The MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals for cross country were held in Gladstone on Saturday, and there were repeat champions on the boys side as Marquette, Painesdale-Jeffers, and Dollar Bay won titles. Click the above headline for details, photos, courtesy of MHSAA.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team lost both of its games in Arizona this weekend, losing to Arizona State, 3-2, on Friday night, and 5-1, on Saturday night. CLick the above headline to read details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Marquette High School boys soccer team made history on Saturday, winning a MHSAA District Championship with a dramatic win over Petoskey on penalty kicks. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos courtesy of MSHS soccer.
The Northern Michigan football team lost to the second-ranked team in the country, Grand Valley State, 73-14, on Saturday at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details. (Photo and statistics courtesy of NMU Sports Information)
The Gladstone Braves raced to a 27-0 lead in the first half and cruised to a 30-0 victory over the Escanaba Eskymos Friday night, ending Escanaba's season and sending the Braves into the playoffs as a No. 1 seed. Click the above headline for details, photos, interviews.
The U.P. Division One Girls Tennis Awards have been announced, and the co-champion Escanaba Eskymos and Negaunee Miners cleaned up the top awards. Escanaba's Sophia Derkos led the way, winning her second straight U.P. Player of the Year award. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse Volleyball Team won a hard fought match Tuesday night in Lower Michigan against the Montcalm Community College Centurions, earning a spot in the Great Lakes Region Regional Tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School boys varsity soccer team made the most of the new ability to take part in the MHSAA State tournament. Marquette beat Alpena, 3-0, Tuesday afternoon, at the Kaufman Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Kingsford High School volleyball team moved to within one win of the outright Great Northern Conference championship with a 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night. The scores were 25-16, 25-16, and 25-15. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, interviews, and other Upper Peninsula scores.
The Bay College Norse Cross Country team finished up their regular season schedule with a long trip to a conference meet hosted by Marian University's Ancilla College in Indiana over the weekend. Click the above headline to read details of how it went.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team scored ten goals in their two-game season-opening series on the road at Minnesota-Duluth this weekend, but could not get a win, playing to a 5-5 tie on Friday before losing 8-5 on Saturday. Click the above headline to read stories, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Michigan Tech University football team beat the Northern Michigan Wildcats, 62-0, Saturday night at the Superior Dome, to win the Miner's Cup for the 13th straight year. Click the above headline to read stories from both the NMU and Tech perspectives. (MTU Photo)
The Gladstone Braves scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to beat the Calumet Copper Kings, 28-21, Friday night in the Copper Country. Eli Berthaume scored all four touchdowns for the Braves. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
They didn't do it the easy way, but the Norway Knights football team finally slay the dragon Thursday night in a rivalry match-up with the North Central Jets. Norway fell behind, 14-0, but rallied to win, 32-26. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse volleyball team could not take advantage of a large crowd dressed in pink Wednesday night, and were upset by the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks, 3-1. The scores were 25-16, 12-25, 23-25, and 21-25. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford Flivvers beat the Marquette Redmen, 2-1, in an intense boys soccer title game to win the Upper Peninsula championship. The match went past regulation time tied at 1-1, and after overtime solved nothing, it went to penalty kicks to decide it. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Soccer Photo)
The Bay College Norse cross country teams competed over the weekend against larger schools in a meet in Wisconsin. Click the above headline to read how they did. (Bay College Photo)
The Bark River-Harris Broncos rolled up 470 yards of total offense and Dominick Lantagne rushed for 177 yards and four touchdowns in a 49-8 win over the West Iron County Wykons on Saturday in Stambaugh. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews
The Northern Michigan football team battled at No. 16 Davenport on Saturday afternoon, falling 28-12. The Wildcats kept it close throughout most of the contest, but back-to-back scores from Davenport early in the fourth quarter put it away. Click the above headline fror details.
The Gladstone Braves scored three touchdowns in the second half, and the defense pitched a shutout, as the Braves pulled away from the Houghton Gremlins on Homecoming, 31-8, Friday night. Eli Berthaume scored three touchdowns in that second half, and the defense forced twqo fumbles, as the Braves improved to 5-2. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Negaunee Miners finished as co-Upper Peninsula champions after Wednesday's MHSAA Division One Tournament in Marquette. Both teams finished undefeated seasons after they tied for first with 16 points each. Westwood had a great day, too, with 14 points. CLick the above headline for details.
Eight boys high school cross country teams and six girls teams ran at the Gladstone Farmhouse meet on Tuesday, with the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils winning both races and the Gladstone Braves taking second in both. It was somewhat of a preview of the U.P. Finals, which will be held on this course on Oct. 21. Click the above headline for details, photos
The Northern Michigan women's soccer team fought through a lengthy weather delay in its match against the Davenport Panthers, securing three points with a 3-0 win. There were multiple lightning strikes, causing the match to be delayed for a total of one hour and thirty minutes. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo and story)
The Northern Michigan Universty football team opened GLIAC conference play on Saturday with the biggest task in NCAA-Division Two sports: try to beat the two time defending national champions. On their field. On their Homecoming. And while you're trying to build a program.It didn't go well as the young 'Cats lost, 78-3. Click the above headline for details.
The Maroons won their sixth straight game Friday night as Landan Bardowski rushed for four touchdowns and Trevor Theuerkauf passed for two more scores in a 44-26 win over the Gladstone Braves. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's volleyball team continued to enjoy the home cooking Wednesday night as the Norse won another home match, beating fellow Upper Peninsula opponent Gogebic Community College, 3-0, at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School's Homecoming Week continued Wednesday night with the annual Powderpuff Football Game in Ludington Park, with the girls taking part in a competitive game and the guys serving as coaches. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Northern Michigan University men's soccer team opened up its road trip with a clash against UW-Eau Claire, dropping the contest by a score of 1-0. The heartbreak came in the 88th minute when Eau Claire converted on a penalty kick.
The Gladstone High School volleyball team won its first match in two years Tuesday night, beating the Westwood Patriots, 3-0, by scores of 25-15, 25-10, and 25-23. Click the above headline for details, and interviews. (Freddy VanBrocklin photo)
The Bay College Norse volleyball team picked up a 3-0 victory over the Montcalm Community College Centurions Monday night, but it was not as easy as that score indicates. Bay had to come from behind in all three sets, winning 26-24, 26-24, and 25-17. Click the above headline for details, and post-game comments.
