The Northern Michigan University football team lost to a nationally-ranked top ten team for a second straight week on Saturday, falling to No. 7 Ferris State, 56-20, at the Superior Dome. The loss follows last week's setback against top-ranked Grand Valley State. Click the above headline for details, and to hear Antonio Howard and Zack Keen interviews.
The North Central High School football team began its quest for a third straight state championship Friday night with a 54-6 win over the Stephenson Eagles in Powers. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos, and post-game interviews.
The Bay College Norse volleyball team closed its regular season Tuesday night with a 3-0 win over the Finlandia University Lions before a packed house at the Bay College Gym on “Volley For a Cure” night. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Michigan Tech led from start to finish in a 3-0 volleyball sweep of Northern Michigan Tuesday in GLIAC volleyball. The Huskies won 25-15, 25-21, and 25-12 to avenge an earlier loss to NMU. Click the above headline for details and to hear from both coaches. (MTU photo)
The Stephenson High School boys cross country team captured the school's first MHSAA Upper Peninsula cross country championship since 2012 on Saturday, taking the top spot by nine points over Engadine, 77-86. Click the above headline for details. (Kate Kuntze photo)
Troy Mattson is returning to the Northern Michigan University athletic department after his June 2022 retirement as basketball coach. This time, Mattson will take over as the head golf coach for both the men's and women's programs. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen won another pair of Division One cross country championships on Saturday. And while the boys cruised to an easy team title, the girls had to pull out a tight victory. Click the above headline to read details. (MHSAA photo/Cara Kamps)
The No. 1-ranked Grand Valley State Lakers claimed a 56-3 Homecoming victory over Northern Michigan Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 11,812 at Lubbers Stadium. Click the above headline courtesy of GVSU Sports Information, and to hear player spotlight interviews with NMU's Tavion McCarthy and Kenyon 'Ta Skinner.
The Northern Michigan University volleyball team earned two big GLIAC wins in lower Michigan this weekend, 3-2 against Davenport on Friday and 3-2 against Grand Valley State on Saturday. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Gladstone High School football team bolted to a 26-0 lead and rolled past the Escanaba Eskynos, 47-13, in front of a standing room only crowd Friday night at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Wildcats beat Alaska Anchorage 9-1 on Friday, two goals from AJ Vanderbeck, Kristof Papp, and Vincent de Mey. Mikey Colella, David Keefer, and Alex Frye also scored. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Negaunee High School football team dominated the Westwood Patriots, 44-0, Thursday night, in a game played in Marquette due to heavy snow in the western part of the county. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos outlasted the Ishpeming Hematites, 28-20, in high school football action Thursday night. Ethan Ives connected with Ben Shiverski on two touchdown passes, and the defense made two key stops as the Broncos finished 7-2 on the season. Click the above headline for details, interviews.
The Escanaba High School junior varsity football team scored two second half touchdowns to rally past the Gladstone Braves, 22-19, in the season finale Thursday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its weekly poll Tuesday morning, and it shows no change from the past week's ballot, with Negaunee and North Central holding down top spots entering the regular season's final weekend. Gladstone and Munising are second in the respective polls. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team rallied from two goals down to tie the game Sunday night but lost at the end to 14th ranked Notre Dame, 5-4, in South Bend, Ind. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The battle for the Miner's Cup saw Michigan Tech claim their 12th straight win over Northern Michigan on Saturday, defeating the Wildcats 21-7, at Sherman Field. Click the above headline for details, and interviews with Charlie Gerhard and D.J. Hutcherson. (NMU photo)
The Bay College Norse Volleyball Team (10-14, 3-6) had to fight from behind on multiple occasions to pull off a thrilling five-set victory over the Delta College Pioneers on Saturday. Click the above headline for details courtesy of Bay College Sports Information.
The soccer UP finals were held in Marquette, and the Marquette Redmen took home their 15th consecutive title after beating Iron Mountain 9–1 in the semifinals and Kingsford in the championship game 4–0. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Gladstone High School football team pulled out a 22-14 road win over the Gaylord Blue Devils Friday night, as Nate Young scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter and Vinny Howes made two clutch defensive plays down the stretch. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team was unable to overcome a couple of early power-play goals from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a 3-1 defeat on Friday. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Marquette High School cross country teams captured Great Northern Conference championships on Thursday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils and Escanaba Eskymos hooked up in an intense, marathon volleyball match Wednesday night in Escanaba. The Eskymos won the first two sets on Senior Night, but the Blue Devils rallied to take the next three sets to win, 3-2. Click the above headline for pictures and videos, and interviews with both coaches.
The Marquette Redmen and Houghton Gremlins played to a 1-1 draw in high school soccer Wednesday night in a tune-up for Saturday's U.P. Finals. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse got back to their winning-ways on Tuesday evening, sweeping the North Central Michigan Timberwolves in straight sets by scores of 25-12, 25-21, and 25-19. The win snaps a six-game losing streak. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association is out with its weekly football poll Tuesday morning. Click the above headline to read the rankings.
Six Upper Peninsula teams played a full day of high school volleyball Saturday in Escanaba at the Elks Invitational. Sault Ste. Marie topped Escanaba in the championship match after rallying past Stephenson in the semifinals. Click the above headline to read details, see pictures and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team made its long trip to Upstate New York a successful one by beating the Colgate University Raiders, 4-1, on Saturday, and 3-2 on Friday. Click the above headline to read details courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
Trailing by six points deep in the fourth quarter on homecoming, senior Will Ark constructed a 10-play, 65-yard drive and pushed his way past the goal line as Michigan Tech collected a 35-34 victory over Wayne State on a blustery Saturday afternoon at Kearly Stadium. Click the above headline to read details. (Michigan Tech University photo)
The Northern Michigan University football team lost in overtime on Saturday to Davenport, 27-24, at the Superior Dome. It's their second OT loss of the season. Click the above headline for details, and to hear player spotlight interviews. (NMU Photo)
