Rae Drake has resigned as the Head Women's Basketball Coach at Bay College effective immediately. Drake has accepted an assistant coaching position with the Michigan Tech Men's Basketball Team. Click the above headline for details.
Dawson Bilski scored 34 points and took home Most Valuable Player honors Saturday as the South All-Stars outpaced the North, 126-116, in the U.P. All-Star Basketball Classic in Marquette. Click the above headline to read more details.
The ice surface in the Berry Events Center at Northern Michigan University is being named "Rick Comley Rink" in honor of the longtime head coach. Comley spent 26 years behind the Wildcat bench. Click the above headline to read details.
The Gladstone High School girls softball team won its second straight regional championship, and 14th title in the last 15 years, by beating Grayling, 9-1, and Manistee, 7-1, Saturday in Boyne City. The Braves (33-9) will play in the MHSAA Division Three state quaterfinal Tuesday in Petoskey, against Grandville Calvin Christian. The game starts at noon and will be broadcast on WCHT-AM (600), and on-line at www.rrnsports.com.
Joe Shawhan has been named the 22nd head coach of Michigan Tech hockey team, Dr. Suzanne Sanregret announced Tuesday. Shawhan is a 20-year veteran of coaching, in both college and junior hockey. Click the above headline to read more.
Dane Quigley has been hired as the new varsity boys basketball coach in Gladstone after serving for the past seven years as the junior varsity coach. He takes over a team that won 18 of 24 games last season. Click the above headline for details, and our interview.
North Central High School senior Marcus Krachinski signed a National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play basketball at Northern Michigan University. He is the third member of the Jets' state championship team to sign with a college. Click the above headline for more.
Joseph Nardi has signed a National Letter of Intent and will join the Northern Michigan University hockey program in the fall of 2017. Nardi spent the past three seasons with the AJHL's Whitecourt Wolverines. Click the above headline for more details.
Gwinn High School senior Reed Wiedenhoefer has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Bay College for the 2017-18 season. Pictured: Wiedenhoefer (back row), joined by GHS Coach Jim Finkbeiner, GHS Athletic Director Rob Soyring; Bay Coach Matt Johnson; and (front row) Reed’s grandma, Gloria Carlson, and mother, Sara Wiedenhoefer
College hockey will skate into Las Vegas next January when the Ice Vegas Invitational launches with a four-team tournament. And the Northern Michigan Wildcats and Michigan Tech Huskies will compete in the event. Click the above headline to read the details.
North Central High School senior Jason Whitens signed a National Letter of Intent Friday to play basketball at Western Michigan University. Click the above headline to see photos, and listen to the press conference, plus interviews with Whitens and his father.
Gladstone High School girls basketball coach Eric Lundin resigned on Monday after one year as the varsity head coach. Lundin said that he was resigning to spend more time with his family, and will be coaching fifth grade basketball. Click the above headline for more.
Grant Potulny was announced as the third head coach in Northern Michigan University hockey history Tuesday morning. Potulny spent the past eight seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota. Click the above headline to read more details, and listen to RRN's Dave Danis talk with Potulny and NMU Athletic Director Forrest Karr.
Northern Michigan University hockey player Sami Salminen signed to play for Vaasan Sport in his native Finland. Click the above headline to read more details.
A team of Houghton, Hancock, and Calumet High School hockey players came together to win the USA Hockey Tier II National Championship on Monday. Team Copper Country beat Clarence, NY, 5-2. Click the above headline for details. (USA Hockey photo)
The Detroit Red Wings played their final game at Joe Louis Arena Sunday night after nearly four decades in downtown Detroit. We have obtained the hourlong radio special on the history of the arena, produced by WWJ-AM in Detroit. Click the above headline to listen to that program, and see photos taken at an October game.
The 79th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament wrapped up Sunday with more than 12 hours of continuous action inside the Hermansville Community Center. Click the above headline to see video highlights and photos from some of Sunday's action.
Championship weekend began Friday at the 79th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament in Hermansville. And Saturday includes games all day. Click the above headline for schedules. Pictured: Class C Champs Norway Gallino Seamless Gutters (Paul Polfus photo).
Three games were played Thursday night at the Gold Medal Basketball Classic in Hermansville, and all three went down to the wire. Click the above headline for scores from Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and to see Friday night's schedule.
The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan has released its All-State Top Ten academic teams. Marquette, Gladstone, and North Central all made the top ten teams in their respective classes, while Escanaba, Bark River-Harris, Manistique, and Bessemer were honorable mention. Click the above headline to read more details.
Tanner Gonzalez won the first state wrestling championship in Manistique Emeralds history earlier this spring. And this past weekend, Gonzalez was back on the mat. Click the above headline to read more and see photos taken by Anne Truitt.
The 79th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament continued on Sunday in Hermansville. Click the above headline to see all of the scores and top scorers.
The Hermansville Community Center was full of basketball from morning to night on Saturday as the 79th annual Gold Medal Classic continued with ten contests. Click the above headline to see the results, plus photos and videos from Class C and Class E games.
The Upper Peninsula Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association met on Wednesday to select its All-U.P. boys basketball teams. Those selections were announced early Saturday. Gladstone's Reece Castor and his father, Clayton, were big winners. As were the North Central Jets, as expected. Click the above headline for details. (Pictured: Reece Castor)
The Gold Medal Basketball Classic began Friday night at the Hermansville Community Center Gym with four games on the schedule. Click the above headline to read more details, and to see videos and photos from the first night, and see Saturday's schedule.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association met on Wednesday to pick its All-U.P. High School Girls Basketball Teams. The selections were announced early Friday. Click the above headline to see details. (Pictured: Escanaba's Jen Brandt)
Michigan Tech University hockey senior Tyler Heinonen signed a standard ECHL contract with the Kalamazoo Wings, the team announced on Wednesday. The forward joined the team in Florida. Click the above headline to read more details. (MTU Photo)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has released the classifications for the next school year, used in basketball and volleyball post-season tournaments. Munising and Rudyard moved down from Class C to Class D, while Houghton moved from Class B to Class C. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: Houghton girls basketball)
For the third straight March, the North Central High School basketball team won a state championship at Michigan State University on Saturday.The boys then returned home to a hero’s welcome, with a parade led by fire vehicles. Click the above headline for more.
The North Central Jets completed an unprecedented three-year run on the basketball court Saturday with a third consecutive MHSAA Class D state championship. The Jets raced to a 23-point lead and held off a furious rally from the Buckley Bears to post a 78-69 victory. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews and radio replays.
