Cal Klesmit exploded for a career-high 30 points to lead the Northern Michigan Wildcats to an 82-78 victory over the Parkside Rangers in the GLIAC opener on Thursday night in Kenosha, Wis. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan Wildcats turned in a complete team performance on both ends of the floor on Saturday afternoon in a 79-53 win over the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs. Click the above headline to for details, video highlights, and comments from Coach Matt Majkrzak. (NMU Photo)
The No. 12 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball team saw 12 players score in the 92-56 win over Lakeland in the home-opener at the SDC Gymnasium on Saturday. Sophomore guard Ty Fernholz led his squad with 16 points, hitting four 3-pointers. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech University photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team played lockdown defense on the Upper Peninsula rival Gogebic Community College Samsons Tuesday night, holding the Samsons to just 47 points on 28.8% shooting, on the way to a 77-46 victory in Ironwood. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and interviews.
In the first-ever meeting between the programs, the Northern Michigan men's basketball team snapped Northwest Missouri State's five-game winning streak with a commanding 69-51 victory on Sunday, in Wisconsin Dells. Click the above headline to see details, and to hear RRN's post-game interview with NMU Coach Matt Majkrzak. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team outlasted the North Region State College (N.D.) Royals Sunday evening in Minnesota, bouncing back from a disappointing home loss to Oakland Community College nine days earlier. Bay had four men score in double figures and posted a 79-69 win. The game was played in a neutral gym at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., a gym that claims to have hosted the first-ever college basketball game nearly a century ago. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Graduate forward Dylan Kuehl scored a career-high 35 points as the Northern Michigan men's basketball team defeated the Northern State Wolves on Friday night at the Justagame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells. Click the above headline to hear RRN's Casey Ford interview Coach Matt Majkrzak, and click the VIDEO links to see highlights from the game. (NMU story and photo)
The Bay College Norse basketball team led for much of the game in a battle of unbeaten teams Friday night in Escanaba, but the offense went cold in the second half and the 22nd ranked Oakland Community College Owls left Escanaba with a 75-68 victory. Click the above headline to read details and for photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College men's basketball team opened its season with two games on the home court this weekend, and Bay beat Minnesota-North Hibbing, 95-75, Friday night, and Rock Valley College (Ill.), 71-68, on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse basketball teams will open their seasons Friday evening with the Terrace Bay Classic at the Bay College Gym. The Norse held Media Night Wednesday night on campus, and you can the audio of the press conferences by clicking the AUDIO buttons attached to this article.
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
The Lake Superior State men's basketball team is dancing its way to the Elite Eight after grinding out a 75-62 over the Missouri-St. Louis Tritons in the Midwest Regional Final Tuesday night in Illinois. Click the above headline for details. (LSSU photo)
The season came to an end for the Kingsford High School boys basketball team Friday night, as the Flivvers lost to Romulus Summit Academy, 52-40, at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo, story(
It was the end of the line Thursday for the Forest Park Trojans basketball team, falling to Grand Rapids-area powerhouse Tri-Unity Christian, 67-46, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline to read the details. (MHSAA story and photo)
The Westwood High School boys basketball team could not overcome an athletic Detroit-area team on Thursday in the state semifinals, losing to Pontiac Arts & Technology Academy, 76-40, at the MSU Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MHSAA.
The high school boys basketball season is in its playoff rounds across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the U.P. scores and schedules.
The Northern Michigan University basketball teams are going dancing. Both the men's and women's teams were selected Sunday night to play in the NCASA Midwest regional tournaments. Click the above headline for details, and to hear reaction from both NMU coaches.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had its season come to an abrupt end Thursday evening as they lost to the Marian University-Ancilla Chargers from Indiana, 83-69, in the NJCAA Region 12 semifinals. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team jumped out to a 40-23 halftime lead behind strong defensive efforts en route to a 85-72 victory over the Grand Valley State Lakers in the GLIAC Semifinals. Click th above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team passed its first test of the post-season Tuesday night, and although it wasn't the prettiest, the Norse survived with a 93-78 win over the Delta College Pioneers out of Saginaw. Click the above headline for details.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team won a district championship Friday night, turning back the Menominee Maroons, 56-38, in Iron Mountain. Oskar Kangas scored 22 points and Gerald Sampol-Torres added 13 for the Mountaineers. Click the above headline to see photos courtesy of the Iron Mountain Public Schools.
The Bay College men's basketball team got revenge for an embarrassing road loss to the Mid Michigan College Lakers Tuesday night with a 91-78 win in Escanaba that snapped the tenth-ranked Lakrrs' 21-game winning streak. Click the above headline for details.
The third time was the charm for the Gladstone Braves against the Escanaba Eskymos Monday night in boys high school basketball. After losing both regular season games to their rivals, and falling behind again in this district tournament game, the Braves got hot late to beat the Eskymos 52-47. Click the above headline for the details.
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team picked up a big victory on Monday night, edging the Roosevelt Lakers 75-68 to move into a tie for fourth place in the conference standings with two games to play. Click the above headline for details. (NMU photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team cruised to a 97-75 win over the Delta College Pioneers in the next-to-last game of the regular season on Saturady in Escanaba. Five players scored in double figures as the Norse won their sixth straight game on a day where they welcomed back their alumni on Alumi Day. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team trailed for almost the entire night, but managed to pull out a 52-49 win over the arch-rival Gladstone Braves before a large crowd at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
