The Marquette High School girls basketball team held the Gladstone Braves to two points in the third quarter and rallied for a 40-35 Great Northern Conference win Tuesday night. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The North Central Jets tuned up for this Friday's big game in Menominee by racing to a 27-10 lead and beating the Rapid River Rockets, 70-44, Monday night in Powers. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos, video highlights.
A.J. Miley scored 18 points and Trevor Lippens added 16 as the Bark River-Harris Broncos beat the Forest Park Trojans, 57-54, in double overtime Monday night in Bark River. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Norway High School boys basketball team jumped to a 16-1 lead and rolled past the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 61=22, Friday night in Bark River. All eleven Knights players scored in the win. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won a pair of matches from their Delta County rivals Thursday night, turning back Bark River-Harris, 51-26, and Escanaba, 46-36. The Broncos topped Escanaba in the other triangular match, 50-27. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and player/coach interviews.
Spanish foreign exchange student Lluis Alloza scored 22 points to lead the Stephenson Eagles to a 52-32 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Monday night in Harris. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Iron Mountain Mountaineers had five individual champions and edged the Escanaba Eskymos to win the annual Elks Wrestling Invitational on Saturday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team picked up its second GLIAC win of the weekend, turning back Wisconsin-Parkside, 72-53, Saturday, in Marquette. Click the above headline for post-game comments, and Carson Smith's player spotlight interview.
The Escanaba High School hockey team shook off a slow start and rolled past the Manistique Emeralds, 6-1, in the first-ever meeting between the two programs Friday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team wrapped up a three-games-in-three-days trip Thursday night with a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets at Michigan Tech University. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, an listen to interviews.
Alpena goaltender Aidan Schultz stopped 36 shots in regulation time, and then turned away all four shots in the extra time shootout, leading the Wildcats to a 3-2 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Wednesday afternoon at the Northern Lights Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team opened a three-game-in-three-day stretch in Lower Michigan on Tuesday, beating the Dexter Dreadnaughts,10-2, in the Alpena Christmas Classic. Four different Eskymos scored two goals each in the victory. The game was called on the mercy rule in the third period. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
Rease Dawley scored 22 points and Kodey Goldi added 20 as the Rapid River Rockets pulled away from the Mid Peninsula Wolverines, 60-40, in boys basketball action Monday night. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and hear post-game interviews.
Dylan Ziemke made 39 saves against some of his former teammates, but the Escanaba goaltender's effort wasn't enough as the Ashwaubenon Jaguars went home to Wisconsin with a 3-1 win Thursday night. The Eskymos spent 21 minutes shorthanded thanks to eight minor penalties and one major penalty. Click the above headline for details.
The North Central Jets boys basketball team outscored the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 23-8, in the third quarter and posted a 60-41 win Tuesday night in Harris. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The new Manistique Emeralds High School hockey team won its first-ever home game Thursday night, beating the Kingsford Flivvers, 7-3, at the Little Bear West Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interiews.
Claire Vanginhoven scored 26 points and the Gladstone Braves knocked off the Kingsford Flivvers, 53-42, in girls basketball action Tuesday night. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to listen to post-game interviews.
Points were hard to come by Monday night as the Negaunee Miners slipped past the Gladstone Braves, 35-22, in a boys basketball non-conference game in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, see photos and videos, and listen to coaches' comments.
Jayger LaMarch completed his hat trick with 1:00 left in the game to break a 4-4 tie and lead the Escanaba Eskymos hockey team to a 5-4 win over the Muskegon Reeths Puffer Rockets Friday at Marquette’s Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline for details.
Jayger LaMarch had two goals and Sawyer LaMarch added three assists as the Escanaba Eskymos blanked the Negaunee Miners, 6-0, Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Goaltender Bryce Buchbinder made 21 saves for the shutout. Click the above headline for details.
The North Central Jets boys basketball team scored the first 15 points of the game Monday night and rolled to a 66-37 win over the Stephenson Eagles in the season-opener in Stephenson. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Three members of the state champion North Central Jets have been named to the Associated Press All-State football team. Quarterback Luke Gorzinski was named the Player of the Year for the entire state. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Escanaba High School hockey team picked up two come-from behind victories over the weekend, beating the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 7-3 on Friday and 2-1 on Saturday, at the Big Bear Arena. Click the above headline for details, and to hear Dylan Ziemke's player spotlight interview.
The Marquette Redmen rallied from a pair of two-goal deficits and escaped with a 5-4 win over the understaffed Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night at Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to radio interviews.
The Michigan High School Football Coaches Association released its All-State football lists on Wednesday. Click the above headline to see which Yoopers made the list.
The North Central Jets rolled to another MHSAA Eight Man state football championship on Saturday, beating the Colon Magi, 63-0, at the Superior Dome. It was the second straight state championship for NCA and it was the 13th straight mercy-rule victory in an undefeated season. Click the above headline for details, interviews.
The North Central High School football team held its final practice on its home field in Powers Wednesday night as the Jets get ready to face the Colon Magi in the state championship game on Saturday. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and hear interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team scored two goals in the first 80 seconds of the game Tuesday night and cruised past the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-1, in the season-opener at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced its All-U.P. football awards Monday night, and the North Central Jets swept all of the major awards, including Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year. Click the above headline to see all of the award winnes.