By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING— The leader of the Michigan High School Athletic Association said Monday the decision rests with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on whether there are soccer games, volleyball matches, and swimming and diving meets this fall. Mark Uyl said while the ...
Up next: Dale Phillips Invitational, at Presque Isle Park, Marquette on Friday morning ------------------- MARQUETTE — It’s been an eventful offseason for Upper Peninsula cross country teams as many have wondered if there would even be a season this fall. Still, many tried to stay in ...
LANSING (AP) — Michigan on Friday crossed the threshold of 100,000 cases of the coronavirus confirmed since March. Deaths related to COVID-19 reached 6,446 after six more were recorded, the state health department said. Most people usually recover from the virus. It can cause mild or ...
ISHPEMING — The Negaunee High School girls tennis team has been in action for a few days now and you can’t say anything less about the Miners than they are off to a great start. Negaunee competed in a three-team event Thursday afternoon with Westwood and Menominee and emerged with two ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette and Escanaba showed how evenly matched they are while playing to a 4-4 high school girls tennis tie at the Redettes’ courts on Thursday. Marquette’s Campbell Kallio and Julianna Golisek picked up wins at Nos. 1 and 3 singles, respectively, with Golisek taking a ...
GLADSTONE — The Gladstone Braves are in the win column. Facing their fourth opponent in the last seven days, the Braves dominated most matches on their way to a 7-1 home tennis victory over Munising on Thursday morning. “It felt great to get that first win of the season,” Braves coach ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette Redmen open their high school boys soccer season at Iron Mountain on Thursday hoping not to miss a beat despite having a new head coach after last year’s 14-5-1 season. The Redmen, who also won the Upper Peninsula Championship, now have Dan Salmon as head coach ...
NEGAUNEE — Negaunee had little trouble slipping past Ishpeming 8-0 on Tuesday to move to 3-0 for the high school girls tennis season. The Miners lost just four games in the eight flights. “As we string meets together, (the) girls are getting more and more comfortable with their flight ...
IRON RIVER — The road show for the Negaunee High School girls tennis is proving to be every bit as good as the home version should be after the Miners swept their second straight road match 8-0 at West Iron County on Monday. Negaunee (2-0) won every match in straight sets, not losing more ...
GLADSTONE — Fall sports are officially back in the Upper Peninsula. It’s been a long time since any high school sports have been played due to the coronavirus pandemic, but girls tennis season got underway Thursday in Gladstone with the Braves hosting the Marquette Redettes. The ...
KINGSFORD — The Westwood High School girls tennis team made it four wins in two days sweeping a pair of matches against the Flivvers and Escanaba on Friday afternoon. Westwood (4-1) defeated Kingsford 7-1 and the Eskymos 8-0, a day after sweeping Ishpeming and Iron Mountain at ...
U.P. this fall: Girls tennis began Wednesday, other approved fall sports begin today --------------------- EAST LANSING — High schools in the Upper Peninsula and much of the northern Lower Peninsula can compete in the fall sports of soccer, volleyball and swimming, officials said ...
ISHPEMING — The Westwood High School girls tennis team didn’t let a shutout in defeat to Negaunee on Wednesday affect their play on Thursday, posting an 8-0 win over Ishpeming and 6-2 victory over Iron Mountain on the second day of the season. “Our girls had a long day (Thursday) with a ...
ISHPEMING — The Ishpeming School Board named Christopher Magnuson as boys varsity basketball head coach at its board meeting on Monday night, according to Ishpeming Public Schools athletic director Terry Roberts. George Niemi had been both boys varsity basketball head coach and varsity ...
ESCANABA — It was like it was meant to be. In a year when high school seniors everywhere got robbed of their opportunity to play spring sports one last time because of the coronavirus pandemic, 26 softball players from across the Upper Peninsula showed up for a Senior Showcase doubleheader ...
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"There was just too much uncertainty and too many unknowns to safely play football this fall." — Mark Uyl, executive director, Michigan High School Athletic Association ----------------- LANSING — The Michigan High School Athletic Association on Friday moved the football season to next ...
ESCANABA — A select few recently graduated high school softball players will get a chance to play a pair of games on Friday. After the coronavirus pandemic wiped out spring sports in the past five months, Escanaba High School softball coach Gary Salo took the idea of an Upper Peninsula ...
"It is very important that all U.P. programs are supported so that each school can maintain a competitive team." — Todd Goldbeck, Xcel executive director, organization that conducts the U.P. Football All-Star Game ----------------- MARQUETTE — The high school football programs at ...
EBEN JUNCTION — After a year of coaching the Superior Central High School boys varsity basketball team, Harry Robbins has submitted his resignation. The Superior Central Board of Education accepted it at its July 20 meeting, according to a statement from the school district on ...