Houghton and Calumet combined to send the University of Detroit Jesuit High School home winless after two weekend games in the Copper Country. Houghton Gremlins beat UDJ 5-1 on Friday. Calumet edged the Cubs 2-1 on Saturday in the schools’ annual Miner’s Cup game.

As if cold weather and brisk winds kept the Calumet Copper Kings boys basketball team out of school Monday wasn’t enough, a storm courtesy of the Negaunee Miner’s defense toppled the Kings in a 42-26 loss.

Laina Kariniemi and Marybeth Halonen each sank a trio of 3-pointers as Calumet raced past Ishpeming 54-32 in a high school girls basketball game played Tuesday evening at the Copper Kings’ gym. Kariniemi scored a game-high 16 points while Halonen was second in scoring with 13 as Calumet built a 20-5 lead after

The way it was going there, that’s not gonna be a very good taste in our mouths going into Christmas break.” — Mike O’Donnell, Negaunee girls basketball head coach, before the Miners began a 22-1 second-half run to erase a 19-point deficit ——————- NEGAUNEE — Once visiting Calumet built a 19-point lead in the middle

made 22 saves for his first high school victory. “He looked sharp,” Gadwa said. “He had to make two different breakaway saves. There was a hard push early in the third from Calumet.

This is the first of a series of season previews of Marquette and Alger County high school basketball teams as the girls’ season starts on Monday and the boys season commences on Monday, Dec. 6. ————– NEGAUNEE — It’s typical for the Negaunee Miners girls basketball program to reload with talent rather than

An impressive season for the Calumet volleyball team continued after the Copper Kings swept Iron Mountain in the MHSAA Division 3 regional semifinals at Westwood High School on Tuesday. Calumet recorded a three-set win,

Volleyball coaches from around the West PAC recently casted their votes for the conference’s players and coach of the year as well as first and second team honors. Calumet swept the awards for individual honors as Helen Beiring was named Player of the Year.

More info: 11-player teams must win 5 consecutive games to win a state title, while 8-player squads need 4 straight victories for their championships —————- MARQUETTE — The five area teams left standing in this week’s final Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association polls are also the five teams that will continue playing in the

Here are the matchups involving U.P. teams playing in the MHSAA high school football playoffs this week: MHSAA Playoffs Friday, Oct. 29 11-Player Division 3 Region 1 District 1 Marquette (7-2) at Mount Pleasant (9-0),