The Rapid River High School softball team overwhelmed the Munising Mustangs in a doubleheader sweep on Thursday, winning both games by 15-0 scores. The first game went four innings, the nightcap went three innings. Natalie Belanger pitched two perfect games, not allowing a baserunner all afternoon. She had 19 strikeouts altogether. Kirsten Goodacre was 6-for-6 at the plate with four runs batted in, including a three-run homer. Cecilia Pilon had four hits in the doubleheader while Jaden Schwartz had a triple and three RBI in the nightcap. The Rockets host Negaunee on Monday.
Former Menominee High School student-athletes have established the “Ken Hofer Maroon Student-Athlete Scholarship Fund” in honor of long-time Menominee football coach and mentor, Ken Hofer. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team lost twice at a round-robin tournament in Lower Michigan on Saturday, losing to Rockford, 11-6, and to Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 9-6. Click the above headline for details.
The Rapid River High School girls softball team opened the season Tuesday with two wins over Superior Central, 14-7 and 14-4. The games were played two days early due to the pending winter storm. Click the above headline for details. (Rapid River team photo)
The Gladstone High School baseball team won all three of its games at a season-opening tournament in Mauston, Wis., beating St. Croix, 8-1, on Friday, then beating Somerset, 16-8, and Medford, 4-2, on Saturday. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team fell behind 6-1 in the first two innings on Saturday and lost to Hayward, Wis., 11-6, in Mauston. This followed a win and a loss in Friday's action. Click the above headline for details, plus photos and videos.
After 31 years as the Head Coach of the Kingsford Flivvers, Coach Chris Hofer is hanging up his cleats. Hofer posted an overall record of 253-94 with State Championship appearances in 1990, 1992, 1993, and 1996 with a perfect 13-0 State Championship season in 1993. Hofer will be inducted into the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, class of 2019.
An adjustment to the Ice Hockey Tournament schedule was the most notable action taken by the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association during its annual Winter Meeting in Grand Rapids, while a number of additional topics were discussed in advance of expected votes at its next meeting.
Kraft Heinz on Sunday announced the top four finalist communities competing for the title of Kraft Hockeyville USA 2019. And Calumet is one of them, just three years after Marquette won the title and renovation money. Click the above headline for details.
The St. Ignace Saints High School girls basketball team came up two points short in its quest for a state championship on Saturday, falling to Adrian Lenawee Christian, 48-46, at Calvin College. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA story, photo)
The Upper Peninsula high school girls basketball season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see all of the daily schedules, and the radio broadcast schedules.
The St. Ignace High School girls basketball team jumped to a big early lead and rolled to a 76-45 win over the Baraga Vikings in the Division Three state quarterfinals Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team, wrapped up its 2018-19 season with its awards banquet at the House of Ludington. Christer Carne took home three awards, including the team MVP award. Click the above headline to read details. (Mike Dagenais photo)
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team had its first-ever state championship within its grasp on Saturday at Michigan State University. But a traveling call and an intentional foul call in the final seconds helped the Pewamo-Westphalia Pirates pull out a stunning 53-52 victory. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Dollar Bay Blue Bolts bowed out in the Division Four state semifinals for the second straight year on Thursday, losing to Southfield Christian, 55-28, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the MHSAA.
Foster Wonders scored 28 points and Marcus Johnson added 23 as the Iron Mountain Mountaineers beat Detroit Edison, 60-57, in the Division Three state semifinals Thursday at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MHSAA.
The 2018-19 Upper Peninsula high school hockey season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules for the nine U.P. varsity teams.
The Escanaba Eskymos ran out of playoff magic Thursday night, falling in the boys basketball regional championship game to the Ludington Orioles, 49-32, in Gaylord. Nate Lange had three three-point baskets and 19 total points to lead the Orioles. The Eskymos did not have a player score in double figures, with Craig Kamin leading with eight points.
The Menominee Maroons got off to a fast start and cruised to a 56-45 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in a Division Two district semifinal game Wednesday night in Escanaba. They will face Gladstone on Friday. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights.
Craig Kamin scored 18 points to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 66-59 win over the Boyne City Ramblers in the MHSAA Division Two regional semifinals Tuesday night in Petoskey. Austin Willette added 15 and Jared Nash chipped in 14 for the Eskymos, who led by as many as 17 points in the third quarter before holding off a late Rambler charge. Escanaba advances to the championship game on Thursday vs Ludington. (Brenda Crow photo)
Escanaba High School senior bowler Lindsey Juhl made it all the way to the state championship match on Saturday before settling for the runner-up spot. Juhl won three matches Saturday at Century Lanes in Waterford before dropping the title match to Omani Morales of Cedar Springs, 416-328. Click the above headline for details.
Two Upper Peninsula wrestlers finished third in their respective weight classes at the MHSAA Individual State Finals at Ford Field in Detroit. Escanaba's Hunter Larson and Iron Mountain's Parker Stroud both won their final matches on Saturday. Gladstone's Cole Hansen and Michael Brazeau also reached the podium. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos had five players score in double figures and they rolled past the Gladstone Braves, 80-62, in the Division Two boys basketball district championship game Friday night in Gladstone. The Eskymos led from start to finish. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and see post-game interviews.
The Marquette Redmen scored two goals on a major power play late in the first period and goaltender Tyler Bergwall got his eighth shutout of the year in a 5-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Thursday night at Marquette’s Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Micky LaMarch.
The Escanaba Eskymos fired 48 shots on goal and six different players scored in a 7-0 win over the Negaunee Miners in the MHSAA regional semifinals Tuesday night. Click the above headline for interviews, and videos taken by Micky LaMarch.
The North Central High School boys basketball team opened district tournament play on Monday with a 49-36 upset win over the Carney-Nadeau Wolves Monday night in Powers. Click the above headline to see photos, video clips, and hear post-game interviews.
The high school hockey regular season came to an end on Saturday in Escanaba as the Eskymos hosted the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets. The Eskymos honored five seniors but lost, 5-3. Click the above headline for interviews, photos, videos taken by Micky LaMarch.
The Gladstone Braves rallied from seven points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 66-62, Friday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team picked up a 50-35 win over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Thursday in Gladstone. It was a grind-it-out performance, one that Coach Andy Cretens called a "dirty win". Click the above headline for details.
