The MHSAA individual wrestling state finals began on Friday at Ford Field in Detroit, and when the dust settled, five U.P. boys advanced to the championship round of their brackets. And two of them will face each other for the state title. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen scored three goals in a four minute span late in the second period to break a 2-2 tie and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-2, in the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team outscored Iron Mountain, 14-6, in the third quarter and posted a 46-37 win in the MHSAA Division Three district tournament opener. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Freshman Oskar Kangas was a one-man wrecking crew as the Iron Mountain Mountaineers dominated the Gladstone Braves, 61-41, in a boys basketball game Monday afternoon in Gladstone. Kangas scored 35 points, including 13 in a row at one point in the second quarter. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and hear interviews.
The Gladstone Braves and Iron Mountain Mountaineers both lost in the MHSAA Team State Finals on Friday in Kalamazoo. The Braves lost to Clinton in Division Three, 51-24, while the Mountaineers fell to New Lothrop in Division Four, 36-35. Click the above headline for details. (Lewis Berry photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos survived an epic collapse to win their MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal game over the Kingsford Flivvers, 4-3, in an incredible four overtimes at the Mountain View Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details.
The Menominee High School girls basketball team raced to a 28-point lead and held off the Escanaba Eskymos, 52-40, Wednesday night in Escanaba. Kennedy Olson led all scorers with 21 points. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Great Lakes Hockey Conference Awards have been announced as the regular season has wrapped up. Calumet goaltender Aksel Loukas was named the player of the year. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
The Sault Ste. Marie High School girls basketball team led from wire to wire Monday night in beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 58-43, with three players scoring in double figures. Sault also won, 54-44, in the Soo back in December. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team gave up 18 shots and three goals in the first period in the first period, and couldn't recover as an emotional Hancock Bulldogs team skated to a 5-3 win on Bulldog Senior Night Thursday at the Houghton County Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews from the game.
The Gladstone Braves won their first title since 2016 by beating Cheboygan, 80-0, in the semifinals before taking a nailbiter from the Kinglsey Stags, 46-34, in the championship. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Bay College Norse men’s basketball team closed the regular season on Tuesday with an 85-57 loss to the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats at the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and Joc Overstreet's interview.
The last time the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves met in girls basketball, the Eskymos won by 25 points just before New Year’s. But things were different Monday night in the rematch as the Braves upset the Eskymos, 56-52. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School boys basketball team ramped up its defensive pressure in the fourth quarter, and attacked the basket on offense, to pull away from the Gladstone Braves, 52-40, Thursday night in Gladstone. It was a four=point game in the final minutes before the Flivvers finished on an 8-0 run. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Gladstone High School senior John Hansen has signed to play football with Concordia University, an NCAA Division Three school in Chicago. Hansen will play as a wide receiver there, after being limited to the defensive side of the ball for much of his senior season with the Braves. Click the above headline to read more.
The Marquette Redmen boys basketball team outscored the Gladstone Braves, 17-0, in the third quarter, and posted a 59-47 win Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
Five players scored in double figures Monday night as the Escanaba Eskymos pulled away from the Westwood Patriots in a non-conference showdown, 68-50. Westwood's Zach Carlson scored 24 points and crossed 1,000 points for his career. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos boys basketball team outscored the Kingsford Flivvers, 16-7, in the fourth quarter and grinded out a 62-55 win Friday night to break a three-game losing streak. Connor Smale led the Eskymos with 23 points. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School wrestling dominated in the lower weight classes and beat a shorthanded Bark River-Harris Broncos team, 48-33, to wrap up a triangular meet in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
North Central High School senior Wyatt Raab, a member of the two-time state champion Jets, signed his National Letter of Intent Wednesday to attend school and play football at Alma College in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details,
The Escanaba High School wrestling team opened a triangular meet Wednesday night with a 48-34 win over the Marinette Marines from Wisconsin. Click the above headline for details, and for photos and video highlights from those seven matches.
Karson Krutina scored with 1:21 left in overtime to lead the Escanaba High School hockey team to a 6-5 win over the Manistique Emeralds Friday night at the Little Bear West Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bark River-Harris wrestling team won twice at a quad meet on their home mat Thursday, beating Munising, 60-24, and Kingsford 59-24. Kingsford defeated Gwinn 39-0 and Munising defeated Gwinn 42-6 in the other matches. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Spencer Coldren scored 22 points and Spanish exchange student Lluis Alloza added 20 as the Stephenson Eagles boys basketball team ran past the Rapid River Rockets, 64-53, Tuesday night in Rapid River. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Menominee Maroons girls basketball team scored 14 straight points in the second quarter to break open a close game, and the Maroons cruised to a 50-29 win over the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night. Click the above headline for photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone Braves won the Upper Peninsula wrestling championship on Saturday, taking six individual first place finishes in outdistancing second place Iron Mountain, 212-175. Escanaba was third with 155 points, and Bark River-Harris was fourth with 144. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Calumet Copper Kings got two goals from Paul Sturos, a hat trick from Ayden Williams, and goaltender Aksel Loukus stopped 28 shots to lead Calumet to a 9-2 win Saturday at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos.
Gunner Bourdeau scored two goals, added two assists, and played shutdown defense Friday night as the Escanaba Eskymos rolled over the Cadillac Vikings, 7-0. Sawyer LaMarch added two goals and three assists. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team won a pair of dual meets Thursday night as they prepared for this Saturday's Upper Peninsula Finals. Escanaba beat Negaunee, 46-30, and then turned back Westwood, 60-12. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The 120 finalists for the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Scholar-Athlete Awards for the 2021-22 school year, presented by Farm Bureau Insurance, have been announced. Seven of them are from the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for details.
