For the first time in six years, the Munising Mustang wrestling team is MHSAA District champions. “It felt fantastic,” Munising Head Coach Joe Dolaskie said.
The Superior Central Cougars swept the Hannahville Soaring Eagles on Monday, February 13 in a varsity doubleheader. It was the first of two scheduled meetings between the new secondary conference rivals, with both games being comfortably won by SC.
Defensive effort led the way for the Munising Mustangs girls basketball team, as they shut down the Pickford Panthers 4220 on Monday, Feb. 13 in the Munising Middle/ High School gymnasium. Pickford failed to score a basket from the floor until halfway through the third quarter in the Munising victory.
It was a close game down the stretch, but the Munising Mustangs boys basketball team was able to defeat the Rapid River Rockets on the road 61-54 on Tuesday, Feb. 14.
The old phrase is if you’re going to talk the talk, you’d better be able to walk the walk. And so far, the Escanaba Eskymos hockey team has walked the walk even when the Manistique Emeralds have talked the talk.
Superior Central basketball had a varsity boys and girls basketball sweep, defeating the Big Bay de Noc Black Bears twice on Friday, Feb. 3 in Eben Junction. The win increased the boys to a 5-9 record on the year and the girls to 9-4.
The last time the Emeralds varsity hockey team stepped on the ice at the Otsego County Sportsplex, their inaugural season came to a sudden and disappointing end. The Blue Devils beat the Emeralds 6-4 that night in a high-scoring a_air in the MHSAA pre-Regional round.
The Munising Mustangs girls basketball team scored a strong conference win at home against the Crystal Falls-Forest Park Trojans 47-41 on Tuesday, Feb. 7. A strong run by the Trojans slashed a 13-point lead in the early third quarter, but Munising was able to hold late to take the win.