The Gladstone High School boys tennis team played at home for the first time this season on Monday, and ended with a 4-4 tie against the Gwinn Model Towners. Gladstone won the singles while Gwinn won the doubles. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Rapid River Rockets hit seven home runs, three of them by Erica Rubick, in a doubleheader sweep of the Negaunee Miners Monday in Rapid River. The Rockets won the opener, 12-1, in five innings, and took the nightcap, 8-5. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team beat the Appleton North Lightning for the first time ever on Saturday, 13-8, in the second game of a doubleheader in Wisconsin. The Lightning won the opener, 5-3. Click the above headline to read game details, listen to post-game interviews, and to see photos and videos taken by Laura Lamberg.
The Rapid River Rockets won three games and the Gladstone Braves won four times in softball action on Saturday. Click the above headline to see Saturday's scores from both Hancock and Gladstone. Pictured above: Rapid River's Erica Rubick (11) is met by her teammates after hitting a grand slam home run against Calumet. (Michelle Rubick photo)
The Bark River-Harris Broncos got five strong innings on the mound from Jace Briggs, and Logan Heim delivered a two-run triple, leading to an 11-3 win over the Stephenson Eagles on Friday. Click the above headline for game details, photos, and video highlights.
A signing ceremony was held Friday morning in Gladstone for two Braves softball players to officially sign on the bottom line to continue their careers in college. Infielder Tasi Martinez (left) signed to play or Albion College, while pitcher Jenna Steinhoff (right) signed to play at Alma. Both led the Braves to the state semifinals last spring, and just began their senior seasons this month at Gladstone High School.
The Escanaba High School softball team opened its home season Wednesday with a pair of victories over the Negaunee Miners, 11-1 in six innings, and 15-0 in three innings. Taylor Gauthier hit four home runs in the twinbill. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen scored four runs early in the game and then held off the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-1, Wednesday night at Al Ness Field. The Eskymos had plenty of chances to score, but could not get the big hit. Click the above headline for details and photos.
The Gladstone Braves ran the bases aggressively and played solid defense Tuesday, and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 10-1, at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read the game details, listen to interviews and replays, and see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The Rapid River High School softball team swept both ends of a doubleheader from the Stephenson Eagles on Monday, 17-2 and 20-7. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team jumped to a big early lead and rolled to a 9-2 win over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Monday night at Ranger Field. Click the above headline to read game details. (Pictured above: Escanaba senior C.J. Barron)
The Escanaba High School girls softball team played four downstate teams this weekend, and won three times before coming up a run short in their fourth contest. Among the victories: a win over top-ranked Midland. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Stephenson Eagles braved raw weather conditions Saturday, and managed to play five innings of baseball at Al Ness Field. The Eskymos won the game, 12-5. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The North Central High School baseball team opened the 2017 season on Friday with a couple of one-run games. The Jets rallied to beat Norway, 4-3, but lost to Stephenson, 3-2. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos and Marquette Redmen opened their baseball season with a doubleheader Thursday in Bark River. The Redmen won the first game, 10-3, before the Broncos took the nightcap, 6-3. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to pull away from the Norway Knights and win, 10-1, in their home opener Wednesday at Al Ness Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos taken by Sandi Young.
A team of Houghton, Hancock, and Calumet High School hockey players came together to win the USA Hockey Tier II National Championship on Monday. Team Copper Country beat Clarence, NY, 5-2. Click the above headline for details. (USA Hockey photo)
The Escanaba High School girls softball team won three games this weekend at the Wisconsin Dells High School Challenge, and there was no suspense in any of them. The Eskymos outscored three their opponents, 45-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team won their third straight game on Saturday, beating McDonell Central out of Chippewa Falls, 8-3, in Mauston, Wis. The Braves scored five runs in the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie, giving the team a third straight late win. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The Gladstone High School baseball team opened the 2017 season with a pair of victories Friday at the Wisconsin Dells High School Challenge in Mauston, Wis. Gladstone beat Delavan-Derian, 5-4, and then held on to beat Phillips, 8-6. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The Escanaba High School baseball team opened its season at a tournament in Wisconsin Friday with a 7-5 victory over Fond du Lac St. Mary's Springs before dropping an 11-5 decision to New Richmond, Wis. Click the above headline to read details.
The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan has released its All-State Top Ten academic teams. Marquette, Gladstone, and North Central all made the top ten teams in their respective classes, while Escanaba, Bark River-Harris, Manistique, and Bessemer were honorable mention. Click the above headline to read more details.
Tanner Gonzalez won the first state wrestling championship in Manistique Emeralds history earlier this spring. And this past weekend, Gonzalez was back on the mat. Click the above headline to read more and see photos taken by Anne Truitt.
The Upper Peninsula's high school baseball season began on Monday as the Stephenson Eagles lost to the Crivitz Wolverines 7-3, on a chilly afternoon in Marinette County. The Eagle girls softball team also lost to Crivitz, 9-3, on Monday. The Stephenson baseball team has its home opener on Friday in Daggett against Norway. It will broadcast live on WUPF-FM, Eagle 107.3. Pictured: Bryce Tharp started on the mound for the Eagles.
The Upper Peninsula Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association met on Wednesday to select its All-U.P. boys basketball teams. Those selections were announced early Saturday. Gladstone's Reece Castor and his father, Clayton, were big winners. As were the North Central Jets, as expected. Click the above headline for details. (Pictured: Reece Castor)
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association met on Wednesday to pick its All-U.P. High School Girls Basketball Teams. The selections were announced early Friday. Click the above headline to see details. (Pictured: Escanaba's Jen Brandt)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has released the classifications for the next school year, used in basketball and volleyball post-season tournaments. Munising and Rudyard moved down from Class C to Class D, while Houghton moved from Class B to Class C. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: Houghton girls basketball)
For the third straight March, the North Central High School basketball team won a state championship at Michigan State University on Saturday.The boys then returned home to a hero’s welcome, with a parade led by fire vehicles. Click the above headline for more.
The North Central Jets completed an unprecedented three-year run on the basketball court Saturday with a third consecutive MHSAA Class D state championship. The Jets raced to a 23-point lead and held off a furious rally from the Buckley Bears to post a 78-69 victory. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews and radio replays.
Seth Polfus scored a layup as time expired in a second overtime period to help the North Central Jets beat beat Southfield Christian, 84-83, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, and to hear interviews and radio replays. (MHSAA Photo)
