Finlandia University Joins Eleven-Team Conference
May 26, 2020Finlandia University has accepted an offer to join the Capital Athletic Conference, effective immediately. Click the above headline to read more details.
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2019 Little League Season
PLAY BALL: Delta County Little Leaguers Prepare
May 19, 2020Escanaba and Gladstone Little Leaguers will be back on the field in six weeks as the coronavirus crisis appears to have eased in the region. Both are taking registrations now and plan to start play on July 6. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
RIVALS NO MORE: Two Yoopers Going To Olivet
May 18, 2020Two Upper Peninsula natives have committed to continue their education and play basketball at Olivet College. Dre Tuominen of Negaunee and Ryan Robinette of Escanaba announced together on Monday. Click the above headline to read more.
Football
U.P. All-Star Football Game Rescheduled For Aug. 1
May 13, 2020Organizers of the Upper Peninsula high school football All-Star game have postponed, not canceled, this summer's event. It was scheduled for late June. It is now scheduled for August 1 in Marquette. Click the above headline to read details.
Girls Basketball
NOT DONE YET: Dalgord To Suit Up For Finlandia
May 12, 2020Brooke Dalgord will continue to play basketball in the Upper Peninsula this fall, and she’ll do it relatively close to home. Less than a week after graduating from Bay College, Dalgord on Tuesday signed to continue her education and athletic career at Finlandia University in Hancock. Click the above headline to read details.
Boys Basketball
COACH 'YO: Bay College Grad To Join NMU Staff
May 09, 2020Ishpeming High School graduate Dondre Yohe, who played the past two seasons for the Bay College Norse, will be wearing Green and Gold next winter. Or more like a suit and tie. Yohe will join the Northern Michigan University men's basketball program as a student assistant coach. Click the above headline for details.
Hockey
MHSAA Announces Changes For 2020-'21 Seasons
May 08, 2020The Michigan High School Athletic Association says it will seed the hockey regionals this winter, and will change the basketball system where the top seed of a district to make sure that if there is a bye, the top seed gets it. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
NCA JETS FLASHBACK: Relive '16 Championship
May 06, 2020The North Central High School boys basketball team won three straight state championships in 2015, 2016, and 2017, posting a national record winning streak along the way. This weekend, relive the 2016 title win over Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes by listening to Jerry Root's broadcast. Thursday and Saturday at 4:00 CT on Eagle 107.3, Friday at 4:00 CT on Maverick 106.3, and Sunday at 2:00 CT on NewsTalk 600 AM.
2019 Little League Season
Michigan Little League State Tournaments Canceled
May 06, 2020There will be no Little League Baseball or Softball state tournaments held this summer in Michigan. The state’s 16 district administrators have voted to cancel state tournaments, but some local play could continue. Click the above headline to read more.
Hockey
TITLETOWN-BOUND: Stannard Drafted In USHL
May 05, 2020Escanaba native Brayden Stannard took another step toward his hockey dreams on Tuesday when he was drafted in the second round of the United States Hockey League's Green Bay Gamblers. Click the above headline to read more and hear his interview.
Swimming
Wildcats Announce Team Of Year; Canale Awards
May 05, 2020Northern Michigan University on Monday revealed the rest of its 2019-20 award winners, with the Team of the Year award going to the swimming and diving team, and the Gildo Canale Senior Awards going to hockey's Phil Beaulieu, cross country runner Katelyn Smith, and swimmer Rachel Helm. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
Boys Basketball
BIG BRIT MAKES BIG MOVE: Alexander Goes D-1
May 01, 2020Bay College sophomore center Christian Alexander signed his National Letter of Intent to play NCAA Division One basketball at Gardner-Webb University, a school located in North Carolina from the Big South conference. Click the above headline for details.
2019 Little League Season
Little League Cancels 2020 World Series, Regionals
April 30, 2020There will be no Little League Baseball or Softball World Series this summer, nor will there be regional tournaments held. That announcement came on Thursday in Williamsport. Little League can still hold district, sectional, and state tournaments if health conditions allow depending on the state. Click the above headline to read the details.
Golf
Island Resort Symetra Tour Golf Event Postponed
April 30, 2020The Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass scheduled for June 19-21, 2020 has been postponed. The LPGA has delayed its season opening events until July 2020, which includes all Symetra Tour events. Click the above headline to read details.
Girls Softball
Radio Results Network To Re-Air Eskymo Title Win
April 28, 2020The Radio Results Network will help to fill some of that sports void this weekend with the re-broadcast of last June's high school softball state championship game between the Escanaba Eskymos and Stevensville-Lakeshore. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
NMU Announces 2019-'20 Wildcat Award Winners
April 27, 2020The Northern Michigan University Athletic Department announced the 2019-20 Wildcat Awards on Monday. The awards will be presented through social media and the official NMU Athletics website. Awards will be presented through May 4, finishing with the announcement of the Gildo Canale Outstanding Senior Award, Athletes of the Year, and Team of the Year. Click the above headline for details.
Football
Gladstone's Creten Looks To Future After Solid Year
April 27, 2020A Gladstone High School graduate had a breakout year as a freshman in college football, and now he’s looking to expand his opportunities heading into this upcoming season. Christian Creten was the leading tackler for Finlandia University last season, and on Monday, he entered the NCAA Transfer Portal. Click the above headline to read details.
Wrestling
Manistique H.S. Wrestlers Collecting Cans, Bottles
April 26, 2020You can get rid of all of those returnable cans and bottles and help the Manistique High School wrestling team at the same time. You can drop them off at the Gonzalez home at 1019 Deer Street, and when stores start accepting returnables again, the team will return them and the money will be used to help to buy new gear for next season. You can also call 286-3978, and they'll pick up the returnables.
Hockey
OH, CANADA! Marquette's Peterson Heading North
April 23, 2020A member of the Marquette Senior High School hockey team has signed to play hockey in Canada. Jakob Peterson will become a member of the Drayton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey Association. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
WIAA Cancels High School Spring Sports Seasons
April 21, 2020The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control voted to cancel 2020 spring sports regular-season competitions and the Tournament Series while allowing individual, virtual spring sports coaching to continue. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
RRN To Broadcast Classic Local High School Games
April 21, 2020The Radio Results Network is missing sports just as much as you are. So until the games begin again in the U.P., we will broadcast a different "classic" game every week on three of our radio stations, as well as on-line. Our first broadcast is scheduled for this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Click the above headline to see details.
Football
MHSAA Announces Changes For 2020-'21 Seasons
April 20, 2020The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced on Monday that schools are being assigned to their divisions beforehand in football, rather than taking the state's top 256 teams and then breaking them down by division. The state also announced some schools are changing divisions in various sports. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
Alexander, Hardwick Named To All-Regional Team
April 17, 2020NJCAA Region 13 announced the All-Region Basketball Teams. Bay College's Christian Alexander and Kaitlyn Hardwick were recognized among the best players in the region. Click the above headline to read more and see video highlights from both players.
Baseball
HOPING TO PLAY: Baseball Teams Not Giving Up
April 17, 2020The folks who run some of the Upper Peninsula’s American Legion Baseball programs say they’re not giving up on playing baseball at some point this summer here in the U.P. It just won't be "legion ball". Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
2020 American Legion Baseball Program Cancelled
April 13, 2020After conflicting reports last week from the American Legion baseball leadership, the word has come from Department of Michigan Chairman Barry Wood that the season has been cancelled. Click the above headline to read details.
Boys Basketball
HEADING EAST: Mattson To Play Hoops For UVF
April 09, 2020A member of the Bay College men’s basketball team will continue to play the sport he loves. Luke Mattson said on Thursday that he has accepted an offer from the University of Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. Click the above headline to read his story.
Girls Basketball
Detroit News Recognizes U.P. Players As All-Staters
April 08, 2020The Detroit News is out with its high school girls basketball All-State Teams. Click the above headline to see who made the paper's list. (Pictured: Nicole Kamin).
Boys Basketball
ALL-STATE YOOPERS: D3, D4 Teams Announced
April 07, 2020Iron Mountain's Marcus Johnson and Foster Wonders were both named as Division Three First Team All-Staters on Tuesday by the Associated Press, while the U.P.'s Nick Edington and Ashton Janke were Division Four First Teamers and Carney-Nadeau's Brett LaFord was named to the D-4 Second Team. Click the above headline to read details.
Girls Basketball
All-UP High School Girls Basketball Teams Named
April 06, 2020The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced the All-U.P. boys basketball teams Monday night. Click the above headline to see the list.
Boys Basketball
All-UP High School Boys Basketball Teams Named
April 03, 2020The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced the All-U.P. boys basketball teams Friday night. Click the above headline to see the list.
