Gladstone native Jordan Ives crashed his race car on Saturday at the New Smyrna Speedway in Florida. The 16-year-old Ives was in practice for a Super Late Model Series race when his brakes failed, forcing his car to skid into the wall and catch fire. Click the above headline to read more, and to hear our interview with Ives. Pictured: Ives' car after the fiery crash. See photos at www.speed51.com
The Gladstone Braves had four wrestlers reach the finals at Saturday's MHSAA Division Three district tournament in Grayling. A total of eight Braves wrestlers made the top four to qualify for regionals. Kingsford and Menominee will each send two wrestlers to the regionals. Click the above headline to read Saturday's results. Pictured: Gladstone's Jeremy Kadish with his bracket. (Renee Kadish photo).
Three Escanaba High School wrestlers qualified for next week's regional tournament by finishing in the top four in their weight classes Saturday at the individual districts in Gaylord. Two wrestlers from Marquette and six from Sault Ste. Marie advanced to the regioanls as well. Click the above headline for details.
The North Central Jets scored 39 points in the first quarter and had 59 points in the first half, on the way to an 87-43 win over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Friday night in Powers. NCA sophomore Dawson Bilski hit ten three-pointers and scored 36 points. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Negaunee Miners scored four goals in the third period to surprise the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-5, Thursday night in Negaunee. Mike Farley and Ryan Syrjala each scored two goals for the Miners, while Escanaba's Nick Aird had a hat trick in a losing effort. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Mary Gauthier.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team rolled to a pair of lopsided victories Wednesday night to win the MHSAA Division Three District Championship in Negaunee. The Braves beat Kingsford, 60-6, and then after Negaunee topped Menominee (36-30), the Braves overwhelmed Negaunee, 60-6.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team fought off a huge challenge from the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils in the MHSAA Division Two District championship match Wednesday night in Marquette. Breyden Papineau's pin in the final match of the night gave Escanaba the needed six points, leading to a 39-36 Eskymo victory, and a trip to the regionals. Click the above headline for more details, and to see pictures taken by Sheila Olsen.
The Marquette High School boys basketball team clinched the Great Northern Conference championship with a 46-24 win over the Gladstone Braves Tuesday in Marquette. The Redmen got a big third quarter from 6-10 center Vejas Grazulis to break open a close game. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos used balanced scoring and a tough full-court press defense to overwhelm the Stephenson Eagles, 84-57, Monday in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos got two goals apiece from Hunter LaMarch and Levi Wunder on the way to a 6-3 win over Berkley Saturday at the Michigan Public High School Hockey Showcase in Chelsea. The win followed a pair of frustrating 5-3 losses Thursday and Friday. Click the above headline to read recaps of all three Eskymo games.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team clinched home ice for the upcoming WCHA playoffs by beating Bemidji State, 2-1, Saturday night in Houghton. Coupled with Friday's 3-1 win, Tech captured the Winter Carnival championship. Defenseman Riley Sweeney was named MVP. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Communications.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team upset the nation's 17th-ranked team, the Ferris State Bulldogs, 73-71, Saturday in Big Rapids. Chavis Mattison and Marcus Hall both scored 20 points as NMU Coach Bill Sall got a win against his former team. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Gladstone Braves made 19 turnovers and missed eight of their eleven free throw attempts Friday night, and that led to a 49-40 girls basketball loss to the Menominee Maroons. Click the above headline to read the details, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
Scout Wunder, Ean Bevins and Nick Onate had pins in the lower weight classes, and the Escanaba Eskymos took advantage of three Gladstone forfeits to beat the Braves, 41-39, Wednesday in Gladstone. The Braves swept the upper weight classes. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear coach's comments.
A man who won a gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games in beach volleyball will visit with Marquette school kids on Friday. Dain Blanton was supposed to speak on Thursday, but flight delays forced a postponement. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team got 15 points from Leigha Woelffer and held off the Negaunee Miners, 43-37, Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details.
Tyler Wells scored a career-high 25 points to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 60-50 basketball victory over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Monday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see details.
Morgan Anderson scored 16 points and Brenna Heise added 12 as the Michigan Tech University women's basketball team turned back Northern Michigan, 56-49, Monday night in Houghton. Click the above headline to see the details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team was shut out for the second time in as many days on Saturday, falling to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 1-0, at the Pullar Stadium. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone High School competitive cheerleading team won a tournament championship for the second straight weekend on Saturday. After taking first place last week at home, the Gladstone girls won the U.P. Cheer Classic in Munising on Saturday. Click the above headline to read the scores for all ten teams in this tournament.
Cale Markham scored twice and Marcus Gloss was perfect in net Friday as the Houghton Gremlins blanked the Escanaba Eskymos, 4-0. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Gladstone Braves and Rapid River Rockets met for the first time Thursday in a varsity girls basketball game. Gladstone won, 61-12. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville and Mike Dagenais. Pictured above: Gladstone's Sam Sailer (14) sets a play as Rapid River's Hannah Kanyuh (10) defends.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team rolled to a 19-point lead in the first half and cruised to a 61-51 win over the Negaunee Miners Wednesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored three power play goals, and then killed off several late Kingsford power plays to post a 5-2 victory Tuesday at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team followed up its win at last weekend's Upper Peninsula Championships by winning a tri-meet at home on Tuesday. Escanaba beat Negaunee, 72-12, and Menominee, 74-3, at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline to see photos taken be Sheila Olsen.
The Escanaba "Mites to Men" Pond Hockey Tournament scheduled for this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on the bay has been cancelled because of unsafe ice conditions. However, there will be an event for those who entered on Saturday at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to read more information.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has announced the 120 finalists for the annual Scholar-Athlete Awards. They were selected from 1,584 nominees submitted by schools from across Michigan. Of the finalists, ten of them are from the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School wrestling won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday at Marquette High School. The Eskymos had 210 points, while the Gladstone Braves were second with 175. Click the above headline for all of the results.
The Gladstone High School competitive cheerleading team took first place at the Braves Invitational on Saturday. The Braves trailed Kingsford by 2 1/2 points after the first round, but they won both the second and third rounds to take the invitational trophy. Click the above headline to see all of Saturday's invitational scores.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team rallied from two goals down in the third period Friday night to post a 4-3 win over the Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks. And then on Saturday, the Huskies rallied for a 3-2 win over the Nanooks. Click the above headline to read the game details, courtesy of MTU Communications. (MTU photo)