A Gladstone High School graduate had a breakout year as a freshman in college football, and now he’s looking to expand his opportunities heading into this upcoming season. Christian Creten was the leading tackler for Finlandia University last season, and on Monday, he entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. Click the above headline to read details.
You can get rid of all of those returnable cans and bottles and help the Manistique High School wrestling team at the same time. You can drop them off at the Gonzalez home at 1019 Deer Street, and when stores start accepting returnables again, the team will return them and the money will be used to help to buy new gear for next season. You can also call 286-3978, and they'll pick up the returnables.
A member of the Marquette Senior High School hockey team has signed to play hockey in Canada. Jakob Peterson will become a member of the Drayton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey Association. Click the above headline for details.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control voted to cancel 2020 spring sports regular-season competitions and the Tournament Series while allowing individual, virtual spring sports coaching to continue. Click the above headline for details.
The Radio Results Network is missing sports just as much as you are. So until the games begin again in the U.P., we will broadcast a different "classic" game every week on three of our radio stations, as well as on-line. Our first broadcast is scheduled for this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Click the above headline to see details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced on Monday that schools are being assigned to their divisions beforehand in football, rather than taking the state's top 256 teams and then breaking them down by division. The state also announced some schools are changing divisions in various sports. Click the above headline for details.
The folks who run some of the Upper Peninsula’s American Legion Baseball programs say they’re not giving up on playing baseball at some point this summer here in the U.P. It just won't be "legion ball". Click the above headline for details.
The Detroit News is out with its high school girls basketball All-State Teams. Click the above headline to see who made the paper's list. (Pictured: Nicole Kamin).
Iron Mountain's Marcus Johnson and Foster Wonders were both named as Division Three First Team All-Staters on Tuesday by the Associated Press, while the U.P.'s Nick Edington and Ashton Janke were Division Four First Teamers and Carney-Nadeau's Brett LaFord was named to the D-4 Second Team. Click the above headline to read details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced the All-U.P. boys basketball teams Monday night. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced the All-U.P. boys basketball teams Friday night. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Escanaba High School softball team will not get a chance to defend its back-to-back state championships as Michigan's high school sports seasons were cancelled Friday because of the coronavirus. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association decided on Friday to cancel the winter post-season tournaments that had been suspended, and has cancelled all spring sports seasons because of the coronavirus. Click the above headline to read details.
The Michigan Wrestling Association is praising the work of the best high school wrestling teams and individuals...off the mat. The Escanaba Eskymos were recognized for having the ninth-best team grade point average in the state in Division Two. The Westwood Patriots and five individuals were also honored. Click the above headline to read more.
Eight Upper Peninsula High School wrestlers are being honored for their success on the mat this winter. The Michigan Wrestling Association lists its All-State teams by grade level and by division. Click the above headline to read about the Yoopers and see videos.
An Upper Peninsula hockey player had his East Coast junior hockey season come and abrupt end, along with the rest of the sports world, with the emergence of the coronavirus. Click the above headline to read more about Bark River's Brayden Stannard.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association closed its East Lansing office on Tuesday as the coronavirus concerns continue. But there has been no change in the status of the high school sports seasons. Click the above headline to read more.
Six Marquette Redmen and one Escanaba Eskymo have been named to the Divison Two All-State teams by the Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association. Click the above headline to see who made the teams, and hear interviews about their selections.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has directed all member schools to suspend activities in all sports for all seasons – effective Monday, March 16 through at least Sunday, April 5. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association decided on Thursday afternoon to postpone all winter sports tournaments, immediately, and until further notice. Click the above headline to read details from the MHSAA director.
The Upper Peninsula high school hockey post-season was postponed due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see the schedules and scores for all of the U.P. varsity teams.
The 2019-20 high school boys basketball playoffs were postponed due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see the schedules for U.P. teams.
The 2020 Upper Peninsula high school girls basketball post-season was postponed due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules.
Gladstone High School wrestlers Cole Hansen and Michael Brazeau finished strong on Saturday at the MHSAA Individual Wrestling state finals at Detroit's Ford Field. They both ran the table in their respective weight classes to finish third overall. Click the above headline to read more details. (Gladstone Braves Athletics photo)
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team made a big run in the third quarter Friday night and held off the Gladstone Braves down the stretch to win the Division Two district championship, 52-48. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The Marquette High School hockey team scored the first five goals of the game and held off a late Escanaba Eskymos charge to win the MHSAA Division Two regional championship, 5-3, at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to listen to radio interviews for both teams, and to see photos and video highlights taken by Micky LaMarch.
Megan Crow scored 27 points to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 61-46 win over the Kingsford Flivvers in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals Wednesday night, continuing an improbable playoff run that now sees the girls in the district final. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
Andie Balenger's three-point shot as time expired gave the Gladstone High School girls basketball team a massive upset in the first round of the MHSAA playoffs Monday night as the Braves stunned the undfeeated Menominee Maroons, 46-45, in Menominee. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The Escanaba High School boys bowling team qualified for the MHSAA Division Two State Finals this weekend after finishing second at the regional tournament in Gaylord. Escanaba finished with 3,719 pins. Cadillac took first with 3,873. Iron Mountain also qualified by taking third with 3,678 pins. The state finals start next Friday in Waterford.
The Gladstone Braves scored the final ten points of the game to stun the Escanaba Eskymos, 73-67, Friday night in Gladstone. Caden Alworden's four-point play in the final minute was the difference. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
