Scott Nason

Bulldogs avenge another loss, heading to semifinals (with photos)

By Scott Nason                                                                                                                                                              “The Game” ESPN 1400                                                                                               thegamesportsshow.podbean.com For the second straight week, the Rudyard Bulldog football team had a chance to avenge a regular season loss in the playoffs, and for the second straight week they did just that, and advanced to a state semifinal. In 8-Player football from […]

Newberry, Rudyard advance to regional final

By Scott Nason                                                                                                                                                              “The Game” ESPN 1400                                                                                               thegamesportsshow.podbean.com In high school football from this past weekend, in a game you heard on Country 105 with Dave Watson, the Newberry Indians traveled to the Chuck Bennin Memorial Field on Friday night and defeated the Pickford Panthers, 32-14, in an 8-Player Football […]

Three area teams make the postseason

By Scott Nason                                                                                                                                                              “The Game” ESPN 1400                                                                                               thegamesportsshow.podbean.com Three Eastern Upper Peninsula football teams have qualified for the postseason, while one team is on the outside looking in. Pickford, Newberry, and Rudyard will participate in this week’s playoffs in 8-Player Division 1. Rudyard topped Pickford in overtime, 20-14, for their […]

US Border to reopen, Eagles league play possible at the Pullar?

By Scott Nason                                                                                                                                                              “The Game” ESPN 1400 thegamesportsshow.podbean.com The Biden Administration announced Wednesday morning that it will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves to require all international visitors to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. The […]

Sault, St. Ignace girls claim district titles (with photos)

The Sault High Blue Devils and St. Ignace Saints girls’ basketball teams both claimed district titles on the road on Friday night, joining the Rudyard Bulldogs and Cedarville Trojans, as teams advancing to next week’s regionals. The Sault had no trouble with host Cheboygan in their Division 2, District 34 […]

Rudyard tops Cedarville to improve to 2-0

By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400thegamesportsshow.podbean.com After knocking off the Sault High Blue Devils on the road to open their season on Monday, the Rudyard Bulldogs varsity boys basketball team traveled to Cedarville on Wednesday, and knocked off the Trojans 55-30, to improve to 2-0, and win their first Eastern […]

EUP high school basketball underway

By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400thegamesportsshow.podbean.com After waiting for months, the winter high school basketball season finally got underway last night for teams across the state of Michigan and in the Eastern Upper Peninsula. In boys basketball from Monday night, the Rudyard Bulldogs knocked off the Sault High Blue Devils, […]

MHSAA announces more changes to fall, winter sports seasons

The concluding rounds of Michigan High School Athletic Association postseason tournaments in football, girls volleyball and girls swimming & diving will be completed during January, as the MHSAA continues to follow all emergency orders from the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS).  Football teams may begin two days […]

Honors bestowed on area football players

By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400TheGameSportsShow.podbean.com The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has named its All-Upper Peninsula 8-Player Dream Team in high school football for the 2020 season. While the season will resuming its playoffs in January, they will not include any teams from the Eastern Upper Peninsula. Cedarville […]