The Bay College Men's Basketball Team led for most of the game on Wednesday evening, but weren't able to pull away until the second half as they took down the Lumberjacks of Alpena Community College, 83-69. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Munising hosted Gwinn Tuesday night in a Wrestling Dual Meet. The Modeltowners defeated the Mustangs, 41-28. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Casey Ford.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team stayed in first place in the GLIAC standings with an 86-77 win over the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals in Saginaw. Five Wildcats scored in double figures. Click the above headline to see videos and photos taken by Casey Ford, and to hear Matt Majkrzack's post-game comments.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday, with four wrestlers taking first place, and six others also making the podium. The Braves won the Duval Trophy, named after the legendary Escanaba High School wrestling coach, given every year to the U.P. Champion. Click the above headline for the results. (Gladstone HS wrestling photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team stayed undefeated in games away from Escanaba, leading for almost the entire game on Saturday in beating the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks, 71-45, in Muskegon. Click the above headline for details, interviews, photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team cruised past the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks, 77-60, on Saturday, to stay unbeaten in conference games. After leading just 19-15 after the first quarter, the Norse clamped down on defense in the second quarter. Bay allowed just six points in those ten minutes, while scoring 23 points of their own to build 42-21 halftime lead that was never reduced. Click the above headline for details.
The latest match-up between the Menominee Maroons and Marinette Marines boys basketball teams Saturday night went the same way most recent M&M games have gone: into the Menominee win column. The Maroons won their tenth straight game, beating the Marines for the second time this season, 92-67. Tanner Theurkauf led the Maroons with 23 points, all but one of them in the second half. Kaden Ducane had 20 points ane eight rebounds for the Marines. Menominee improved to 10-1 on the season while Marinette fell to 4-11.
Dylan Kuehl dominated with a 31-point, 11-rebound double-double to will the Northern Michigan Wildcats to a 77-74 comeback victory on the road at Lake Superior State on Thursday night. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Marinette High School boys basketball team came up short Thursday night against the Freedom Irish, falling, 80-44, in Marinette. Connor Eastman led the Marines again with 13 points. Donovan Davis had a double-double of 14 points and ten rebounds for Freedom. Marinette fell to 4-10 on the season.
The No. 13 Northern Michigan women's basketball team outscored the Lake Superior State Lakers in every quarter en route to an 80-61 road victory on Thursday night at Bud Cooper Gymnasium. The Wildcats remained perfect on the road, improving their record to 8-0 as the visitor. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The No. 8 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball squad led by as much as 21 points, but needed a full 40 minutes to hold off Saginaw Valley State with an 80-78 decision at the James E. O'Neill Arena on Thursday evening. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team bounced back from last weekend with a 59-40 decision over Saginaw Valley State at the James E. O'Neill Arena on Thursday afternoon. The Huskies' defense was stifling, holding Saginaw Valley State to under 30% from the field and 13.6 from 3-point land (3-22). Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech story, photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team played strong defense Wednesday night, but struggled on offense, before pulling away late in the game to beat the North Central Michigan College Timberwolves, 64-40, in Petoskey. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team jumped to a 36-9 lead after the first quarter and cruised past the North Central Michigan College Timberwolves, 95-35, Wednesday night in Petoskey. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team scored five goals in the first period and cruised to a 7-1 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Tuesday night at the Mountain View Ice Arena. The Eskymos wanted to rebound from last Saturday's 8-0 loss to defending state champion Flint Powers, as well as from a gut-wrenching down-to-the-wire loss to the third ranked Hartland Eagles. They accomplished that, led by captain Graham Johnson. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and to hear interviews.
After battling to gain traction throughout the game, the NMU Wildcats women's basketball team fell to the Ferris State Bulldogs 70-52, Monday night, at Vandament Arena. FSU controlled the scoreboard for all 40 minutes, taking a 26-point lead and holding off a Wildcat rally in the second half. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University Wildcat hockey team was shut out twice at home this weekend, losing to Augustana, 3-0 Friday night, and 2-0 Saturday night. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team suffered another loss on the home court Saturday, falling to the Montcalm Community College Centurions, 71-54, in the MCCAA North Conference opener. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and to hear interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team rolled to an easy victory in its MCCAA North Conference opener on Saturday, overwhelming the Montcalm Community College Centurions, 113-48, at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos, and interviews.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team swept a weekend series in Minnesota, beating the Bemidji State Beavers, 4-3 on Saturday, after also winning, 5-2, on Friday. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (MTU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team crushed the Michigan Tech Huskies, 74-46, Thursday night in Houghton. Sarah Newcomer scored 27 points, and Alyssa Hill crossed 1,000 points for her Wildcat career. Click the above headline for details from both NMU Sports Information and MTU Athletics, and to heare post-game comments from NMU Coach Casey Thousand.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team got off to a hot start Wednesday night, racing to a 15-point lead against the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats. But the visitors from suburban Milwaukee took over from there, beating the Norse, 82-64, in Escanaba. It was the final non-conference game of the season for Bay, which enters conference play with an 11-3 record. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos, and to hear interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team finished the non-conference portion of its schedule Wednesday night, beating the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats from suburban Milwaukee, 75-48. The Norse had four players score in double figures as the team enters conference play with an 11-3 record. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews,
The Escanaba High School girls JV and varsity basketball teams are recovering after a harrowing experience after its games Tuesday night in Marquette. The bus carrying both teams was on its way home when it got into sudden icy conditions on Highway M-553 near the Marquette County Fairgrounds. The crash that followed is going to be felt for a long time. Click the above headline for details, videos, interviews.
The Marquette High School boys basketball team took a while to get going Tuesday night, but gradually pulled away to an 84-44 Great Northern Conference victory at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
Gladstone High School senior Lillie Johnson made Braves basketball history Tuesday night, passing Reece Castor for the all-time scoring record for the school, both boys and girls. Johnson, passed Castor's 1802 career points, and then some, as the Braves beat the Westwood Patriots, 51-30. Johnson scored 27 points in the victory. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
A scary moment late Tuesday night for the Escanaba High School girls basketball team, as the team returned home after its game against the Marquette Sentinels in Marquette. The team's bus slid on extremely icy roads and flipped onto its side along Highway M-553 near the Marquette County Fairgrounds at 9:25 Tuesday night, according to the Marquette County Sheriff's Department. Click the above headline for details.
Matt Janus has been named the 24th head football coach in Northern Michigan University history, announced by NMU Director of Athletics Rick Comley. Janus comes to Marquette after six seasons as the head coach at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, where he led the Eagles to one of the most successful stretches in NCAA Division III football. Click the above headline for details, and comments from the new coach.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team rallied but lost to Macomb County Community College, 80-69, on Saturday, after cruising to a win over the host SC4 Skippers, 64-52, Friday night. Click the above headline for details on Saturday's game, and to see videos and hear interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team battled hard on the road this weekend, but came up short, losing to the Lake Superior State Lakers by identical 2-1 scores. Saturday's game was in overtime, with Sunday's game ending in regulation. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
