After spending eight seasons successfully leading the Michigan Tech women's basketball team, head coach Sam Clayton has resigned from her position to pursue a head coaching opportunity at another institution. A national search for a new women's basketball coach will begin immediately. Click the above headline for details. (MIchigan Tech story, photo)
Northern Michigan Athletics has named Keil Ganz as its next head men's basketball coach, Athletic Director Rick Comley announced Friday. Ganz returns to Marquette after spending the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. This marks his third stint with the Wildcats program, as he previously served as associate head coach during the 2024-25 season and as an assistant coach in 2023-24, following an earlier stop in 2019-20. (NMU Photo, story)
The longtime coach of the Gogebic Community College Samsons basketball team is retiring. Dennis Mackey announced on Thursday that he will be retiring as of May 31st, after 38 years of teaching and coaching at the Ironwood school. He won more than 500 games during 19 years of coaching the women's team, followed by 19 more years coaching the men's team. The basketball coach at GCC's Lindquist Center was named after Mackey in November, 2024. Click the above headline for details on Mackey's career, and the RRN coverage of Mackey's special 2024 night,
The Grand Valley State women's basketball team etched their name in the history books once again, winning their second straight National Championship, and the second in program history. The Lakers led wire-to-wire in a 72-49 victory over IUP in the championship game. Escanaba graduate Nicole Kamin was named the Elite Eight MVP and had 18 points, five rebounds, four assists, and three blocked shots in Saturday's championship game. (Grand Valley State photo, story)
Despite holding No. 6 Gannon Golden Knights to its second-lowest scoring performance of the season—20 points below its average—the No. 16 nationally ranked Michigan Tech Huskies couldn't find consistent offense, falling 75–49 in the Elite Eight at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Wednesday to end the program's historic NCAA Tournament run. Click teh above headline for details (courtesy of MTU Athletics), and video highlights and post-game comments, courtesy of NCAA.
The Northern Michigan University women's lacrosse team downed the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals, winning 23-1, Friday, in the Superior Dome. The Wildcats (7-2, 1-0 GLIAC) were led by Josie Lakosky, who scored eight goals and three assists for 11 points to go along with nine shots and shots on goal, five ground balls, five draw controls, and five caused turnovers. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
After seven seasons leading the Northern Michigan men's basketball program, head coach Matt Majkrzak has accepted the head coaching position at Division I Northern Illinois University. Click the above headline for NMU story, and to hear RRN's Casey Ford interview Majkrzak about his decision to leave NMU. (RRN Photo)
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team fell to the Walsh Cavaliers in the second round of the DII NCAA Tournament on Sunday. NMU's season ended with a program-best 28-7 record. Click the above headline for details. (Story, photo courtesy of NMU Sports Information)
Senior guard Marcus Tomashek completed a four-point play with under three seconds to play to give the No. 15 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball team its first win over No. 22 Grand Valley State this season, advancing to the Midwest Region Championship game with a 69-67 victory at the Alumni Arena on the campus of Walsh University on Sunday evening. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech story, photo)
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team pulled off a March miracle by using a 10-2 run in the final 32 seconds of the game to stun the Rockhurst Hawks by a margin of 86-85 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. "I've never seen a comeback like that," said NMU Head Coach Matt Majkrzak. "We kept fighting, and you go down to the final horn, and we win." Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and post-game comments.
The No. 16 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball squad earned a game-high 34 points from Marcus Tomashek and a career-high 20 points from Jesse Napgezek off the bench in an 83-73 victory over Lake Erie to advance to the Regional Semifinal game at the Alumni Arena on the campus of Walsh University on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
The Northern Michigan women's basketball team hung tight with the Wayne State Warriors for three quarters, but a 24-13 final frame for WSU powered them past the Wildcats 77-61 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday night. That ended Northern's season with a 25-8 record. Click the above headline for details, and to hear from Coach Casey Thousand and Sarah Newcomer. (NMU story, photo)
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team had its most successful season in program history come to an end on Sunday with a loss in the NJCAA Region 12 championship game at the Ballenger Fieldhouse in Flint. The Norse lost to the nation's second-ranked team, the undefeated Schoolcraft College Ocelots, 82-60. The Bay ladies kept the game as close as they could for as long as they could, but Schoolcraft's deep roster proved to be too much to overcome. Click the above headline for details.
It was Selection Sunday late Sunday night, and the Northern Michigan University men's and women's basketball teams both heard their names called for trips to the NCAA-II tournaments. Click the above headline for details and to hear reaction from both NMU head coaches.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team was down-and-out several times in the second half of Friday's NJCAA Region 12 semifinal game against Grand Rapids Community College, but bounced back each time and pulled out a dramatic 57-55 victory at the Ballenger Fieldhouse. The result moved the Norse into Sunday's regional championship game against the second-ranked team in the country, the Schoolcraft Ocelots. Click the above headline for details. photos, videos, and interviews.
The No. 20-ranked Michigan Tech hockey team opened the postseason with a 5-3 victory over Bowling Green in the CCHA Quarterfinals. The Huskies improved to 22-12-3 overall and will try to wrap up the best-of-three series on Saturday night. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
Dylan Kuehl was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, headlining a group of postseason honors for Northern Michigan men's basketball. Matt Majkrzak was selected as the GLIAC Coach of the Year, while Cal Klesmit earned First Team All-GLIAC honors and Jackson Dudek was named to the Second Team. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had its season come to an end on Thursday, falling to the Lansing Community College Stars, 81-64, in the NJCAA Region 12 tournament semifinals in Flint. The Norse had beaten Kirtland Community College in the quarterfinals 36 hours earlier, 98-57. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan women's basketball team advanced to the GLIAC Semifinals with a 74-66 victory over the Michigan Tech Huskies on Wednesday evening at Vandament Arena. It was NMU's third win over Tech this season, and the 'Cats will play top-ranked Grand Valley State on Saturday in Allendale. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team rolled past the Ferris State Bulldogs 91-62 on Wednesday night to advance to the GLIAC Semifinals. Being the No. 1 seed, NMU will host the Semifinals and Championship on Saturday and Sunday. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team jumped to a quick 18-2 lead and rolled to a 100-45 win over the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks in the NJCAA Region 12 quarterfinals Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
For the fourth consecutive season, the Northern Michigan Wildcats are GLIAC champions, claiming a share of the 2025-26 regular-season title with a commanding, wire-to-wire 98-75 victory over the Parkside Rangers on Saturday. The 'Cats will host Ferris State in the GLIAC quarterfinals Wednesday night. Click the above headline for details, and to hear RRN's Casey Ford interview the Wildcat players and Coach Matt Majkrzak. (NMU Photo)
Opening the final weekend of regular season play, the Wildcats handled business against the Roosevelt Lakers on Thursday evening with a wire-to-wire 89-58 victory. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The NMU lacrosse team moved to 4-0 to start the season on Thursday, downing the Lewis Flyers 14-8, in the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details, and to hear comments from Coach Lindsey Majkrzak. (NMU photo)
On a night when dozens of "Beat Bay" shirts were sold at the Morey Courts in Mt. Pleasant, the Bay College Norse men's basketball team stunned the eighth-ranked team in the country, the Mid Michigan Lakers, 88-85, an an intense playoff-style game Tuesday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College women's basketball team closed the regular season Tuesday night with an 89-72 loss to the Mid Michigan College Lakers. It was a game between two nationally-ranked teams, with the Lakers ranked 13th in the national poll and the Norse ranked 24th. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had to work hard on Sunday to get past the Kirtland Community College Firebirds, 87-83, on a neutral court at Delta College in Saginaw. The game was played there because of two weather-related postponements last week that prevented the teams from meeting in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see details, photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team cruised to another road victory on Sunday, beating the Kirtland College Firebirds, 96-48, on a neutral court at Delta College in Saginaw. The game was played there because of two weather-related postponements last week that prevented the teams from meeting in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team clamped down on defense and nailed 16 triples on offense Saturday in a 92-65 win over the Delta College Pioneers on Saturday in Saginaw. The Norse held the nation's leading scorer, Sir'Real Smith, to 15 points, and Bay freshman Emerson Droubie drained seven three-pointers as the Norse locked up the second seed in the MCCAA playoff race. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team faced a stiff challenge on Saturday from the Delta College Pioneers, but pulled out a 90-83 win to start a three-game, five-day road trip below the Mackinac Bridge. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
