MUNISING — Manistique outlasted Munising 54-53 in overtime after playing a close girls basketball game throughout on Tuesday night. Megan Matson led the Mustangs with 24 points, while Crystal Murdock had 12. Emilee McDaniel was Manistique’s offensive leader with 18 points and Brooke ...
"It’s a good neighborhood rivalry." — Milton Braga, head coach, Westwood boys and girls swimming and diving -------------------- ISHPEMING — The Upper Peninsula Finals are less than a month away and right now, swimming and diving programs around the peninsula are trying their best ...
HANCOCK — The Negaunee boys came to town on Monday and did what they do best — win basketball games. The Miners defeated Hancock handily in a 70-31 win. It was their ninth win in a so-far perfect season. Negaunee quickly jumped out to a 8-0 lead as it dominated inside, including ...
EBEN — The Superior Central boys survived major foul trouble at home Monday night as they hung on for a 47-43 basketball triumph over Republic-Michigamme. The Cougars led 25-15 at halftime and 28-27 after the third quarter of this nonconference contest. “We were real patient on ...
UPSSA Basketball Polls Teams, (first place votes if any), record, poll points and previous week's ranking: ------------------------ BOYS Divisions 1-3 W-L Pts Pvs 1. Iron Mountain (7) 7-0 35 1 2. Negaunee 8-0 28 2 3. Marquette 6-2 19 3 4. Escanaba ...
ISHPEMING — The MHSAA Division 3 district tournament is still about six weeks away, but the Westwood girls basketball team is starting to show what its truly capable of. The Patriots scored more than 60 points for the second straight game Monday as they defeated Iron Mountain 63-33. Madi ...
GLADSTONE — If there were any concerns about an absent Megan Crow, the Gladstone girls basketball team quickly dismissed them with a 25-point opening quarter that allowed them to cruise past Manistique 53-29 at home Friday night. The Braves went on a 9-0 run in the first few minutes of this ...
RAPID RIVER — Rapid River got defensive in a 53-34 home win over Skyline Central Conference foe Superior Central Friday night in a boys basketball game. The Rockets (5-2, 4-2 SC) forced the Cougars into 25 turnovers and held them to 12-of-51 shooting from the field. Rapid River also won the ...
EBEN — It didn’t take the North Central girls long to gain control here Friday night as they cruised to a 74-39 basketball triumph over Superior Central. The Jets led 17-8 after the first quarter and 38-13 at halftime in this Skyline Central Conference contest. Alex Neville scored a ...
MUNISING — The Munising girls basketball team had a rough night Friday against Carney-Nadeau. The Mustangs struggled to handle the Wolves’ size and couldn’t generate much offense as they were dealt a 45-17 loss. Sandra Boulton led C-N with 16 points, while Tessa Wagner had 12. Megan ...
MENOMINEE — The Marquette boys basketball team definitely took care of business Friday night as the Redmen dominated Menominee 64-29. Ty Lotterman led Marquette with 22 points, while Kameron Karp had 12. Keagan Monroe was the Maroons’ offensive leader as he finished with 11. Marquette ...
MARQUETTE — Freshman Liam McFarren and senior Paige Whaley each had a hand in four victories as the Marquette swimming and diving teams swept Gladstone in a home meet on Wednesday afternoon. With the teams together winning 22 of 24 events, the Redmen won the boys meet 144-23 and Redettes ...
"Yeah, we got the victory, which is OK, but this time of year, we got to be shoring up things." — Tony Gentz, head coach, Marquette wrestling ----------------- NEGAUNEE — It’s been a pretty strong season so far for the Marquette wrestling team, but Thursday’s Marquette County Meet ...
ISHPEMING — Zachary Carlson may only be a sophomore at Westwood High School but he can certainly put a game on his back. He did just that on Friday night, notching 12 of the Patriots' 15 fourth quarter points to negate any chance at a comeback for crosstown rival Ishpeming in a 60-48 home ...
HARRIS — The last time the Gwinn girls basketball team tangled with Bark River-Harris, it was a double-overtime thriller that went the Modeltowners way. On Thursday night, Gwinn managed to pull off an even more exciting win as Marissa Delmont dropped in a layup with about two seconds left ...
IRON MOUNTAIN -- Talent and athleticism, when one team has more of those two things than the other, the one without is usually at a disadvantage from the get go. Behind a combined 49 points for Foster Wonders and Marcus Johnson, the Iron Mountain Mountaineers cruised past the Gwinn Modeltowners ...
WELLS — Efficiency was the name of the game for the Marquette hockey team in the first period as an avalanche of early goals proved too much for Escanba to overcome in the Redmen’s 7-1 victory on Thursday. Ansel Frost put Marquette (12-3) on the board just a dozen seconds into the ...
MUNISING — Thursday was a rough night for the Munising boys basketball team. The Mustangs struggled on both ends of the floor and were dealt a 35-20 loss by Forest Park. Josh Huotari led Munising with seven points, while the Trojans’ Tommy Showers led all scorers with nine. The second ...
EAST LANSING — Nine schools’ student cheering sections have been selected for the semifinal round in the Battle of the Fans IX contest sponsored by the Michigan High School Athletic Association. All nine are Lower Peninsula schools — Traverse City West, Saginaw Heritage and Zeeland East ...
HOUGHTON — The U.P. Division 1-3 No. 2 Westwood Patriots girls proved to be a handful for the Houghton Gremlins on Friday in a 67-33 victory. The Patriots (8-1) had an impressive five girls in double figures. According to their coach Kurt Corcoran, this was their best game yet this ...