The Michigan high school football and volleyball playoffs will continue their post-season push, but winter sports like basketball, hockey, and wrestling are on hold until at least January 15th. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters released the 2020 All-U.P. football teams Thursday night. The selections were made by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters from across the U.P., and was done via telephone and E-Mail because of the pandemic. Click the above headline to see who was selected.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team jumped to a 4-0 lead and held on to beat the Ferris State Bulldogs, 5-4, Wednesday night in Marquette. It was NMU's first game of the season after having their first eight games called off because of COVID-19 concerns. Click the above headline for details and post-game interviews. (NMU Photo)
Northern Michigan University on Monday announced that there will be a men's soccer season in the spring. This after the fall season was cancelled because of the coronavirus. Click the above headline to read details.
Finlandia University says it is still hoping to have an abbvreviated winter sports schedule, including basketball and hockey, but the earliest basketball will start is Feb. 5. Click the above headline to read the update from the FU Lions
Bay College has recently signed seven women to attend school and play softball for thw Norse this spring. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Assocation Representative Coumcil met Wednesday afternoon to go over ways to resume high school sports in the wake of the Whitmer Administration's shut down of activities. Click the above headline for details.
No. 6 Minnesota State defeated Michigan Tech 2-0 Monday at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Huskies outshot the Mavericks 10-4 in the final period but couldn't get a puck by WCHA Preseason Player of the Year Dryden McKay. Click the above headline for details.
The North Central High School football team reacted emotionally Monday to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's announcement that high school sports would remain shut down due to the COVID-19 crisis. Click the above headline to read more.
Two Northern Michigan University National Training Site weightlifters capped off a successful semester over the weekend competing at the virtual American Open Finals, earning seventh- and eleventh-place finishes. Click the above headline for details
The Michigan High School Athletic Association says it is disappointed that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extended the three-week shutdown for at least another twelve days. Click the above headline to read the full statement.
The Northern Michigan University hockey program has announced the cancellation of its Dec. 11-12 non-conference series at Minnesota State University-Mankato due to recent COVID-19 testing results. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan Tech hockey series against No. 6-ranked Minnesota State scheduled for this weekend has been moved to Sunday and Monday. Click the above headline for details.
The Midwest Conference, which includes St. Norbert College, Lawrence University, and Ripon College in Wisconsin, has cancelled all fall and winter sports because of the coronavirus. Click the above headline to read details.
The new Coast-to-Coast Conference, of which Finlandia University is a member, has cancelled all winter sports because of the coronavirus. This includes basketball and hockey. Finlandia Athletic Director Curtis Wittenberg says he will try to find other teams to play out of conference. Click the above headline to read details.
The Lake Superior State University hockey team completed a sweep of Adrian College on Sunday, 2-1, after winning Friday's opener, 5-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University hockey program has announced the postponement and cancellation of games scheduled through December 5th due to recent COVID-19 testing results. Click the above headline for details.
The WCHA hockey season got under way this weekend in the Upepr Peninsula as Michigan Tech traveled to the Sault to take on Lake Superior State. LSSU won Sunday's game, 4-1, after the Saturday game ended in a 0-0 tie. Click the above headline for details.
The Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association approved today an adjusted schedule to restart and conclude Fall Tournaments in football, girls volleyball and girls swimming & diving, and also to resume Winter sports after the three-week “pause” in activity ordered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) scheduled to end Dec. 9. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School senior Bryant Maki committed Tuesday to attending Michigan Tech University and playing football there. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound wide receiver says he received five college offers. Click the above headline to read details.
Escanaba native Zach Rose finished the NJCAA Division 2 National Championship race in just 15 seconds off of his best time to come in 60 out of 145 runners on Saturday afternoon in Iowa. Click the above headline to read more. (Bay College photo)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has suspended its Fall tournaments for girls volleyball, girls swimming & diving and football, and all winter practices and competitions scheduled to begin over the next three weeks. Click the above heqdline for details.
The North Central High School football team played its toughest opponent of the season Friday night, but the result was the same as it has been all season long. The Jets tore past the Cedarville Trojans with 55 first half points in a dominating 55-8 victory to clinch the regional championship. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School senior Tyler Lawson signed his National Letter of Intent Thursday to play baseball at Bryant & Stratton College in suburban Milwaukee. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and video interviews.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team had its season come to an end Thursday night in downstate Houghton Lake, falling to the Cadillac Vikings, 3-0, in the Division Two regional championship match. The scores were 25-21, 25-20, 25-17. Senior Nicole Kamin led the Eskymos with 23 kills.
Escanaba High School multi-sport athlete Nicole Kamin signed her National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play basketball at Grand Valley State University. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to listen to interviews.
Gladstone High School multi-sport athlete Megan Crow signed her National Letter of Intent on Wednesday to play basketball at Grand Valley State University. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the signing event.
Bay College Norse cross country runner Zach Rose has been invited to compete at the NJCAA Nationals this weekend. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team made history Tuesday night, posting ots first regional tournament victory by beating the Kingsley Stags, 3-0, in St. Ignace. The scores were 25-21, 25-17, 25-14. Click the above headline for details.
The North Central Jets High School football team scored 52 points in the first half and rolled past the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes, 52-8, in a second round playoff game on Saturday in Powers. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
