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Elks Hoop Shoot

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 boys earn first win of the season over Engadine

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 and Cheboygan skate to 3-3 tie

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 ...

Eskymos take down Copper Kings improve to 4-3

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 ...

Mary Vandermissen Classic continues to grow

WELLS — The Mary Vandermissen Holiday Classic is continuing to grow. A record turnout of 150 skaters were here for a figure skating competition that started Friday night and continued into Saturday. “Next year we’ll probably start Friday afternoon and go into Saturday, because the ...

Prep Schedule Dec. 8

Boys’ basketball Big Bay de Noc at Kinross Maplewood Baptist, 6:30 p.m. Iron Mountain at Manistique, 7:15 p.m. Norway at Escanaba, 7:30 p.m. Powers North Central at Superior Central, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday’s games Swimming Kingsford, Gladstone at Manistique, 5 p.m. Girls’ ...