The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had six players score in dluble figures on Saturday, and led from start-to-finish to beat the Mid Michigan College Lakers, 85-73, at the Bay College Gym. The Norse took a two-game lead atop the MCCAA North Conference standings at the season's halfway point. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Jacy Weisbrod scored 25 points and Makaylee Kuhn added another 18 to lead the Northern Michigan women's basketball team to a 73-50 road win over the Lake Superior State Lakers on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details and post-game comments. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team had its 13-game winning streak snapped on Saturday, losing to the Lake Superior State Lakers, 74-68. NMU shot just three free throws, while LSSU had 26 free throw attempts. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team scored three goals in the first 2:45 of the game and coasted to a 8-0 win over the Shawano-Bonduel combined team Friday night in Wells. Two Eskymos, Hunter Allen and Sam Spear, scored third first-ever Eskymo goals in the win. Click the above headline for details, and photos, videos taken by Liz Taylor.
The NMU men's hockey team got back to winning ways on Friday, defeating the Michigan Tech Huskies 4-1 at the Berry Events Center. Artem Shlaine scored two goals and assisted on another. Click the above headline for details, and for post-game comments. (NMU PHoto)
In a top-20 matchup and a clash of the top two teams in the Midwest, the Northern Michigan men's basketball team held on for a 83-80 victory at Ferris State, marking 13 straight victories, tying a program record. Click the above headline for details, interviews.
The Northern Michigan women's basketball team found themselves on the wrong end of a 30-8 third quarter as the Wildcats fell just short at No. 7 Ferris State, 71-66, on Thursday evening at Jim Wink Arena in Big Rapids. Click the above headline for comments from Coach Casey Thousand.
It was a history-setting night for the Bay College Norse women's basketball team Wednesday as the ladies stretched their winning streak to ten games with a dominating 124-33 win over the Kirtland Community College Firebirds. Kennedy Sproule made 13 three-point baskets and scored 45 points in the Norse win. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team played their first game as the nation's 19th-ranked NJCAA-II team Wednesday night, and did nothing to spoil that new ranking. The Norse rolled past Kirtland Community College, 91-42, in Grayling, stretching their record to 19-2 on the season. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team opened a three-games-in-four nights stretch Tuesday night with a 9-1 win over the Negaunee Miners in Negaunee. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos taken by Ben Sands, and to listen to post-game interviews,
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team rolled to an all-around 98-66 rout of Michigan Tech on Saturday, making 12 straight victories for the nationally-ranked 'Cats. Max Weisbrod led the way with a career-high 35 points. Click the above headline for details, interviews.
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team used a strong first half to outlast Northern Michigan, 71-58, inside the Berry Events Center on Saturday afternoon. Click the thumbnails for deatils, and comments from NMU Coach Casey Thousand, (Michigan Tech photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team led from start to finish Saturday, beating the Delta College Pioneers out of the Saginaw area, 87-56, to stay undefeated in conference play. Six players scored in double figures for the Norse. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and to hear player and coach interviews.
Ashlee Burchette scored 31 points, 25 of them in the first half, to lead the Bay College Norse women's basketball team to its ninth straight victory on Saturday, 89-60, in Escanaba. Bay stayed tied for first place in the conference standings with the win. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University Wildcats picked up a 3-2 shootout win over the Mankato State Mavericks Friday night in Minnesota, as Matvei Kabanov scored after the game officially ended in a 2-2 tie. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team stayed undefeated in conference play Wednesday night, but it wasn't easy. The Norse made big plays down the stretch and pulled out a 77-72 win over Alpena Community College. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team continued its hot streak Wednesday night with an easy 84-34 win over the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks at the Bay College Gym. It was Bay's eighth straight win, and kept them perfect in the MCCAA North Conference with a 4-0 record. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team led from start to finish and beat the Grand Rapids Community College Raiders, 79-38, Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and to hear post-game interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had leads as big as 21 points and coasted to a 88-78 win over the Grand Rapids Community College Raiders Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and to hear post-game interviews.
In a tightly contested back-and-forth battle on Saturday afternoon, the Northern Michigan men's basketball team outscored Parkside 38-32 in the second half en route to its 11th consecutive victory. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University hockey team split its weekend series with the St. Thomas Tommies at the Berry Events Center. The Wildcats won Friday, 3-2, but lost on Saturday, 3-1. Click the above headline for details of both games. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse closed the game on a 15-4 run to rally past the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks, 76-72, Saturday afternoon in Muskegon. Baril Mawo led the way with 23 points. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team stretched its winning streak to six games on Saturday with an 80-73 win over the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks in Muskegon. Siena Lingle and Ashlee Burchette boty scored 23 points to lead the Norse. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to listen to interviews.
The Northern Michigan women's basketball team scored a single-quarter season-high 28 points in the second while also holding Parkside to a single-quarter season-low of six points to hang on for a big 83-76 road victory on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details.
Trailing by four with just over 10 minutes left, the Northern Michigan men's basketball team went on a 20-4 run over a six-minute window and held on down the stretch for a 82-78 win at Purdue Northwest, pushing its winning streak to ten. Click the above headline for details.
Jacy Weisbrod scored a career-high 24 points in a 76-62 wire-to-wire victory for the Northern Michigan women's basketball team over Purdue Northwest on Thursday. Makaylee Kuhn added 20 points in the road victory. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team opened the MCCAA conference season Wednesday night with a 76-34 win over North Central Michigan in Petoskey. Ashless Burchette led the way with 26 points. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School hockey team scored three times in the final 2:11 of the game to stun the Manistique Emeralds, 4-2, Tuesday night, in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos taken by Liz Taylor, and to hear interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves met for the second time in five days on the wrestling mat, and the result was the same Monday night in Gladstone. The Braves beat the Eskymos by an even larger score than last time, 63-12. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The North-South High School Hockey Showcase wrapped up Saturday in snowbound Traverse City, with three Upper Peninsula teams in action. And there was extra hockey for all three U.P. teams as Escanaba, Kingsford, and Marquette playing overtime. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.