State champs will defend title

By Dan Hardenbrook The French Trucking Bantams are headed back to the state championship tournament. Following a masterful weekend in Munising, the team claimed the District 8 Championship on February 9 and secured their place in the state tournament in March. The...

Cedarville, DeTour Discussing Athletic Merger

By Dan Hardenbrook Two EUP Schools could soon turn to each other in hopes of saving their athletic programs for the future. Cedarville and DeTour have been having exploratory talks on that possibility for several months, with the conversations starting last summer. At...

Wrestlers host home meet

By Dan Hardenbrook The Newberry High School wrestling team hosted the fourth round of Straits Area Conferences Wednesday, Jan. 22 at the J.L. DeCook Gymnasium. In addition to being the only home wrestling meet of the year, the varsity wrestlers also celebrated...

Everyone’s favorite Newberry Indian

By Dan Hardenbrook It’s a Thursday night in Cheboygan. The Newberry JV boys are battling the Chiefs. It’s been a tough night. But despite being down big, on the road, with a long trip home yet tonight, the boys are battling. They want the ball back. Not because the...

Behind the stripes

Behind the stripes Christopher Wendt is a 2015 graduate of Newberry High School. A former All U.P. Football player for Indians, Wendt also played basketball. Now, nearly 5 years after he graduated, Chris is still as big of a part of the games as he was when he wore...

Best athletes of the decade

What a decade it was in the local world of sports. Area athletes left legacies that will go down as some of the greatest to ever play the games. In my estimation, these are the local athletes of the decade: Taylor Bryant – NHS Class of 2017 Bryant was a standout...