Bay College's Creger Earns MCCAA Player Of Week
December 20, 2022Bay College's Tyrel Creger has been named the MCCAA Northern Conference Player of the Week for the week of December 11-18. Click the above headline for details.
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Boys Basketball
HOLY SMOKES! Wildcats Rout Finlandia U, 125-50
December 18, 2022The NMU men's basketball team defeated Finlandia University 125-50 on Sunday. The 75-point win marked the largest margin of victory in school history, breaking the previous record of 74 points set on two occasions in the mid-1960's. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Basketball
NMU Women's Basketball Wins To Close Semester
December 17, 2022The Northern Michigan women's basketball team won their second straight game on Saturday, defeating Illinois-Springfield by a 67-53 margin. In Coach Thousand's first meeting with her former team, the Wildcats were victorious. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Basketball
OH, SO CLOSE: Bay Ladies Lose Two Tight Games
December 17, 2022The Bay College women's basketball team played hard in a doubleheader on Friday, against two teams with a combined record of 19-1. The Norse lost both games in the final minute to close the 2022 part of the schedule. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
GRINDING IT OUT: Norse Men Earn Two Victories
December 17, 2022The Bay College men's basketball team was forced to play two games on Friday for the first time in school history, and the Norse battled through it to post two victories to close the 2022 portion of the 2022-23 season. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
NMU Basketball Team Overpowers D-III Lawrence
December 14, 2022The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team pulled away from the Division III Lawrence (Wis.) Vikings, 89-62, Wednesday night in Marquette. Click the above headline for details, and interviews with Dylan Kuehl, Matt Majkrzak, and Najashi Tolefree.
Boys Basketball
Norse Men Lose To Third Ranked Milwaukee Tech
December 13, 2022The Bay College Norse men's basketball team ran into a buzzsaw Monday night in Milwaukee, as they fell to the third-ranked team in the country, the Milwaukee Area Technical College Stormers, 89-70, at Alverno College. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Basketball
Good Outside Shooting Not Enough For Bay Ladies
December 12, 2022The Bay College women's basketball team had a good game with outside shooting Monday night, but could not pull through in the final minutes and lost to Milwaukee Tech, 63-57, in Milwaukee. The Norse settle for a weekend split after they beat the College of Lake County (Ill.) Sunday, 63-33. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Girls Basketball
NMU Women Hold Off Lake Superior State, 72-64
December 11, 2022The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team held off the Lake Superior State University Lakers on Sunday, 72-64, Sunday at the Berry Events Cente. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game interviews.
Boys Basketball
Northern Michigan Men Smack Lake Superior State
December 11, 2022The NMU men's basketball team defeated the Lake Superior State Lakers 87-72 in a Sunday GLIAC matchup behind significant contributions throughout the lineup. Max Bjoklund led the Wildcats with 23 points. Click the above headline for details and post-game comments.
Boys Basketball
Michigan Tech Gets Last-Second Win Over Ferris St
December 11, 2022Marcus Tomashek made one of two free throws with 2.4 seconds remaining and Michigan Tech held on to defeat Ferris State 69-68 inside SDC Gymnasium Sunday afternoon in GLIAC men's basketball action. Click the above headline for details.
Hockey
NMU Hockey Heads Into Holiday Break With Split
December 10, 2022The Northern Michigan University hockey team topped the Ferris State Bulldogs, 5-2, Saturday night, heading into the holiday break with an 11-9-0 record. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Football
DREAM CHASIN': NMU's Witt Entering NFL Draft
December 08, 2022Northern Michigan University senior and former Ewen-Trout Creek standout Jake Witt declared for the National Football League Draft on Thursday. The 6-foot-7, 280-pound tight end/lineman knows it's a long shot, but is willing to take that shot with hopes of someday playing on Sundays. Click the above headline to hear our interview with Witt.
Girls Basketball
Rough Second Quarter Dooms Norse Women, 63-46
December 07, 2022The Bay College women's basketball team was outscored 25-4 during an eigt minute stretch of the first half and could not recover, losing to the Kalamazoo Valley Cougars, 63-46,, Tianna Wednesday night at the Bay College Gym. It was Bay's first game in 17 days. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and interviews.
Boys Basketball
DOWN TO THE WIRE: Bay Comes Up Short, 69-67
December 04, 2022The Bay College Norse men's basketball team suffered its first loss of the season on Saturday, falling to Dakota County (MInn.) Technical College, 69-67, in an intense game in Minnesota. Click the above headline for details, pictures, videos, and interviews.
Hockey
Michigan Tech Outlasts NMU To Earn Series Split
December 03, 2022The Northern Michigan University Wildcats and Michigan Tech University Huskies played another tight hockey game Saturday night before a sell-out crwod. But unlike Friday's NMU victory, it was Tech that came through, posting a 3-1 win. Click the above headline for details.
Hockey
OVERTIME WINNER: Wildcats Rally Past Huskies
December 02, 2022In a sold-out Berry Events Center seeing an attendance of 4,263, the Wildcats got a thrilling 4-3 OT victory over the Michigan Tech Huskies. Alex Frye got the game-winning tally with 1:20 on the clock, a shorthanded breakaway score. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
NMU Men Rally In Second Half To Beat Purdue NW
December 01, 2022After a slow start in the first half, the NMU men's basketball team outscored the Purdue Northwest Pride 55-37 in the second half en route to an 85-77 win on Thursday to open GLIAC competition. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Girls Basketball
Wildcat Women Break Skid With Defensive Victory
December 01, 2022Makaylee Kuhn (19 points) and Taya Stevenson (15 points) combined for over half of the Wildcats' scoring production in a 64-48 GLIAC-opening win at Purdue Northwest on Thursday. It broke NMU's slump which saw them lose three of their last four. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game and player spotight interviews.
Football
Michigan Tech Football Fires Olson, Hires Mettlach
November 29, 2022Michigan Tech Athletic Director Suzanne Sanregret announced Tuesday (Nov. 29) that Head Football Coach Steve Olson's contract has not been renewed. Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator Dan Mettlach has been named the new Head Coach of the Huskies, effective immediately. Click the above headline for more details.
Boys Basketball
Bay Coasts Past Vermillion To Earn Weekend Sweep
November 28, 2022The Bay College Norse men's basketball team built a 22-point lead over the Vermillion (Minn.) College Ironhawks on Sunday, and coasted to a 66-60 win on the final day of the Lindquist Classic in Irownood. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Boys Basketball
UPSET CITY: Wildcats Push Past 14-Ranked Duluth
November 27, 2022The Northern Michigan University men's basketball tesm stunned the 14th-ranked Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Sunday afternoon, with three players scoring over 20 points each, 90-76, in Duluth. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments from Coach Matt Majkrzak, and player spotlight interviews. (UMD Photo)
Boys Basketball
Bay College Basketball Crushes Hibbing Cardinals
November 26, 2022The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had six players score in double figures Saturday and dominated the Hibbing (Minn.) Community College Cardinals, 102-54, Saturday night in Ironwood. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Girls Basketball
EMPTY WEEKEND: Wildcat Women Lose To SCSU
November 26, 2022The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team welcomed St. Cloud State to the Berry Events Center for a non-conference matchup on Saturady. The Wildcats fought hard but would eventually fall short in the final seconds, 55-51. This followed a 50-37 loss to Minnesots-Duluth Friday afternoon. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
Gogebic Samsons Grind Past Vermillion Ironhawks
November 26, 2022The Gogebic Community College Samsons men's basketball team shook off a sluggish start and posted a 50-46 win over the Vermillion (Minn.) Ironhawks Saturday night in Ironwood. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
Girls Basketball
Wildcat Women Fall Flat Against Minnesota-Duluth
November 25, 2022Not much went right for the Northern Michigan University women's basketball team on Friday as the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs led from start to finish in posting a 50-37 win. The Wildcats trailed by as many as 26 points in the fourth quarter before outscoring the Bulldogs' reserve players, 15-2, to finish the game. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Basketball
Northern Women Beat Finlandia In Home Opener
November 22, 2022The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team took to the Berry Events Center hardwood for the first time on the 2022-23 season, besting the Finlandia Lions 76-49 on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details, and hear interviews. (NMU Photo)
Wrestling
NMU Women Wrestlers Take 3rd In 13-Team Event
November 20, 2022The No.18 ranked Northern Michigan women's wrestling team competed at Albion College on Sunday, seeing three individual victories and finishing in third place of 13 competing teams. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Girls Basketball
Norse Women Split On Trip To Northern Minnesota
November 20, 2022The Bay College women's basketball team split a weekend series for the third time this season, this time in far northern Minnesota. The Norse lost Friday night to Rainy River (Minn.), 60-59, but bounced back on Saturday to beat Itasca (Minn.), 57-36. Click the above headline to see details, photos, videos, and to hear interviews.
Hockey
CAPTAIN CLUTCH: Vanderbeck Goals Equal Upset
November 18, 2022AJ Vanderbeck scored his 49th and 50th career goals, including the overtime game-winner, as the Northern Michigan University Wildcats stunned 8th-ranked Minnesota State, 3-2, Saturday night in Mankato. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
