The Lake Superior State University Athletics Department announced the unveiling of its brand new website, LSSULakers.com, Thursday following an extensive redesign and restructuring process spanning nearly six months. Click the above headline for details.
The Woodside Baseball Challenge in Wisconsin Dells and Mauston, Wis., set for this weekend, has been cancelled, thanks to the winter storm that rolled through the area on Tuesday. The Escanaba Eskymos, Gladstone Braves, and Bark River-Harris Broncos were scheduled to play in the event. (Pictured: Gladstone's Clay Cole scores a run in 2016)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association is proposing making changes to the "transfer rule" as well as seeding the basketball district tournaments in the future. The MHSAA is also looking at options on where to hold the basketball finals in the 2019-20 school year. Click the above headline for details on the May meeting.
The high School boys basketball All-U.P. teams were released Saturday morning by the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Ewen-Trout Creek's Jake Witt was named Mr. U.P. Basketball, and Class D Player of the Year. Iron Mountain's Marcus Johnson was the Class A-B-C Player of the Year. Click the above headline for more.
The High School girls basketball All-U.P. Teams were announced Friday morning by the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. St. Ignace's Linnie Gustafson was named Miss U.P. Basketball, and she was the Class A-B-C Player of the Year. Milly Allen of Chassell was Class D Player of the Year. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula's high school girls softball season got under way this weekend with the Marquette Spring Swing inside the Superior Dome. Stephenson opened with a tough 11-9 loss to Newberry in one of Friday's afternoon games. (Bryce Tharp photo)
Adam Mercier will not be back for another season as the head varsity basketball coach at North Central High School. He made the announcement in a post on his Facebook page on Thursday. Click the above headline to read more details.
Classifications for Michigan High School Athletic Association postseason tournaments for the 2018-19 school year have been announced, with Bark River-Harris and Munising moving to Class C, and Negaunee and Houghton moving to Class B. Click the above headline for details, and to see the basketball division break-down.
Dollar Bay's best basketball season in nearly 40 years came to an end Thursday night with a 71-32 loss to Southfield Christian in the Class D state semifinals in East Lansing. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the MHSAA. (MHSAA Photo)
The basketball season came to an end for the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Tuesday night with a 66-49 loss to Maple City Glen Lake in the Class C state quarterfinals in Petoskey. The Mountaineers rallied from an early 14-point deficit to close to within 30-27 at halftime, and had the lead for a moment in the third quarter. Foster Wonders led Iron Mountain with 20 points. Reece Hazleton had 21 for the Lakers. Iron Mountain finishes 23-2.
The Upper Peninsula boys high school basketball post-season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see schedules and scores for U.P. teams.
Devin Schmitz scored 35 points and Jaden Janke added 23 to lead the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts to a 74-68 win over the Cedarville Trojans in a Class D state quarterfinal game Tuesday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team put the wraps on the 2017-18 season with its awards banquet Monday night at the House of Ludington. Blaine Reinhart was named the Most Valuable Player. Click the above headline for awards winners and photos.
The rosters have been set for U.P. All-Star football game, which will be held this June in the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to see how the players were divided, and all of the schedule details for All-Star Week. (All-Star Football Game Photo)
The 2018 Upper Peninsula high school girls basketball post-season has come to an end. Click the above headline to see the of the season's results.
The 2017-18 high school hockey post-season has ended for the U.P. teams. Click the above headline for all of the scores.
The Carney-Nadeau High School boys basketball team rallied from 14 points down to take a late lead, but ended up losing to the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts, 65-64, in the Class D regional final Wednesday in Negaunee. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Carney-Nadeau High School boys basketball team used strong defense and balanced scoring to knock off the Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers, 51-45, in the Class D regional semifinals Monday in Negaunee. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Rapid River High School boys basketball team came from behind several times Monday night against the undefeated Dollar Bay Blue Bolts, but lost in the closing seconds, 63-60, in the Class D regional semifinals in Negaunee. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team had a seven-point halftime lead, but the Boyne City Ramblers rallied to post a 76-66 win over the Braves in the Class B district championship game Friday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The St. Ignace High School girls basketball team captured the Class C regional championship, beating the Ishpeming Hematites, 70-56, Thursday night in Escanaba. Four players scored in double figures. Click the above headline to read details.
Brad Spindler scored 30 points and pulled down 17 rebounds Wednesday as the Gladstone Braves overwhelmed the Kingsford Flivvers, 73-53, in a Class B district semifinal game in Kingsford. Click the above headline for photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos taken by Nate Belleville.
Madigan Johns hit four straight free throws in the closing seconds as the Ishpeming Henatites topped the West Iron County Wykons, 59-55, in the Class C regional semifinals Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos.
The Saint Ignace High School girls basketball team kept rolling along Tuesday night, beating the Houghton Gremlins, 68-34, in the Class C regional semifinals in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos, video highlights.
Reece Castor scored 31 points to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 81-72 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in the Class B District quarterfinals Monday night. Jared Nash had a career-high 31 for the Eskymos. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Brenda Crow, videos taken by Nate Bellville, and listen to interviews.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association Individual Wrestling state finals were held Fridat and Saturday at Detroit’s Ford Field. There were 17 U.P. wrestlers competing, and six reached the podium. Click the above headline for results.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team had its season come to an end Friday night as the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils left town with a 62-48 win in the Class B district championship game. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team played its best game of the season Thursday in the regional semifinals, but lost a heartbreaker to the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-2, at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Anne Truitt, videos taken by Sanid Young, and to listen to interviews and radio replays.
Connor Ortman scored 24 points to lead the Norway Knights to a 58-56 win over the Rapid River Rockets Thursday night in Norway. Ortman crossed the 1,000 point mark in his high school career (1,012). He is a recruit of Lakeland University in Wisconsin. (Bob Bal photo)
Mykenzie Monkevich scored with 4.3 seconds left to play Wednesday to lift the Escanaba Eskymos to a 49-48 win over the Gladstone Braves in the Class B district semifinals in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brenda Crow, videos taken by Mike Dagenais. Also listen to interviews and a replay of the game-winning shot.
