The Escanaba High School volleyball team played for the first time in three-and-a-half weeks Tuesday nignt, and cruised to a 3-0 win over the Stephenson Eagles. The scores were 25-17, 25-13, 25-14. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
Kane Nebel threw a pair of first half touchdown passes to Ethan Lakosky to help the Munising Mustangs turn back the Stephenson Eagles, 28-14, Saturday in Stephenson. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
The Gladstone Braves and Kingsford Flivvers traded big plays, and mistakes, before the Flivvers eeked out a 30-28 win over the Braves in a highly-entertaining game Friday night in Kingsford. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
The Kingsford Flivvers junior varsity football team overwhelmed the Gladstone Braves, 37-6, Thursday night in Gladstone. Meanwhile, in varsity action, Rapid River rolled past Newberry, 48-12. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Negaunee Miners captured the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula girls tennis championship on Monday, taking five of the eight flights. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. (Ryan Stieg photo)
The Gladstone High School volleyball team lost the first set of its Great Northern Conference match against the Menominee Maroons Monday night, but Megan Crow led a big turnaround as the Braves posted a 3-1 (19-25, 25-10, 25-16, 25-15) win. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Manistique Emeralds beat Gogebic Miners 12-0 on Saturday in Wakefield. Wyatt Gierke had 89 yards rushing and a nine-yard TD run. Carter Miller added a 7-yard TD run in a game where both defenses forced several turnovers. The Emeralds (1-2) host Bark River-Harris next Friday.
Cam Kelly had three long touchdown runs, Hunter Potier had four quarterback sacks, and Cole Potier had a scoop-n-score touchdown as the Gladstone Braves beat the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 28-26, Friday night on Blue Devil Homecoming. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos, and interviews.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team pulled out a 3-2 win over the Gwinn Model Towners Thursday night, as senior Megan Crow dominated the fifth set that was set up by clutch serving by sophomore Alivia Blowers. The scores were 25-23, 17-25, 15-25, 27-25, 15-10. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School junior varsity team scored touchdowns on the first two offensive possessions Thursday and cruised past the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 24-6, at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
Sone members of the Escanaba High School football team gathered at the school on Tuesday to plead with administrators to allow sports to resume immediately. This after Superintendent Coby Fletcher decided last week to have junior and high school classes be delivered over the Internet for two weeks, and put on hold all extracurricular activies. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and interviews.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said on Tuesday that she will not reconsider making changes to her executive order which requires athletes to wear masks while competing in sports like football and volleyball. In an interview with RRN News, the governor said the tough rule is designed to protect kids from the virus. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has announced changes to the football playoff system for this fall. Click the above headline to read details.
It was a happy Homecoming for the North Central High School football team Saturday as the Jets rolled to a 86-0 win over a young North Dickinson Nordics team. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone High School football team rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat the Negaunee Miners, 22-20, Friday night in Gladstone. The Braves played just one day after being able to practice again after some team members were quarantined due to COVID-19. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
The Westwood Patriots rolled to a big first quarter lead and allowed only one first down on defense, and beat the Manistique Emeralds, 44-0, Thursday night in Manistique. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Rapid River High School volleyball team lost the first game to the Munising Mustangs on Senior Night Tuesday, but won the next three games to pick up a 3-1 win. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and video clips.
The North Central High School football team scored early and often Friday night as the season got off to a delayed start, and beat the Ontonagon Gladiators, 84-6, in Powers. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights,
The Escanaba Eskymos girls tennis team knocked off the Gladstone Braves, 7-1, on Friday, in a matchup that saw the Braves play without three of their usual players and the Eskymos down one player. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School soccer team cruised to a 5-0 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Thursday night, their third straight win in the series. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team won all four singles flights and beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 5-3, Thursday afternoon in Kingsford. Click the above headline for details.
The season-opening varsity football game between the Gladstone Braves and Marquette Redmen set for this Friday has been called off because of a positive coronavirus test in the Gladstone program. Marquette will face Menominee instead on Friday. The JV Braves game will go as scheduled. The varsity Braves plan to play their next game on Sept. 25 against Negaunee as scheduled.
the Marquette Redman varsity boys soccer team rolled to its fourth straight shutout win on Saturday, 6-0, in Houghton. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team won three of four doubles matches Friday to earn a 4-4 tie with the West Iron County Wykons in a make-up match. All of the flights were straight set wins. Click the above headline to read details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association on Thursday issued a detailed statement saying that it would try to help schools deal with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's order requiring masks for athletes competing in football, soccer, and volleyball. But the MHSAA said that it does not have the power to make changes to it. Click the above headline for details.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order Wednesday that requires high school athletes to wear masks at all times, even while on the field or court of play. The only exception is swimming. Upper Peninsula high school volleyball and soccer teams had been playing the last couple of weeks with masks on the sidelines, but not while in competition. Click the above headline to read details of her new order.
The Kingsford Flivvers girls volleyball team won for the second time this season in Delta County Tuesday night, beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 3-1. The scores were 25-22, 25-20, 18-25, 25-16. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Marquette Redmen boys soccer team traveled to Kingsford Tuesday night and rolled to a 6-0 win in the first half of a home-and-home series. Sophomore Max Dawson had a hat trick and senior Nick Lindberg had a goal and four assists. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Flivvers overpowered the Gladstone Braves, 3-0, in high school girls volleyball action Thursday night in Gladstone. The match was played with no fans in the stands per a decision by the Great Northern Conference athletic directors for all conference matches. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Marquette Redmen boys varsity soccer team traveled to Escanaba Thursday night for a boys varsity soccer game. The game ended in a 8-0 Marquette mercy win at the half. Click the above headline to read details.
