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.
Goaltender Cully Hayes made 31 saves and Gunner Bourdeau scored two third period goals as the Escanaba High School hockey team turned back the Ashwaubenon (Wis.) Jaguars, 4-3, Friday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team lost a key Great Northern Conference game to the rival Marquette Redmen Thursday night, 68-49, at the Escanaba High School Gym. The Redmen avenged a 67-56 loss to the Eskymos on Jan. 2, and moved into a tie for second place in the GNC with Escanaba. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team scored four goals in the third period late Tuesday night to pull away from the DePere Voyageurs, 6-2, at the DePere Ice Arena. Five different Eskymos scored goals, with freshman Nolan Bink adding four assists to go along with his goal. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team had five players score in double figures, including an emotional Lukas Weaver, as they held off a tough Marinette Marines team, 79-73, Monday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The effort to help the Escanaba Eskymos and the Weaver family continued in gyms across the Upper Peninsula Tuesday night. The proceeds of these fundraisers will help to support the Weaver kids (Noah, Lukas, and Sophie), as they deal with the tragic loss of their parents in a traffic crash. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
The Munising High School boys basketball team owned the paint Tuesday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 78-43, in Bark River. The Mustangs had four players score in double figures, led by Cully Trzeciak's 20 points. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
It was an Orange and Black night in gyms around much of northern Michigan Monday night as teams near and far showed support for the Escanaba Eskymos in the wake of last Friday's traffic crash that claimed the lives of Tara and Jerry Weaver. Click the above headline for details.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team bounced back from last week's loss to Westwood by beating the North Central Jets, 64-58, Monday night in Iron Mountain. Click the thumbnails to see photos and videos, and to hear post-game interviews.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos wrestling team hosted a quad meet Monday night inside the “other” half of the program's co-op: North Central High School. The match was moved from the original site, Menominee, which has not had any classes or sporting events in its school all year long due to mold damage. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
Escanaba High School Athletic Director Dave Wilson announced Monday that all Eskymo sporting events will be cancelled through Friday as the Eskymo community grieves the loss of Tara and Jerry Weaver. Click the above headline for a list of rescheduled dates.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team turned in a strong third place showing out of 40 teams at the Northern Michigan Championships in Gaylord on Saturday. The Braves were among nine Upper Peninsula teams that joined 31 downstate teams at the all-day event. CLick the above headline for details, and photos taken by Christe Terrien.
The Escanaba High School hockey team turned in a cold performance and fell victim to a hot goaltender Thursday night, and it added up to a 5-2 loss to the Freeland-Saginaw FNV Griffins at the Bay County Civic Arena. Click the above headline for details.
Caden Luoma scored 18 points to lead the Ishpeming Hematites to a 55-46 win over the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night in Gladstone. The Hematites held the Braves to just 16 points in the first half, and then withstood a Gladstone comeback attempt in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Norway High School boys basketball team picked up their second lopsided win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Monday night, posting a 70-39 win in Bark River. This follows a 63-22 Knights win ten days prior. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday in Marquette, with three boys winning U.P. Championships and four others finishing as runners-up. Iron Mountain was second on the team scoreboard, winning five individual titles. Click the above headline for all of the results, and to see photos.
Senior Gunner Bourdeau scored two goals and assisted on another as the Escanaba High School hockey team beat the Calumet Copper Kings, 3-1, Saturday afternoon at the Calumet Colosseum. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team won for the 13th straight time Friday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 65-36, in Bark River. The top-ranked Eskymos led from wire to wire in the contest. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Rapid River High School boys basketball team rallied from eleven points down late in the fourth quarter to stun the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 60-55, Friday night, in Bark River. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights from the game.
The Gladstone High School basketball team dumped to a 27-4 lead and cruised to a 62-40 ein over the Gwinn Model Towners Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, see photos and videos, and listen to a replay of the game.
