Bay College baseball lost both games of a doubleheader with Delta College in Saginaw on Monday, 8-0 and 3-1. This follows a split on Sunday wnere Bay lost the first game, 6-1, before winning the nightcap, 10-7. Click the above headline for details from the games.
The 81st annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament continued over the weekend in the Menominee County town of Hermansville. Click the above headline for the update.
The Marquette American Legion Junior Wildcats hockey team (14-under) beat the Texas Tigers, 7-3, on Sunday, in the USA Hockey national tournament quarterfinals at Notre Dame. But Marquette lost a tough one in the semifinals to Canton, NY, 3-2, later in the day, to finish the year with a 58-7-2 record. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School baseball team won all three of its games at a season-opening tournament in Mauston, Wis., beating St. Croix, 8-1, on Friday, then beating Somerset, 16-8, and Medford, 4-2, on Saturday. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School baseball team fell behind 6-1 in the first two innings on Saturday and lost to Hayward, Wis., 11-6, in Mauston. This followed a win and a loss in Friday's action. Click the above headline for details, plus photos and videos.
After 31 years as the Head Coach of the Kingsford Flivvers, Coach Chris Hofer is hanging up his cleats. Hofer posted an overall record of 253-94 with State Championship appearances in 1990, 1992, 1993, and 1996 with a perfect 13-0 State Championship season in 1993. Hofer will be inducted into the U.P. Sports Hall of Fame, class of 2019.
For the second time in four years, the Upper Peninsula is home to Hockeyville USA after Calumet was named the winner of the national contest on Sunday. This after Marquette's Lakeview Arena won the honor in 2016 and hosted an NHL Pre-Season game. Now the Calumet Colosseum has will do the same this fall. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College baseball team swept both ends of a doubleheader on Saturday, beating Bryant & Stratton College, 7-4 and 8-0, in suburban Milwaukee. The Norse have won five of their last six games since returning from Florida. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's softball team lost twice to Bryant & Stratton College on Saturday in Wisconsin, 17-9 and 12-11. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse softball team rallied to beat the Wisconsin Lutheran JV Warriors, 5-4, in eight innings, Friday in suburban Milwaukee. The Norse also won the nightcap, 12-3. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, video clips.
An adjustment to the Ice Hockey Tournament schedule was the most notable action taken by the Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association during its annual Winter Meeting in Grand Rapids, while a number of additional topics were discussed in advance of expected votes at its next meeting.
Flynn Morrison hit Bay College's first-ever home run, and drove in five runs, as the Norse beat Carroll College, 11-5, Friday, in suburban Milwaukee. Lucas Weinert added four hits and Tyler Skufca won his third game on the mound. Click the above headline for more.
The Northern Lights YMCA in Escanaba will be offering a youth soccer program, starting this Saturday, and a youth gymnastics program, starting April 1st. Both will help to teach the fundamentals of the sports. Click the above headline for details.
Kraft Heinz on Sunday announced the top four finalist communities competing for the title of Kraft Hockeyville USA 2019. And Calumet is one of them, just three years after Marquette won the title and renovation money. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay Norse Baseball Team only collected two hits in the 3-2 game one loss against the Milwaukee Area Technical College Stormers before waking up their bats and taking a 14-9 victory in the nightcap.Click the above headline to read details.
The St. Ignace Saints High School girls basketball team came up two points short in its quest for a state championship on Saturday, falling to Adrian Lenawee Christian, 48-46, at Calvin College. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA story, photo)
The Bay College women's softball team wrapped play at a tournament in Minnesota on Saturday by beating Lake Region State (ND), 12-3, to finish the tournament with a 2-2 record. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team salvaged the final game of a four-game series in Rockford, Ill., on Saturday, beating the Rock Valley College Golden Eagles, 9-4, in the nightcap of a doubleheader. The Eagles won both games on Friday and the first game on Saturday. Click the above headline to read details. and see photos, videos.
The Upper Peninsula high school girls basketball season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see all of the daily schedules, and the radio broadcast schedules.
The Upper Peninsula high school boys basketball season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the schedules and scores for the U.P.'s teams.
Northern Michigan University Hockey had three student-athletes earn Western Collegiate Hockey Association postseason awards as they captured three of four position of the year honors. Click the above headline to see which players got which awards.
The St. Ignace High School girls basketball team jumped to a big early lead and rolled to a 76-45 win over the Baraga Vikings in the Division Three state quarterfinals Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team, wrapped up its 2018-19 season with its awards banquet at the House of Ludington. Christer Carne took home three awards, including the team MVP award. Click the above headline to read details. (Mike Dagenais photo)
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team had its first-ever state championship within its grasp on Saturday at Michigan State University. But a traveling call and an intentional foul call in the final seconds helped the Pewamo-Westphalia Pirates pull out a stunning 53-52 victory. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball team's 2018-19 season came to a close as the Wildcats fell to #1 Drury University 78-56 in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Semifinals Saturday night in Missouri. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University Hockey fell to Bowling Green State University 2-1 in double overtime Saturday night, bringing the 2018-19 season to a close in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Semifinals. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bay College Norse had its most complete baseball performance of the season on Friday, beating Western Connecticut State, 11-0, in Fort Pierce, Florida. Tyler Skufca threw all nine innings to record the first complete game shutout in the program's brief history. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball team upset Ashland University 64-57 to advance to the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Semifinals. The Wildcats featured three players in double figures, as senior Darby Youngstrom and sophomore Lexi Smith both finished with 14 points. Click the above headline for details.
Lexi Winling pitched a complete-game and Maddy Griffin drove in three runs with a single, double, and triple, to lead the Bay College women's softball team to a 5-1 win over the Spoon River (Ill.) Snappers on Thursday in Florida. This followed an 8-0 loss earlier in the day to DuPage (Ill.) College. The Norse finish the spring trip with a 8-2 record. Click the above headline to see details, photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Dollar Bay Blue Bolts bowed out in the Division Four state semifinals for the second straight year on Thursday, losing to Southfield Christian, 55-28, at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the MHSAA.