"She put in a lot time last summer ... making herself stronger, making herself more versatile, being able to step out and play on the perimeter." — Mike O’Donnell, Negaunee girls basketball head coach, on Alyssa Hill ----------------------- MARQUETTE — The Negaunee girls basketball team ...
MARQUETTE — There weren’t many local Division 4 girls honorees at Wednesday’s Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association meeting, but Munising’s Jenna Matson definitely stood out. The 5-foot-3 junior guard earned a spot on the All-U.P. Second Team after an impressive ...
MARQUETTE — It may have been an uncharacteristically down year for area girls basketball, but four local players picked up solid postseason honors Wednesday afternoon at the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association meeting. Marquette’s Maria Millado, Westwood’s ...
MARQUETTE — Seven area girls basketball players earned Honorable Mention status when All-Upper Peninsula awards were determined on Wednesday by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. In Divisions 1-3, two area players earned this status — 5-foot-8 senior Ellie Miller of ...
Dream Team Player, School Ht. Yr. Nicole Kamin, Escanaba 5-11 Sr. Elli Djerf, Calumet 5-5 Sr. Emma Anderson, Menominee 6-1 Sr. Alyssa Hill, Negaunee 6-2 Jr. Elise Besonen, Ewen-Trout ...
RAPID RIVER — Despite cool and moist conditions, the Superior Central High School softball team heated up its bats in the opening game of a doubleheader at perennial Division 4 power Rapid River on Wednesday. The Cougars held on for a 12-11 victory in the opener, stranding the tying run at ...
MARQUETTE — Led by Kameron Karp, three Marquette Senior High School boys basketball players earned honors when coaches from the Great Northern Conference met on Monday to determine season honors for the league that include five of the largest schools in the Upper Peninsula. Made up of MSHS, ...
DETROIT (AP) — Damiya Hagemann of Detroit Edison has been named Michigan’s Miss Basketball. The Mick McCabe Miss Basketball award honors the state’s top senior female player. Hagemann, who plans to attend Michigan State, was given the award Tuesday. Hagemann received 2,413 points in ...
EAST LANSING — Iron Mountain’s bid for the MHSAA Division 3 state championship came up short Saturday afternoon as Flint Beecher cruised to a 75-47 win at the Breslin Center at Michigan State University. While the Mountaineers were back in the state finals for the second time in the past ...
HERMANSVILLE — Two players each from Munising and Superior Central earned honors when the Skyline Central Conference announced girls basketball honors that were voted on by coaches recently at the Wildwood Restaurant in Hermansville. One of those players, junior Jenna Matson of Munising, ...
EAST LANSING — Iron Mountain made it back to the MHSAA Division 3 boys basketball state championship game by defeating Schoolcraft 54-50 in overtime Thursday at the Breslin Center on the Michigan State University campus. The Mountaineers, who improved to 19-0 with the win, were facing Flint ...
GRAND RAPIDS — Rudyard’s deepest basketball tournament run since 1963 ended in the MHSAA Division 4 semifinals on Thursday. The Wyoming Tri-unity Christian Defenders downed the Bulldogs 61-43 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. Junior guard Brady Titus scored 28 points and senior ...
GRAND RAPIDS — From the modestly sized gyms of the Upper Peninsula to the near-11,000 capacity Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, the remarkable run by the Carney-Nadeau girls basketball team came to an end Wednesday morning as Fowler beat the Wolves 61-37 in an MHSAA Division 4 state ...
EAST LANSING — Despite a game high 22 points from senior guard Elli Djerf, the Calumet girls basketball team came up short in a 59-53 loss to Kent City in an MHSAA Division 3 state semifinal Wednesday at the Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University. In a battle of ...
SAULT STE. MARIE — Rudyard has been on a postseason roll, firing on all cylinders since the tournament tipped off. The Bulldogs’ roll will continue into the state semifinals for the first time since 1963. Rudyard cruised past Carney-Nadeau 76-48 in an MHSAA Division 4 boys basketball ...
LAKE CITY — Iron Mountain’s boys basketball team — back in the MHSAA Division 3 quarterfinals for the second time in three years — got 38 points from senior Foster Wonders to eke past McBain 53-50 Tuesday night at Lake City High School. McBain started out like gangbusters, working its ...
CORUNNA — A season 61 years in the making for the Escanaba boys basketball team came to an end Tuesday night at the hands of a talented Bridgeport squad with a 52-41 loss in an MHSAA Division 2 quarterfinal played in Corunna. The appearance in the state quarterfinals was the first for the ...
HOUGHTON LAKE — The Calumet girls basketball team overcame a 12-point deficit to hand Maple City Glen Lake its first and only loss of the season, 73-69, in the MHSAA Division 3 quarterfinals on Monday evening. The Copper Kings were facing Kent City (20-0) Wednesday in the semifinals at ...
HOUGHTON LAKE — An historic season for the Escanaba girls basketball team came to an end Monday night in a 47-41 defeat against Portland in an MHSAA Division 2 state quarterfinal at Houghton Lake. It was the first time in school history that the Eskymos girls made it to a state ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A pair of Marquette County juniors are members of most elite group of girls basketball players in the West PAC as voted on by the league’s coaches recently. Alyssa Hill of Negaunee and Natalie Prophet of Westwood are members of the league’s Dream Team. Hill was also ...