The Escanaba High School baseball team ran into one of the best teams in Wisconsin Saturday evening in Wisconsin Dells, falling to the Kewaunee Storm, 9-0, at the Woodside Sports Complex. Kewaunee left-handed pitcher Brett Paulsen retired all 21 Eskymo batters, 19 of them by strikeout, to finish with a perfect game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews.
A new group of Escanaba Eskymos are looking to continue the long tradition of girls softball as the 2026 season gets off to a slow start thanks to Old Man Winter. The Eskymos were finally able to get on the field this weekend at the Wisconsin Dells tournament, and the girls came home with two wins in their three games. Click the above headline to see details, photos, videos, and to hear interviews.
The Gladstone High School baseball team pulled out a victory in extra innings on Saturday, one day after being crushed by the top two teams in Wisconsin's Division Three poll. The young group of Braves beat the Cameron (Wis.) Comets, 12-6, to salvage the final game of the Wisconsin Dells tournament and gain some confidence heading home. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School baseball team opened the Wisconsin Dells tournament with a 4-1 win over the Aurora Catholic Central Chargers out of Illinois on Friday afternoon at the Woodside Sports Complex. Later on Friday, the Eskymos took a 2-0 lead against the Denmark (Wis.) Vikings, but didn't score again, losing 12-2. Click the above headline for details, videos, interviews.
The Upper Peninsula got some national recognition this week fom the USA Today newspaper. The UP was named the publication's “Top Readers Choice in the US” for a golf getaway. Our region was listed as the best on the Top Ten list for 2026, after being ranked fifth out of ten in the 2025 poll. Click the above headline for the details, and to hear RRN's interview with Tony Mancilla at the Sweetgrass Golf Course and Sage Run.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Wednesday releeasesd its All-U.P. girls basketball teams. A group of 18 reporters from across the entire U.P. met last week in Marquette to make the selections. Gladstone Braves senior Lillie Johnson was chosen as Miuss Basketball, along with being the Division 1-3 Player of the Year and a member of the all-class Dream Team. Ishpeming senior Janessa Eagle was named the Division Four Player of the Year. Click the above headine for all of the details.
After spending eight seasons successfully leading the Michigan Tech women's basketball team, head coach Sam Clayton has resigned from her position to pursue a head coaching opportunity at another institution. A national search for a new women's basketball coach will begin immediately. Click the above headline for details. (MIchigan Tech story, photo)
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Friday releeasesd its All-U.P. boys basketball teams. A group of 18 reporters from across the entire U.P. met earlier in the week in Marquette to make the selections. Westwood Patriots senior Ethan Marta was chosen as Mr. Basketball, along with being the Division 1-3 Player of the Year and member of the all-class Dream Team. Dollar Bay senior Liam Tourtillott was named the Division Four Player of the Year. Click the above headline to see all of the winners. (MHSAA Photo)
Northern Michigan Athletics has named Keil Ganz as its next head men's basketball coach, Athletic Director Rick Comley announced Friday. Ganz returns to Marquette after spending the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. This marks his third stint with the Wildcats program, as he previously served as associate head coach during the 2024-25 season and as an assistant coach in 2023-24, following an earlier stop in 2019-20. (NMU Photo, story)
The longtime coach of the Gogebic Community College Samsons basketball team is retiring. Dennis Mackey announced on Thursday that he will be retiring as of May 31st, after 38 years of teaching and coaching at the Ironwood school. He won more than 500 games during 19 years of coaching the women's team, followed by 19 more years coaching the men's team. The basketball coach at GCC's Lindquist Center was named after Mackey in November, 2024. Click the above headline for details on Mackey's career, and the RRN coverage of Mackey's special 2024 night,
The Grand Valley State women's basketball team etched their name in the history books once again, winning their second straight National Championship, and the second in program history. The Lakers led wire-to-wire in a 72-49 victory over IUP in the championship game. Escanaba graduate Nicole Kamin was named the Elite Eight MVP and had 18 points, five rebounds, four assists, and three blocked shots in Saturday's championship game. (Grand Valley State photo, story)
Despite holding No. 6 Gannon Golden Knights to its second-lowest scoring performance of the season—20 points below its average—the No. 16 nationally ranked Michigan Tech Huskies couldn't find consistent offense, falling 75–49 in the Elite Eight at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Wednesday to end the program's historic NCAA Tournament run. Click teh above headline for details (courtesy of MTU Athletics), and video highlights and post-game comments, courtesy of NCAA.
Mya Hemmer and Jenessa Eagle put on one final show in an Ishpeming uniform Saturday. The Hematites seniors were dominant in leading their team to a 48-28 victory against Portland St. Patrick in the Division 4 Girls Basketball Final at the Breslin Center, winning their second title in three years. Click the above headline for details. (Photo and story courtesy of Michigan High School Athletic Association)
The Northern Michigan University women's lacrosse team downed the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals, winning 23-1, Friday, in the Superior Dome. The Wildcats (7-2, 1-0 GLIAC) were led by Josie Lakosky, who scored eight goals and three assists for 11 points to go along with nine shots and shots on goal, five ground balls, five draw controls, and five caused turnovers. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Ishpeming High School girls basketball team advanced to the MHSAA Division Four state championship game Thursday night with a gritty 37-34 win over the Morenci Bulldogs at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details. (photo, story courtesy of MHSAA)
The Ishpeming High School girls basketball team crushed Indian River Inland Lakes, 60-22, in the MHSAA Division Four state quarterfinals Wednesday night in Gaylord. C;lick the above headline for details.
After seven seasons leading the Northern Michigan men's basketball program, head coach Matt Majkrzak has accepted the head coaching position at Division I Northern Illinois University. Click the above headline for NMU story, and to hear RRN's Casey Ford interview Majkrzak about his decision to leave NMU. (RRN Photo)
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team fell to the Walsh Cavaliers in the second round of the DII NCAA Tournament on Sunday. NMU's season ended with a program-best 28-7 record. Click the above headline for details. (Story, photo courtesy of NMU Sports Information)
The Negaunee Iron Range 12U boys Tier II AA hockey team won a state championship on Sunday, wrapping up a perfect weekend of hockey. The boys beat Orchard Lake, 4-1, in the semifinals, and then took down the Detroit Bulldogs, 7-4, in the championship game. Negaunee outshot Detroit, 28-16, in the championship victory. The games were played at the Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City. Negaunee also won all of its pool play contests.
Tahquamenon Area Youth Hockey Association 12U boys Tier Three hockey team won a state championship last night at the Farmington Arena near Detroit. The Bandits won all three of their games in pool play, and then beat the West Shore Wolves, 9-3, in Sunday's semifinals. The championship game saw the Newberry-Munising combined team beat Detroit Honeybaked, 7-1, outshooting the downstate team, 35-7, along the way. Congratulations to Coach Nutkins and the boys.
Senior guard Marcus Tomashek completed a four-point play with under three seconds to play to give the No. 15 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball team its first win over No. 22 Grand Valley State this season, advancing to the Midwest Region Championship game with a 69-67 victory at the Alumni Arena on the campus of Walsh University on Sunday evening. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech story, photo)
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team pulled off a March miracle by using a 10-2 run in the final 32 seconds of the game to stun the Rockhurst Hawks by a margin of 86-85 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. "I've never seen a comeback like that," said NMU Head Coach Matt Majkrzak. "We kept fighting, and you go down to the final horn, and we win." Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and post-game comments.
The No. 16 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball squad earned a game-high 34 points from Marcus Tomashek and a career-high 20 points from Jesse Napgezek off the bench in an 83-73 victory over Lake Erie to advance to the Regional Semifinal game at the Alumni Arena on the campus of Walsh University on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
The Northern Michigan women's basketball team hung tight with the Wayne State Warriors for three quarters, but a 24-13 final frame for WSU powered them past the Wildcats 77-61 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday night. That ended Northern's season with a 25-8 record. Click the above headline for details, and to hear from Coach Casey Thousand and Sarah Newcomer. (NMU story, photo)
The Dollar Bay High School boys basketball team battled hard Thuirsday night, but lost to Detroit Douglass, 58-47, in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinal at the Breslin Center. The Blue Bolts faurced a team that has blown out all of its recent opponents, but were down by just six points in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA story and photo)
High School Baseball. Escanaba Eskymos vs Kingsord Flivvers, From Al Ness Field in Escanaba. First pitch is 4:30 ET/3:30 CT. Coverage begins at 4:15 ET/3:15 CT. On WCHT-FM/AM (93.5/600), WMIQ-AM (1450 Iron Mountain), and on-line at www.rrnsports.com.
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College Baseball. Bay College Norse vs Mid Michigan College Lakers. First Game of Doubleheader. From the Wells Sports Complex in Escanaba. On WCHT-FM/AM (93.5/600 Escanaba), WMIQ-AM (1450 Iron Mountain), and on-line at www.rrnsports.com.
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College Baseball. Bay College Norse vs Mid Michigan College Lakers. Second Game of Doubleheader. From the Wells Sports Complex in Escanaba. On WCHT-FM/AM (93.5/600 Escanaba), WMIQ-AM (1450 Iron Mountain), and on-line at www.rrnsports.com.
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