RAPID RIVER — With the 2025-26 basketball seson underway Daily Press sports writer Adam Hinch got the opportunity to sit down with Rockets junior guard Jae Poma to discuss a various number of topics. Adam Hinch: So Jae, when did you start playing basketball? Jae Poma: I started playing my ...

Calling all young free-throw shooters to the carity stripe! The Escanaba Elks Lodge #354 will be hosting the Elks Hoop Shoot Free Throw Contest on Saturday, December 13, 2025, with registration at 11 a.m. at the Escanaba Area High School Gymnasium. There will be three divisions for both boys ...

MANISTIQUE — A pair of double-digit scoring runs proved to be too much for the Engadine Eagles as they fell 69-36 to Manistique here Friday. Manistique trailed 9-8 early to Engadine, when The Emeralds went on a 13-0 run. Manistique junior Connor Tennyson had six of his 23 points during the ...

MANISTIQUE —- Fifty-nine minutes of hockey wasn’t enough to determine a winner here Saturday as the Manistique Emeralds and Cheboygan Chiefs skated to a 3-3 tie. Manistique appeared to be in position for a breakaway opportunity before losing possession of the puck with 27 seconds left in ...

WELLS — The Escanaba Eskymos stuck to the basics here Friday night in a 6-1 hockey victory over the Calumet Copper Kings. Senior forward Graham Johnson scored a hat trick in this contest, getting his first goal on a shot from the high slot for a 3-1 lead slightly more than halfway through ...