The Escanaba Eskymos doubles teams continued to play well on Thursday as all four teams won their matches in a 5-3 win in Menominee. Codi Jenshak notched the decisive win at #1 singles. Click the above headline to read more.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team rallied from two sets down for a second straight night on Tuesday, posting a 3-2 win over the Negaunee Miners in the team's home opener. The girls won the fifth and deciding set, 15-7. The win came one night after the Eskymos came from two sets down to beat Manistique Monday night. Click the above headline to see more photos and videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos again relied on their strength in doubles to win another dual match on Monday. Escanaba swept all doubles flights and Codi Jenshak picked up another win at #1 singles to lead the Eskymos to a 5-3 win over the Gladstone Braves. In Tuesday's results, the Escanaba Eskymos tied Kingsford, 4-4...and the Gladstone Braves beat Menominee, 6-2.
The Escanaba Eskymos rallied from two sets down to beat the Manistique Emeralds, 3-2, in high school volleyball action Monday night in Manistique. The Eskymos won the fifth and final set, 15-13, after squeezing out 25-23 wins in games three and four. Click the above headline to see more details from the match.
Riley Ballard and Justin Pederson each scored two touchdowns as the Gladstone Braves beat the Gwinn Model Towners, 49-12, Friday night at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline to read more details, see photos and videos and listen to audio replays.
The Escanaba Eskymos opened their football season Friday with a hard-fought 21-0 win over the Alpena Wildcats in Lower Michigan. David Falish ran in one score and threw for another, and Cam Beversluis had a rushing touchdown for the Eskymos. Click the above headline for more details from the game.
The Escanaba Eskymos swept all doubles flights and Codi Jenshak stayed undefeated at #1 singles Thursday as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Munising Mustangs, 5-3, in Ludington Park. Click the above headline to read details and see photos.
U.P. High School Football Results Week Five
U.P. High School Football Results Week Nine
U.P. High School Football Results Week Six
U.P. High School Football Results Week Eight
U.P. High School Football Results Week Four
U.P. High School Football Results Week Seven
Upper Peninsula Football Playoff Results/Schedules
U.P. High School Football Results Week One
U.P. High School Football Results Week Three
The Escanaba Eskymos rolled to the championship of the Munising Cross Country Invitational Tuesday at Valley Spur. Andrew Stenberg won the race by almost a full minute, with his teammate Jordan Ogren in second place. The Esky girls were second. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba Eskymos volleyball team lost, 3-0, in Iron Mountain on Tuesday. The scores were 10-25, 13-25, 20-25. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone Braves and Escanaba Eskymos opened the 2012 volleyball season in nearly identical fashion on Saturday as both local teams played in the Sault Invitational. Both teams lost all of their matches, but both coaches took positives out of this event. Click the above headline to see all of the scores.
It's been five months since the Carney-Nadeau boys basketball team made a surprising run to the Class D state semifinals, pulling upset after upset along the way. Two of boys who were big parts of that success were on the court again on Saturday, taking part in Michigan's All-Star Basketball Festival at the Palace of Auburn Hills. Click the above headline to read about their time at the Palace, and to see how several other Upper Peninsula players fared.
The Escanaba Eskymos have opened a new era in high school football as Jim Hansen has taken over as the new varsity coach. He replaces Dan Flynn, who retired earlier this year after 28 years as the coach. The team held its first annual "Orange and Black" scrimmage Friday night. Click the above headline to see pictures and more details.
The Gladstone Indians had their season come to an end on Friday with another extra-inning loss at the state tournament in Marquette. Menominee scored two runs in the ninth inning to tie the game, and then scored another in the tenth to eliminate the Indians, 7-6. Click the above headline for game details and photos.
The Escanaba Cubs had their American Legion Baseball season come to an end on Friday as the Marquette Blues blanked the Cubs, 8-0, in a loser's bracket game at the state tournament. Alex DeHaan gave up four runs in the first two innings and took the loss. Ben Kleiman and Devin Olsen also pitched in relief for Escanaba. The U.P. Champion Cubs finished the season with a 14-15 record. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
Manistique High School graduate Mike Nagy won the Michigan Junior Amateur Golf Tournament championship Thursday in Flint. He defeated Otto Black of Pinckney Michigan 3-and-1 to win the title of the 34th annual event. The 18-year-old Nagy will attend the University of Tennessee this fall on a golf scholarship. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone Indians battled from behind to force extra innings at the state tournament on Thursday, but ended up losing to defending state champion Hudson, 13-11, in 11 innings. Gladstone had 18 hits...four of them by Jared Stenson...but stranded 17 runners. Click the above headline for details and pictures.
The Escanaba Cubs took a 5-0 lead into the final two innings of their state tournament game on Thursday, but it wasn't enough as Menominee rallied to tie the game and then win in ten innings, 6-5. The loss dropped the U.P. Champions into Friday morning's losers bracket game in Marquette. Click the above headline to see more details and photos.
