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Big Bay de Noc girls and boys teams each earn wins

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GARDEN CORNERS — It didn’t take long for senior Parker Pederson to establish a new boys’ career scoring record at Big Bay de Noc High School here Tuesday night. He got it on a layup less than three minutes into this non-conference basketball game, helping the Black Bears earn a hard-fought 42-39 triumph over Rock Mid Peninsula. Pederson, who scored 20 points in this match-up, pushed his career total to 1,290 which is 20 more than the previous record by Scott Farley in 1992. “Parker is an excellent player,” Big Bay coach Gunnar Mickelson said. “That’s quite an ...

U.P. Scores Feb. 12

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U.P. scores Tuesday’s games Boys’ basketball Menominee 77, Escanaba 59 Negaunee 60, Gladstone 52 Engadine 69, Superior Central 50 Big Bay de Noc 42, Rock Mid Peninsula 39 Rapid River 60, Munising 53 Bark River-Harris 57, Carney-Nadeau 43 Felch North Dickinson 53, Powers North Central 38 Crystal Falls Forest Park 71, Norway 34 Kingsford 47, Iron Mountain 36 Marquette 64, Houghton 21 Ishpeming 62, West Iron County 44 Ishpeming Westwood 71, Gwinn 10 L’Anse 61, Lake Linden-Hubbell 53 Baraga 73, Watersmeet 26 Ewen-Trout Creek 44, Hancock 21 Rudyard ...

Annual Curtis Winter Carnival set for Saturday

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CURTIS — This Saturday anglers of all ages as well as families from all over the U.P. and beyond will make their way to South Manistique Lake for the annual Curtis Fish Coop and Winter Carnival. Community businesses have displays for buttons that can be purchased for kids so they can ...

Droubie wins MCCAA Northern Conference Player of the Week

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ESCANABA, MI – Bay College's Emerson Droubie has been named the MCCAA Northern Confernce Player of the Week for his play during the week of February 2-8. Droubie (FR, Cambridge, MN) helped lead the Norse to a pair of wins over the week. On Wednesday Bay beat North Central Michigan College by a score of 98-37. Droubie scored 33 points on 11 of 20 shooting from the floor and had eight rebounds, five steals, and a blocked shot. On Saturday at Montcalm Community College he helped lead the Norse to a tightly contested 59-48 victory. He scored eight points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and ...

Bark River-Harris and Escanaba compete on Coldwater Invite

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COLDWATER, Mich. — Bark River-Harris gymnast Lucy Baumgartner was in contention for top all-around honors, but narrowly missed first place in the Coldwater Stick it For a Cure Invitational here Saturday. Saline’s Amelia Lorch was crowned champion with 33.7 points, edging the senior from ...

Braves fall to Miners in boys action

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NEGAUNEE — Turnovers and miscues put the Gladstone Braves in a hole they could not dig themselves out of as they fell 60-52 to Negaunee here Tuesday. “We were down nine points and started to battle our way back,” Braves coach Jake Keisby said. “But anytime we started to get a rhythm ...