David Falish rushed for 181 yards and scored two touchdowns, threw for 95 yards and another score, and returned an interception 95 yards and another touchdown to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 37-25 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night. Click the above headline to see videos and pictures.
The Escanaba Eskymos junior varsity football team scored touchdowns on eight straight posessions and beat the Gladstone Braves, 47-7, Thursday at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, taken by EHS student Ryan Schoff.
The Escanaba High School tennis team won three Upper Peninsula championships and had three other semifinalists en route to a third place finish at the Division One U.P. Finals Wednesday in Marquette. Negaunee and Kingsford tied for the team championship. Click the above headline fotr details.
The Escanaba High School boys cross-country team won the Gladstone Invitational on Thursday. The Eskymos had 34 points while Kingsford was second with 80. Gladstone finished in seventh place out of 13 teams. Click the above headline to read more.
The Westwood Patriots won the MHSAA Division Two girls tennis U.P. Championship on Wednesday. The Patriots won three doubles championships and one singles title to slip past Iron Mountain in the team standings. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Escanaba Eskymos were competitive throughout their match with the Kingsford Flivvers Tuesday night, but the Flivvers pulled out a 3-1 Great Northern Conference win. Click the above headline to read details, and to see pictures and videos from the match.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team split its first two games with the Menominee Maroons Monday night, but lost the next two games and fell, 3-1, in a Great Northern Conference match-up at the Gladstone High School Gym. Click the above headline to read the details from the match.
The Michigan Tech University football team fell behind by five touchdowns and nearly rallied to beat the third-ranked team in the nation Saturday night in Houghton. But Grand Valley State managed to escape with a 51-43 win at Sherman Field. Click the above headline to read more, and to see videos of post-game interviews, courtesy of the MTU Sports Information.
The Escanaba High School cross-country teams used their home course advantage to win the annual "Golden K" meet Saturday in Ludington Park. The boys team had five of the first eight finishers to easily outdistance second-place Kingsford, while the girls had five of the first seven places to top second-place Gladstone. Click the above headline to see all of the details from the meets.
The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils scored touchdowns on all five of their first half posessions Friday and rolled to a 49-19 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night. Justin Jurek, Sam Pouliot and Riley Ballard all scored for the Braves, but not before the Blue Devils had invoked the mercy rule. Click the above headline to read the details and see pictures and videos.
The Big Bay deNoc Black Bears girls volleyball team lost the first game during their match against the Hannahville Soaring Eagles Thursday night in Hannahville. But the Big Bay deNoc girls rallied to win the next three games to win the match, 3-1. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the match.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos volleyball team cruised to two easy victories and then had to rally at the end to pull out a 3-2 win over the Rapid River Rockets Thursday night in Bark River. The Broncos won both of the first two games by 25-15 scores, but Rapid River didn't give up. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Kingsford Flivvers got championships in five flights at the Great Northern Conference tennis meet on Wednesday, and won the team championship with 42 points. Marquette was second, Escanaba finished third, and Gladstone took fourth place. Click the above headline to see all of the team and individual results, and a bunch of pictures, courtesy of Lisa Dagenais.
The Menominee Maroons snapped a 1-1 tie with two dominating sets and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 3-1, Tuesday night in Escanaba. After the Eskymos had tied the match with a 25-22 win in the second set, the Maroons cruised to 25-11 and 25-12 wins to take the match. Meanwhile, in Marquette, the Gladstone Braves led the Redettes two sets to one before the host team rallied to win the next two sets to win the match, 3-2. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys cross-country team cruised to another tournament championship on Tuesday, winning the Munising Invitational at Pictured Rocks. The Eskymos had 56 points, well ahead of Kingsford's 121 and Sault Ste. Marie's 124. Click the above headline to read more details from the race.
The Northern Michigan University women's volleyball team rolled to a 3-0 win over Upper Peninsula rival Michigan Tech Tuesday night at Vandament Arena. Click the above headline to read all of the game details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information Office.
The start of the high school hockey season is still two months away. But an early look at the Escanaba Eskymos' 2012-13 schedule shows that the team will have the chance to bring back a lot of hardware during the campaign, competing in five in-season tournaments. Two of the tournaments will be at home. Click the above headline to get a sneak peak at the schedule.
The Esacanaba Eskymos finally played some tennis on Monday, after having their matches rained out four times last week. The girls traveled to Marquette and lost to the Redettes, 6-2, in their Great Northern Conference finale. Click the above headline to read more details and photos.
The Gladstone Braves played a solid half of football against the Marquette Redmen on Homecoming Friday night. Unfortunately, it takes two halves of solid football to earn a victory. Marquette scored three touchdowns in the second half to beat Gladstone, 35-14. Click the above headline to read more details and see photos and videos.
The North Dickinon Nordics clinched a state football playoff spot Friday with a 40-0 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Friday night in Felch. It marks the 22nd straight year that the Nordics have qualified for the Michigan state playoffs. Click the above headline to see more of his photos.
The Escanaba High School football team appeared to have the game won against the Medford Raiders Friday night in Wisconsin. The Eskymos had a five-point lead, and they had the ball, looking to run out the clock. But an ill-advised pass led to two minutes from hell, and the Eskymos lost to the Raiders, 44-35. Click the above headline to read more about the game.
The Rapid River Rockets gave up 40 points in their football game against the Engadine Eagles on Homecoming Friday night. That usually means a loss. But the Rockets scored 60 points on offense and beat the Eagles, 60-40. Jake Pearson scored six touchdowns...three in the air and three on the ground...as the Rockets improved to 5-0.
The Gladstone High School girls volleyball team played well in stretches Thursday night, but left the court with nothing to show for it. The girls had the lead several times throughout the night, but lost to the Stephenson Eagles, 3-0. The scores wers 25-17, 25-23, and 25-22. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Rapid River Rockets got off to a good start Thursday night, racing to a 20-14 lead in their first volleyball game against the North Dickinson Nordics. But the Nordics rallied to win that game, 25-23, and then took the next two games (25-14, 25-17) to shock the Rockets, 3-0, on Parent's Night in Rapid River. Click the above headline to see pictures and video highlights from the contest.
The newest Upper Peninsula high school baseball program is already gearing up for the 2013 campaign. Gladstone High School will have baseball for the first time next spring, as a self-funded sport. Former Escanaba Coach Don Lauscher will be at the helm, and his son Kirk and nephew B.J. will be at his side. Click the above headline to read more about the 2013 Braves.
The magazine Sports Illustrated is running a series titled "Underdogs: Inspiring Stories in High School Football". And this week's episode, dated September 18th, highlights Ishpeming Hematite Senior Eric Dompierre. Click the above headline to see the video and the page that SI set up about Dompierre and the Hematites.
The Escanaba High School boys cross-country team wasn't even scheduled to run in the M&M Border Battle Tuesday in Menominee. But the Eskymos joined the field late, and ended up placeing four guys in the top 20 to run away with the championship. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves spent their Saturday at multi-team volleyball tournaments. Both local teams had mixed results, as the Braves lost four of five matches in Clintonville, Wis., and the Eskymos went 1-2-1 in pool play at a tournament in Marquette. Click the above headline to see all of the scores, and other details.
The Escanaba Eskymos shocked the Marquette Redmen, 31-22, in a Great Northern Conference match-up Friday night in Marquette. David Falish scored three touchdowns on the ground and tossed a touchdown pass to lead the Eskymos. Escanaba entered the game on a two-game skid, but scored 22 points in the first half and then the defense shut out the Redmen in the second half. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Escanaba High School cross-country teams competed Saturday in the 56th Annual Smiley Invitational. The girls competed in Division One Small School bracker, and placed fifth as a team, with Aimee Giese finishing eighth with a time of 16:20 in 4000 meters. The boys placed fourth overall. Andrew Stenberg was the top Eskymo, finishing third with a time of 17:13 in 5000 meters.
