The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team outscored the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs 20-8 in the fourth quarter for a 74-53 victory Friday in Marquette. NMU improved to 4-0 with the win.
Bay College struggled to score all night long, but managed to pull out a 62-55 win over Mesabi Range in a battle of two schools both nicknamed “Norse”, Friday in Virginia, Minn. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team's historic seasons came to a close on Friday, as the 'Cats fell to the Maryville Saints 2-1 in the first round of the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Michigan Tech volleyball team advanced to the semifinal round of the GLIAC Tournament for the seventh straight season after a 3-0 sweep of Northern Michigan Wednesday at the SDC Gym. The Huskies won 25-22, 25-14, and 25-15 to beat the Wildcats for the first time this season. Click the above headline for details from both schools. (MTU Photo)
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Wednesday released its All-U.P. football awards for the Eight-Man divisions. A group of 21 reporters from across the Upper Peninsula spent several hours during a meeting at Northern Michigan University to come up with this list. Click the above headline to see the award winners.
The Upper Peninsuila Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its All-UP high school volleyball teams on Monday. Kingsford's Maddy Kreider was named Ms. Volleyball as the U.P.'s top player, and was the D1-3 Defensive Player of the Year. Manistique's Ella Schuetter was named the D1-3 Offensive Player of the Year. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team took care of business on the field Sunday afternoon, defeating the Wisconsin Parkside Rangers 1-0 and securing their first GLIAC Championship title. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team swept two games at the GLVC/GLIAC crossover tournament this weekend, beating Lewis University (Ill.) 56-54 on Friday, and taking William Jewell (Mo.), 83-64, on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan Univeristy hockey team defeated the Lake Superior State Lakers twice this weekend, 6-4 on Friday and 4-3 in overtime on Saturday. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Gladstone High School football team fell behind early and never could recover Friday night, losing to the Kingsley Stags, 51-27, in the MHSAA Division Six regional championship game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswiters and Sportscasters Association on Thursday released its All-U.P. football players for the 11-man division. Click the above headline for details
The high school football playoffs are winding down, with teams from across the Upper Peninsula competing in several divisions losing this weekend. Only Menominee plays on. Click the above headline to see all of the schedules and scores.
The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team took care of business in the Superior Dome Monday evening, defeating the Purdue Northwest Pride 3-0 and securing home-field advantage for the remainder of the playoffs. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The opening weekend for the Bay College Norse women's basketball team had a little bit of everything as they easily beat Minnesota North-Vermillion, 82-47, but came out flat the next day and lost to the College of Lake County (Ill.), 53-42. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team opened the season with a pair of victories this weekend, beating the Minnesota North-Hibbing Cardinals, 100-48, Friday night, and then coming from behind to escape with a 56-54 win Saturday over the College of Lake County (Ill.) Lancers. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team lost both games on the road in Minnesota this weekend, falling to St. Thomas, 4-2 on Friday and 6-1 on Saturday. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Gladstone Braves football team ended four years of playoff frustration by beating the Negaunee Miners, 28-14, Friday night, at the Marble Athletic Field. The Braves took down the defending state runners-up, and the team that had ended their season in each of the past three playoffs. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team clinched their first-ever GLIAC regular season championship on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Michigan Tech. Stephanie Trujillo scored the only goal of the game. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
-In its final exhibition action of the preseason, the Northern Michigan women's basketball team fell at Division I UW-Green Bay 63-56 on Wednesday night. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments from NMU Coach Casey Thousand.
The Northern Michigan University volleyball team made an outstanding comeback on Halloween, beating the Michigan Tech Huskies in dramatic fashion, 3-2, Tuesday night. Click the above headline for the details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. Also listen to RRN's Grace Harlow broadcast the fifth set, and interview Coach Mike Lozier.
The Escanaba Eskymos played hard after falling behind by two sets in Monday night's MHSAA volleyball district tournament opener, winning the third set and nearly winning the fourth, before losing to the Houghton Gremlins, 3-1, in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and comments from both teams' head coaches.
The Northern Michigan hockey team picked up its first win of the season on Saturday as the Wildcats defeated Ferris State 4-1 in CCHA action at the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The North Central High School football team opened defense of its threepeat state championship on Saturday with a dominating 54-20 win over the previously-undefeated Posen Vikings in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos, interveiws.
The Northern Michigan University football team had an early lead, but gave up 39 straight points and lost to the Wayne State Warriors, 41-17, Saturday in Marquette. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Gladstone High School football team opened MHSAA Division Six playoff action Friday night with a workmanlike 28-7 win over the Boyne City Ramblers at the Marble Athletic Field. Eli Berthume rushed for three touchdowns and the Braves defense pitched a shutout until the back-ups allowed a score in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details.
The Manistique Hogh School volleyball team wrapped up a successful regular season Thursday night, with a rather easy 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos. The scores were 25-21, 25-14, and 25-15. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and other UP scores.
Mother Nature was not kind for the Marquette High School soccer team, and Lady Luck wasn't either, as the boys faced the Fruitport Trojans in an MHSAA Division Two regional semifinal game in Gaylord late Tuesday night. Marquette lost the game, 2-0. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Photo by Michelle Grunert)
The soccer season came to an end for the Kingsford Flivvers late Tuesday night in Gaylord, as the Flivvers couldn't hold a 2-0 lead and lost at the very end of regulation time to the Fremont Packers, 3-2, in Gaylord. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School soccer team is preparing for the biggest game in school history on Tuesday, when the Flivvers head downstate to face Fremont in the MHSAA Division Three regional semifinals. Click the above headline for details. (Coleton Mihelich photo)
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team got 30 points from Dylan Kuehl and slipped past the Bay College Norse, 81-73, Sunday afternoon at the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline for details and for post-game comments.
