Football

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 […]

Lions announce changes at head coach & GM

Detroit Lions principal owner and chairman Sheila Ford Hamp said last December that she wanted to see major improvement from her football team in 2020, and for them to play meaningful games in the month of December. Following another double-digit loss on Thanksgiving, a defeat that dropped Detroit’s record to […]

High School Sports in Michigan hopes to resume in December

By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400TheGameSportsShow.podbean.com The Representative Council of the MHSAA have approved an adjusted schedule to restart and conclude Fall Tournaments in football, girls volleyball and girls swimming & diving, and also to resume Winter sports after the three-week “pause” in activity ordered by the Michigan Department of […]

Rudyard volleyball lone EUP fall sports team left

By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400TheGameSportsShow.podbean.com The Rudyard Bulldogs volleyball team is the lone remaining fall sports team playing in the Eastern Upper Peninsula, but when they play next is anyone’s guess. The Bulldogs repeated as regional champions last Thursday night in Pellston, as they swept past Indian River Inland […]

Pickford Defeats Newberry by 56

PICKFORD – Pickford and Newberry met for the first time since 1986 on Saturday afternoon for the division one regional semi-final in division one 8-man football. At halftime, the Panthers had a substantial lead of 54-0. The Indians did get on the board, but Pickford cruised to the 63-7 victory. […]

MHSAA Football Playoff pairings set

Here are the pairings for the 2020 MHSAA Football Playoffs, which begin Oct. 29-31 with District First Round games in the 11-Player Playoffs and Regional First Round Games in the 8-Player Playoffs. For the first time this season, all 11-player teams were divided into eight divisions before play began. Because of […]

Blue Devils fall in Legends Division clash

By Scott Nason“The Game” ESPN 1400TheGameSportsShow.podbean.com The Sault High Blue Devils fell at undefeated Kingsley on Friday night, 40-6, in a Northern Michigan Football League Legends Division contest. These two teams entered the game undefeated in league play, with the defending champion Stags now likely to win the conference title […]

Panthers remain unbeaten, Blue Devils drop first game

By Scott Nason “The Game”  ESPN 1400 Week 3 of the high school football season in the EUP saw the Pickford Panthers remain unbeaten, after trailing at halftime, and the Sault High Blue Devils dropped their first game of the season on Homecoming at VanCitters Field. Cedarville earned an impressive […]