The Escanaba High School softball team will not get a chance to defend its back-to-back state championships as Michigan's high school sports seasons were cancelled Friday because of the coronavirus. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association decided on Friday to cancel the winter post-season tournaments that had been suspended, and has cancelled all spring sports seasons because of the coronavirus. Click the above headline to read details.
NMU-National Training Site Greco-Roman wrestler Spencer Woods had qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials, scheduled for this upcoming weekend. With the competition canceled, the Summer Olympics postponed until 2021, and his dream deferred, he has returned to his home state of Alaska. Woods is on self-quarantine, living in an Arctic oven tent with a wood stove until he can join his parents in their village. (NMU Photo Sandy Slater)
The Michigan Wrestling Association is praising the work of the best high school wrestling teams and individuals...off the mat. The Escanaba Eskymos were recognized for having the ninth-best team grade point average in the state in Division Two. The Westwood Patriots and five individuals were also honored. Click the above headline to read more.
Bay College Athletic Director Matt Johnson has announced that Matt Gregory has been hired as the Head Women's Basketball Coach. Gregory served as the interim coach for the end of the 2019-2020 season. Click the above headline to read more details.
Eight Upper Peninsula High School wrestlers are being honored for their success on the mat this winter. The Michigan Wrestling Association lists its All-State teams by grade level and by division. Click the above headline to read about the Yoopers and see videos.
Sault Ste. Marie High School graduate and University of Wisconsin hockey player Abby Roque has been named an All-American, along with Badgers teammate Daryl Watts. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of UW Athletics.
Norway Speedway is still planning to get the season of stock car racing under way on May 22nd. Click the above headline to read more about their plans.
An Upper Peninsula hockey player had his East Coast junior hockey season come and abrupt end, along with the rest of the sports world, with the emergence of the coronavirus. Click the above headline to read more about Bark River's Brayden Stannard.
Two members of the Bay College Norse baseball team are thousands of miles away from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Click the above headline to learn more about David Ibn Ezra and Nicolas Goebert, and their plans for dealing with the crisis.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association closed its East Lansing office on Tuesday as the coronavirus concerns continue. But there has been no change in the status of the high school sports seasons. Click the above headline to read more.
The Bay College Norse baseball and softball seasons officially came to an end on Monday with the NJCAA announcement that the spring sports seasons have been canceled due to the coronavirus. The organization had temporarily suspended the seasons on Friday. Click the above headline to hear interviews.
Six Marquette Redmen and one Escanaba Eskymo have been named to the Divison Two All-State teams by the Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association. Click the above headline to see who made the teams, and hear interviews about their selections.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association has directed all member schools to suspend activities in all sports for all seasons – effective Monday, March 16 through at least Sunday, April 5. Click the above headline for details.
Tanner Halvorson threw a nine-inning two-hitter on Friday as the Bay College Norse blanked the Northwestern Minnesota Eagles, 3-0, in Fort Pierce, Fla. Halvorson's performance follows the no-hitter that he threw earlier in the week, and he struck out 16 batters for the seccond time. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse softball team finished the Florida trip on Friday by beating the Chesapeake Skip Jacks, 9-1, at Chain Of Lakes Park in Titusville, Fla. The Norse got a complete-game pitching performance from Eden Oswald as she scattered three base hits and struck out ten batters. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brad Landis.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association decided on Thursday afternoon to postpone all winter sports tournaments, immediately, and until further notice. Click the above headline to read details from the MHSAA director.
The Upper Peninsula high school hockey post-season was postponed due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see the schedules and scores for all of the U.P. varsity teams.
The 2019-20 high school boys basketball playoffs were postponed due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see the schedules for U.P. teams.
The 2020 Upper Peninsula high school girls basketball post-season was postponed due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules.
Finlandia University has decided to cancel the remainder of its spring sports seasons. The decision was made due to the quickly-evolving COVID-19 situation. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bay College Norse softball team held a late lead in both of their games against Spoon River (Illinois) College Snappers on Thursday, but dropped both ends of the doubleheader, 8-6 in nine innings, and 6-5, in Titusville, Fla. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Michigan Amateur Hockey Association announced tonight it has cancelled all its remaining State Championships, including the Under-18 AA, 16A, and 18-AA state tournaments scheduled to be run at Marquette’s Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline to read details.
Dane VanDenHeuvel had a double and a triple at the plate, and Scotty Adams pitched six strong innings, as the Bay College Norse snapped a five-game losing streak Wednesday with a 17-5 win over Nyack (N.Y.) College. That followed a 16-6 loss to the College of Lake County (Ill.), 16-6, in which Ben Snyder
The Bay Softball Team got their record above .500 with a pair of wins over St. Clair County Community College by final scores of 10-7 and 12-3.Lexi Chaillier hit a home run in both games to continue her strong batting. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team got a great pitching performance from Kyler Moir on Tuesday, but the lack of clutch hitting and shoddy sixth inning defense caused the Norse to lose to Miami ASA College, 7-1, in West Palm Beach. The Norse then dropped the nightcap, 16-0. Click the above headline for details, photos taken by Brad Landis.
Former Wildcat hockey head coach Rick Comley was named the 2020 recipient of the Hobey Baker Legend of College Hockey award as announced by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College softball team rebounded from the tough weekend losses by winning three games on Monday, beating Itasca (Minn.), 12-3; St. Cloud (Minn.), 7-4; and Macomb Community College (Mich.), 16-7. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Baseball Team saw its first game slip away late as they lost to Hagerstown Community College by a final of 16-6. They were then overmatched by Miami University-Hamilton, 25-2. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
Tanner Halvorson threw a complete-game no-hitter, striking out 16 batters as the Bay College baseball team beat Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College, 9-0, Sunday at Vero Beach, Fla. The no-hitter was the first in the two-year history of Norse baseball, as Halverson walked three batters and threw 105 pitches. Click the above headline to read details.
