The Escanaba Eskymos scored four goals in the second period to break open a close game and beat the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets, 9-3, Friday night, at the Wells Sports Complex. Levi Wunder had three goals and three assists, while Nick Aird added two goals and four assists. Click the above headline for the details.
An event will be held this Saturday night in Escanaba to help Escanaba High School Athletic Director Nick Nolde and his family. Nolde has been battling brain cancer, and has received long periods of treatment at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. Click the above headline to read more.
The Marquette High School hockey team blew a three-goal lead, but recovered in the third period to beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 5-3, Tuesday night. The Redmen got goals from Spencer DenBeste and Luke Schwemin 40 seconds apart to earn the win. Click the above headline to read details and see Randy Ritari's photos.
The Mid Peninsula High School boys basketball team has just eight players, and none of them are seniors. But the Wolverines hustled for all 32 minutes Monday before losing to the Gladstone Braves, 62-47, in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read the game details, and to see photos taken by Ron Jurek, videos taken by Nate Bellville, and listen to radio replays.
The Escanaba Binks Coca-Cola PeeWee’s won the championship of the 26th Annual Marquette/Iron Range Holiday Invitational last weekend. Escanaba was able to win the 12-team event by beating Negaunee in the championship game, 3-1. The Bink's PeeWees lost the first game of the tournament on Friday, but rallied.
The off-road races at Bark River and Crandon, Wis., will mean a bit more this summer as the two tracks have announced the formation of the "Sportsmen Off-Road Series". It will see three races in Crandon and two in Bark River, between June and September of 2015. Click the above headline to read more details.
It was a big Saturday for high school wrestling in the area as the Marquette Challenge was held, as well as the Tomahawk Invitational in northern Wisconsin. There were 20 teams on hand in Marquette, and 17 in Tomahawk. Click the above headline for more details.
The Houghton High School hockey team scored three goals in a span of 56 seconds late in the first period and then held off the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-3, Friday night, at Dee Stadium. Click the above headline to read the game details, and to see photos taken by Zach Denome.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team opened its season Friday night with a 54-40 win over the arch-rival Escanaba Eskymos in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read the details.
Northern Michigan University's women's basketball team nearly pulled off a big upset Thursday night in Illinois. The Wildcats had the lead in the second half against the nation's second-ranked team, Lewis University, but the Flyers pulled out a 68-58 win. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Escanaba High School football team is being praised for is success off of the field. The team was again an All-State selection in academics, with a 3.84 team grade point average. Also, U.P. Dream Team lineman Chad Leisenring (#65 pictured above) was also a first team Academic All State selection. Escanaba was also a recipient of the Steve Spicer Team Leadership Award for 2014. Click the above headline to see all of the details.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team had five players score in double figures and the Eskymos posted a wild 105-69 win over the Houghton Gremlins Tuesday in the Copper Country. Click the above headline to see all of the details.
Northern Michigan University women's basketball coach Troy Mattson has been suspended for four games after making a negative comment about a Wayne State University player on Monday. Click the above headline to read details.
The Northern Michigan University basketball teams were on the short end of their GLIAC matches Monday against Wayne State. The men's team lost, 67-43, and the women fell, 69-57. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the championship of the St. Ignace Invitational on Saturday, taking four individual weight classes and getting a pair of runners-up. Gladstone won despite giving away four weight classes on forfeits. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Hancock Bulldogs scored four goals in the first period and cruised to a 7-3 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Saturday at the Houghton County Arena. Jack Fenton and Hunter Kero each scored twice for the Bulldogs, while Levi Wunder tallied twice for the Eskymos. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team used its depth to beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 59-49, in a Great Northern Conference game Friday night in Escanaba. Four players scored in double figures as the Eskymos built leads as big as 20 points. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone Braves girls basketball team used tough defense and just enough offense to beat the Ishpeming Hematites, 38-36, Thursday night in Ishpeming. Anna Caramella blocked the game-winning three-point shot at the buzzer, and the Braves stayed patient despite giving up eight straight points in the third quarter. Click the above headline for game details, and to see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais. And listen to post-game interviews. Pictured: the Braves celebrate the win!
High School football players from across the Upper Peninsula were able to explore their college options Wednesday at the "Recruiting Night" event, hosted by Escanaba High School. The boys and their parents were able to talk one-on-one with coaches from seven Division Two and Division Three schools from as far away as Chicago. Click the above headline to read more.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team played tough defense and slowed the game's tempo to stay close to the heavily-favored Marquette Redettes Tuesday night. But the Redettes stayed undefeated with a 38-33 win, despite having several girls battle the flu bug as well as the Braves. Click the above headline to read the details.
Levi Wunder scored five goals and added three assists to lift the Escanaba Eskymos to a 9-1 win over the Negaunee Miners Monday night in Escanaba. Calvin Pinar scored twice and Brody Goddard earned his first Eskymo goaltending win by stopping 15 shots. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos by Mary Gauthier, videos by Mike Dagenais.
Michigan Tech's women's basketball team earned an Ohio sweep with an 82-65 victory at Walsh on Saturday. The Huskies carved up the Cavaliers zone defense with eleven 3-pointers including, five from Kelli Guy and four more from Morgan Anderson. Tech also beat Malone (65-58) on Friday in Canton, Ohio. The Lady Huskies are now 5-0. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of Michigan Tech Sports Information.
The Northern Michigan University Wildcat hockey team couldn't get much going Saturday night against Bowling Green State at the Berry Events Center. The Falcons shut out the Wildcats, 5-0, after the teams played to a 5-5 tie on Friday. Click the above headline to read the details from both games, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Negaunee Invitational Basketball Tournament has been held every spring for the past 50 years. But officials announced on Wednesday that there will be no NIT Tournament in 2015. The main reason: not enough volunteers to help out with that monthlong event. Click the above headline to read more details. (NIT photo)
Levi Wunder scored three goals and added an assist as the Escanaba Eskymos stayed undefeated with a 4-1 win over the Marquette Redmen Tuesday night at Lakeview Arena. Calvin Pinar also scored and goaltender Jack Valentine stopped 20 of 21 shots. Click the above headline to read the story and see photos and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Bark River-Harris High School girls basketball team overpowered the Marinette Marines, 61-40, in a season-opening game Monday night in Harris. Caitlyn Frazer scored 17 points and Hannah Starnes added 16 to pace the victory. It was the first game for new coach Paul Anderson. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos.
The third time was the charm for the Detroit Loyola High School football team on Saturday at Ford Field. After losing to the Ishpeming Hematites in each of the last two Division Seven state championship games, Loyola finally got a trophy by posting a 29-8 win. Click the above headline for the details, courtesy of the MHSAA.
The Escanaba High School hockey team fell behind by two goals on Saturday before coming back to post a 3-3 tie with the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils at the Wells Sports Complex. Chris LeMire scored twice and Nick Aird also tallied for Escanaba. Click the above headline to read game details, listen to highlights, and to see photos by Bill LaMarch, and videos by Mike Dagenais. Pictured above: Levi Wunder skates in on Soo goalie Tanner Reattoir on the first play of overtime. Reattoir made the save.
The Munising High School football team scored the first touchdown of the game in Friday's state championship game against Muskegon Catholic Central. But the Crusaders shut down the Mustangs from there and repeated as MHSAA Division Eight state championships with a 31-6 win at Ford Field. Click the above headline for more details. (MHSAA photo)
Click the abov headline to see the scores for all of the U.P. teams from the entire regular season and playoffs.