The Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association is out with its All-State teams. The Marquette Redmen were well-respesented in Division Two, while the Escanaba Eskymos and Houghton Gremlins had multiple players selected. Click the above headline for details.
The Baraga Vikings had their season come to an end one game short of the ultimate goal. The Vikings lost to Maple City Glen Lake in the MHSAA Division Four state championship game on Saturday, 60-43, to end their season at the Breslin Center for a second straight year. Click the above headline for details. (Photo courtesy of MHSAA)
The Escanaba High School hockey team celebrated one of its most successful seasons in school history with its annual post-season banquet at the Highland Golf Club. The Eskymos won 20 games and took their first regional title in eight years. Click the above headline for details.
The Baraga High School girls basketball team advanced to the Division Four state championship game on Thursday, with a 46-44 win over Fowler in the semifinals at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association 2023 girls tournaments have wrapped up across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for all of the schedules.
The Munising High School boys basketball team won the school's first regional championship since 1954 Wednesday night with a suffocating defensive performance in a 60-28 win over the Mackinaw City Comets in Newberry. Click the above headline for details.
The St. Ignace High School boys basketball program won its first regional championship in two decades Wednesday night, ending the Cinderella run of the Ishpeming Hematites, 62-38, at the Gladstone High School Gym. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Northern Michigan University Alpine competed in the USCSA National Championships at California. Due to large accumulations of snow, a majority of the events were canceled, but the team was able to compete in a rare one-run race of slalom. Click the above headline for details.
The draft for this summer's Upper Peninsula High School football All-Star game was held on Saturday. The best high school seniors from around the UP were divided into Black and Red teams. Click the above headline to see the teams.
The Kingsford High School boys basketball team captured an MHSAA Division Two district championship Friday night with a 68-51 win over the Escanaba Eskymos. The game was close most of the way before the Flivvers pulled away late. Click the above headline for details.
The third time was not the charm for the Gladstone High School boys basketball team Wednesday night as the Escanaba Eskymos mucked their way through a 45-35 win in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
Two Dickinson County wrestlers won MHSAA individual state wrestling championships on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit, while four other U.P. boys had to settle for runners-up. Click the above headline to read details. (Thanks to Vicki Snyder for photos)
The Escanaba Eskymos high school hockey season came to an end on Saturday as the boys lost to the top-ranked Houghton Gremlins, 8-0, in the MHSAA Division Three state quartefinal game in Marquette. Click the above headline for details. (Houghton HS Photo)
Six Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers will go for state championships on Saturday at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's individual championships at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Upper Peninsula will be well-represented this weekend at Detroit's Ford Field as the Michigan High School Athletic Association holds its Individual Wrestling state finals And in the recently-created girls division, there will be seven young ladies from the UP hoping to earn a spot on the podium in 14 weight classes. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team won its first MHSAA regional championship since 2015, and just the second in school history, beating the Sault Ste. Marie BLue Devils, 4-3, Wednesday, before a standing-room-only crowd at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team built a four-goal lead and held on to beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 4-2, in the MHSAA Division Three Regional Semifinals Friday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Lizzy Taylor.
The Gladstone and Iron Mountain High School wrestling teams had their seasons come to an end on Friday in the MHSAA state quarterfinals at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. Iron Mountain lost to defending state champion Hudson, 61-18, in Division Four. And in Division Three, Gladstone lost to Whitehall, 48-24. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team is ready to go on Friday in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division Three state finals, being held at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. Click the above headline to hear how the Braves are preparing. (Chiste Terrien photos)
The Iron Mountain High School wrestling team will face a powerhouse in the Division Four state quarterfinals on Friday at Kalamazoo's Wings Stadium. The Mountaineers will battle the defending state champion Hudson Tigers in the first quarterfinal of the day at 11 a.m. CT/noon ET. Click the above headline for more.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team built a 25-point lead and coasted to a 63-49 win over the Gwinn Model Towners Tuesday night. The Eskymos recognized their five seniors, plus student manager Zach Hogue, who also suited up and had the biggest highlight of the night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team closed the regular season with a 6-2 win over the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets at the Michigan Tech University Student Ice Arena. The Eskymos scored three goals in the first period and cruised from there. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula will be well-represented next month at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Individual state finals at Ford Field in Detroit. The results from the individual regional tournaments on Saturday around northern Michigan ended with 28 UP Wrestlers qualifying. Click the above headline for details, photos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team picked up a huge victory in their final regular season home game Friday night, coming from behind to beat the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 4-3, in overtime. Click the thumbnails to see photos and videos, and hear interviews.
The Gladstone Braves are the MHSAA Division Three regional wrestling champions after an unusual ending in Wednesday's championship match. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team pulled out another tight victory over the Manistique Emeralds Tuesday night, 3-1, in a game between a bunch of buddies who did a lot of chatter in the days leading up to the match-up. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team built a 16-point lead and held on to beat the Gladstone Braves, 63-58, Monday night in Escanaba. Keira Maki scored 28 points to lead the Braves, while Lillie Johnson poured in 29 for Gladstone. Click the above headline for details.
Two Escanaba High School wrestlers and three from Marquette kept their state finals dreams alive by advancing out of the MHSAA Division Two individual district tournament on Saturday in Gaylord. Click the above headline for details.
Fifteen high school wrestling teams from across the Upper Peninsula and northern lower peninsula met in Manistique on Saturday for the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Division Four Individual District Tournament. Click the above headline for details.