MARQUETTE — It’s not easy to repeat as an Upper Peninsula champion and that was proven Saturday afternoon as Marquette got involved in a tough battle with Sault Ste. Marie at the U.P. Finals girls swimming and diving meet. In the end, the Redettes prevailed by earning 377 points to the ...
MARQUETTE — Going into Saturday’s Upper Peninsula Finals in boys and girls swimming and diving, it had been three years since the Marquette boys sat atop the podium. To end that streak, the Redmen would need their underclassmen to start fast on the blocks and Marquette’s youth ...
ISHPEMING — This is an exciting time to be part of the Bark River-Harris wrestling program. Six BR-H grapplers reached the podium at Westwood High School on Saturday by placing among the top four in their respective weight divisions in the MHSAA Division 4 individual district tournament, ...
LAKE LINDEN — It’s not common for high school basketball teams to play on the weekend unless they’re participating in a tournament, but the Ishpeming girls drove to the Copper Country on Saturday to take on Lake Linden-Hubbell and made it worth their while. The Hematites used a dominant ...
ST. NICHOLAS — A dominant second quarter where they allowed just two points combined with 23 points from freshman Kane Nebel allowed the Munising Mustangs to secure a 52-35 victory over the Mid Peninsula boys basketball team here Friday in Skyline Central Conference action. The Mustangs ...
BARAGA — Senior Kolin Conklin scored 16 points and junior teammate Eli Luokkala 13 as Republic-Michigamme won for the first time this season in a 46-40 victory at Baraga in a high school boys basketball game played Friday. Both players went 2 for 2 at the free-throw line as the Hawks (1-15) ...
MANISTIQUE — Leading seniors Tessa Leece and Madi Koski combined for 40 points to lead Westwood to a 66-35 girls basketball victory at Manistique on Friday night. Leece made two 3-pointers and scored 22 points, while Koski sank four triples and added 18 points. Leece also grabbed seven ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — With a full roster and plenty of determination, Bark River-Harris won its first high school wrestling team district title on Thursday, defeating Manistique 69-10 in the finals. In the semifinals, the Emeralds fended off Iron Mountain 35-29. In the championship, ...
"We just kept persevering and we’ve finally been the healthiest we’ve been all year." — Dan Carlson, head coach, Westwood wrestling -------------------- ISHPEMING — Westwood used its wrestling numbers to its advantage to help capture an MHSAA Division 4 team district championship ...
GLADSTONE — Gladstone earned its 11th straight team district wrestling championship on Wednesday night with a hard-fought 48-31 victory over Negaunee in the MHSAA Division 3 final. Gladstone led 36-25 after junior Peter Noblet pinned Brayden Dunstan in 2 minutes, 14 seconds of the 215-pound ...
GWINN — Emily Curtice threw down 21 points to help the Gwinn girls basketball team to a 55-46 win over visiting Gladstone on Thursday. It was the Modeltowners’ second consecutive victory to improve to 11-4 after leading the Braves from beginning to end. “We led for the entirety and ...
MARQUETTE — With a Great Northern Conference championship on the line, the Escanaba boys basketball team knew it was going to have to go on the road and play a near-perfect game to dethrone Marquette on Thursday night. The Upper Peninsula’s No. 4-ranked Eskymos (10-6, 5-2 GNC) put forth ...
"There was no panic. We knew what we had left and what was coming." — Jeff Wright, Escanaba wrestling head coach, after falling behind early in the Division 2 district finals ------------------- MARQUETTE — MHSAA team wrestling district tournaments kicked off across the state on ...
By Iron Mountain Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — Trey Bociek netted a hat trick and dished out two assists as Kingsford outscored Negaunee 8-1 Tuesday night at Mountain View Ice Arena in Iron Mountain. Kingsford’s Hunter Fortner had two lamplighters to go along with two assists, while Reece ...
EBEN — The regular season is winding down for the Munising boys basketball team, but the Mustangs aren’t showing any signs of slowing down as they jumped out to an early lead and cruised to a 56-23 win over Superior Central. Isaac Cooper led Munising with 11 points, while Sam Brown and ...
MARQUETTE — 51 minutes and 28 saves later, Liam Beerman could skate off the ice at Lakeview Arena realizing the feat he had just accomplished. The freshman goaltender for the Marquette Senior High School varsity hockey team shutout the state's top-ranked team in Division 3, a Calumet squad ...
GLADSTONE — The Gladstone boys basketball team fought back time and time again before falling short in a 70-58 home loss to Great Northern Conference rival Marquette Tuesday night. Despite trailing the entire way and falling behind by as many as 14 in the second quarter, the Braves (7-7, ...
ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming varsity girls basketball team picked up an important win in the stretch run of the season on Tuesday night, narrowly defeating Gladstone 48-46 at home. The Hematites improved to 5-11 behind double-digit nights from Emma Poirier and Kayla Koski. Poirier led with 19 ...
GWINN — The Gwinn varsity boys basketball team earned its third victory of the season on Tuesday night with a 66-52 home win over Hancock. James Harnick had nearly half of the Modeltowners' points, going off for 13 field goals and adding four free throws for a total of 32 points on the ...
"I told the guys that we weren’t going to focus on the negative — we were going to focus on what would get us back into the ball game." — George Niemi, head coach, Ishpeming boys basketball ------------------- HARRIS — After an utter disaster in the early going, Ishpeming did a ...