The Ishpeming Hematites are your MHSAA Division Two Upper Peninsula girls tennis champions after sneaking past West Iron County and Norway to take the title on Wednesday. Ishpeming had 13 points, West Iron 12, and Norway ten. The Hematites took championships in three of the four doubles flights. Click the above headline for details. (IHS photo)
The Negaunee Miners won their third straight MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula girls tennis championship on Wednesday, taking six of the eight flights in Escanaba and Gladstone. Westwood was runners up. Click the above headline for the details.
The Bay College Norse volleyball team outlasted the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks, 3-2, in a MCCAA match Tuesday night in Escanaba. The scores were 25-17, 17-25, 25-16, 22-25, 15-9. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Westwood Patriots football team beat the Gladstone Braves, 42-15, Friday night, in a game featuring two teams with short benches caused by injuries. Westwood got two touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions from Karter Scherer, and the Patriots offense forced four second half turnovers. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Negaunee High School girls tennis team picked up another Mid Peninsula Conference championship on Thursday, edging the Westwood Patriots for the MPC title, heading into next week's MHSAA Division One championships in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team won the Great Northern Conference championship on Wednesday, winning for a fourth straight year, and setting up a battle with Negaunee in the MHSAA U.P. Finals next Wednesday. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Senior High School boys soccer team shut out three opponents on Saturday at a tournament in Alpena, after also dominating a tournament down in Suttons Bay the previous week. Click the above headline to see recaps the matches, and photos taken by Mary Sysko.
The Northern Michigan football team fell in a high-scoring affair to Alma College on Homecoming, 44-27. Click the above headline for details from both team's perspetives, and to hear NMU radio highlight from the game. (NMU Photo)
The Michigan Tech football team put together its most complete game of the season in a 44-7 thrashing of No. 13 UW-Oshkosh at Titan Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (Story, photo courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics)
The Gladstone High School football team broke a three-game losing streak Friday night with a 36-20 win over the Hancock Bulldogs at Hancock's McAfee Field. Isaac Ketchum rushed for 181 yards and three touchdowns, and Casey Alworden scored on a long pass reception and an even longer punt return. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brad Landis.
Despite turning in a hard-fought game, the Northern Michigan University Wildcat women's soccer team fell to No. 1 Grand Valley State 1-0, in a storm-delayed match on Friday in Marquette. Click the above headline for details. (Photo, story courtesy of NMU Sports Information)
Todd Ciochetto, who led the Bay College Norse women's basketball team on an improbable turnaround into the national rankings last season, abruptly resigned on Thursday after just one year on the job. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Volleyball Team began conference play at home on Tuesday and came out on top of the Montcalm Centurions in three sets. Each set was tight, with the Norse winning by scores of 26-24, 28-26, and 26-24. Click the above headline for details. (Bay photo)
The NMU women's golf team traveled down to Columbus, Ohio to start their fall season at the ODU Champions of Women's Golf. The 'Cats sit 11th of 15 teams after round one, and Maggie Pietila recorded the program's second ever hole in one with her sister on the course and family in attendance. Click the above headline for details. (NMU photo)
The Upper Peninsula Sports Writers and Sportscasters Association came out Tuesday with its first high school football polls of the season. A panel of five members of the media from across the U.P. votes every week on the best teams. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse Volleyball Team suffered a pair of losses on the road Saturday afternoon. They were swept by St. Claire Windsor in three sets before Oakland Community College earned their first win of the season, 3-2. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan football team hit the road for a Saturday contest against the UW-La Crosse Eagles, falling 35-21. Click the above headline for details, and to hear radio replays of the NMU touchdowns, and comments from Coach Shane Richardson.
The Northern Michigan volleyball team earned a monumental early-season victory on Saturday morning, besting the No. 7 team in the country, the St. Cloud State Huskies, in five sets to close out the Up North Tournament on a high note. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan Tech football team elevated its win streak against Hillsdale to six following a 21-6 victory against the Chargers in front of over 1,700 fans at Kearly Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
The Kingsford High School football team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 42-0 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night in Gladstone. The Braves played after losing three key starters to season-ending injuries the week before. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team picked up a 3-1 win over the rival Gladstone Braves Thursday night in Gladstone, in a battle between Delta County teams that has been dominated by the Eskymos for the past several years. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
A scoreless game after the first 45 minutes of play, both teams scored two goals in the final frame as the Wildcats secured a comeback draw against nationally ranked Lewis University. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Sports Information story and photo)
The Northern Michigan University women's volleyball taem lost a marathon five-set match to Minnesota State Mankato Mavericks Saturday night in Minnesota, after the Wildcats had won their first three matches of the weekend. Click the above headline for details.
Weston Yesney rushed for 182 yards and scored three touchdowns, and the Negaunee defense completely shut down the Gladstone offense, as the Miners throttled the Braves, 28-7, Friday night at Miners Stadium. Click the above headline for details. (Brad Landis photo)
Despite a 96-yard effort on the ground from freshman Jahi Wood, the NMU football team fell 33-13 on Thursday night at Kentucky Wesleyan. Negaunee's Niko Lukkarinen scored his first career touchdown. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan women's soccer team scored five first half tallies, including four in the first 20 minutes, en route to a season-opening 6-1 trouncing of Minnesota Duluth Thursday in Minnesota. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Northern Michigan University freshman Justin Alfaro scored in the 66th minute to lead the Wildcats to a 1-0 win over the Northwood Timberwolves Thursday in Midland. CLick the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Purdue Boilermakers won the championship of the NCAA Island Resort Collegiate on Monday at Sage Run, pulling away from Boise State to win by 13 strokes. The two teams were tied heading into Monday's action. Click the above headline for details. (Purdue Athletics photo)
Thirty-six holes are in the books at the Island Resort NCAA Collegiate men's golf championships at Sage Run, and it's a two-team race heading into Monday's final 18 holes. The Purdue Boilermakers and Boise State Broncos are tied atop the leaderboard, with everybody else at least 15 strokes behind. Click the above headline for details. (Purdue photo)
The 2024 Marquette Marathon wrapped up on Saturday afternoon at the Superior Dome, with Adam Martin Caldwell (Wilder, Vermont) taking home first place in the marathon. Click the above headline for details and all of the results. (NMU story, photo)
