MARQUETTE — If this really was her last chance, Marquette gymnast Haddie Ketzenberger made the most of it. Ketzenberger not only won the all-around, but recorded the top score on all four apparatuses during the Last Chance high school meet held at Marquette Senior High School on ...
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HARBOR SPRINGS — The Marquette Senior High School ski teams will put some pretty amazing streaks on the line today at the MHSAA Division 1 state finals at Nub’s Nob near Harbor Springs. The Redettes are looking for their fifth straight girls state championship, while the Redmen have an ...
MARQUETTE — Ten wrestlers from seven area schools will be making a third visit to the MHSAA individual wrestling tournament after their good finishes in regionals held Saturday. Those 10, including two regional champions from Ishpeming, will make the long but certainly worthwhile trip to ...
NEGAUNEE — Friday night started off well for the Westwood girls basketball team, but it ended up in a bad result. Early in the Patriots’ game at Negaunee, senior Tessa Leece picked up her 1,000th career point, becoming just the fifth Westwood girl to achieve that. Teammate Madi Koski did ...
CALUMET — Gwinn pulled out their snow shovels to dig out of a big snowbank, but much like the city they were in, it proved too much as Calumet posted a 57-45 high school boys basketball victory on Friday night. The Modeltowners fell into a deficit that reached 27 points during the first ...
"I talked to them at halftime and said that (Negaunee) is going to go on a run and what you do to respond is going to dictate whether or not we win this game." — Brad Nelson, head coach, Marquette boys basketball ------------------- MARQUETTE — Negaunee and Marquette treated high school ...
GLADSTONE — There was a feeling of joy, happiness and relief in the Gladstone Braves gym Thursday night. Stuck in the midst of a six-game losing streak and down three key players, the Gladstone girls basketball team put together probably its best performance of the season in a convincing ...
MARQUETTE — Special teams helped Marquette gain a lead against Houghton on Thursday night, but it was at even strength that the Redmen cashed in their game insurance in a 3-1 high school hockey victory over the Gremlins. Dylan Baldwin netted the regular season’s final goal with 6:34 left ...
ESCANABA — Nicole Kamin scored 31 points as the Escanaba girls basketball team ran past Ishpeming for a 72-50 nonconference home victory on Thursday. Esky (11-6) started on an 8-0 run until Ishpeming finally got on the board with a 3-point play by Emma Poirier just under two minutes ...
HOUGHTON — The Marquette Senior High School varsity girls basketball team had four players score in double figures on Thursday night as it topped Houghton for the second time in nine days. The Redettes picked up their third straight win, topping the Gremlins 70-41 as Aspen Michelin led the ...
ONAWAY — The last two area schools standing in the MHSAA team wrestling tournament saw their seasons end in the regionals downstate on Wednesday. Westwood defeated Newberry 42-36 in a Division 4 regional semifinal held in Onaway, then the Patriots fell to the host Cardinals 48-28 in the ...
NEGAUNEE — The winter sports season for high schools across the Upper Peninsula will soon be nearing its end with several teams hosting their senior nights and preparing for postseason tournaments. The Negaunee co-op varsity hockey team honored its seven seniors before its game with Jeffers ...
After suffering a heartbreaking loss to the Upper Peninsula’s No. 2-ranked girls team in Westwood roughly 24 hours earlier, the Gwinn girls varsity basketball team quickly regrouped and found itself back in the win column the next night, picking up a 39-27 victory over No. 5 Negaunee. The ...
ISHPEMING — The Westwood High School varsity boys basketball team collected its 10th win of the season on Tuesday night, topping Gwinn 54-35 at home. The Patriots built up a 29-18 lead at halftime and limited the Modeltowners to five points in the fourth quarter, pulling away and improving ...
UPSSA Basketball Polls ------------------------- BOYS Divisions 1-3 W-L Pts Pvs 1. Iron Mountain (7) 14-0 35 1 2. Negaunee 14-1 28 2 3. Marquette 15-3 21 3 4. Escanaba 11-6 13 4 5. Munising 15-1 5 — Others receiving ...
GAYLORD — A pair of Marquette wrestlers finished in the top four to advance to the regionals following the Redmen’s participation at the MHSAA Division 2 wrestling individual district tournament held in Gaylord on Saturday. Senior Joe Lagrou and sophomore Wyatt Kuhlman each placed third ...
GWINN — Westwood made up a fourth-quarter deficit and hung on in the end to post a 38-37 victory at Gwinn in a high school girls basketball game played Monday night. The Modeltowners led 30-25 entering the final quarter before the Patriots’ Tessa Leece hit a 3-pointer to tie the score at ...
GRAYLING — Two Negaunee wrestlers will continue their seasons after top-four finishes at the MHSAA Division 3 wrestling individual district tournament held in Grayling on Saturday. Senior Leo Helppi won the 189-pound division and freshman Joseph McCollum placed fourth at 125 to qualify for ...
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 ...