The Carney-Nadeau Wolves beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 3-0, in high school volleyball Thursday night in Harris. It was the BR-H "pink" match for breast cancer awareness, and was played in memory of Sue Jorasz, who lost her battle with the disease just last weekend. Click the above headline for more details, and to see photos, videos.
Five high schools that currently compete in the Mid Peninsula Conference have applied for membership in the West PAC Conferene. Athletic Directors met on Wednesday to talk about it. Click the above headline to read the press release about the meeting.
The Escanaba Eskymos beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-0, in a Great Northern Conference volleyball match Tuesday night in Escanaba. The scores were 25-12, 25-13, 25-11. Meanwhile, Munising also swept Rapid River, 3-0 (25-10, 25-18, 25-22). Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights from the Eskymo-Flivver match.
The Bark River-Harris High School volleyball team rallied from two games down to beat the North Central Jets, 3-2, Monday night in Powers. The Broncos won the fifth game, 15-8. BR-H hosts its "Pink Out" match on Thursday. Also on Monday, Superior Central topped Mid Peninsula, 3-1, and Manistique beat Newberry, 3-1.
The Gladstone High School football team fell behind, 12-0, but rallied to beat the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 28-12, Friday night at Mountaineer Stadium. The Braves finish their first Mid Peninsula Conference season undefeated. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Brenda Crow, and videos by Derek Vanderlinden.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team topped the Westwood Patriots, 3-2, in the 'Volley for the Cure' breast cancer awareness match Thursday in Gladstone. The Braves won the first two sets, 25-23 and 25-14. But Westwood regrouped to win the next two games, 25-23 and 25-18. Gladstone pulled out the match in the fifth set, 15-5. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights from the match.
The Marquette High School boys and girls cross country teams won the Great Northern Conference championship Thursday at Escanaba's Ludington Park. The Marquette boys were led by individual champion Luke Rambo, while Redette Erica Asmus won the girls race. Click the above headline for details, plus a few photos from the JV races.
The Escanaba High School junior varsity football team scored three touchdowns in the first quarter and rolled to a 41-0 win over the Oconto (Wis.) Blue Devils Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see details, photos, video highlights.
The Gladstone High School girls tennis team held its post-season awards banquet Monday night at the school. Click the above headline to see who won the awards.
The Escanaba Eskymos hosted the annual Elks Invitational volleyball tournament on Saturday. The Eskymos made the semifinals of the ten-team event before losing to Engadine. Cheboygan then topped Engadine to win the championship. Click the above headline to see all of the scores, plus see photos and video highlights from the action.
The Rapid River Rockets played stout defense and upset Michigan's top-ranked "eight-player" football team Friday night, beating the Stephenson Eagles, 16-14, in Rapid River. Click the above headline to read details. (Joanna Thorbahn photo)
The Escanaba High School football team qualified for the state playoffs Friday night by handing the Gladstone Braves their first loss of the season, 35-14, before a jam-packed crowd at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos taken by Derek Vanderlinden.
Escanaba High School senior Taylor Gauthier was named the Upper Peninsula Division One girls tennis player of the year, following her third consecutive U.P. singles title. She was also named All-State, the only player from the U.P. to get statewide recognition. Click the above headline for details on all of the winners.
The Escanaba High School freshmen football team beat the Gladstone Braves, 38-0, Thursday night in Escanaba. Ryan Randall scored two first half touchdowns and the Eskymo defense had seven quarterback sacks. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves will play three times on the football field this week, with the junior varsity teams playing Tuesday night in Gladstone. Escanaba pulled away to win, 42-16. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Mid Peninsula Wolverines girls volleyball team lost the first two games, but roared back to win the final three to take the match, 3-2, Monday night in Harris. The scores were 19-25, 21-25, 25-13, 25-21, and 15-8. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Bark River-Harris High School football team jumped to a 12-0 lead but the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes made several big plays to beat the Broncos, 24-12, Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Gladstone High School football team qualified for the state playoffs for the first time in a decade Friday with a 13-0 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils on Braves Homecoming. The game was scoreless until the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow and videos shot by Scott Balenger.
The Escanaba High School football team beat the Menominee Maroons for the first time since 1998 Friday night, 42-21, at Blesch Stadium. The Eskymos scored 21 unanswered points to raise their record to 5-1. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team dug a big hole early, but recovered to post a 3-1 win over the Stephenson Eagles Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see other U.P. scores, and see photos and video highlights.
The Westwood High School girls tennis team repeated as U.P. champions on Wednesday, beating West Iron County, 17-16. Munising was third with ten points, as sisters Marissa (pictured) and Kelsea Ackerman won titles at #1 and #2 singles. Westwood won the championship for the eighth time in ten years. Click the above headline for details.
The Negaunee Miners captured another Division One girls tennis Upper Peninsula championship on Wednesday. The Miners had 18 points. Marquette was second with 13, and Escanaba finished third. Escanaba's Taylor Gauthier (pictured) won a U.P. singles championship for the third straight year. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves earned volleyball victories in conference match-ups Tuesday night. Escanaba won a GNC match in Menominee, 3-0, on scores of 25-7, 25-21, and 25-15. Gladstone won an MPC match at home against Negaunee, 3-1, on scores of 25-13, 20-25, 25-23, and 25-18. Also Tuesday, Bark River-Harris fell to Norway, 3-1 (18-25, 22-25, 25-19, and 14-25), and Carney-Nadeau swept Superior Central, 3-0.
The Houghton Gremlins boys cross country team won the championship of the Munising Al Harger Invitational Tuesday afternoon. The Gremlins had 51 points, with Ishpeming second (74), and Negaunee third (105). Click the above headline for more details.
The Negaunee Miners had the top two runners and easily won the Al Harger Cross Country Invitational Tuesday in Munising. The Miners had 60 points, with Sault Ste. Marie taking second with 98. Negaunee's Emily Paupore won the race in 19:20.4, and teammate Clara Johnson was second (19:56.7). Click the above headline for more details.
The Gladstone High School girls tennis team split their singles matches, but lost all four doubles matches, and fell to the Menominee Maroons, 6-2, Tuesday in Menominee. The girls are at U.P. Finals in Kingsford on Wednesday. Click the above headline for details.
Homecoming Week began in Gladstone Monday night with a pair of girls Powder Puff football games. The sophomores beat the freshmen, 24-8. Maddie Ahlgren, Taelor Zeise, and Jenna Tardiff scored touchdowns for the sophomores. Amber King scored for the freshmen. In the second game, the seniors beat the juniors, 12-6. Chasey Williams had the winner and Kaylin Holden also scored for the Class of 2018. Sammie Shalifoe found the end zone for the juniors. The boys play Sault Ste. Marie on Friday.
Ten high school volleyball teams got together for the Redette Rumble tournament on Saturday in Marquette. The host Redettes beat Gwinn in the final. Munising and Negaunee were the other semifinalists. Click the above headline to see all of the scores, plus photos and videos from the Gladstone-Negaunee and Munising-Menominee matches.
The Stephenson High School football team raced to a 46-0 lead and cruised to a 54-30 victory over the Superior Central Cougars Saturday in Eben. Montell Glover scored five straight touchdowns for the Eagles. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School football team faced a stiff challenge from the Ishpeming Hematites Friday night, but the Braves pulled out a 20-8 victory to stay undefeated and clinch the Mid Peninsula Conference championship. Click the above headline for details, radio replays, photos taken by Brenda Crow, and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
