The Negaunee Miners football team had a dominating run game and suffocating pass rush Friday night, in posting a 24-6 win over the Gladstone Braves in a battle of the two top-ranked teams in the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brad Landis.
With 15 seconds left in a 2-2 game, AJ Vanderbeck found the puck and fired a wrist shot over the shoulder of Colgate's goalkeeper for a stunning 3-2 NMU win. It was his second of the night and his second straight game with multiple goals. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School soccer team is closing in on another Upper Peninsula championship, and the Redman captain, Max Dawson, is closing in on a milestone of his own: 100 career goals. Click the above headline to read more about him. (Mary Sysko photo)
The high school Division One All-UP girls tennis teams were announced on Wednesday, and the Escanaba Eskymos brought home top honors as well as the Upper Peninsula's only members on the statewide D-1 All-State team. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen boys soccer team traveled to Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday and beat the Blue Devils, 5-1, in the next-to-last game of the season. Click the above headline for details.
After a strong start to the season, the Bay College Norse Volleyball Team have hit a rough patch. After being swept in straight sets by Milwaukee Tech on Monday night the Norse have lost four in a row and eight of their last nine. Click the above headline for details.
The weekly Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association football poll was released Tuesday morning, and there's a new top-ranked eleven-man team: the Negaunee Miners. The North Central Jets are still tops in Eight-man. Click the above headline for details.
AJ Vanderbeck scored twice including the OT game-winner and Joey Larson scored the first of his career to push NMU to a 4-3 win over Bowling Green State on Sunday. Click the above headline for details from both weekend games. (NMU stories and photo)
The Wildcats and the Rangers took to the pitch for a Sunday afternoon matchup with impactful GLIAC implications on the line. The Rangers managed to get on the board in the first half and anchored down their defense to shutout Northern for a 1-0 win. Click the above headline for details. Story and photo courtesy of NMU Sports Information
The Marquette Redmen boys varsity soccer team traveled to Houghton on Saturday, and took home a victory by a 7-2 score. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Northern Michigan University football team opened the GLIAC season Saturday night with a 37-30 win over Wayne State in Detroit. Click the above headline to read details, and hear interviews with Maguire Palicke and Brain Schiewck. (Wayne State photo)
The Gladstone Braves football team rallied from a 22-0 deficit but that rally came up short in a loss to the Durand Railroaders, 28-24, Friday night in Gaylord. It was a match-up between two undefeated teams, both ranked in the Top Ten in the Associated Press Michigan football Division Six poll. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
A solid defensive effort from the Michigan Tech Huskies resulted in a 0-0 tie Friday night in the Superior Dome. The Wildcats (7-1-3, 4-1-2) ramped up the pressure as the game went on, but despite several looks late, MTU was up to the task as each team takes a point in the GLIAC standings. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Gladstone High School volleyball team got off to a strong start Thursday night as the Braves hosted its annual pink 'Spike Cancer' match. The Gwinn Model Towners rallied to win the match, 3-1, on a night where nearly $4,000 was raised for two local women who are battling cancer. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Negaunee High School girls tennis team won the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula championship on Wednesday at Kingsford High School, winning four of the eight flights along the way. Negaunee finished with 19 points, while Marquette took second with 14 points and Escanaba was third with 11 points. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its weekly football polls Tuesday morning, and there's not much change from last week. Gladstone and North Central remain top-ranked in their divisions. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette boys varsity soccer team traveled to Alpena for tournament action. The team placed third even though it finished the day undefeated. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Mary Sysko.
The Bay College Norse women's volleyball team lost its conference match in downstate Saginaw Saturday evening, falling to the Delta College Pioneers, 3-1. The scores were 19-25, 25-23, 23-25, 24-26. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Football team hosted the Post University Eagles from Connecticut on Saturday for homecoming. The Wildcats came out on top with a 42-14 win. Click the above headline for details, and hear interviews with Tyshon King and Mequon Hudson.
No. 19 Saginaw Valley State posted 413 yards of total offense to down Michigan Tech 35-13 at Kearly Stadium in non-conference football Saturday afternoon. The Huskies led 13-7 but Isaiah Malcome rushed for 145 yards and two touchdowns to help the Cardinals pull away in the second half. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Athletics photo, story)
Nate Young threw five touchdown passes and the Gladstone Braves physically dominated the Marquette Redmen, 48-21, Friday night, to clinch the Great Northern Conference championship. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to hear interviews.
The Northern Michigan University soccer teams both lost tough matches to nationally-ranked opponents on Friday, with the men's team losing to No. 5 Saginaw Valley State, 1-0, and the women losing to No. 7 Grand Valley State, 2-1. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team picked up a rare Great Northern Conference win over the Marquette Redettes Thursday night, 3-0, at the Escanaba High School Gym. The scores were 25-18, 25-13, and 25-19. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Kingsford Flivvers junior varsity team rolled to a 58-18 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Marquette Redmen traveled to Kingsford on Thursday for a boys varsity soccer game and came home with a 6-3 victory to improve their record to 15-2-1 on the season. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos girls tennis team won the Great Northern Conference championship for the second straight year on Wednesday in Kingsford. The Eskymos edged Marquette 25-23, and Gladstone's Tia Schone won the #2 singles title. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse volleyball team picked up their first-ever Michigan Community College Athletic Association win Tuesday night, beating fellow league newcomer North Central Michigan College out of Petoskey, 3-0. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Northern Michigan University volleyball team rode the wave of emotion generated by more than 1,200 fans inside Vandament Arena Tuesday night, beating the Michigan Tech Huskies, 3-0. The scores were 25-18, 27-25, and 25-14. Click the above headline to read details, and hear post-game comments from Northern Michigan Coach Mike Lozier.
The Escanaba Eskymos volleyball team defeated the Gladstone Braves, 3-0, Tuesday night, in Escanaba, by scores of 25-9, 25-19, 25-17. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redman hosted the Iron Mountain Mountaineers on Tuesday night in boys varsity soccer and won the game 6-0. Click the above headline for details.
