It was the end of the Cinderella story of the Marquette Junior Girls (age 13-14) softball team on Thursday, as they lost in the state semifinals to Croswell-Lexington, 19-1, in Kalamazoo.
Opening ceremonies were held Thursday for the Major Little League Softball (age 10-12) in the southern Michigan community of Schoolcraft. The Upper Peninsula has two teams in the 14-team, five day event: Gladstone and Marquette.
The Marquette Junior Little League softball team made history on Wednesday. The group of 13 and 14 year olds beat Edwardsburg, 15-7, to advance to the state's Final Four for the first time ever. Maddy Havel had three hits and drove in four runs as Marquette built an early 10-0 lead and coasted from there. Click the above headline for more details.
The Escanaba Minor Girls Little League All-Star softball team won an all-out war against the Gladstone All-Stars Tuesday night, 6-3, in an entertaining district tournament game at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Little League Minor Girls (age 8-10) All-Star district tournaments continues Monday night across the U.P. In Escanaba, Gladstone rallied for two runs in the sixth inning to beat Kingsford, 3-2. In the second game, Escanaba beat Norway, 14-0, in four innings. In District Eleven, MNarquette eliminated Negaunee, 15-4, in four innings.
The Northern Michigan women's wrestling team has joined the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Beginning in the 2025-26 academic year, women's wrestling will be the 27th sponsored sport of that conference, which will have seven teams. NMU's GLIAC rivals Grand Valley State and Davenport will also join this conference, which includes four schools from Illinois and Missouri.
Northern Michigan University on Monday announced that it has hired Adam Wilson as the new women's wrestling head coach. He comes to NMU from Albion College in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline, with a story courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
Ten Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers finished in the top eight of their weight classes this weekend to reach the podium at the MHSAA Individual state finals at Ford Field. Two of them finished third in their weight classes. Click the above headline for details. (Photo: Breitung Township Schools photo of Max Sundquist)
Ten high school wrestlers from the Upper Peninsula ha a shot at finishing on the podium at Ford Field on Saturday as the MHSAA state individual finals wrap up. They all won two of their three matches on Friday to stay alive for wrestling's final day. Click above headline for details.
The MHSAA individual Wrestling regional tournaments were held this weekend, and 24 Upper Peninsula boys and four U.P. girls have qualified to compete in the state finals at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for the list. (Photo: North Central's Cooper Raab)
The American Hockey Coaches Association announced its ninth annual Krampade All-American Scholars list on Monday, and 11 Northern Michigan University Wildcat hockey players earned spots on the list. Click the above headline to see which ones made the grade.
The Northern Michigan University men's hockey team and head coach Dave Shyiak have announced the incoming class ahead of the 2025/26 season. The class includes 16 athletes broken down into seven transfers and nine freshmen, categorized by nine forwards, four defensemen, and a trio of goalies. Cllick the above headline to read about the new Wildcats.
The 59th annual Great Lakes Invitational will take place on December 28-29, 2025 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. Michigan Tech, Michigan State, Ferris State, and Miami will compete for the MacInnes Cup. Click the above headline for details.
Michigan Tech University has abruptly changed its head hockey coach. Joe Shawhan is out after eight years in charge, and with one year left on his contract, Bill Muckalt is the new coach. Click the above headline for details.
The Western Michigan University Broncos are on top of the hockey world after completimg an improbable run to the national championship Saturday night. Western beat Boston University, 6-2, to win the first title in school history. Click the above headine for details.
The Northern Michigan women's basketball team have announced their schedule for the 2025-26 season. The slate will feature 13 home games in Vandament Arena, competitions in six different states, and an exhibition at a Division I opponent. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its list of the region’s top high school girls basketball teams, coaches, and players. The Gladstone Braves, who won their first regional championship in more than a decade in Division Two, swept the major awards. Click the above headline for details, and the entire list.
For the second time in program history, the GVSU women's basketball team are National Champions. The Lakers took down California State-Dominguez Hills 70-58 in the championship game to win the title. Escanaba's Nicole Kamin and Gladstone's Megan Crow are part of the Laker team and are now champions. Click the above headline for details. (GVSU Phoo)
The Ewen-Trout Creek High School girls basketball team was the last Upper Peninsula team standing on Saturday, after four other U.P. teams made it to the Breslin Center and lost in the semifinals. The Panthers lost to Fowler in the state championship game, 53-29, Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Calumet Copper Kings had their magical girs basletball season come to an and Thursday night aftter a 43-38 loss to Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest in a Division 3 state Semifinal on Thursday at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA photo)
Matt Majkrzak and the Northern Michigan men's basketball team have announced their schedule for the 2025-26 season, which will include a return to Wisconsin Dells, 13 home games (including one on New Year's Day), and a trip to Puerto Rico. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Department of Athletics announces the newest inductees to the NMU Sports Hall of Fame. The 2025 class includes former basketball head coaches Dean Ellis and Troy Mattson. Click the above headline to read about all of the inductees.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its list of the region’s top high school boys basketball teams, coaches, and players. A group of 18 reporters from every corner of the U.P. met at Northern Michigan University on Monday to come up with the awards list. The list was released Friday night. Click the above headline for details.
It was the end of the line for the Lake Superior State University men’s basketball team on Tuesday, as the Lakers lost to Dallas Baptist, 98-85, in the NCAA Elite Eight in Evansville, Indiana. Click the above headline for deails. (Dallas Baptist Photo)
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team saw their season come to an end on Saturday afternoon, falling to the Michigan Tech Huskies 87-72 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Click the above
