CEDARVILLE – The Pickford Panthers girls basketball team clawed their way to a 52-51 overtime victory, over the Cedarville Trojans on Thursday night, and earned a share of the Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference crown in the process. Olivia Smith scored 28 points on the night, including all five of Pickford’s points in overtime, and grabbed 15 rebounds. Smith also was [...]

ALPENA – Despite not having school on Wednesday due to the weather, the Sault High Blue Devil boys basketball team made the long trek to Alpena, and fell to the Wildcats, 65-57. Ray’Shon Anderson scored 21 points for Sault High. Ray’Nell Anderson and Terrance Fuller had 13 points a piece for the Blue Devils. Sault High (10-7) will host Newberry [...]

ESCANABA – The DeTour Raiders girls basketball took the long road trip to Escanaba on Saturday morning, and exploded for 38 points in the second half, and defeated the Eskymos, 50-42. DeTour was down 19-12 at the half. Lindsay Grzesiek scored 16 points for DeTour, who rebounded from their conference loss to Pickford on Thursday. DeTour (16-2) will be at [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE – After a rough couple of weeks, the Sault High Blue Devil boys basketball team is back on the winning track, as they dispatched of the Rudyard Bulldogs, 58-27, in Straits Area Conference play from Friday night, at the Sault High Gymnasium. With the win, the Blue Devils kept pace with Cheboygan and St. Ignace for first-place [...]

RUDYARD – The DeTour Raiders girls basketball team improved to 15-1 on the season, as they defeated the only team to defeat them this season, the Rudyard Bulldogs, 48-36 on Tuesday night, at the Harris Kahl Gymnasium in Rudyard. The game was close until the fourth quarter, where the Raiders outscored the Bulldogs, 13-1. DeTour’s Nicole Bouwma got in foul [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE – The St. Ignace Saints boys basketball team earned a sweep of the season series against defending Straits Area Conference Champions Sault High, as they cruised to a 61-41 victory, on Friday night. With the victory, the Saints improved to 6-2 in the SAC, and are now in a 3-way tie with the Blue Devils and Cheboygan [...]

PICKFORD – The Pickford Panthers earned their biggest win of the season, and some time, on Monday night in boys basketball, as they defeated the Sault High Blue Devils, 73-65 on Monday night at the Purple Palace in Pickford. Phil Coullard scored 20 points to lead Pickford. Isaac Leach had 16 points for the Panthers, Cameron Ledy 13, and Jarred [...]

CHEBOYGAN – The Sault High Blue Devils girls basketball team, earned their ninth victory of the season on Friday night in Cheboygan, as they topped the Chiefs, 42-36, in Straits Area Conference play. Helena Krull scored 14 points for Sault High, to go along with six steals and four assists. Sault High 9-4 (6-1 SAC) will host Alpena on Tuesday. [...]

CEDARVILLE – The Cedarville Trojans survived a scare from the DeTour Raiders on Friday night in Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference boys basketball, but survived, and slugged out a 65-61 win, to remain undefeated in conference play. The contest was marred by a bench clearing incident with one second remaining, involving players from both teams, along with fans. Witnesses say there [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE – The weather has forced a couple of cancellations in local high school sports. The Sault High boys basketball game, scheduled for Tuesday against Alpena has been cancelled. The make-up date for the Sault Boys Freshman, JV and Varsity Basketball game at Alpena for 2/11/13. The varsity swim meet at Rudyard, with the Sault and Marquette, has [...]

SAULT STE. MARIE -The Sault High Girls Freshman, JV and Varsity Basketball game vs. Alpena for tonight, January 28, have been cancelled. The games have been rescheduled to Wednesday, January 30. Freshman Girls will play at the Middle School gym at 6:00. JV will start at 6:00 at the High School Gym with Varsity to follow. If you have any [...]