ST NICHOLAS — With the 2025-26 boys basketball season underway. The Mid Peninsula Wolverines are coming off a 71-40 win over the Big Bay de Noc Black Bears. Before the Wolverines game against Engadine Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got the opportunity to catch up with Cyler Brunngraeber ...
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Today’s games
Boys’ basketball
Rock Mid Peninsula at Mackinac Island, 1 p.m.
Gladstone at Escanaba, 7 p.m.
Menominee at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m.
Rapid River at Norway, 7:30 p.m.
Wrestling
Powers North Central at Rhinelander, Wis., 6 p.m.
Girls’ ...
U.P. scores
Wednesday’s games
Girls’ basketball
West Iron County 51, Escanaba 43
Munising 44, Gwinn 35
Gaylord 49, St. Ignace 34
Boys’ basketball
Engadine 64, Rock Mid Peninsula 50
L’Anse 77, Watersmeet 43
Houghton 71, Ontonagon 35
ESCANABA — Turnovers and cold shooting from the free throw line hurt Escanaba’s cause here Wednesday night in a 51-43 girls’ basketball loss to the West Iron County Wykons.
Esky, which turned the ball over 25 times and finished 11-of-32 from the line in this non-conference contest, ...
ST. NICHOLAS — Big Bay de Noc junior Parker Pederson achieved a major milestone here Tuesday night.
It was Rock Mid Peninsula which earned its first victory this season, however, by rolling past the Black Bears 71-40 in a Central U.P. Conference match-up here Tuesday night.
“We knew we ...