MORENCI — The Morenci varsity competitive cheer team entered the season looking to raise the standard with a group of hardworking underclassmen and no real varsity cheer experience between them.
MORENCI — The Morenci varsity softball team will start the season behind the eight ball for a third straight year.
MORENCI — The Morenci varsity baseball team will begin its season with a new leader at the helm. First year head coach Anthony Pasley inherits a squad that went 11-13 last year on the heels of a one-win season in 2024.
MORENCI — The Morenci girls varsity track program will blend experienced talent with raw potential as head coach Jon Boesger tries to find the winning formula.
MORENCI — The Morenci boys track and field team will begin the year with similar numbers to last year but not nearly as much experience.
EAST LANSING — When the Morenci girls basketball team arrived at the Breslin Center on March 19, it was the culmination of a four-year journey.
The Lady Bulldogs were set to face the Hematites of Ishpeming in a state semifinal game many viewed as a matchup of the two best remaining teams.
MORENCI — The Morenci girls varsity basketball team will enter 2026 postseason play as one of the top-ranked teams in Division 4 according to the Michigan Power Rating rankings that are used to seed District brackets.
MORENCI — The Morenci girls varsity basketball team enters the 2025-26 season in the midst of the program’s most successful run, having three-peated as league champs and won back-to-back district and regional championships.
MORENCI —The Morenci boys varsity basketball team enters the 2025-2026 season hoping to turn the corner using groundwork laid over the past two years.
“We are looking to finally get over the hump of what we have been building for multiple seasons,” head coach Garrett Benjamin said.
MORENCI — Morenci coach Ryan McDowell capped his first season at the helm of his eight-man football program without losing players to season-ending injuries or losing faith in the team.
“I wasn’t too worried about losses because we had small numbers,” said McDowell, whose team did go from 16 to 17 players during the season. “The big focus was on having nobody quit, but at the same time, still challenging them quite a bit. And to their credit, they answered the challenge.”