By Dan Hardenbrook Vince Gross, superintendent and athletic director at Whitefish Township Community School has been voted the 2024 Northern Lights League (NLL) Athletic Director of the Year. Gross was hired for these roles at Whitefish in 2022, and has a long history...
By Dan Hardenbrook When Newberry Athletic Director Anthony Kitzman launched an effort to replace Newberry’s crumbling track last year, he wanted to bring glory back to the program. The 2006 NHS Graduate was a member of UP State Championship teams in high school, and...
By Dan Hardenbrook The third season of local high school varsity hockey came to a sudden end against a familiar face in Sault Ste. Marie last week. After earning an opening round playoff win last Tuesday against Kingsford with an incredible late game comeback, the...
By Dan Hardenbrook Nearly eight million kids in the United States participate in high school sports. Only 480,000 earn the right to compete at the college level. The NCAA says that less than 7% overall advance to the next level, and that less than 2% will earn a...
By Dan Hardenbrook A pair of wrestlers for the Newberry program made history this past weekend, advancing through the MHSAA Individual Wrestling Regionals. Hayden O’Neil originally opened eyes as a participant in Newberry’s Youth Wrestling Program, which is also open...
By Dan Hardenbrook The late, great Muhammad Ali once stepped into the ring shouting that he would “Shock the world!” It became a rallying cry for one of the most historic figures in sports history, and last Friday the Newberry Lady Indians followed in those footsteps...
