By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400TheGameSportsShow.podbean.com While high school sports around the Eastern Upper Peninsula and the state of Michigan are in a pause, there is still much to talk about and cover, and we will do that tonight on “The Game”. You can hear the show live on ESPN […]
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Lakers Pull Ahead Late in the Third Period to Take a 4-1 Win over Michigan Tech
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Lake Superior State University hockey team closed out the first series of the program’s 55th season with a 4-1 win over the Michigan Tech Huskies on Sunday, Nov. 22 at the Taffy Abel Arena in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Hampus Eriksson, Jack Jeffers, Ashton Calder and Pete Veillette scored the Laker […]
High School Sports in Michigan hopes to resume in December
By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400TheGameSportsShow.podbean.com The Representative Council of the MHSAA have approved an adjusted schedule to restart and conclude Fall Tournaments in football, girls volleyball and girls swimming & diving, and also to resume Winter sports after the three-week “pause” in activity ordered by the Michigan Department of […]
Lakers and Huskies Skate to a 0-0 Tie in the First Game of the 20-21 Season
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Lake Superior State University hockey team opened the 2020-21 season with a 0-0 tie against the Michigan Tech Huskies on Saturday, Nov. 21 at the Taffy Abel Arena in Sault Ste. Marie. The Lakers won the best-of-three shootout, with Yuki Miura and Ashton Calder scoring for the home team. […]
Preview: Hockey Opens 55th Season with a Non-Conference Series Against Michigan Tech
For Starters– Lake Superior State is set to open the program’s 55th season of play with a non-conference series against Upper Peninsula rival, Michigan Tech on Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 22. The pair of games is the first of seven non-conference games that the Lakers will play before […]
Soo Indians sweep Little Caesars
By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400TheGameSportsShow.podbean.com The Soo Indians Midget AAA hockey club was in action this past weekend at the Taffy Abel Arena, and swept perennial powerhouse Little Caesars in a pair of shutouts in MAHA league action. Logan Raffaele made 25 saves and earned the shutout in the […]
Rudyard volleyball lone EUP fall sports team left
By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400TheGameSportsShow.podbean.com The Rudyard Bulldogs volleyball team is the lone remaining fall sports team playing in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, but when they play next is anyone’s guess. The Bulldogs repeated as regional champions last Thursday night in Pellston, as they swept past Indian River Inland […]
MHSAA makes major announcement about remaining playoffs
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Nov. 15 – The Michigan High School Athletic Association has suspended its Fall tournaments for girls volleyball, girls swimming & diving and football, and all winter practices and competitions scheduled to begin over the next three weeks per the emergency order to pause activity announced Sunday by […]
MHSAA forces Pickford to forfeit playoff game. UPDATE: Pickford School Board issues response
The Pickford School Board has drafted a letter in response to the circumstances surrounding this article: “Pickford Public School administration became aware of three positive COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Administrators immediately communicated directly with the Chippewa County Health Department and began the process of contact tracing, following […]
Laker Hockey Capacity Capped at 500 for the ‘20-21 Season
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The Lake Superior State University Athletic Department has announced on Friday, Nov. 13 that capacity for hockey games will be set at 500 individuals due to mandates set by the State of Michigan for the 2020-21 season. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) […]