The Michigan Tech University hockey team lost a heartbreaker Saturday night in the championship game of the Great Lakes Invitational at Detroit's Comerica Park. The Huskies fell to Western Michigan, 1-0, in overtime, to the same team that Tech beat in last year's GLI title game. Click the above headline to read more details, courtesy of MTU Sports Information.
Levi Wunder scored four goals and Calvin Pinar added a single tally to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 5-2 win over the Jefers Jets Friday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to read more details and to see photos and videos, and listen to radio replays and interviews.
Ryan Furne scored a sudden death shootout goal to lift Michigan Tech over Michigan State in the opening game of 49th Great Lakes Invitational played outdoors at Comerica Park Friday. Tech won the shootout 2-1 to advance to the championship. Click the above headline to read more details.
No boys basketball player will ever again wear the No. 21 jersey at the Mid Peninsula High School. The jersey that Brett Branstrom wore for five years...from eighth grade through graduation...was retired during a ceremony Monday night. Click the above headline to read more details.
Ten players scored points as the Gladstone Braves got their first basketball win of the season Monday, beating the Mid Peninsula Wolverines, 71-44, in Perkins. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to radio relays and interviews.
The Gladstone Braves and Escanaba Eskymos competed at the 19-team Marquette Wrestling Challenge on Saturday. The Braves were the top U.P. team in the event, finishing in sixth place overall with 114 points. The Eskymos were the second-best U.P. team, ending up ninth overall with 79. Click the above headline to see the team and individual results.
The Houghton High School hockey team scored goals in the final minute of each of the first two periods Friday, breaking a 1-1 tie and beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 5-1. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos, and listen to highlights and interviews.
Brandon Robinette scored 22 points and Jamie Hiltunen added 17 as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 67-44, Friday night in Gladstone. The Braves jumped to a 20-12 lead midway through the second quarter, but the Eskymos went on a 17-0 run to take control of the game. Hiltunen made four three-pointers, and the Eskymos had eight 'treys' as a team. Gladstone was led by Tyler Wells' nine points.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves wrestling teams battled to a 40-40 tie Thursday, but only after the Braves were penalized two points for sportsmanship. And then the Eskymos won the tiebreaker based on number of individual wins. Click the above headline to read the details, see photos and video highlights, and listen to a replay of the radio broadcast.
The Gladstone High School girls' swimming team won the Kingsford Invitational, easily outdistancing the second place Flivvers, 143-96. In the boys meet, Kingsford edged Gladstone, 124-107. Manistique finished third.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team had balanced scoring Tuesday night and beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 59-51. Anna Carabella had 13 points while Lexi Hongisto and Bridget Becker each added ten as the Braves stopped a two-game losing streak. Click the above headline to see videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos topped the Houghton Gremlins, 77-64, in an entertaining boys basketball game Monday night in Escanaba. Jamie Hiltunen scored 23 points and Brandon Robinette added 16 for the Eskymos. Houghton's Trent Keteri scored 27 points on nine three-point baskets to lead the Gremlins in a losing effort.
Escanaba senior Travis Heller won the championship Saturday in the 160-pound weight class at the "Battle on the Bay" tournament in Green Bay, Wis. Heller won five matches, three of them by pin, against some of Wisconsin's top wrestlers. Zach Priebe was third in the 126-pound weight class, and Kaleb Rahoi also medaled in the 145-pound weight class, taking sixth. Click the above headline to see the results.
Nick LeMire stopped 31 shots and Levi Wunder scored two third period goals to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 3-0 win over the Hancock Bulldogs on Saturday. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to audio highlights.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half to beat the North Dickinson Nordics, 65-57, in girls basketball action Friday night in Harris. Caitlyn Frazer scored 22 points to lead the Broncos to their first win. Lexi Steele had 15 points to lead North Dickinson. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Mackinac Island Lakers boys basketball team trailed for most of the game Friday before pulling out a 47-45 win over the Hannahville Soaring Eagles in a Northern Lights Conference game. The Laker girls team topped Hannahville earlier in the night, 49-29. Click the above headline to read details of both games, and to see photos and videos.
Bryce Thompson sank a pair of free throws with 2.3 seconds left in overtime to lead the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears to a 56-55 overtime win over the Gladstone Braves Thursday night in Garden Corners. Jared Hunter scored 22 points in a losing effort for Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear audio interviews and replays from the game.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team ran into a buzsaw Thursday night as Wisconsin powerhouse Coleman Cougars came to town. Escanaba picked up 18 points from forfeits, but could generate little else on the mats and lost, 54-21.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has decided to move the state baseball and softball semifinals and finals to Michigan State University, effective this upcoming season. The move will end more than two decades of the games being played in Battle Creek's Bailey Park every June. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team built an early 2-0 lead on a pair of Steve Wood goals Tuesday, but did not score again as the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils posted a 4-2 win at the Wells Sports Complex. Abby Roque had the tying and winning goals. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos.
The Escanaba High School basketball teams both faced the Negaunee Miners Tuesday night, and the result was a split for both programs. In the boys game, Brandon Robinette scored 34 points but it wasn't enough as Negaunee beat Escanaba, 70-67. Tyler Jandron had 25 points and Eric Lori scored 20 for Negaunee. In the girls game, balance was the key as Escanaba beat Negaunee, 54-39. Ashley Cook had 15 points to lead four Esky girls in double figures. Michelle LaFave had 14 points, Lynsey Collins added 11, and Tara Strahl had ten points.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team opened the 2013-14 season with an impressive showing at the multi-team St. Ignace Invitational on Saturday. The Braves took the tournament championship as eight wrestlers won first place medals. Three other Gladstone boys finished in the top four in their weight classes to also earn medals.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team opened the 2013-'14 season on Saturday with a second place finish at the 18th annual Birch Run Wrestling Challenge. Escanaba beat Clare (64-12) and Roscommon (64-15), but lost the host Birch Run team, 45-23. Click the above headline to see photos.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team outscored the Gwinn Model Towners, 12-0, in the first quarter, and the Braves posted a 56-41 win Friday night. Click the above headline to read the game details, see photos and videos, and listen to radio replays and interviews.
Northern Michigan University varsity golf coach Dean Ellis announced on Thursday that he will retire from the post, effective January 3rd. He has coached the team for the past 20 years. Click the above headline to read the story, courtesy of the NMU Sports Information office.
The Escanaba High School hockey team ran its winning streak over arch-rival Marquette to five games Tuesday by posting an 8-0 win at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, read the game summary, and listen to radio replays and interviews.
The Ishpeming High School football team repeated as Division Seven state champions on Saturday, beating Detroit Loyola, 22-12, at Ford Field. Click the above headline to read the game story and statistics. You can also watch a replay of the game, and the post-game press conferences, provided by the MHSAA.
The fourth time was not the charm for the Menominee High School Football team on Saturday. The Maroons lost to Grand Rapids West Catholic, 27-14, in the Division Five State Championship game at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MHSAA.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored two goals in the second period and Nick LeMire maade 17 saves and stopped a penalty shot as Escanaba beat Alpena, 3-0, Saturday, at the Northern Lights Arena. Click the above headline to read the game story, see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The 2013 high school football season has come to an end. Click the above headline to see all of the regular season/playoff scores for the Upper Peninsula's teams.
