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.
The Escanaba Eskymos outscored the Gwinn Model Towners, 20-5, in the third quarter, and beat the Gwinn Model Towners, 71-53, Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and see photos and video highlights.
There will be plenty of Upper Peninsula representation at Ford Field on March 1st for the MHSAA Wrestling Finals after placing in the top four at their respective regional tournaments on Saturday. Click the above headline to see who qualified. Pictured: Gladstone's Cole Hansen was a Division Three champion. (Jill Hansen photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos high school hockey team picked up another road victory on Thursday, beating the Hancock Bulldogs, 6-5, in Hancock. Christer Carne scored a three-goal hat trick, while Grant Wickham, Karson Krutina, and Luke Labre also scored. Escanaba won its third straight road game, and improved to 11-10 on the season.
The Escanaba Eskymos finished the Michigan Public High School Hockey Showcase with a 2-1 record after posting a 6-4 win over East Kentwood on Saturday in downstate Chelsea. The Eskymos raced to a 4-0 lead then held off a furious Falcon rally in the third period. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, video by Missy Reinhart.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team pounded the ball inside and had four players score in double figures to beat the Rapid River Rockets, 72-53, Friday night in Rapid River. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, video clips.
Christer Carne scored the only goal of the shootout as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Bloomfield Hills Black Hawks, 5-4, Friday, in Chelsea. Trevor Denome stopped three shots in the shootout to earn the victory in net. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, video taken by Missy Reinhart.
The Escanaba High School hockey team got a pair of goals from Christer Carne but lost to Davison, 5-4, in the first game of the Michigan Public High School Hockey Showcase in Chelsea on Thursday. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Missy Reinhart.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team won the MHSAA district championship Wednesday night, beating Marquette, 48-30, and Sault Ste. Marie, 57-15, at Marquette High School. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Big Bay deNoc High School boys basketball team picked up its first win of the season Tuesday night, beating the Hannahville Soaring Eagles, 61-35, in Hannahville. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos, video highlights.
Sierra Debelak scored 30 points to help the Bark River-Harris Broncos beat the Stephenson Eagles, 70-59, Tuesday night in Harris. The Broncos jumped to a 16-2 lead, then watched as the Eagles closed to within three points in the final two minutes. BR-H finished the game on an 8-0 run. Autumn Rasner scored 25 points for the Eagles in a losing effort. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Big Bay deNoc Black Bears took a 22-3 halftime lead and rolled past the Hannahville Soaring Eagles, 52-10, in girls basketball action Tuesday in Hannahville. Kaitlyn Massengill led Big bay with 14 points. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Stephenson Eagles completed a season series sweep over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Tuesday night, posting a 48-46 win in Harris. Merlin Thoune scored 13 points and Joe Starzynski added ten for the Eagles. The Broncos were led by Riley Bray's 21 points. BR-H played without senior Hunter Debelak, who's out with an ankle injury. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team shook off a sluggish first half and beat the Houghton Gremlins, 53-48, Friday in Escanaba. The Eskymos had just two practices this week, and no games, due to weather. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team dug itself a 5-2 hole Tuesday night but the Eskymos scored five straight goals to escape with a 7-5 win at the frosty Negaunee Ice Arena. Spencer Bourdeau scored his second goal of the game to tie it, then Kyle Krutina scored the next two goals to win it. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Missy Reinhart and videos taken by Micky LaMarch.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team scored 65 points in the first half and cruised to a 91-50 win over the Menominee Maroons Friday night. It was Gladstone's seventh straight win. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos.
The North Dickinson Nordics scored the first 12 points of the third quarter to pull away from the Mid Peninsula Wolverines, 60-41, Friday night in Perkins. The Nordics led by as many as 23 points and held off a Mid Pen run that cut it to 11 in the fourth qaurter. Matthew Bruette had 28 points to lead ND (5-7). Zach Englund had 18 points and Dylan Trudell scored ten for Mid Pen (1-10). Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Gladstone High School senior Adam Bruce on Friday signed his National Letter of Intent to run cross country and track at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. He was the Division One Upper Peninsula champion last fall and was a four-time U.P. champion in wrestling. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team scored 33 of the game's first 43 points and cruised to a 42-27 win over the Manistique Emeralds Thursday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos girls basketball team rallied from an eleven point deficit to beat the Forest Park Trojans, 60-55, Thursday night in Crystal Falls. The Broncos were perfect at the free throw line, making all 23 foul shots. Cassidi Stannard scored 19 points. Hailee Demers added 15 and Sierra Debelak chipped in 13. The Trojans got 18 points and 18 rebounds from Mercedes Simmons in a losing effort.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos used an aggressive half-court trap and outscored the Norway Knights, 13-4, in the fourth quarter to post a 42-33 win Monday night in Harris. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored the first 12 points of the game and cruised past the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 43-26, in girls basketball action Friday night in Harris. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips, and post-game comments.
The Marquette Redmen hockey team scored goals on the first two shots in the first two minutes of the game Thursday and rolled to a 6-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos at Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Mickey LaMarch.
The Gwinn Model Towners shaved a 21-point deficit to one in the fourth quarter, but the Gladstone Braves pulled away to post a 69-60 win Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and video highlights.
The Rapid River High School boys basketball team led from start to finish Monday night, rolling past the North Central Jets, 68-54, in Rapid River. The Rockets avenged an earlier loss to the Jets. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone Braves wrestling team won the championship of the Ray Mariucci Invitational Saturday in Kingsford. Gladstone won championships at 103 (Lane Matzke), 135 (Adam Bruce), 152 (Cole Hansen), and 215 (Cole Dawson). The Braves took first as a team. Click the above headline to see all of the results.
The Escanaba Eskymos played well but couldn't hold a 2-0 lead Saturday in Traverse City, losing to Woodhaven, 4-2. Nick Kolich and Ayden Mylander scored for the Eskymos. On Friday, the Eskymos beat Bay City, 4-1, as Kyle Krutina scored twice. Trevor Denome was in net for both game for the Eskymos. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team completed a two-game sweep of the Tawas Braves on Saturday, 8-0, at the Hannahville Ice & Turf in Wells. Grant Wickham had a hat trick for a second straight game, and ended the weekend with six goals and three assists. Ayden Mylander, Joey Jacobson, Devin Fisher, Kyle Krutina, and Chris Sliva also scored for Escanaba. The Eskymos outshot Tawas, 33-3.
The Escanaba Eskymos won the championship of the Elks Wrestling Championship on Saturday, with five Eskymos reaching the finals and three winning championships. Hunter Larson, Tyler Lawson, and Collin Arnt all took home their brackets. Click the above headline to read all of the results, and see a video of the trophy presentation.
The Escanaba Eskymos overwhelmed the first-year Tawas Braves, 16-0, in high school hockey action Friday night in Wells. The Eskymos scored eight goals in each of the two periods, outshooting the downstate team, 33-4. Click the above headline for details, watch post-game interviews, and to see photos and videos taken by Micky LaMarch.