red zone adding up to a 12-7 Braves loss. Gladstone had two Wyatt Forvilly touchdown runs called back on illegal procedure penalties in the final minute. Click the above headline for further details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Menominee High School football team cruised past the Gladstone Braves, 43-6, Friday night in Gladstone. The defending state champion Maroons stayed undefeated and will spend another week as the top-ranked team both in the Upper Peninsula, and in the entire State of Michigan. The Braves fell to 1-5 on the season. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and to hear interviews.
The Westwood High School football team scored two quick touchdowns before the Gladstone offense even touched the ball, and the Patriot defense did the rest in a 20-0 win over the Braves on Homecoming at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to radio interviews.
The Kingsford High School girls volleyball team picked up another Great Northern Conference volleyball win Thursday night, winning, 3-0, over the Gladstone Braves in Gladstone. The scores were 25-16, 25-17, and 25-15. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights, and to hear post-game comments from the Flivvers.
The Bark River-Harris High School football team jumped to a 26-0 halftime lead and cruised to a 32-14 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night in Harris. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
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)
