The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its All-U.P. picks for the high school football season on Saturday. The Escanaba Eskymos were named the large school Team of the Year, and quarterback Craig Kamin was named the offensive player of the year. Click the above headline to see all of the award selections.
The Rapid River High School football team advanced to the MHSAA Eight-Man Division Two state championship game Friday night with a 36-30 win over the Cedarville Trojans in snowy Rapid River. Tyler Sundling had the game-clinching interception with 45 seconds left. Click the above headline for details and to hear post-game interviews.
The high school hockey season is right around the corner, and in Escanaba, the Eskymos held their first practices this week. Some of the boys are still playing football, with a big playoff game set for this Saturday. But for the rest, it's hockey season! The Eskymos open with a three-game homestand, starting Nov. 27 against Marquette, Nov 29 against Kingsford, and Dec. 3 against Negaunee. Click the above headline for photos.
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The Escanaba High School football team won a district championship on Saturday, beating Alma, 14-13, with a Christer Carne touchdown and Ethan Silverstone kick with 3:24 left in the fourth quarter. Escanaba gets another crack at Grand Rapids Catholic Central next Saturday at noon. Click the above headline for more details.
The Rapid River Rockets scored on a trick play with 1:11 left in the fourth quarter and beat the Forest Park Trojans, 40-34, in a thrilling Eight-Man regional championship game on Friday. Click the above headline to read details and listen to post-game interviews.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team had its season come to an end Wednesday night after a marathon loss to the Houghton Gremlins in the district semifinals, 3-2. Escanaba won the first set, 25-19, before the Gremlins evened the match, also 25-19. Escanaba dominated the third set, 25-11, but the Gremlins rallied to win the fourth set, 25-23, and the fifth, 15-5. Click the above headline for U.P. results.
The Gladstone Braves won the first set, but the Kingsford Flivvers roared back to post a 3-1 victory in the MHSAA Division Three volleyball district semifinals Tuesday night in Gladstone. The scores were 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-16. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and scores from other U.P. matches.
The Manistique Emeralds opened the volleyball post-season Monday with a 3-0 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos in the Division Three district tournament. The scores were 25-10, 25-19, 25-22. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and other U.P. scores.
Christian Laettner put on a series of camps in Gladstone on Sunday. He was a two-time national champion at Duke University, played 13 seasons with several teams in the NBA, and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team. Laettner posed for photos and there were raffle tickets drawn for Duke University and Team USA jerseys. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos beat the Ludington Orioles, 27-20, Saturday afternoon in their playoff opener. The time for the second round playoff game has been announced. Escanaba will travel to Alma next Saturday for a 12:00 noon kickoff. Against Ludington, The Eskymos took the lead in the final minute on a hook-and-lateral play, with Ben Willis getting the Craig Kamin pass and tossing it to Josh Bruntjens, who ran for the touchdown. Ludington had one last chance, but an interception by Nick Ramos (and a fumble recovery by Alex Lynch) sealed the game for the Eskymos.
The Forest Park Trojans and Rapid River Rockets pulled off playoff surprises Friday night as the post-season began. The Trojans stunned top-seeded North Central, 36-24, while the Rockets turned back the favored Engadine Eagles, 20-18, in Engadine. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos from the Trojans-Jets game.
The Gladstone Braves defeated the Negaunee Miners, 3-0, on Volley for a Cure Night in Gladstone on Tuesday. The scores were 25-12, 25-20, and 25-21. The money raised from the match will benefit "Grandma Peaches", the grandmother of Braves sophomore Megan Crow, who is battling cancer. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights.
Gladstone High School senior Adam Bruce wrapped up an outstanding season on the cross country trails Saturday by capturing the MHSAA Division One championship at Pictured Rocks Golf Course in Munising. The Braves took third as a team. Click the above headline to read more details.
Brody Sanville scored four touchdowns to lead the Gladstone High School football team to a 42-22 win over the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes under cold, wet conditions Saturday in the Copper Country. Sanville crossed the 1,000 yard mark in rushing for his senior season, the first Braves player to do that since 2008. Gladstone finished its season 4-5, including three losses by a touchdown or less. (Brenda Crow photo)
The Ishpeming High School football team scored 46 points in the first quarter and rolled to a 54-13 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Thursday night in Harris. The Hematites finished their regular season with a perfect 9-0 record. The Broncos finished the season at 2-7. Click the above headline to see photos, video clips.
The Marquette Redettes held off a late Gladstone Braves rally to post a key Great Northern Conference volleyball win Tuesday night, 3-1, in Gladstone. At the same time, Kingsford blanked Escanaba, 3-0, in Kingsford. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights, and hear post-game comments.
The Bark River-Harris High School volleyball team needed just 45 minutes to turn back the North Central Jets, 3-0, Monday night in Harris. The scores were 25-7, 25-10, and 25-10. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School football team lost another close game Friday night, falling to the Marquette Redmen, 21-14, in Marquette. The Redmen led, 14-0, before the Braves tied the game on a 62-yard Jared Crow-to-Vince Hughes touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown run by Brody Sanville. Marquette, however, got four interceptions on defense and scored the winning touchdown on a six-yard run by Brady Wright with 1:49 left.
Brady Eichmeier threw three touchdown passes and also ran in three scores as the North central Jets celebrated Homecoming with a 69-0 win over the Carney-Nadeau Wolves Thusrday in Powers. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Marquette High School won both the boys and girls Great Northern Conference cross country championships on Thursday in Flat Rock. The Gladstone Braves were runners up in the boys race while the Menominee Maroons were second in the girls race. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video clips.
The high school girls tennis season saw the Negaunee Miners and Marquette Redettes battle for the U.P. Division One championship this fall. And they are at the front of the All-U.P. teams announced this week, led by Player of the Year Elysa Olivier of Marquette. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
The Escanaba Eskymos dropped the first set of Monday night's volleyball match against the Norway Knights, but roared back to win the next three sets and take the match, 3-1. The scores were 19-25, 25-10, 25-19, 25-20. Seven Eskymo seniors were honored before the match. Click the above headline to see photos and videos highlights.
Craig Kamin tossed a pair of touchdown passes to Jared Nash, and Isaac Cooper scored a fourth quarter touchdown to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 28-15 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone Braves boys cross country team had the top three fastest times at the Barnyard Invitational Thursday in Flat Rock. But the Marquette Redmen had even more depth and won the meet, 45-61. Marquette also won the girls meet, 42-62, over second place Menominee. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Westwood Patriots slipped past the West Iron County Wykons, 20-19, to win the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division Two championship on Thursday. The Patriots won five of the eight flights, including three of the four singles championships. The Wykons won the other three flights. Iron Mountain was a distant third. Click the above headline for results.
The Negaunee Miners repeated as MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula tennis champions on Thursday, edging Marquette, 15-13, at Kingsford High School. Menominee took third with nine points, followed by Kingsford (8), Gladstone (6), and Escanaba (5). The Miners won two flights and were runners-up in four others. Gladstone won the #1 doubles title, with Taylor Trudeau and Sydney Herioux winning a three-set thriller in the final.
The Manistique High School volleyball team posted a 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in a tough battle Thursday night that saw the Emeralds rally to win two of the three sets. The scores were 26-24, 26-24, 27-25. Manistique trailed, 23-20, in the first set, and 20-15 in the third set but came from behind. Click the above headline to see video clips.
The Gladstone Braves picked up a Great Northern Conference victory Monday night, beating the Menominee Maroons, 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, and 25-22). Gladstone scored 11 of the final 15 points of the match. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone Braves lost to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 14-7, Friday night in the Sault. Tate Kay scored a three-yard touchdown with 44 seconds left in the game to give the Blue Devils the win. Click the above headline for details, and listen to interviews.
