Manistee High School

FREMONT – The Manistee Chippewas earned a hard-fought 54-50 win on the road at Fremont on Friday night. The Chippewas had to dig themselves out of an early hole, trailing 13-5 after one quarter of play. Manistee (6-5, 3-3 LMC-Lakes) travels to Hart on Monday night, while Fremont (4-8, 2-4 WMC-Lakes) is back in action at home against Mason County…

Check out the MISportsNow Top 5 Plays of the Week: 5. Shepherd football’s Jalen Brandonburger makes the diving interception at the goal line. 4. Traverse City St. Francis football with the second punt return touchdown in just the first quarter. Burke Flowers hands it off to Jack Prichard who takes it 50 yards to the endzone. 3. An onside kick…

BOYNE CITY – The Manistee Chippewas fended off a late rally to upset previously unbeaten Boyne City in the opening round of Division 6 District play on Friday night. The Chippewas held a 20-14 halftime lead, and extended that to 28-14 by the end of the third quarter, which was just enough to hold off the Ramblers’ comeback attempt in…

The brackets for the MHSAA football playoffs are out and all week long our MISportsNow team will be breaking down the playoff picture in each division for teams in the 9&10 News coverage area. Each member of the MISportsNow team was asked to give their thoughts on the local playoff picture for each division. We continue our coverage by taking…

CLARE – Both regional semifinal games in Clare went to penalty kicks on Tuesday night, with Alma beating Manistee 3-2 and Elk Rapids topping Freeland 2-1. The two teams will square off in the regional championship game on Thursday night at 7 p.m. in Clare. This is Elk Rapids’ second straight trip to the regional championship game. The Elks won…