The Carney-Nadeau High School volleyball team advanced to the state semifinals Tuesday night with a thrilling 3-2 win over the Onaway Cardinals in the quarterfinals at Manistique High School. The scores were 25-22, 23-25, 25-20, 20-25, and 15-9.
Two Norse Cross Country runners made history over the weekend as the first ever Bay College athletes to compete in an NJCAA National Championship. Gladstone grads Zoie Berg and James Young represented the Norse. Click the above headline to read details.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team rolled past Lewis (Ill.) University, 77-59, Sunday to complete a perfect weekend at the GLIAC/GLVC Challenge in Marquette. Isiah Johnson scored 33 points to cross the 1,000 point mark in his career, making nine of his first ten shots and getting a dunk. Myles Howard dunked three times on alley-oop plays from Naba Echols. Click the above headline for photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville, and listen to radio replays and interviews.
The Michigan Tech men's basketball team notched win number one of the 2018-19 season Sunday afternoon with a 75-67 non-conference victory over McKendree University at the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Northern Michigan University football team lost its season finale on Saturday, 41-7, to the Ashland Eagles in Ohio. Jake Mayon set an NMU single-season rushing record in the loss. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team lost twice at a tournament over the weekend in Minnesota. The Norse lost to United Tribes (ND), 64-59, and fell to Bismark State (ND), 95-73. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of Bay College Athletics.
Ryan Robinette scored 24 points and Alfonzo Fields added 18 as Bay College won a wild basketball game over Bismarck State (ND), 116-107, in overtime, on Saturday. Robinette made six triples in the game as the Norse rallied from 17 down, then blew a ten-point lead, before winning in overtime. Click the above headline for more details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its All-U.P. picks for the high school football season on Saturday. The Escanaba Eskymos were named the large school Team of the Year, and quarterback Craig Kamin was named the offensive player of the year. Click the above headline to see all of the award selections.
The Rapid River High School football team advanced to the MHSAA Eight-Man Division Two state championship game Friday night with a 36-30 win over the Cedarville Trojans in snowy Rapid River. Tyler Sundling had the game-clinching interception with 45 seconds left. Click the above headline for details and to hear post-game interviews.
Two Norse Cross Country team members are poised to make history as the first ever student-athletes from Bay College to compete in an NJCAA National Championship. Zoie Berg and James Young (both from Gladstone) will compete in Garden City, Kansas, on Saturday. Click the above headline to read details. (Zoie Berg photo from Kansas)
The high school hockey season is right around the corner, and in Escanaba, the Eskymos held their first practices this week. Some of the boys are still playing football, with a big playoff game set for this Saturday. But for the rest, it's hockey season! The Eskymos open with a three-game homestand, starting Nov. 27 against Marquette, Nov 29 against Kingsford, and Dec. 3 against Negaunee. Click the above headline for photos.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at Bay College in Escanaba Wednesday afternoon for the start of construction on an expansion of the athletic facilities there. It was a cold and windy, but turnout was good. Click the above headline for photos, interviews.
Click the above headline to see the regional volleyball scores involving U.P. teams.
The Northern Michigan University football team rallied from 14 points down to beat Wayne State, 34-24, in a down-to-the-wire game Saturday in Detroit. Anthony Ladd's 97-yard pick-six interception clinched the win with ten seconds to play. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos, and listen to replays and interviews.
The Escanaba High School football team won a district championship on Saturday, beating Alma, 14-13, with a Christer Carne touchdown and Ethan Silverstone kick with 3:24 left in the fourth quarter. Escanaba gets another crack at Grand Rapids Catholic Central next Saturday at noon. Click the above headline for more details.
The Bay College Norse basketball teams lost to North Iowa Area Community College on Saturday in Mason City, Iowa. In the women's game, the 10th-ranked Trojans won, 109-74. NIACC also prevailed in the men's game, 97-77. Click the above headline to read details.
The Rapid River Rockets scored on a trick play with 1:11 left in the fourth quarter and beat the Forest Park Trojans, 40-34, in a thrilling Eight-Man regional championship game on Friday. Click the above headline to read details and listen to post-game interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had a seven-point lead in the second half, but went into a long scoring dry spell and lost to Ellsworth (Iowa) Community College, 80-60, Friday afternoon in Iowa. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team outscored Ellsworth, 25-10, in the fourth quarter and posted a 61-47 win in Mason City, Iowa, on Friday. Jordan Kraemer and Jordan Belleville both scored 19 points for Bay. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team had its season come to an end Wednesday night after a marathon loss to the Houghton Gremlins in the district semifinals, 3-2. Escanaba won the first set, 25-19, before the Gremlins evened the match, also 25-19. Escanaba dominated the third set, 25-11, but the Gremlins rallied to win the fourth set, 25-23, and the fifth, 15-5. Click the above headline for U.P. results.
The Gladstone Braves won the first set, but the Kingsford Flivvers roared back to post a 3-1 victory in the MHSAA Division Three volleyball district semifinals Tuesday night in Gladstone. The scores were 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-16. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and scores from other U.P. matches.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team lost an exhibition game to the tenth-ranked Michigan State Spartans, 93-47, Tuesday night at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. Naba Echols scored 23 points to lead NMU. Nick Ward had 24 for State. Click the above headline to read game details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Manistique Emeralds opened the volleyball post-season Monday with a 3-0 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos in the Division Three district tournament. The scores were 25-10, 25-19, 25-22. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and other U.P. scores.
Christian Laettner put on a series of camps in Gladstone on Sunday. He was a two-time national champion at Duke University, played 13 seasons with several teams in the NBA, and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team. Laettner posed for photos and there were raffle tickets drawn for Duke University and Team USA jerseys. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
Jake Mayon broke Northern Michigan University's All-time rushing record on Saturday, and the Wildcats jumped to a 14-0 lead over the Michigan Tech Huskies. But the Wildcats lost their ninth straight game to the Huskies, 35-33, in yet another game that went down to the wire at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details, radio replays, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba Eskymos beat the Ludington Orioles, 27-20, Saturday afternoon in their playoff opener. The time for the second round playoff game has been announced. Escanaba will travel to Alma next Saturday for a 12:00 noon kickoff. Against Ludington, The Eskymos took the lead in the final minute on a hook-and-lateral play, with Ben Willis getting the Craig Kamin pass and tossing it to Josh Bruntjens, who ran for the touchdown. Ludington had one last chance, but an interception by Nick Ramos (and a fumble recovery by Alex Lynch) sealed the game for the Eskymos.
The Forest Park Trojans and Rapid River Rockets pulled off playoff surprises Friday night as the post-season began. The Trojans stunned top-seeded North Central, 36-24, while the Rockets turned back the favored Engadine Eagles, 20-18, in Engadine. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos from the Trojans-Jets game.
Ryan Black scored in the second period and two Wildcats scored late empty-net goals as the Northern Michigan University hockey team beat Bemidji State, 3-0, Friday night at the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of NMU Athletics.
The Northern Michigan University football team held its final full practice Thursday night before Saturday's Upper Peninsula battle against the Michigan Tech Huskies. MTU has won the Miners Cup eight straight years. The Radio Results Network will be distributing Rally Towels for the first 1,000 fans who enter the Dome at each entrance on Saturday. Click the above headline for pictures from Thursday's practice.
The Gladstone Braves defeated the Negaunee Miners, 3-0, on Volley for a Cure Night in Gladstone on Tuesday. The scores were 25-12, 25-20, and 25-21. The money raised from the match will benefit "Grandma Peaches", the grandmother of Braves sophomore Megan Crow, who is battling cancer. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights.
