GAYLORD – The St. Ignace Saints girls basketball team hadn’t seen a close game since December, and on Thursday night held off a comeback by the Posen Viking, to hand on for a 74-68 victory in a Class D regional championship game in Gaylord. St. Ignace (24-0) now advances to a Class D quarterfinal on Tuesday night in Escanaba, where [...]

GAYLORD – The Saint Ignace Saints marched into the Class D regional final in Gaylord on Tuesday night, as they posted a 67-23 victory over the Pickford Panthers in girls basketball. The Saints rolled out to a 49-12 lead at the half, before playing mainly their reserves in the second half. Margo Brown scored 17 points for St. Ignace, including [...]

ST. IGNACE – While the St. Ignace girls basketball team has garnered most of the attention this season, the boys team has quietly put together a solid season of their own, and head into the districts winners of six-straight games, as they defeated East Jordan, 71-48 on Thursday night, in St. Ignace. Gage Kreski netted 12 points for the Saints, [...]

PICKFORD – The Rudyard Bulldogs will face the Pickford Panthers in their Class D district final, on Friday night, at the Purple Palace in Pickford.   Rudyard 55, Cedarville 47 Junior guard Becky Schwesinger drained five 3-point shots, and scored 18 points, as she helped lead the Rudyard Bulldogs to a comeback, 55-47 victory over the Cedarville Trojans, in a [...]

PICKFORD – Three Eastern Upper Peninsula girls basketball teams earned victories on Monday night, and have advanced to the next stage of their respective districts. In Class D, Brimley, Rudyard, and St. Ignace all earned victories, while the season is over for DeTour, Maplewood Baptist and Mackinaw City. In Class A, Sault High fell at Gaylord. Brimley 38, DeTour 36 [...]

CEDARVILLE – The Cedarville Trojans boys basketball team completed another undefeated season in Eastern Upper Peninsula conference play, as they earned a 69-54 victory over the Pickford Panthers on Friday night at the Purple Palace in Pickford. The Trojans have now gone undefeated in the EUPC for seven straight years, rolling off 56 straight conference victories. Dan Steinback scored 21 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]