The Escanaba High School hockey team wrapped up a successful weekend on home ice Saturday with a 5-1 win over the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils at the Wells Sports Complex. The Eskymos improved to 12-4-0 on the season, and are gearing up to face two of the best teams in all of Michigan next weekend. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Lizzie Taylor.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team pulled out another nailbiter on Saturday, beating the Macomb County Community College Monarchs, 73-70, at the St. Clair County Community College Skippers New Year's Classic in Port Huron. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan Wildcats continued their surge on Saturday afternoon, earning their 12th consecutive victory with a 72-60 win over Grand Valley State to improve to 13-1 overall and 4-0 in GLIAC play. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Trailing by 20 points early in the fourth quarter, No. 12 Northern Michigan mounted a furious late rally, using a 16-2 run to pull within six points with two minutes remaining, but No. 1 Grand Valley State converted when it mattered most down the stretch to secure a 78-66 victory on Saturday at Vandament Arena. Click the above headline to hear comments from Coach Casey Thousand. (NMU Photo)
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team saw a career-high 24 points from junior Alyssa Wypych as Janie Tormanen recorded a double-double in a 71-65 team effort win over Davenport at the SDC Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Athletics_
The No. 5 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball squad saw four starters reach double-figure scoring in a 77-68 victory over Davenport at the SDC Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. This after the Huskies lost to Grand Valley State on Friday, 79-75. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (MTU Photo)
The Marinette Marines boys beat Sevastopol, 63-50, Friday night. Connor Eastman had 29 points for Marinette and Kaden Ducane added 14 points and nine rebounds. The Marines improved to 3-6 on the season, breaking a six-game losing streak. The Pioneers fell to 6-3 on the season. Marinette is back in action Monday night at Southern Door. (Eric Bergstrom photo)
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team didn't miss a beat coming out of the holiday break, drilling a program-best 21 three-pointers in a 101-65 rout of Davenport on Friday afternoon at Vandament Arena. Northern connected on 21 of its 37 attempts from beyond the arc, shooting 56.8% from deep. Click the above headline for more details. (NMU photo)
The Bay College Norse basketball team had to grind its way to a victory Friday night in a tough place to play, but were able to pull out a 66-57 win over the St. Clair Community College Skippers at the Skippers New Year's Classic in Port Huron. The result gave the Norse a 10-2 record. Click the above headline for details, and to hear player and coach interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team cruised past the St. Clair Community College Skippers, 64-52, Friday night, as the Skippers New Years Holiday Classic got started. Click the above headline for a recap, and to hear interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team cruised to a 4-1 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Friday night at the Wells Sports Complex, beating the Flivvers for the second time this season. Graham Johnson scored another hat trick, getting three more goals to give him 25 on the season, along with 14 assists. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Lizzie Taylor.
After more than two weeks off during the holiday break, the No. 12 Northern Michigan Wildcats didn't skip a beat, defeating the Davenport Panthers 73-46 on Friday afternoon. Jacy Weisbrod surpassed 1,000 career points in the victory, becoming just the 29th player in program history to reach one of basketball's most coveted milestones. Click the above headline for more details.
The No. 5 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball team was on the wrong side of a physical GLIAC affair, falling 79-75 to Grand Valley State at the SDC Gymnasium on Friday afternoon. Michigan Tech saw a new career-high 19 points from senior Josh Terrian, who connected on 5-9 from 3-point land to lead four players in double-figure scoring. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team trailed No. 1 nationally-ranked Grand Valley State by seven-points with one quarter to play, but ultimately fell to the Lakers 73-53 inside the SDC Gymnasium on Friday afternoon. Sophomore standout Ella Mason of Negaunee netted her fourth 20-point outing of the season to lead the Huskies. Click the above headline for more details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (MTU Photo)
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team got off to a slow start Tuesday night at the Border Battle in Menominee, but the Braves clamped down on defense in the second half to beat the Marinette Marines, 41-28. In Tuesday's second game, Menominee crushed the Green Bay West Wildcats, 90-52, as Tanner Theuerkauf scored 29 points. Click the above headline for details and interviews.
The Michigan Tech hockey team advanced to the 59th annual Great Lakes Invitational Championship Game after defeating Miami 5-2 in the first semifinal on Sunday at Van Andel Arena. Stiven Sardarian had three points, and five different Huskies found the back of the net as Tech improved to 11-6-2 overall. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
It was a heavyweight battle on the ice Saturday night as the Escanaba Eskymos and Alpena Wildcats met at the Northern Lights Arena in Alpena. Escanaba took a 2-0 lead in the third period, gave up two quick goals, fell behind in the shootout, but emerged with a 3-2 victory that included goals by Ben Sands and Nick Martinson in the shootout. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Lizzie Taylor.
The Escanaba High School hockey team barely broke a sweat Friday evening in defeating the Toledo St. John's Titans, 8-0, at Alpena's Northern Lights Arena. Click the above headline for details, and to hear interviews with Owen LaBonte and Coach Andy Johnson.
The Kingsford Flivvers hockey team beat the Marquette Sentinels for the first time since 2018 Tuesday night, posting a shocking 2-1 victory at the Mountain View Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details. (Breitung Township Schools photo)
Basketball is a game of runs. That is a coach's cliché, but sometimes, it's true. And on Saturday in Minnesota, the Bay College Norse and Dakota County Technical College Blue Knights proved that in a wild back-and-forth game. The old Region XIII rivals exchanged punch after punch before the game was decided in the final seconds, with the Norse leaving Minnesota with a 70-69 victory. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team finished the 2025 portion of its schedule on Saturday with another easy victory, beating the St. Cloud Technical & Community College Cyclones, 85-54, in Minnesota. The result improved Bay's record to 9-2 on the season heading into the Christmas break. Click the above headline for details.
It was a banner afternoon for Graham Johnson Saturday afternoon as the Escanaba High School hockey captain led his team to a mercy-shortened victory over a downstate opponent. Johnson scored the 100th goal of his Eskymo career, as he personally dominated the Saginaw Heritage Hawks, 8-0, at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Lizzie Taylor.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team won all three games in sunny Puerto Rico this weekend, using its entire roster, and improving to a best-in-school-history 11-1 season record. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Michigan Tech University Huskies men's basketball team won both of its games this weekend at the Florida Tech Christmas Classic, preserving its Number Nine national ranking heading into the holiday break. Tech is now 11-1 on the season to go along with that national Top Ten ranking. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. Photos courtesy of Florida Southern University.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team used a huge second quarter to open up a 20-point halftime lead, and the Braves never looked back, beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 67-48, in a rivalry battle at the Escanaba High School Gym. It was a dream-come-true night for Braves junior Lonnie Davey, as he drained ten triples and scored a career-high 36 points. Click the above headline for details. (GHS file photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos hockey team jumped to a quick 2-0 lead Thursday night, but the Marquette Sentinels rallied for a 5-2 victory at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details, listen to interviews, and to see photos and videos taken by Lizzie Taylor.
Jacy Weisbrod buried four of her eight triples in the first five minutes on her way to a career-high 33 points, helping guide the No. 14 Wildcats to an 83-77 victory over Northwood on Wednesday night. Click the above headline for details, videos, interviews. (NMU Photo)
Michigan High School Athletic Association’s seventh Multi-Sport Participation Survey, conducted last spring for the 2024-25 school year, showed small but continuing growth of multi-sport participation among athletes at member high schools. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team settled for a split at their weekend tournament, beating Glen Oaks Community College, 94-75, before losing to 16th-ranked Milwaukee Area Technical & Community College, 91-78. The result left the young Norse team with an 8-2 record, heading into next Saturday's game in Minnesota against Dakota County. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team outscored the Marian Sabres 61-21 in the second half to pull away with a commanding 109-52 victory on Sunday afternoon. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information, and listen to RRN's Casey Ford interview Coach Matt Majkrzak. (NMU photo)
