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Jets lead UPSSA poll

ESCANABA — The eight-player football defending state champions are beginning their title defense with holding the top of the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association U.P. football poll.

North Central (3-0) leads the eight-player poll after wins against Stephenson (46-0), Norway (44-0) and Carney-Nadeau (71-7) as well as taking top spot on the eight-player Associated Press Michigan Football Prep Poll.

Pickford (3-0) sits at second followed by Rudyard (3-0), Forest Park (3-0) and Newberry (3-0) with Ontonagon (2-1) earning an honorable mention.

Kingsford (3-0) topped the 11-player side with wins against Green Bay East (45-6), Gladstone (21-6) and Shawano, Wis. (45-18), and earned the sixth spot on the Associated Press Michigan Football Prep Poll.

Menominee (3-0) took second followed by Marquette (2-1), Sault Ste. Marie (2-1) and Westwood (2-1).

Gladstone (1-2) and Bark River-Harris (3-0) earned honorable mentions.

ELEVEN PLAYER POLL

Kingsford (5) 3-0 25

Menominee 3-0 19

Marquette 2-1 16

Sault Ste. Marie 2-1 8

Westwood 2-1 4

Gladstone 1-2 2

Bark River-Harris 3-0 1

EIGHT PLAYER POLL

North Central (5) 3-0 25

Pickford 3-0 14

Rudyard 3-0 13

Forest Park 3-0 12

Newberry 3-0 9

Ontonagon 2-1 2

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