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.
A focus on high school student sportsmanship, during and also outside of competition, will highlight this fall’s Michigan High School Athletic Association annual Sportsmanship Summit series. Click the above headline to read details.
The seven-team Great Northern Conference girls tennis tournament was held on Wednesday in Delta County. Marquette slipped past Menominee, 22-20, to win the title. West Iron County was third. Click the above headline to see details and photos.
Christian Laettner is coming to Gladstone to put on a series of camps at the end of October. He was a two-time national champion at Duke University, played 13 seasons in the NBA, and was a member of the US Olympic Basketball Team. Click the above headline for the camp schedule, registration information, and hear Jack Hall's interview.
The Gladstone Braves improved to 3-2 on the season with a 28-8 win over the Maple City Glen Lake Lakers Friday night on Gladstone Homecoming. Jared Crow threw three touchdown passes to Vince Hughes (35, 15 and 31 yards) and Brody Sanville had an eight-yard TD run. Click the above headline to listen to post-game interviews.
The Marquette Redettes got off to a strong start and cruised to a 3-0 volleyball victory over the Escanaba Eskymos Thursday night in Escanaba. The scores were 25-22, 25-20, and 25-19. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, other U.P. scores.
Gladstone High School senior Reece Castor has committed to attend school and play basketball at Northern Michigan University next fall. Castor is a three-year starter for the Braves, and was an All-U.P. selection last year. Castor made his announcement Wednesday on social media. He had been recruited by several other universities, including Michigan Tech. Click the above headline for more.
The Escanaba Eskymos lost the first two sets of their match with the Gladstone Braves Tuesday night, but roared back to take the next three sets, and the match, 3-2. Lexi Chaillier was unstoppable in the final three sets, and finished with 28 kills in the victory. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and hear interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos rallied from a 28-7 deficit and took the lead in overtime, but the Marquette Redmen scored a touchdown and added a two-point conversion to pull out a thrilling victory, 36-35, Friday in Marquette. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Northern Michigan University Olympic Training Site weightlifter Nate Lewis of Arlington, Wash., will be traveling to Biala Podlaska, Poland Sept. 20-23 to compete in the World University Championships. Click the above headline to read more details. (OTS Photo)
Michigan had the eighth-most participants in high school sports nationally for the second straight year in 2017-18 according to statistics recently released by the National Federation of State High School Associations. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team won the championship of The Rock tournament for the first time on Saturday. The Braves beat Gwinn, 2-1, in the championship match, after losing the first set. Earlier, in the semifinals, Gladstone beat Norway, 2-0, and Gwinn knocked off Houghton, 2-1. (Andy Jacques photo)
The Gladstone Braves beat the Menominee Maroons in football for the first time since 2008 Friday night, posting a 14-0 win at Blesch Stadium. Zach Hanson's 95-yard kickoff return started the game for the Braves, and Brody Sanville's 55-yard TD run in the fourth quarter sealed it. Click the above headline for replays, interviews.
