MARQUETTE — Thursday night marks the first of three consecutive days of state championship high school football games to be televised by Fox Sports Detroit and Fox Sports Detroit-Plus. Most of the schedule was found online at ...
BATTLE CREEK — It was in a nearly empty arena and lacking almost all fans that the Carney-Nadeau volleyball team clashed against Auburn Hills Oakland Christian in an echo of its 2018 run. However, the Wolves couldn’t stop history from repeating itself Friday when they fell in four sets, ...
EAST LANSING — The MHSAA Representative Council set dates Thursday for the various key events in five winter sports considered indoor “contact” sports. Those sports are boys and girls basketball, hockey, wrestling and competitive cheer. This Saturday was previously announced as the ...
More info: “Contact” indoor sports like basketball, hockey and wrestling can start seasons on Feb. 1; “noncontact” sports like gymnastics, swimming and bowling can start Jan. 22 or 25; skiing began in December ------------------- EAST LANSING — The start of most high school ...
MARQUETTE — Junior Seiler Hruska of Marquette was named to an all-state team by the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association in December. She was named to the Third Team in Division 1, the only Upper Peninsula player named in either of the top two divisions in the state, ...
GRAYLING — It figures this one would be decided in the trenches. Grayling ran wild behind its big offensive line as the Vikings defeated Negaunee 56-26 in a meeting between two head coaches who used to block for Central Michigan University. The Miners’ Paul Jacobson and Grayling’s ...
MARQUETTE — Welcome to high school football in January. After not playing for nearly two months due to COVID-19, the North Central Jets made up for lost time here Saturday in a 50-2 rout of Marion in the Superior Dome in Marquette during an eight-player Division 2 semifinal that was among ...
MARQUETTE — Defense, defense and more defense. That was the key Saturday as Johannesburg-Lewiston inched past Iron Mountain, 7-6, in an MHSAA Division 8 regional championship game held indoors at the Superior Dome on the Northern Michigan University campus. The game ended as Iron ...
NEGAUNEE — After playing the waiting game for weeks, the Negaunee football team is finally hitting the field again. Almost two months after the Miners defeated Calumet on the road in the MHSAA Division 6 playoffs, they’ll head downstate to take on Grayling Saturday afternoon trying to ...
By Journal Sports Staff EAST LANSING — The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced Wednesday that it has confirmed locations for the state championship games in 11-player and eight-player football. The MHSAA said the same day that limited numbers of spectators would be allowed ...
NEGAUNEE — Organizers are hoping for a big turnout early Friday evening when a community pep rally will be held for the Negaunee High School varsity football team. The rally is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. at the high school parking lot in preparation for the team’s departure early the next ...
EAST LANSING — Remaining teams in the Michigan High School Athletic Association volleyball and girls swimming and diving tournaments can restart practice Monday with state finals events scheduled to end on Jan. 16. That’s according to a sports news release from the MHSAA on ...
Tyler Holtz knew what was at stake. The junior quarterback figured the DeWitt football program had an opportunity to put together another special season after back-to-back state semifinal appearances. Holtz was driven to be a factor in that success and take over as the starter under ...
EAST LANSING — The next round of the high school football playoffs will be held in less than two weeks on Saturday, Jan. 9, according to a Saturday sports news release from the Michigan High School Athletic Association. The playoffs include Negaunee’s varsity team, which has been in a ...
Pat Collins fell just short of a state championship as Montague’s starting quarterback in 1992, when the Wildcats lost to Detroit St. Martin de Porres at the Pontiac Silverdome. Twenty-eight years later, Drew Collins is hoping to be able to one-up his dad, who is now in his 17th season as ...
MARQUETTE — The Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association approved adjustments to the regular season schedule for indoor winter sports, which under current Michigan Department of Health and Human Services orders may restart their seasons Saturday, Jan. 16. All ...
EAST LANSING — Apparently the high school football playoffs will be pushed back yet another week, if not more. The Michigan High School Athletic Association adjusted its schedule to conclude fall tournaments in football, volleyball and Lower Peninsula girls swimming and diving on Tuesday ...
ITHACA — Injuries, physical and mental, are going to occur and what matters is how one reacts to overcome them. Ithaca High School senior quarterback Brady Hessbrook has endured more than his share of injuries, yet they have never stopped him from continually striving to improve during his ...
2020 All-U.P. football 8-Player teams -------------------------- Dream Team Offense Position/Player/School Yr. Ht. Wt. Line — Eric Huyck, Pickford Sr. 6-2 250 Fabian Charter, North Central Sr. 6-0 225 Quarterback — Luke Gorzinski, N. Central ...
Jameson Chesser does more than display his blazing speed and amazing moves on a football field. The Adrian Lenawee Christian senior running back huddles with teammates and opponents, leading them in prayer after every game. “We decided to invite the other team to be a part of it, and ...