The Northern Michigan University Hockey Team traveled to Sault Ste. Marie Friday to open up the CCHA Mason Cup Tournament. And they overwhelmed Lake Superior State, 5-1, to get the upper hand in the best-of-three series. Click the above headline for details.
The MHSAA individual wrestling state finals began on Friday at Ford Field in Detroit, and when the dust settled, five U.P. boys advanced to the championship round of their brackets. And two of them will face each other for the state title. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team waited through a 95-minute-long power outage, and then worked overtime to beat the Lake Superior State University Lakers, 99-94, in the GLIAC quarterfinals Wednesday night in Marquette. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Marquette Redmen scored three goals in a four minute span late in the second period to break a 2-2 tie and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-2, in the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team outscored Iron Mountain, 14-6, in the third quarter and posted a 46-37 win in the MHSAA Division Three district tournament opener. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Freshman Oskar Kangas was a one-man wrecking crew as the Iron Mountain Mountaineers dominated the Gladstone Braves, 61-41, in a boys basketball game Monday afternoon in Gladstone. Kangas scored 35 points, including 13 in a row at one point in the second quarter. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and hear interviews.
The Bay College women's basketball team trailed by just three points in the third quarter but could not get the big run and lost to Dakota County-Bottineau, 70-48, in the NJCAA Region 13 championship game Sunday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Max Bjorklund closed out the regular season with a memorable performance for all who watched, pouring in a career best 46 points to will the Wildcats to a 93-87 win on Saturday over the #25 ranked Ferris State Bulldogs. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team fell behind by double digits in the first half and could not recover, losing to the United Tribes (N.D.) Thunderbirds, 90-68, in the NJCAA Region 13 semifinals Saturday in Bismarck, N.D. Click the above headline for photos and videos, as well as from Gogebic's loss to Bottineau.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team fought hard on the road in the regular season finale on Saturday, but fell to Ferris State 72-62. Makaylee Kuhn crossed the 1,000 point mark for her career despite the loss. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves and Iron Mountain Mountaineers both lost in the MHSAA Team State Finals on Friday in Kalamazoo. The Braves lost to Clinton in Division Three, 51-24, while the Mountaineers fell to New Lothrop in Division Four, 36-35. Click the above headline for details. (Lewis Berry photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos survived an epic collapse to win their MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal game over the Kingsford Flivvers, 4-3, in an incredible four overtimes at the Mountain View Ice Arena. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Men's basketball team extended their winning streak to six games at Lake Superior State on Thursday, picking up a 102-69 victory. Click the above headline to hear Coach Matt Majkrzak comments, and Justin Kuehl interview.
The Menominee High School girls basketball team raced to a 28-point lead and held off the Escanaba Eskymos, 52-40, Wednesday night in Escanaba. Kennedy Olson led all scorers with 21 points. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Great Lakes Hockey Conference Awards have been announced as the regular season has wrapped up. Calumet goaltender Aksel Loukas was named the player of the year. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
The Sault Ste. Marie High School girls basketball team led from wire to wire Monday night in beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 58-43, with three players scoring in double figures. Sault also won, 54-44, in the Soo back in December. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team wrapped up a five-games-in-eight days span by beating Wisconsin-Parkside on Sunday, 62-55. The Wildcats also beat Saginaw Valley on Saturday, 56-49. Click the above headline to read details on both games.
The Bay College Norse women’s basketball team closed the regular season on Saturday with a heartbreaking loss to the South Suburban Chicago Bulldogs, 66-62, in double overtime. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
The Northern Michigan University Wildcats hosted the SVSU Cardinals on senior night and commanded play from the tip-off on their way to an 88-62 victory. Senior John Kerr entered exclusive territory, surpassing 2,000 career collegiate points.
The Northern Michigan University Hockey team made the trip down to Ohio for a Central Collegiate Hockey Association league game against Bowling Green State University, grabbing victory by a score of 6-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women’s basketball team got off to a hot start from behind the three-point line to build an early lead, but the Norse went into several offensive dry spells and lost to the Moraine Valley (Ill.) Cyclones, 60-42, Friday night in suburban Chicago. It was the first-ever meeting between the programs. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team gave up 18 shots and three goals in the first period in the first period, and couldn't recover as an emotional Hancock Bulldogs team skated to a 5-3 win on Bulldog Senior Night Thursday at the Houghton County Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews from the game.
The Gladstone Braves won their first title since 2016 by beating Cheboygan, 80-0, in the semifinals before taking a nailbiter from the Kinglsey Stags, 46-34, in the championship. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Bay College Norse men’s basketball team closed the regular season on Tuesday with an 85-57 loss to the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats at the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and Joc Overstreet's interview.
The Bay College Norse women’s basketball team got the chance to play in a 4,200-seat arena on Tuesday afternoon against one of the best teams in the country in NJCAA Division Two. Bay lost to Bryant & Stratton, 94-42. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The last time the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves met in girls basketball, the Eskymos won by 25 points just before New Year’s. But things were different Monday night in the rematch as the Braves upset the Eskymos, 56-52. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Women's basketball team played their third game in five days and picked up a key road victory, defeating Saginaw Valley State 59-39 on Monday. Makaylee Kuhn led the way for the Wildcats with 25 points. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team played their toughest opponent on Saturday, and couldn't match the talent and athleticism of the Triton College Trojans, losing, 115-69, in Illinois. The Trojans, ranked 12th in the nation in NJCAA Division One, led from start to finish. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Northern Michigan University men's and women's basketball teams strengthened their playoff positions Saturday with GLIAC wins over Davenport. The women won, 54-43, and the men came out on top, 81-75. Click the above headline for details and interiews.
The Bay College Norse women’s basketball team raced to a 24-3 lead after the first quarter and cruised to a 65-34 win over the College of Lake County Lancers Friday night in northern Illinois. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews
