The Escanaba High School baseball team opened its 2014 season Friday with a 7-3 loss to the Appleton North Lightning in Wisconsin. The game was played in Wisconsin instead of in Escanaba because there is still snow on Al Ness Field. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Detroit Red Wings on Thursday recalled goaltender Jared Coreau from the minor leagues. The 22-year-old Coreau played for Northern Michigan University for three years and is finishing his first year of professional hockey this spring. Click the above headline to read more.
The Detroit Red Wings are returning to the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs for a 23rd straight year. The Wings lost to Pittsburgh in a shootout Wednesday night, but earned a point in the standings that clinched a playoff spot. Listen to every Detroit Red Wings playoff game on the 100,000 watt Magic 97 (WGLQ-FM 97.1) across the U.P.
Gladstone teenager Jordan Ives spent the last day of his Spring Break thanking the folks at Champion Spark Plugs for the $50,000 in sponsorship money that he won in a national contest this winter.
The Marquette Sentinels Under-16 girls hockey team and the Keweenaw Storm Under-19 girls were both heartbroken on Sunday as they played for national titles at the USA Hockey Tier II National Championships in Amherst, N.Y. Marquette lost to Charles River, Mass., 2-1, while Keweenaw fell to Cape Cod, Mass., also by a 2-1 score. Click the above headline to read more details.
Jerry Cvengros, who coached the Escanaba High School football team to its only state championship in 1981, died Monday night in East Lansing. He was 80 years old. Cvengros also served as EHS athletic director and as the high school principal during his 30 years in Escanaba. He also worked for the Michigan High School Athletic Association for 13 years. Click the above headline to read more.
A Gladstone High School sophomore won a big prize on Monday as the Champion spark plug company announced the winner of its "Search for a Champion" contest. Sixteen year-old stock car driver Jordan Ives had the top-ranked video out of nearly 400 that were submitted, earning him a $50,000 sponsorship. Click the above headline to read more.
Ten Gladstone wrestlers are competing this weekend at the Michigan Youth Wrestling Association state finals in Battle Creek. Six of them "placed" in their weight classes. Click the above headline to read details.
Lake Superior State University announced on Wednesday that it will add junior varsity men's and women's basketball programs to its offerings. The teams will be added in time for the 2014-15 school year, and the teams will play a ten-game schedule. Click the above headline to read the information, courtesy of LSSU Athletics.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has announced changes to how football practices will be run starting this fall. Essentially, the changes mean fewer days of full-out contact drills will be allowed before, and during, the season. Click the above headline to read the details on the new pratice rules.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced on Monday that the Newberry Indians and St. Ignace Saints will be moved from Class C to Class D for basketball and volleyball next school year. This is based on the latest enrollment figures. Click the above headline to read more.
The Michigan Tech University and Lake Superior State University men's tennis teams both lost on Sunday. Tech fell to Ferris State, 5-4, in Houghton, while LSSU dropped a 5-4 decision, in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline for details.
It's late March, time for the start of practice for high school sports like baseball, softball, tennis and track. But with the piles of snow and ice out there, it may be a second straight spring with miserable conditions for U.P. teams. Click the above headline to read more.
The Upper Peninsula's two remaining high school boys basketball teams lost in the state semifinals on Thursday at Michigan State University. Negaunee fell to Detroit Consortium, 69-54, in Class C, while Cedarville lost to Adrian Lenawee Christian, 67-58, in Class D. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the MHSAA.
Escanaba Eskymos defenseman Derek Chaillier has won the team's "Hobey Baker High School Character Award". The award has been given out in high schools across the country since 2003, and in Escanaba, it has been awarded the last several years. Click the above headline to read more about Chaillier and the award.
The North Central High School basketball team was unable to pull another game out of the fire Tuesday, losing to the Cedarville Trojans, 81-79, in the Class D state quarterfinal contest in Marquette. Click the above headline to read details.
The 2013-'14 high school boys basketball season has ended across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the all of this season's scores.
The Escanaba High School Hockey team celebrated its 2013-14 season with an awards banquet Tuesday night at the House of Ludington. The team went 16-8-3 this season, and boasted two All-State players for the first time in school history, along with four Academic All-Staters. Click the above headline to see photos from the event.
The Michigan Tech University men's basketball team closed out the best season in school history Tuesday, losing in the NCAA-II Midwest Regional Championship game to defending national champion Drury (Mo.), 71-57. Tech finished with a 24-8 record. Click the above headline to read all of the details, courtesy of MTU Athletics
The Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans and St. Ignace Saints had their girls basketball seasons come to an end Saturday in the state finals. Forest Park lost to Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart, 56-53. And the Saints were overwhelmed by Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central, 62-40. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of the MHSAA.
The 2013-'14 high school girls basketball post-season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see all of the U.P. regular season and post-season playoff scores.
Former Escanaba High School football coach, athletic director, and teacher, Dan Flynn has been chosen for a prestigious award by the Michigan High School Athletic Association. Flynn was given the Charles E. Forsythe Award for his outstanding contributions to the interscholastic athletics community. Click the above headline to read the announcement.
The Michigan Tech University basketball team stunned Indianapolis University in the NCAA-II Midwest Regional semifinals Sunday night, 82-76, in Missouri. Click the above headline to read the story from Sunday's win, and from Saturday's win over Southern Indiana, courtesy of MTU Athletics.
The Northern Michigan University hockey Wildcats had the lead on four different occassions Saturday, but lost their WCHA playoff game to Minnesota State, 5-4, in overtime, in Mankato. Click the above headline to read all of the details. Full story and photo are courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Michigan Tech University hockey season ended Saturday night in the WCHA playoffs with a 5-2 loss to Bowling Green. Tech's season finished with a 15=19-7 record. Click the above headline for all of the details, courtesy of MTU Athletics.
The Crystal Falls Forest Park Trojans and St. Ignace Saints both slipped past their downstate opponents on Thurdsay during high school girls basketball state semifinals at Michigan State University. Forest Park beat Athens, 49-33, in Class D, while St. Ignace struggled past Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, 34-30, in Class C. Click the above headline to see details and statistics. Pictured above: St. Ignace's Emily Hinsman and Liggett's Kendall McConico battle for a losse ball. (MHSAA photo)
The North Central High School boys basketball team won its second straight Class D regional championship Wednesday, beating the Forest Park Trojans, 58-55, in overtime, at the Escanaba High School Gym. North Central faces Cedarville in the quarterfinals. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Saint Ignace Saints and Forest Park Trojans both won their state quarterfinal girls basketball games on Tuesday, and advanced to the semifinals at Michigan State University. The Saints beat McBain, 54-37, while the Trojans topped Posen, 69-56. Click the above headline to read more details.
North Central High School freshman Jason Whitens scored 22 points, including a three-point basket that forced overtime, to lead the Jets to a 54-46 win over the Munising Mustangs in the Class D regional semifinal Monday. Click the above headline for more details.
Escanaba Eskymos junior Levi Wunder and senior Derek Chaillier were selected to the Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association's Division Two All-State Team on Monday. The two led the Eskymos to a 16-8-3 record this season. Click the above headline to read more information.
