The Escanaba Eskymos scored two goals in the final two minutes of the game, but the team's rally fell short in a 4-3 loss to the Hancock Bulldogs Tuesday night in Wells. Click the above headline for details, hear interviews, and see photos taken by Micky LaMarch.
The Rapid River High School basketball team held off the Forest Park Trojans, 59-50, Thursday night in Rapid River. Tyler Sundling had 17 points to lead the Rockets. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
The Gladstone High School basketball teams both lost their Great Northern Conference match-ups Tuesday night. The Braves boys lost at home to Marquette, 61-47, as Marius Grazulis scored 27 points and grabbed 16 rebounds for the Redmen. Meanwhile, the Gladstone girls lost in Kingsford, 54-51, as Brooke Kriegl scored 34 points in a second-half Flivver rally. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brenda Crow, Scott Balenger.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team scored the first 14 points of the game Friday and beat Harper College, 70-19, in Palatine, Ill. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights, and listen to interviews.
The Bay College women's basketball team improved to 6-5 on the season with a 87-60 win over the Alpena Community College Lumberjills Wednesday night. Jordan Kraemer led the way with 23 points and six steals. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Escanaba High School basketball team rallied for a 61-57 win over the Negaunee Miners Tuesday night in their season opener. Jared Nash got a steal and lay-up in the final seconds to seal the win. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos jumped to a quick 16-2 lead and held on to beat the Florence (Wis.) Bobcats, 61-56, Tuesday night in Harris. The Broncos improved to 2-1 on the season. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
Kyle Krutina scored two goals and his younger brother Karson also scored as the Escanaba Eskymos rallied to beat the Negaunee Miners, 6-5, Monday in Wells. Nick Kolich, Devin Fisher, and Grant Wickham also scored for Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, see photos and videos taken by Micky LaMarch, and watch interviews.
Reece Castor set Gladstone High School's all-time career boys basketball scoring record Thursday night by scoring 34 points to lead the Braves to a 71-28 win over the Manistique Emeralds in Gladstone. Castor, who has signed to play at Northern Michigan University, broke the old record set by another former NMU Wildcat, Doug Ingalls. Castor has 1,344 career points, with 18 games left in his senior season. (Gladstone HS Photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 6-3, in high school hockey action Thursday night in Wells. Christer Carne scored a hat trick and Nick Kolich added a three-assist playmaker for the Eskymos. Grant Wickham had a goal and two assists, while Ethan Silverstone and Chris Sliva also scored. Trevor Denome made 17 saves in net. Escanaba (1-1) hosts Negaunee Monday night to close out a three-game homestand.
Gaetanno Cammarata scored two goals and assisted on another as the Marquette Redmen topped the Escanaba Eskymos, 5-2, in high school hockey action Tuesday night. Kyle Krutina and Grant Wickham scored for Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, interviews, radio replays, and to photos and videos taken by Micky LaMarch.
Eight Upper Peninsula High School football players have been selected to the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association All-State teams. The announcement came on Friday in Detroit. Click the above headline to see which players were picked.
The Rapid River Rockets won the MHSAA Eight-Player Division Two state championship on Saturday, beating Onekama, 30-18, at the Superior Dome. The Rockets won their first football championship after making the state finals on two other occasions. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of the MSAA. (MHSAA photo)
The Carney-Nadeau High School volleyball team lost to top-ranked Leland-3-0, in the state semifinals Friday in Battle Creek. The scores were 25-21, 25-14, 25-16. Leland’s Ella Siddall had 34 assists and five aces, while senior Hanna Elwell had 17 kills for Leland (47-10-1). Carney, playing in its first volleyball semifinal ever, got a big defensive performance from junior Alanis Harris, who had 22 digs. The No. 9 Wolves finished 26-4-1.
Gladstone High School third baseman Sydney Herioux has signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball at Saginaw Valley State University. Herioux is a three-sport athlete at Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and interview.
The high school football post-season is winding down across Michigan. Click the above headline to see the scoreboard.
Hundreds of people lined up inside the Gladstone High School auditorium for five hours Wednesday to pay their respects to Matt Houle. The well-known former coach and activities director passed away over the weekend at the age of 57. Click the above headline for reaction.
The Carney-Nadeau High School volleyball team advanced to the state semifinals Tuesday night with a thrilling 3-2 win over the Onaway Cardinals in the quarterfinals at Manistique High School. The scores were 25-22, 23-25, 25-20, 20-25, and 15-9.
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.
Click the above headline to see the regional volleyball scores involving U.P. teams.
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.
