Area Sports

When you step inside the JL DeCook Gym after school these days, you can hear the Newberry High School wrestling team hard at work.

The Manistique Emeralds varsity hockey team took home the program’s first ever win in weekend action at Michigan Tech, taking down the Hancock Bulldogs JV 2-0 Sunday morning.

The keys to success are clear for the 2021-2022 Lady Eagles, starting on offense. “We have to put points up. We want to hit that 48 point mark,” he said. “You hit that number, you most likely get that W.”

It was a stunning sight for Newberry girls basketball Coach Jim Dzelak when he stepped out of his coach’s office for the start of the first practice of the season earlier this month.

The launch of a high school team featuring kids from Newberry, Manistique, and Munising has launched a new era.

I sat in the booth in agony Friday night. Watching from above the football field, trying to come up with something that would help them.

The Indians earned a home game in the second round of the playoffs. It is the first playoff home game in seven seasons for the Indians.

After a strong 7-2 season, the Newberry Indians have qualified for the 2021 MHSAA football playoffs.

The annual Dig Pink Volleyball event that pits the Lady Eagles and Lady Indians volleyball teams up against each other in a night of special tributes, programs, and auctions that raise funds and awareness for breast cancer treatment.

Two of the top teams in the U.P. faced off in a home game at Newberry on Friday, when the Indians hosted the Pickford Panthers.