The Ewen-Trout Creek High School girls basketball team advanced to the state championship game Thursday night with a gritty 34-24 win over Concord in the semifinals at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The season came to an end for the Kingsford High School boys basketball team Friday night, as the Flivvers lost to Romulus Summit Academy, 52-40, at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo, story(
It was the end of the line Thursday for the Forest Park Trojans basketball team, falling to Grand Rapids-area powerhouse Tri-Unity Christian, 67-46, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline to read the details. (MHSAA story and photo)
The Westwood High School boys basketball team could not overcome an athletic Detroit-area team on Thursday in the state semifinals, losing to Pontiac Arts & Technology Academy, 76-40, at the MSU Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MHSAA.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team rolled to a regional championship Wednesday night, beating the Fremont Packers, 49-31, in Houghton Lake. The Braves were again led by Lillie Johnson, who scored a game-high 29 points. Click the above headline for details.
The high school boys basketball season is in its playoff rounds across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the U.P. scores and schedules.
The Calumet High School girls basketball team advanced to the MHSAA Division Three regional final Monday night with a 64-40 win over the Menominee Maroons in the semifinal at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone Braves rolled past the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils in a Division Two girls basketball regional semifinal Monday night, 68-36, in Sault Ste. Marie. Lillie Johnson led the way again for Gladstone, scoring 31 points to add to her total as the school's all-time leading scorer. Click the above headline for details, post-game interviews.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team came through in the clutch Friday night to win a district championship, 50-47, over the Negaunee Miners in Negaunee. The Braves lost both regular season match-ups to the Miners, but Lillie Johnson scored 30 points to help the Braves advance to the regionals. Click the above headline or details, interviews.
Ten Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers finished in the top eight of their weight classes this weekend to reach the podium at the MHSAA Individual state finals at Ford Field. Two of them finished third in their weight classes. Click the above headline for details. (Photo: Breitung Township Schools photo of Max Sundquist)
Gladstone High School senior Matt Meyer advanmced to the state semifinals at the MHSAA singles bowling finals on Saturday before losing to the eventual state champion. Click the above headline to see details on how all of the U.P. bowling teams did downstate.
Ten high school wrestlers from the Upper Peninsula ha a shot at finishing on the podium at Ford Field on Saturday as the MHSAA state individual finals wrap up. They all won two of their three matches on Friday to stay alive for wrestling's final day. Click above headline for details.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team won a district championship Friday night, turning back the Menominee Maroons, 56-38, in Iron Mountain. Oskar Kangas scored 22 points and Gerald Sampol-Torres added 13 for the Mountaineers. Click the above headline to see photos courtesy of the Iron Mountain Public Schools.
The third time was the charm for the Gladstone Braves against the Escanaba Eskymos Monday night in boys high school basketball. After losing both regular season games to their rivals, and falling behind again in this district tournament game, the Braves got hot late to beat the Eskymos 52-47. Click the above headline for the details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team beat the Kingsford Flivvers Saturday night, posting a 5-2 victory that looks much wider on the scoreboard than it actually was on the ice. Click the above headline fof details. (Lizzie Taylor photos, videos).
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team trailed for almost the entire night, but managed to pull out a 52-49 win over the arch-rival Gladstone Braves before a large crowd at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Norway High School boys basketball team took care of business in their next-to-last game of the regular season Monday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 75-53, in Bark River. Bryce Adams knocked down eight triples and scored 28 points, and Mason Trudeau added 21 points. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The MHSAA individual Wrestling regional tournaments were held this weekend, and 24 Upper Peninsula boys and four U.P. girls have qualified to compete in the state finals at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for the list. (Photo: North Central's Cooper Raab)
Escanaba High School senior wide receiver Javon Stevenson has signed his National Letter of Intent to play football at Northern Michigan University. Stevenson was joined by his family at a signing event on National Signing Day Wednesday. Click the above headline for detaiils.
Three Upper Peninsula high school students were named as winners of the MHSAA Scholar Athlete award on Tuesday. Dayne Behning and Trevor Nolan of Munising, and Josh Gaunt of Dollar Bay, were among the 32 statewide winners. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team rolled to a 73-31 win over the Manistique Emeralds Monday night in Gladstone. Every Braves player who suited up scored in the victory as the Braves improved to 5-11 on the season. Click the above headline for game details.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team defeated the Northern Michigan Wildcats, 3-2, Friday at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena in Houghton. It was the fifth meeting this year between the two U.P. rivals. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
The Escanaba High School hockey team battled another state-ranked team Friday night, and came up a goal short against the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets, 3-2, at Michigan Tech University's MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
Escanaba Eskymos scored three goals in the first period and coasted past the Kingsford Flivvers, 4-1, in high school hockey action Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Complex Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interveiws.
Grayson LaMarche scored a game-high 24 points, including 15 in the second half and overtime, to lead the Escanaba High School girls basketball team to a 48-40 win over the Menominee Maroons Monday night. Click the above heasdline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team played two tough opponents this weekend at the North/South Showcase in Traverse City, and came home with a split. The Eskymos turned back 11th-ranked Clarkston, 4-1, on Saturday, after dropping a 5-2 decision to second-ranked Hartland on Friday. Click the above headline for details.
The NMU hockey team opened 2025 with a win, downing the No. 12 Minnesota State Mavericks 3-2 on home ice. The Wildcats (2-18-1, 1-11-1 CCHA) snapped an eight-game losing streak. Click the above headline for details, and to hear comments from Coach Dave Shyiak.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team jumped off to a 22-point lead in the first quarter and cruised to a 73-37 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Wednesday night in Escanaba. Oskar Kangas scored 30 points after committing to play for the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.