Todd Ciochetto, who led the Bay College Norse women's basketball team on an improbable turnaround into the national rankings last season, abruptly resigned on Thursday after just one year on the job. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan Men's Basketball team has received academic honors for the fifth consecutive season under Matt Majkrzak, as the NABC has announced the recipients of the 2023-24 NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards. Click the above headline for details.
Former Northern Michigan University hockey player Dave Shyiak has been named his alma mater's fourth head hockey coach, announced by Athletic Director Rick Comley on Wednesday. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The search continues for a new head hockey coach at Northern Michigan University, after the abrupt resignation of Grant Potulny last week. An advisory committee met for the first time on Monday to go over the applications. Click the above headlie for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association Representative Council has made multiple changes to a number of sports, including the seeding of the entire basketball district tournaments. The MHSAA also added boys volleyball and girls field hockey. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team grew its incoming class by three more players this week as Coach Todd Chiochetto continues to build on last season's surprising success. Click the above headline for details. (Holly Letson photo)
St. Ignace High School senior Jonny Ingalls was the unanimous choice for Mr. U.P. Basketball as the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association revealed its All-U.P. teams Wednesday evening. Click the above headline for the entire list.
Michigan Tech's 2023-24 hockey season came to an end Friday in the NCAA Providence Regional Semifinal as the No. 20-ranked Huskies fell 6-1 to No. 1 Boston College. The Eagles scored four goals in the third period to break the game open. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team won the CCHA championship and a bid to the NCAA Tournament Friday night with a 2-1 win over Bemidji State in Minnesota. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo and story)
The Negaunee Miners historic girls basketball season came to an end in the MHSAA Division Two state semifinals on Friday night with a 63-46 loss to Detroit Edison at the MSU Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Story, MHSAA Photo/Hockey Weekly Action)
The Ishpeming High School girls basketball team got 30 points from Jenna Maki, 22 of them in the first half, and the Hematites rolled past the Fowler Eagles, 75-40, in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinals Thursday night at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the MHSAA. (MHSAA photo)
Three of Northern Michigan University's top men's basketball players announced on Wednesday that they are leaving town, offering their services to other universities through the NCAA Transfer Portal. Click the above headline to read more details.
Isabella DeWildt of Sault Ste. Marie High School was honored as a recipient of the Michigan High School Athletic Association/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award. The presentatipon was made at the boys basketball finals last weekend at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. She will receive $2,000 to use at her college of choice. (MHSAA Photo)
Bay College women's basketball coach Todd Ciochetto is busy restocking the shelves for next season, less than two weeks after the Norse season ended in the regional semifinals. Click the above headline to see who has signed. (Pictured: Menominee's Axtall)
The Lake Superior State basketball program fell to the Ferris State Bulldogs in the closing moments of the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship in a hard-fought game by a final score of 86-81 on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details. (LSSU Photo, Story)
The Marquette Midget BB 18u hockey team won a MAHA state championship Sunday night in downstate Howell. Marquette beat Belle Tire from the Detroit suburb of Taylor, 4-3, in double overtime, in the championship game, after coming back from a 3-1 deficit. Earlier in the day, Marquette beat Big Boy from the Detroit suburb of Fraser, 4-1, in the semifinal.
The MHSAA girls basketball playoffs are in full swing across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team had its season come to an end on Saturday, losing to Ferris State, 81-65, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis. Click the above headline for details. (Casey Ford Photo)
The Lake Superior State hockey program fell to the Bemidji State Beavers, 4-1, in the CCHA Mason Cup Semifinals on Saturday in Minnesota. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Lake Superior State Athletics. (LSSU Photo)
The Michigan Tech University hockey team got a goal from Logan Pietila with 9.1 seconds left in the game to beat Minnesota State-Mankato, 4-3, in the CCHA semifinal game Saturday night in Houghton. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (MTU Photo)
Jacy Weisbrod scored a career-high 29 points while tying a single-game program record with nine triples as the Northern Michigan women's basketball team dominated in its first NCAA Tournament game in five years, knocking off Kentucky Wesleyan 69-56. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments from Jacy Weisbrod and Coach Casey Thosuand.
THe high school boys basketball post-season is winding down. Click the above headline for all of the Upper Peninsula's scores and schedules.
It was the end of the line for the Bay College Norse men's basketball team on Sunday, as the Norse lost a heartbreaker to Hocking College (Ohio), 82-80, in the NJCAA Region 12 Championship game in Flint. Click teh above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey teams' season came to an end in Mankato, Minnesota, Saturday night, dropping game two of the CCHA Quarterfinals 6-1. Andre Ghantous scored NMU's only goal. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan women's basketball team defeated the Ferris State Bulldogs 63-56 in the GLIAC semifinal on Saturday evening to advance to the GLIAC Championship for the first time since 2018-19. Cick the above headline for the details. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team dropped a 92-77 decision to the Grand Valley State Lakers in the GLIAC semifinals on Saturday at the Berry Events Center. The 'Cats now await a decision from the NCAA tournament selection committee about an at-large bid on Sunday evening. Click the above headline to hear from Coach Majkrzak. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse women's basketball season came to an end on Thursday with a 73-57 loss to Jackson College in the NJCAA Great Lakes “C” District semifinals in Flint. The Norse had the early lead in the game, but a 14-0 Jackson run in the second quarter turned the tide in favor of the Jets. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Gladstone High School junior Matt Meyer became just the third Upper Peninsula high school bowler ever to qualify for the state championship match last weekend at the MHSAA Division Three state finals in Jackson. Click the above headline to read his story.
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team outscored the Purdue Northwest Pride 41-29 in the second half to pull off a 71-63 victory in the GLIAC Quarterfinals on Wednesday. Click the above headline to read details and hear post-game comments. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team pulled out a 51-48 win over the Wayne State Warriors in the GLIAC quarterfinals Wednesday night. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments from Coach Casey Thousand. (NMU Photo)
