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.
Michigan Tech University has abruptly changed its head hockey coach. Joe Shawhan is out after eight years in charge, and with one year left on his contract, Bill Muckalt is the new coach. Click the above headline for details.
The 14th annual Island Resort Championship returns to Sweetgrass Golf Club June 20-22, and Tuesday was Media Day as tour officials, golfers, and others came to town to promote the event. Click the above headline for details and to listen to interviews.
History was made for the Escanaba High School softball program during a rare Sunday game in suburban Detroit. Eskymo senior Katey Lamb hit two home runs in the same inning, and not only that, they were both grand slam homers. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School softball team won three games on Saturday to take the championship of the Saginaw County Invite at Hoyt Park. Gladstone beat the two-time defending state champion Gaylord Blue Devils, 4-3, and they did it against pitcher Aubrey Jones, who has signed with Oklahoma State University. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team picked up two wins on Saturday as the Eskymos hosted a triangular with Negaunee and Rudyard. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team won two of three games at a tournament in suburban Detroit on Saturday, beating Walled Lake Central and Warren Mott, before losing to the fifth ranked team in Division One, Grand Blanc. Click the above headline for details.
There was plenty of drama Thursday night as the Gladstone Braves met the Marquette Sentinels in high school baseball at Gerard Haley Field. In a game that saw more errors than base hits or runs, the Braves rallied on their final out to force extra innings and then beat Marquette, 5-3, in the eighth inning. Click the above headline for details.
Grayson LaMarche struck out 32 batters in 12 innings of softball on Tuesday, allowing no earned runs, as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves in both ends of a doubleheader, 5-2 and 8-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School baseball team took its show on the road, again, this weekend, to face another tough Lower Peninsula team in preparation for the upcoming district tournament. The Eskymos played the Saginaw Swan Valley Vikings, and competed hard before losing both ends of the doubleheader, 4-2 and 4-1. Click the above headline for details.
It was All Hands on Deck Saturday for the Gladstone Braves baseball team as it hosted the Bark River-Harris Broncos. Five players were out of the line-up, so other guys needed to step up, and they did, as the Braves posted an 8-4 victory. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Marquette Sentinels baseball teams combined for 30 runs and 30 base hits on Wednesday, as a swarm of gnats hung over Al Ness Field. Escanaba won the game, 20-10, in six innings. Click the above headline for details, and to hear Ashton Rymkos interview.
The track at Munising High School collapsed Monday night after heavy weekend thunderstorms weakened the structure. The track is now off-limits to the public, and this Friday's popular "under the lights" meet has been cancelled. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University on Monday announced that it has hired Adam Wilson as the new women's wrestling head coach. He comes to NMU from Albion College in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline, with a story courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Northern Michigan University lacrosse team fell to Grand Valley State 15-9 in the GLIAC Championship match on Sunday. It's the third straight year that NMU lost to Grand Valley in the conference final. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse baseball team split a doubleheader with the Mid Michigan College Lakers on Saturday, putting them in a must-win situation in Sunday's season-closing doubleheader. Click the above headline for details and post-game comments. (Cohen Thompson photo)
The Bay College Norse baseball team lost both games of their doubleheader to 13th ranked Lansing Community College, 6-2 and 10-3, Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see post-game comments from three Norse players.
Perhaps the biggest football event ever held in Green Bay was held Thursday at Lambeau Field as the National Football League put on its annual Players Draft. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell estimated that 125,000 people jammed into the Lambeau area, a number that is more than the entire normal population of Green Bay. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Athletic Department is proud to present the 2024-25 Wildcat Awards. The award show took place on Thursday night at Vandament Arena. Click the above headline to see who won which awards.
Northern Michigan strength & conditioning coaches Jenna Bruttomesso and Alex Morse have announced a series of youth and middle school performance camps taking place this summer. Click the above headline to learn more about the camps, and to register.
A quartet of former racers will be the 2025 inductees into the Norway Speedway Hall of Fame. Those inductees include Ryan Windell, Steve DeBakker, Ron Jenshak Sr. and Mike Reichenberger. Click the above headline for details.
High school game officials with 20 or more years of service will be honored at the Officials Awards & Alumni Banquet on April 26. A total of 706 officials will be praised for reaching their milestones, 47 of them from the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for details.
The Western Michigan University Broncos are on top of the hockey world after completimg an improbable run to the national championship Saturday night. Western beat Boston University, 6-2, to win the first title in school history. Click the above headine for details.
The Bay College Norse Baseball team put together another strong conference weekend, taking three of four games from the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks vaulting themselves into second place in the MCCAA Northern Conference standings. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University women's track and field team thoroughly impressed at this weekend's Titan Invitational in Oshkosh, Wis., collecting eight first place finishes. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Sports Information photo, story)
The Bay College Norse baseball team found itself in tight games all weekend long, but managed to sweep the four-game set from the Delta College Pioneers in Lower Michigan. Bay won both games Sunday, 10-8 and 9-4, after winning twice on Saturday, 6-1 and 3-2. Click the above headline for details. (Bay College Sports Information)
The Northern Michigan women's lacrosse team had a dominant performance against the College of Saint Benedict Bennies, with a high-scoring second quarter paving the way to a 15-4 victory on Sunday. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
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.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its list of the region’s top high school girls basketball teams, coaches, and players. The Gladstone Braves, who won their first regional championship in more than a decade in Division Two, swept the major awards. Click the above headline for details, and the entire list.
For the second time in program history, the GVSU women's basketball team are National Champions. The Lakers took down California State-Dominguez Hills 70-58 in the championship game to win the title. Escanaba's Nicole Kamin and Gladstone's Megan Crow are part of the Laker team and are now champions. Click the above headline for details. (GVSU Phoo)
