Bay College announced the signing of eight women's basketball players for the 2019-2020 season on Monday. The Norse will look to improve on a 21-8 record from last season, under the guidance of Head Coach Rob Robinson. Click the above headline for details.
Lake Linden-Hubbell High School senior Ben Wilson has been named the 2019 Gil Heard Award winner. This is given to a local athlete who overcomes adversity to succeed. In Wilson’s case, he has been a diabetic for most of his life, wearing an insulin pump to monitor his sugar. He overcame that to win spots on the All-Conference and All-UP teams in football. It's named in honor of the late Gil Heard, who was sports information director at Northern Michigan University for 23 years and also battled diabetes.
Bill Sall is leaving Northern Michigan University after six seasons as the Wildcats' men's basketball coach. Sall was announced Wednesday as the new head coach at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, his alma matter. Click the above headline for more details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has approved the addition of seeding at the district level in basketball and is making big changes to how the football playoff teams are selected. The representative council also approved using instant replay at Finals events. Click the above headline to read those and other changes.
Northern Michigan University Ice Hockey has released their 2019-20 season schedule which features renewing an old rivalry, four opponents who reached the 2019 NCAA Tournament, 18 games inside the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline for details.
An adjustment to the Ice Hockey Tournament schedule was the most notable action taken by the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association during its annual Winter Meeting in Grand Rapids, while a number of additional topics were discussed in advance of expected votes at its next meeting.
Kraft Heinz on Sunday announced the top four finalist communities competing for the title of Kraft Hockeyville USA 2019. And Calumet is one of them, just three years after Marquette won the title and renovation money. Click the above headline for details.
The St. Ignace Saints High School girls basketball team came up two points short in its quest for a state championship on Saturday, falling to Adrian Lenawee Christian, 48-46, at Calvin College. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA story, photo)
The Upper Peninsula high school girls basketball season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see all of the daily schedules, and the radio broadcast schedules.
The Upper Peninsula high school boys basketball season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the schedules and scores for the U.P.'s teams.
The Escanaba High School hockey team, wrapped up its 2018-19 season with its awards banquet at the House of Ludington. Christer Carne took home three awards, including the team MVP award. Click the above headline to read details. (Mike Dagenais photo)
The St. Ignace High School girls basketball team jumped to a big early lead and rolled to a 76-45 win over the Baraga Vikings in the Division Three state quarterfinals Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, videos.
Northern Michigan University Hockey had three student-athletes earn Western Collegiate Hockey Association postseason awards as they captured three of four position of the year honors. Click the above headline to see which players got which awards.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team had its first-ever state championship within its grasp on Saturday at Michigan State University. But a traveling call and an intentional foul call in the final seconds helped the Pewamo-Westphalia Pirates pull out a stunning 53-52 victory. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball team's 2018-19 season came to a close as the Wildcats fell to #1 Drury University 78-56 in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Semifinals Saturday night in Missouri. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University Hockey fell to Bowling Green State University 2-1 in double overtime Saturday night, bringing the 2018-19 season to a close in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Semifinals. Click the above headline to read details.
The Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball team upset Ashland University 64-57 to advance to the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Semifinals. The Wildcats featured three players in double figures, as senior Darby Youngstrom and sophomore Lexi Smith both finished with 14 points. Click the above headline for details.
The Dollar Bay Blue Bolts bowed out in the Division Four state semifinals for the second straight year on Thursday, losing to Southfield Christian, 55-28, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the MHSAA.
Foster Wonders scored 28 points and Marcus Johnson added 23 as the Iron Mountain Mountaineers beat Detroit Edison, 60-57, in the Division Three state semifinals Thursday at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MHSAA.
Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball kept #6 Ashland University to their second lowest offensive total of the season but were unable to pull off the upset, falling to the ranked Eagles 65-58 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship. But NMU will get another chance: in the NCAA Tournament. Click the above headline for details.
Joseph Nardi scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime and senior Atte Tolvanen broke the career-saves record to give Northern Michigan University the 5-4 victory over Alaska-Fairbanks on Friday. Then on Saturday, Northern won by a goal fpr a second straight night, 4-3. The sweep sends NMU into the second round of the WCHA tournament. Click the above headline for details on both games.
The 2018-19 Upper Peninsula high school hockey season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules for the nine U.P. varsity teams.
The Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball upset #7 Grand Valley State University 48-37 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Semifinals on Saturday to advance to the GLIAC Championship game. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos ran out of playoff magic Thursday night, falling in the boys basketball regional championship game to the Ludington Orioles, 49-32, in Gaylord. Nate Lange had three three-point baskets and 19 total points to lead the Orioles. The Eskymos did not have a player score in double figures, with Craig Kamin leading with eight points.
The Menominee Maroons got off to a fast start and cruised to a 56-45 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in a Division Two district semifinal game Wednesday night in Escanaba. They will face Gladstone on Friday. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights.
he Northern Michigan University Men's Basketball team defeated Ferris State University 89-73 on Tuesday to advance to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Semifinals for the first time since 2007. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball outscored Ferris State University 27-4 in the final 14 minutes to pick up a 65-51 victory in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference Quarterfinals. The team will now move on to the GLIAC Semifinals. Junior Jessica Schultz finished the game with 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds for the second double-double of her career. Click the above headline for all of the details.
Craig Kamin scored 18 points to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 66-59 win over the Boyne City Ramblers in the MHSAA Division Two regional semifinals Tuesday night in Petoskey. Austin Willette added 15 and Jared Nash chipped in 14 for the Eskymos, who led by as many as 17 points in the third quarter before holding off a late Rambler charge. Escanaba advances to the championship game on Thursday vs Ludington. (Brenda Crow photo)
The Bay College women's basketball team had a ten-point lead in the first half on Sunday, but lost to the United Tribes Technical College, 80-70, in the NJCAA Region 13 championship game in Bismarck, ND. Jordan Kraemer scores a school record 34 points in a losing effort for the Norse, who finish their season with a 21-8 record. Kraemer and fellow sophomore Paige Welch were named to the All-Region team.
Escanaba High School senior bowler Lindsey Juhl made it all the way to the state championship match on Saturday before settling for the runner-up spot. Juhl won three matches Saturday at Century Lanes in Waterford before dropping the title match to Omani Morales of Cedar Springs, 416-328. Click the above headline for details.
