Jake Vantubbergen scored 39 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Grand Valley State University men's basketball team knocked off the Northern Michigan Wildcats in a double-overtime thriller, 82-79, Thursday in Marquette. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Swim and Dive teams embarked in the 2020 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships Wednesday. Through their first day of finals, the women's team won two events and stand in first with 206.5 points while the men hold third with 123 points. Click the above headline to read details.
Brett LaFord scored 17 points to reach the 1,000 point mark in his career Tuesday night as the Carney-Nadeau High School boys basketball team held off the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 62-56. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
All three Upper Peninsula Division One college hockey teams will become a part of the new Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) in the 2021-22 season, joining four other WCHA schools in a league that does not include the two Alaska schools, as well as Alabama-Huntsville. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team outscored the Gladstone Braves, 20-6, in the fourth quarter, to post a 47-39 come-from-behind win in the Battle of Delta County Monday night. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, interviews.
The Marquette Area Public Schools Board of Education has decided to retire its Native Chief logo Monday night. While the school has used a Block M for many years now, the decision to officially remove the chief emblem passed, 6-1. The board made no decision on potential changes to the nickname itself. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women’s basketball team wrapped up the regular season on Saturday with an easy 108-49 win over an understaffed Truman College team in Chicago. All twelve Norse players scored as Bay ended the regular season with a 17-10 record. Click the above headline for details, hear interviews, and to see photos and videos.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had a war on its hands for a second straight day on Saturday, and the Norse pulled out another tight victory in their regular season finale, 71-64, over Truman College. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
After being shut out by the Bemidji State Beavers, 5-0, on Friday, the Northern Michigan University hcokey team played better on Saturday before falling, 5-1. The final score was boosted by two empty net goals. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University basketball teams had a rough day in Big Rapids on Saturday, as the women's team lost to Ferris State, 68-56, and the Wildcat men's team lost to the Bulldogs, 71-68. Click the above headline for details. (Ferris State photo)
The Bay College men's basketball team got several clutch baskets down the stretch Friday night and escaped with a 72-66 win over the Daley College Bulldogs in downtown Chicago. The Norse scored nine straight points to break a 59-59 tie and held off another Bulldog challenge. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team had the lead from start to finish Friday and posted a 68-36 win over the Malcolm X Hawks in downtown Chicago. The Norse caused 37 turnovers, 24 of them in the first half, in building a 37-13 lead that was never cut below double digits. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Bark River-Harris High School wrestling team won its first-ever MHSAA Division Four district championship Thursday night in Iron Mountain. The Broncos beat Iron Mountain in the final, 63-10. Click the above headline for details.
The Lake Superior State University basketball teams swept the Northern Michigan University Wildcats on Thursday, winning the women's game, 59-54, and the men's contest, 82-68, in Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline for details. (LSSU Athletics)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team led from wire to wire Wednesday night, beating the Gogebic Community College Samsons, 82-54, in Ironwood, to stay alive for the region's top seed. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College women’s basketball team clinched home court advantage for the upcoming NJCAA Region 13 tournament by beating Gogebic Community College, 80-54, Wednesday night in Ironwood. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Marquette High School boys basketball team scored 12 straight points in the final two minutes to pull away from the Gladstone Braves, 70-58, Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Ishpeming High School boys basketball team shook off a horrendous start and beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 67-56, Monday night. It was the first ever meeting between the schools. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos.
Nick Martinson scored a hat trick and Griffin Johnson had three points as the Escanaba Hawks U.P. Ophtalmology U10 Squirt Hockey team surprised Marquette Kiwanis, 4-1, in the District Eight championship game on Sunday. The win sends Escanaba to the state tournament in Trenton. Click the above headline to see photos, videos.
The Bay College women's basketball team fell behind early and couldn't mount a challenge on Saturday, falling to eleventh-ranked Bryant & Stratton for the second time in a week, 84-39. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Bryant & Stratton Bobcats men's basketball team started the second half on a 17-2 run and pulled away from the Bay College Norse, 95-64, Saturday, before a packed gym in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
Jessica Schultz scored a career-high 36 points Saturday to lead the Northern Michigan University women's basketball team to a 57-53 win over Purdue University Northwest at the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline to read details. (NMU Photo)
The Escanaba High School hockey team jumped to a 3-0 lead and held on to beat the Gaylord Blue Devils, 3-2, Friday night in Wells. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and see photos, videos taken by Billy and Micky LaMarch.
Michigan Tech fell 7-3 Friday against Lake Superior State in the Winter Carnival opener at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Huskies dominated in shots 42-30, but the Lakers got three goals in the first and two in each of the final two periods. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics.
There’s been a change at the head of the Bay College women’s basketball program. Matt Gregory has been named the new head coach for the remainder of the season, and will take over the helm immediately. Click the above headline to read details.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team picked up the series split with the Parkside Rangers with a 55-43 victory over the Rangers on Thursday evening. Myles Howard led the Wildcats with a double-double. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves and Escanaba Eskymos went down to thw wire in a wrestling dual meet Wednesday night before Gladstone picked up a 38-33 upset win on a pin by Peter Noblet in the evening's final match. Click the above headline for photos and video highlights.
The Northern Michigan University football team will add 21 players to the incoming class as the 2020 NCAA National Signing Day comes to a close. It will feature 14 offensive players, while seven will join the defensive core. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos got a dominating performance from Kyle Krutina, Karson Krutina, and Ethan Silverstone, and rolled to an 11-3 win over the Negaunee Miners Tuesday. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos taken by Bill LaMarch.
The Michigan Wrestling Association's girls high school state championships were hosted Sunday by Adrian College, featuring 265 wrestlers from around the state, including seven from the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see how they did.
