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Prep Schedule Feb. 7

Local Sports February 7, 2026

Today’s games Girls’ basketball Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter at Hannahville, 8:30 a.m. Big Bay de Noc at Mackinaw City, 11 a.m. Boys’ basketball Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter at Hannahville, 10 a.m. Gymnastics Bark River-Harris, Escanaba at Coldwater Invitational, TBA Competitive cheer Gladstone at Midland Bullock Creek Invitational, 10 a.m. Women’s basketball Bay College at Montcalm C.C., 1 p.m. Hockey Manistique at Cheboygan, 2 p.m. Men’s basketball Bay College at Montcalm C.C., 3 p.m. Monday’s games Girls’ basketball Stephenson at ...

New ice cover data offers insight into whitefish declines, climate change

Outdoors February 7, 2026

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Michigan researchers have gone back in time to get a picture of ice cover on the Great Lakes since the late 19th century. Using historical temperature records from ...

U.P. Scores Feb. 7

Local Sports February 7, 2026

U.P. scores Thursday’s games Girls’ basketball St. Ignace 73, Manistique 23 Big Bay de Noc 42, Rapid River 19 Powers North Central 51, Stephenson 31 Norway 56, Iron Mountain 15 West Iron County 41, Crystal Falls Forest Park 38 Munising 50, Felch North Dickinson 34 Houghton 58, Hancock 53 Baraga 64, Ontonagon 43 L’Anse 74, Dollar Bay 40 Ewen-Trout Creek 60, Ironwood 10 Watersmeet 39, Bessemer 14 Boys’ basketball Kingsford 51, Gladstone 49 Crystal Falls Forest Park 72, Superior Central 27 Newberry 58, Manistique 44 Houghton 71, Hancock ...

Kingsford wins thriller over Gladstone

Local Sports February 7, 2026

GLADSTONE — Kingsford’s Blake and Drew Tomasoski are brothers, both of whom wear basketball uniform number 24. Both of them also hit game-winning shots here Thursday night. Blake, who’s a junior, drained a 12-foot jumper from a tough angle on the right baseline at the buzzer to lift the fourth-ranked Flivvers to a 51-49 victory over the fifth-ranked Gladstone boys in this Great Northern Conference varsity contest. Drew is a freshman who sank a five-foot jumper in the closing moments of the fourth overtime in the jayvee game, also won by Kingsford 60-59. “You always believe ...

Prep Schedule Feb. 6

Local Sports February 6, 2026

Today’s games Swimming Gladstone at Rudyard, 4 p.m. Manistique at Marquette, 4 p.m. Girls’ basketball Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter at Hannahville, 5 p.m. Gladstone at Menominee, 6:30 p.m. Escanaba at Calumet, 7:15 p.m. Ishpeming Westwood at Manistique, 7:15 p.m. Superior Central at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m. Gymnastics Bark River-Harris, Escanaba at Grand Ledge, 6 p.m. Boys’ basketball Superior Central at Bark River-Harris, 6 p.m. Bay Mills Ojibwe Charter at Hannahville, 6:30 p.m. Escanaba at Norway, 7:30 p.m. Powers North Central at Munising, 7:30 ...

Eskymos tame Broncos in non-conference action

Local Sports February 6, 2026

HARRIS — If you take care of the basketball, it will probably take care of you. The Escanaba boys did just that as they raced past Bark River-Harris 73-43 here Wednesday night. Esky turned the ball over 10 times with half of those taking place in the fourth quarter when its reserves were on the floor. The Broncos had issues with Esky’s full-court pressure defense, especially in the opening frame of this non-conference contest when they committed 16 of their 35 turnovers. Esky was off to the races from the beginning, rolling to a 28-7 lead with 67 seconds still remaining in ...