After scoring a career-high 30 points on Thursday night at Parkside, Cal Klesmit scored 17 of his game-high 20 points over a six-minute stretch in the second half to help the Northern Michigan Wildcats pull away from the Roosevelt Lakers for an 85-64 win Saturday afternoon in Chicago. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information, and to see RRN video highlights, plus post-game comments.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team split a pair of games in the Chicago suburbs this weekend, losing a heartbreaking 68-67 decision to the Oakton College Owls Friday afternoon, and then bouncing back for a dominating 86-46 win over the McHenry College Scots on Saturday. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team picked up a huge win Friday night against a club that they haven't much over the years: the Calumet Copper Kings. The Eskymos rolled to a 6-1 win over the Copper Kings at the Wells Sports Complex, continuing its season-long string of win a game, lose a game, then win a game. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos taken by Lizzie Taylor.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team picked up its first victory of the season this weekend, beating the Bowling Green Falcons, 3-2, Friday, and then getting a standings point in a 4-3 overtime loss Saturday night. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team coughed up a 16-point lead in the fourth quarter, but fought back to post a 83-82 win over Roosevelt University Saturday evening in suburban Chicago. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. Also click to hear postgame comments from NMU Coach Casey Thousand and to see RRN video highlights.
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 Menominee High School football team on Sunday erased the pain of a heartbreaking 2023 state championship loss by crushing the Schoolcraft Eagles, 34-6, to win the 2025 MHSAA Division Seven state championship at Ford Field in Detroit. The Maroons scored touchdowns in all four quarters, with senior running back Clayton Miller getting three of them. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA 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 Escanaba High School hockey team got a monster performance from co-captain Graham Johnson on Friday, and overwhelmed the Traverse City Central Trojans, 5-0, at the Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City. Johnson scored the team's first four goals, including one just eight seconds into the game and another with 14 seconds left in the first period to help the Eskymos improve to 3-2-0 on the season. Click the above headline for details.
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.
The Bay College women's basketball team completed a series sweep of its Upper Peninsula rivals, the Gogebic Community College Samsons, 92-71, Thursday night in Ironwood. The 22nd-nationally-ranked Norse trailed, 20-19, after the first quarter, but pulled away to an eight-point lead at halftime and gradually built on that in the second half. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, 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.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team suffered its first loss of the 2025-26 season Sunday evening, falling to the Lake Region State College (N.D.) Royals, 75-74, inside the Hudson Arena at Hamline University. The Norse led for much of the game, including a nine-point lead at 59-50 in the third quarter, but went cold from the floor in the fourth quarter, scoring only seven points. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Menominee Maroons scored three straight touchdowns in the fourth quarter to stun the Pewamo-Westphalia Pirates, 32-28, in the MHSAA Division Seven state semifinal on Saturday. The Maroons punch their ticket to the state championship game next weekend at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for all of the game details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team rebounded from Friday's rough loss by dominating the Midland Dow Chargers, 6-0, Saturday afternoon at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Lizzie Taylor.
The North Dickinson Nordics football season came to an end on Saturday in the MHSAA Eight-Player state championship game, as the Portland St. Patrick Shamrocks scored early and often to win the trophy, 53-0, at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA story, photo)
The best football season for the Bark River-Harris Broncos in more than two decades came crashing down on Saturday, as the Harbor Beach Pirates rolled to a 40-0 win in the MHSAA Division Eight state semifinal at Alpena High School. Click the above headline for details.
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 Escanaba High School hockey team lost to the Traverse City West Titans, 2-0, Friday night, turning in a flat, sloppy performance three days after a season-opening win over Kingsford. Click the above headline for details, photos, and to hear interviews.
The Forest Park High School volleyball team had its great season come to an end on Thursday with a 3-2 loss to the Fowler Eagles in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinal match at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. Click the above headline for details. (Photo courtesy of MHSAA)
The tenth-seeded Northern Michigan University Wildcats fell to the seventh-seeded #17 Cedarville Yellow Jackets by a score of 1-0 in the opening round of the 2025 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament on Thursday in Oklahoma. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information, and to see the Wildcats' press conference. (NMU Photo)
After four quarters and a five-minute overtime session in Thursday's home opener, the No. 15 Northern Michigan women's basketball team took down the St. Cloud State University Huskies 77-69 in a back-and-forth thriller. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments from NMU Coach Caeey Thousand.
Sophomore guard Ella Mason erupted for a career-high 22 points in a vital overtime win against Minnesota Duluth, 79-69 in the home-opener at the SDC Gymnasium on Thursday evening. Mason, a native of Negaunee, led all scorers, shooting 10-of-17 from the field as Alyssa Wypych was close behind with 20 points, half coming from the free throw line, while adding eight rebounds. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics.
Men's College Basketball. Michigan State University Spartans vs Penn State University Nitany Lions. From State College, Pennsylvania. Tip-off is 12:00 ET/11 am CT. Coverage begins at 11:00 am ET/10:00 am CT. On WZNL-FM (94.3 The Breeze Iron Mountain) and on-line at www.radioresultsnetwork.com.
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College Hockey. Northern Michigan University Wildcats vs St. Thomas (Minn.) Tommies. From the Berry Events Center on Marquette. On WUPT-FM (100.3 The Point Marquette), WUPF-FM (Eagle 107.3 Escanaba), and on-line at www.radioresultsnetwork.com.
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NHL Hockey. Detroit Red Wings vs Chicago Blackhawks. From the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. On WCHT-FM/AM (93.5/600 Escanaba), WNGE-FM (K-Rock 99.5 Marquette) and WMIQ-AM (1450 Iron Mountain).
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NFL Foorball. Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears. From Mie High Stadium in Denver, Colorado. Kickoff is 4:25 ET/3:25 CT. Coverage begins at 2:00 ET/1:00 CT. On WGLQ-FM (97.1 Escanaba/Iron Mountain/Manistique) and WUPZ-FM (94.9 The Bay Marquette/Munising).
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Men's College Basketball. Northern Michigan University Wildcats vs Marion University (Wisconsin) Sabres. From Vandament Arena in Marquette. On WUPT-FM (100.3 The Point), WCHT-FM/AM (93.5/600 Escanaba), and on-line at www.radioresultsnetwork.com.
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NFL Football. Detroit Lions vs Los Angeles Rams. From SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calofornia. Kick-off is 4:25 ET. Coverage begins at 3:15 ET. On WCMM-FM (102.5 Escanaba), WJPD-FM (92.3 Marquette), and WIMK-FM (93.1 Iron Mountain)
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