Area Sports

Area athletes left legacies that will go down as some of the greatest to ever play the games.

The Newberry boys basketball teams took on two of the top teams in the EUP this week when they played at Pickford before returning to battle the Bulldogs of Rudyard.

The Newberry Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball teams both got their first win of the season last week. It took until overtime, but the Lady Indians made it out of Manistique with an exciting 55-51 win over the Emeralds. In the back-and-forth battle, who saw Katie...

Newberry’s robotics team coach Linus Parr certainly had no idea what he was in for when he signed on, after the original coach left two years ago. He felt bad for the kids and wanted them to compete.

High school football season came to an end last Saturday when the Pickford Panthers claimed the MHSAA State Championship at the Superior Dome in Marquette.

They call it the “4 Pillars of the Program” and it’s the new focus of the Newberry Boys Basketball Program. “Education, Respect, Leadership, Caring.