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Posted 4.0 years ago @ 8:39AM
Under the new playoff format, both the Calumet Copper Kings and Houghton Gremlins sat waiting for Wednesday’s Division 3 Region 17 title game for six days. The Copper Kings started the game slow
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 8:43AM
If you like thrills and suspense, Friday night’s Division 3 District 65 championship between Calumet and Hancock had it all. In the end, the Copper Kings walked away with a double overtime 52
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 8:34AM
The Calumet girls basketball team is once again headed to the district championship game as they defeated the Iron Mountain Mountaineers 66-36 in semifinal action at home on Wednesday. The District
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 8:30AM
In December, the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes headed into the Christmas break with a win, 62-60, over the Calumet Copper Kings at home. Friday night, the Copper Kings flipped the script at home, winning
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 8:28AM
Calumet’s arsenal was in full force in an 8-0 Divisioin 3 Region 17 semifinal win against Jeffers on Thursday at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Copper Kings (19-5-1) came out a bit
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 8:25AM
The Calumet Copper Kings overcame a slow start in a 9-3 thumping of the Kingsford Flivvers on Thursday. The win gave the Division 3 No. 1 Copper Kings a share of the Great Lakes Hockey Conference t
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 11:49AM
Marybeth Halonen led Calumet with 16 points in a 53-46 win over West Iron County Wykons on Thursday. Elli Djerf had 15 points for the Copper Kings. The Wykons best eight minutes was the last quarte
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 11:42AM
In a potential preview of the regional tournament championship game, the Houghton Gremlins and Calumet Copper Kings battled Tuesday night at Dee Stadium. When the smoke cleared, the Gremlins earned th
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 11:39AM
The Calumet Copper Kings hockey team entered Saturday’s matchup with the visiting Notre Dame Tritons as the No. 1 team in D3. While the outcome, a 5-3 loss at the Calumet Colosseum, probably doe
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 11:37AM
The Calumet Copper Kings just needed two periods to take care of the Negaunee Miners with a 10-0 win on Thursday. After an eight-goal first period, they added two more in the second and the game en
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 3:27PM
The No. 4-ranked Miners dropped an overtime heartbreaker, snapping a three-game win streak and falling to 12-4 on the year. The Copper Kings (12-3) avenged a loss to Negaunee from earlier this season.
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 3:24PM
Tuesday night’s boys matchup between Chassell and Calumet came down to the fourth quarter. With the score tied at 34, the game could have gone either way. Calumet (3-8) poured on the offense
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 3:21PM
51 minutes and 28 saves later, Liam Beerman could skate off the ice at Lakeview Arena realizing the feat he had just accomplished. The freshman goaltender for the Marquette Senior High School varsi
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 2:48PM
Coming into Tuesday night having won eight of their last nine hockey games, the Hancock Bulldogs rode a wave of confidence into their final regular season matchup with the D3 No. 1 Calumet Copper King
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 2:44PM
The Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Blue Bolts moved to 12-0 on the season with a 63-38 victory over Calumet on Tuesday. The two teams came out of the jump ball fast and furious — almost too fast fo
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 2:41PM
Two teams who could well meet again next month in district tournament play got together Monday night in Hancock. Calumet (9-3) came out of the physical contest with a 45-37 victory in a typical har
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 2:36PM
Thursday night’s boy’s basketball game between the Houghton Gremlins and the Calumet Copper Kings was pretty straightforward. The Gremlins simply outplayed the Copper Kings for the 52-3
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 2:02PM
Copper Kings girls basketball head coach Matt Laho knew what his team was getting into when they took the floor against No. 4 Marquette on Wednesday night. Last night it was a different story as th
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 2:00PM
The Jeffers Jets boys basketball squad continued their winning ways on Tuesday as they outscored the Calumet Copper Kings 55-42. The Jets (6-3) had a big comeback win Monday against Lake Linden and
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 1:55PM
After a tight first half, the Calumet Copper Kings put the clamps down on the Chassell Panthers in the second half in girls basketball play Monday. Holding a slim 23-18 lead after two quarters, the
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 1:43PM
The Calumet Copper Kings hockey team made short order of the Escanaba Eskymos in more ways than one on the ice Saturday afternoon at the Calumet Colosseum. First, they scored four goals in less tha
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 1:40PM
The opening minutes of the Calumet Houghton girls basketball game on Tuesday were not pretty. Easy shots were missed and the ball was turned over at both ends of the court. It took a long 2:10 for
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 1:38PM
Escanaba’s upset effort came up short here Tuesday night as it dropped a 5-2 hockey decision to the Calumet Copper Kings. Freshman forward Sawyer LaMarch scored from point-blank range 10 and
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 3:26PM
Trailing 2-0 at home Saturday night and staring at the continuation of a major penalty, the Division 3 No. 1 Calumet hockey team found itself in need of a spark. A pair of shorthanded goals provide
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 10:24AM
It took more than three periods but the Copper Kings pulled off a 2-1 win in overtime on Friday against the Northville Mustangs. It was a game characterized by a lot of shots from Calumet and great
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 10:21AM
Good basketball teams simply get the job done. They may not be flashy every time they step out on the court, but they find a way to win games. That’s what the Westwood girls did Thursday nigh
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 10:17AM
The Division 3 No. 1 Calumet Copper Kings’ season-opening unbeaten streak ended at 12 games Saturday night as the hosts were not able to find the net in the third period and fell to the D1 No. 5
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 10:13AM
The Division 3 No. 1 Copper Kings (11-0-1) beat No. 4 University of Detroit Jesuit 3-1 on Friday to win the Miner’s Cup, a traditional trophy in which both teams have battled for in years past.
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 10:10AM
Houghton came through down the stretch to beat Calumet 61-57 on Thursday. The Gremlins quickly tied the game at 57-all after Calumet’s Brevin Antilla threw up an alley-oop pass to Elijah McPa
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 10:04AM
For three high school hockey seasons, the No. 1 Calumet Copper Kings captain, Scott Loukus, has had to play in the shadow of his cousin, Brent, who graduated after the 2018-19 campaign. For two yea
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 10:00AM
Looking for a spot in the championship game of the 45th annual John MacInnes Holiday Hockey Classic, the Calumet Copper Kings struck twice in the first period, once in the second and three more times
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 9:57AM
After cruising comfortably most of the night Thursday in their home opener, the Lake Linden-Hubbell boys’ varsity basketball team got a late scare from Calumet. But the Lakes prevailed 62-60
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 2:22PM
In Tuesday’s 4-0 win over Houghton, Senior Goalie Alex Studebaker set the Calumet High School hockey shutout record with his 11th career shutout. Studebaker, who’s had a sparkling footb
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 2:18PM
The Copper Kings girls basketball team set the tone for their Tuesday night game against the Hancock Bulldogs in their first basket of the night – a three pointer. It was their weapon of choi
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 2:13PM
It was the tale of two games Monday night at the Calumet HS gym as the Ewen-Trout Creek boys battled it out against the Copper Kings on the basketball court. The first game was the first half and i
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 12:08PM
Through 34 minutes of play, it appeared that the Calumet Copper Kings hockey team was well on its way to a win over the visiting Marquette Redmen. In the final 17 minutes, the Redmen struck twice,
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 12:02PM
Calumet cruised to a 75-49 win against Iron Mountain in West PAC conference play Thursday. Both teams came out in man-to-man defense to begin the game, with Calumet using a 3/4 court press, to forc
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 12:01PM
The Ewen-Trout Creek girls basketball team almost pulled it off. They mounted an eight-point comeback in the last minutes of the fourth quarter against the Calumet Copper Kings only to fall two poi
Posted 4.0 years ago @ 11:55AM
Calumet pinned the throttle down Saturday, bringing pressure early and often in a 5-0 win over rival Hancock in the 44th annual Copper Island Classic. It’s Calumet’s second straight yea
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 3:18PM
It was only fitting that the Division 6 regional championship football game between Calumet and Glen Lake would come down to the final minute of regulation Saturday at Agassiz Field. After
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:52AM
The Manistique Emeralds simply refused to lose. After blowing an 18-11 lead in the third set to fall behind 2-1, the Emeralds flexed their muscle in Set 4 and then rallied from an early 4-0
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:07AM
After three quarters of football, the magic number for the Calumet Copper Kings seemed to be four. They had earned four possessions, scored four touchdowns and capitalized on all four of their two-
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:28PM
The Copper Kings won their eighth straight district championship with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-12) victory over the Red Devils Thursday night. But peaking at the right time and getting to this Division
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:24PM
Calumet put away all doubts of an upset in sweeping Hancock 3-0 in a Division 3 District 65 semifinal Wednesday. The Copper Kings won by scores of 25-13, 26-24 and 25-14. Calumet visits Ironwood
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 7:59AM
A cold, wet and snowy Friday night at Agassiz Field was not able put the chill on the red hot Calumet Copper Kings as they rolled 42-14 past the Negaunee Miners in MHSAA Division 6 pre-district action
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 7:48AM
Calumet and Lake Linden-Hubbell players were well represented in this year’s All-UP football selections. The selections were made during the UP Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association&rsq
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 7:32AM
The Calumet Copper Kings made it a perfect 9-0 in West PAC Conference play on Tuesday with a 3-0 (25-12, 25-18, 25-22) win against the Hancock Bulldogs on the volleyball court. “The first set
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 7:24AM
The Calumet Copper Kings ended their regular season Friday night in the same manner in which they began – with a big win. They closed out the regular season with a 50-28 win over L’Anse
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 5:08PM
It didn’t take long for Calumet to set the tone en route to a 3-0 sweep of Houghton on Tuesday. The Copper Kings took an early 10-point lead in the first set and despite a couple Houghton run
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 5:06PM
With a two-set victory Saturday, the Calumet Copper Kings won the West PAC Tournament held at Westwood High School. The Copper Kings defeated the Patriots, 25-20 and 25-21, to seal the victory in t
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 5:04PM
The Copper Kings (7-1) scored twice in the first quarter and took a 30-0 halftime lead over the Bulldogs. Nick Djerf and Dryden Nelson both had two rushing touchdowns in the win. Dean Loukus made a
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:37AM
HOUGHTON — The Calumet Copper Kings are headed to the playoffs once again. They secured their postseason playoff spot with a 51-14 victory over the Houghton Gremlins Friday night on the road.
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 3:13PM
From the first serve to the last kill, Tuesday night’s volleyball match belonged to the Copper Kings. Calumet swept Houghton 3-0 and held the Gremlins to under 15 points in each set (25-9, 25
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 3:23PM
The Calumet Copper Kings were firing on all cylinders Thursday night as they defeated the L’Anse Purple Hornets 3-0 (25-10, 25-8, 25-7). “Tonight something special happened,” 
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 3:17PM
Iron Mountain survived a no-holds-barred West PAC dogfight in a 15-14 win over Calumet at Agassiz Field on Friday. The Mountaineers (6-0) qualified for their second straight playoff appearance and
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:42AM
Top-ranked Calumet had its hands full with Norway before pulling away for 47-13 win in a West Pac Conference crossover game on Friday. The Copper Kings led just 8-7 after the first quarter and scor
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 10:07AM
A rolling fog partially obscured Agassiz Field on Friday. And Calumet’s defense never sounded the fog horn as West Iron County’s offense hit the rocks. The Copper Kings rolled to a 1
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:47AM
Calumet took control early and held on for a three-set sweep against Hancock on Tuesday. The Copper Kings won by scores of 25-15, 25-21 and 25-15. But head coach Matt Laho said there are still impr
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:42AM
Last week the Houghton girls welcomed a few new members to their varsity cross country team. They were helpful here Monday as the Gremlins earned top honors in the WestPAC Confernence opener &mdash
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:10AM
It may have been one of the most anticipated games of the season among Upper Peninsula football fans. Calumet and Westwood had two defensive battles on the gridiron last season, the second game a p
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:07AM
A strong defense and serving night propelled Calumet to a 3-0 West PAC sweep over Iron Mountain on Thursday. Calumet won by scores of 25-17, 25-8 and 25-14. Despite the Copper Kings winning the nig
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:23AM
The last few times Calumet and Negaunee tangled on the field, they were tight, low-scoring games. Friday’s contest started out that way with the Copper Kings holding a slim lead at halftime,
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:20AM
The Calumet Copper Kings picked up right where they left off last year — winning football games. On Thursday, Calumet did it in a big way on a brand new field and before a set of bleachers fu
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:43AM
The football apparel store is now open. Orders can be placed until August 19th by following this link: Football Store
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 6:28AM
Calumet High School announced the winners of the George Gipp All-American Award for top male senior athlete and the Holly Jean McCullach Female Athlete Award. The winners were Matt Ojala and Celia Kii
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 2:27PM
The Calumet Copper Kings are headed to the Region 17 finals this Saturday after defeating the Hancock Bulldogs 9-3 at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena on Tuesday. The Copper Kings once again did what
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:21AM
The Calumet Copper Kings scored 20 points in the opening quarter and then continued to use a balanced offense, working girls in off the bench when necessary, to earn a 65-27 win on the road over the L
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:20AM
The Calumet Copper Kings (19-6-0 overall) outskated the visiting Marquette Redman (18-6-1 overall) en route to a 7-1 win at the Calumet Colosseum Thursday. “I thought we kind of did what we&r
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:19AM
The Great Lakes Hockey Conference announced its All-Conference teams Friday. The conference champion Calumet Copper Kings took home the conference’s biggest honors, Coach of the Year Dan Giac
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:17AM
Despite a 72-45 loss to one of the best teams in the Upper Peninsula, Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes coach Jack Kumpula was pleased with his boys team’s performance against the Calumet Copper Kings.
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:26AM
Playing without star Matt Ojala, the Calumet Copper Kings found a way to win Tuesday over a tenacious Jeffers Jets team on the road, 51-30. “We played without Matt tonight, who is working thr
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:51AM
What a difference 24 hours can make for a hockey team. After the Calumet Copper Kings blanked the University of Detroit Jesuit Cubs on Friday, 8-0, the Copper Kings knew that Saturday would be differe
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:49AM
Monday night’s girls basketball clash between the Calumet Copper Kings and Chassell Panthers came down to the final 60 seconds. When the dust settled, the Copper Kings emerged victorious, 39-37.
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:29AM
The Calumet Copper Kings took control of the ice early in their game Friday night against the University of Detroit-Jesuit Cubs for a relentless 8-0 win at the Calumet Colosseum. Copper Kings coach
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:28AM
At Gwinn, the Modeltowners were plagued by poor shooting all game as they fell to the Copper Kings. Marybeth Halonen led Calumet with 16 points, while Emily Curtice had 11 for Gwinn. “We g
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:26AM
The Houghton Gremlins girls basketball team battled their way through a full game against the visiting Calumet Copper Kings Tuesday but eventually fell 54-45 at the Houghton Gym. The Copper Kings c
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:23AM
The Calumet Copper Kings boys basketball team needed a 17-point fourth quarter to force overtime on the road against the Ontonagon Gladiators. The push was all the momentum the Copper Kings needed as
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:21AM
Looking for a response after his team’s tough loss to L’Anse last Thursday, Calumet Copper Kings boys basketball coach Mike Ojala got exactly what he wished for as the Copper Kings worked
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:19AM
In what was anybody’s game for the first half, the Ontonagon Gladiators girls basketball team appeared to be in control of their game Tuesday against the Calumet Copper Kings. Over the final eig
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:18AM
It was one of those rare hockey games where even the losing coach was pleased with the outcome at the Calumet Colosseum. “I thought it was a great game,” said Brighton Bulldogs coa
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:16AM
Looking for another good effort against a solid Lower Peninsula team, Calumet Copper Kings hockey coach Dan Giachino got just that as his Copper Kings earned a 5-2 victory over the Novi Wildcats Frida
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:13AM
The L’Anse Purple Hornets emerged victorious with a 60-57 win on Thursday at home over the visiting Calumet Copper Kings. Louie Bogda lead the Purple Hornets with 30 points and Matthew Ojla h
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:09AM
While it was a only game for third place in the 44th annual John MacInnes Holiday Classic, the Calumet Copper Kings certainly did not play like they were playing for just a consolation. They came to w
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 9:04AM
Just 10 nights ago, the Houghton Gremlins and the Calumet Copper Kings faced off at the Dee Stadium with the Copper Kings overcoming a pair goals from the Gremlins in order to earn a victory, 5-2.
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:53AM
One of Calumet girls’ basketball head coach Matt Lahos’ biggest laments this year has been losing games that could have been won had his girls given what he felt was that extra effort in t
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:51AM
Jared Lawson knew that the Calumet Copper Kings were going to make a run at his Houghton High basketball team Thursday night. “Even when we were ahead by 17 points in the third quarter, I kne
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:49AM
Every time the Houghton Gremlins hockey team took a lead Tuesday night at Dee Stadium, the Calumet Copper Kings had an answer. Eventually, the Copper Kings took the lead for good, and held onto that a
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:48AM
It only took the Calumet Copper Kings 20 seconds to put two points on the board Wednesday night against the Baraga Vikings. The Vikings needed close to five minutes to score. The discrepancy was the s
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:45AM
At half time, Iron Mountain Mountaineers coach Katelynn Greneir told her girls two things. First, sprint back on defense and second, be patient in choosing their shots on offense. As the game wound
Posted 5.0 years ago @ 8:40AM
The Calumet Copper Kings held the visiting Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes to just three points in the opening eight minutes of play. From there, the Copper Kings were able to play strong enough defensively