After a slow start in the first half, the NMU men's basketball team outscored the Purdue Northwest Pride 55-37 in the second half en route to an 85-77 win on Thursday to open GLIAC competition. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Makaylee Kuhn (19 points) and Taya Stevenson (15 points) combined for over half of the Wildcats' scoring production in a 64-48 GLIAC-opening win at Purdue Northwest on Thursday. It broke NMU's slump which saw them lose three of their last four. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game and player spotight interviews.
The Marquette Redmen scored seven goals in the first period, and after the Escanaba Eskymos scored three times, regained momentum in the third period to post an 11-3 win Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Complex. The game ended on the mercy rule with 3:49 to play. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and for interviews.
Michigan Tech Athletic Director Suzanne Sanregret announced Tuesday (Nov. 29) that Head Football Coach Steve Olson's contract has not been renewed. Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator Dan Mettlach has been named the new Head Coach of the Huskies, effective immediately. Click the above headline for more details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team built a 22-point lead over the Vermillion (Minn.) College Ironhawks on Sunday, and coasted to a 66-60 win on the final day of the Lindquist Classic in Irownood. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball tesm stunned the 14th-ranked Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs Sunday afternoon, with three players scoring over 20 points each, 90-76, in Duluth. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments from Coach Matt Majkrzak, and player spotlight interviews. (UMD Photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team had six players score in double figures Saturday and dominated the Hibbing (Minn.) Community College Cardinals, 102-54, Saturday night in Ironwood. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team welcomed St. Cloud State to the Berry Events Center for a non-conference matchup on Saturady. The Wildcats fought hard but would eventually fall short in the final seconds, 55-51. This followed a 50-37 loss to Minnesots-Duluth Friday afternoon. Click the above headline for details.
The Gogebic Community College Samsons men's basketball team shook off a sluggish start and posted a 50-46 win over the Vermillion (Minn.) Ironhawks Saturday night in Ironwood. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the game.
The Negaunee Miners football team battled Grand Rapids West Catholic to a 14-14 draw in the third quarter before the Falcons exploded to beat the Miners, 59-14, in the Division Six state championship game on Friday. Click the above heaadline for details.
Not much went right for the Northern Michigan University women's basketball team on Friday as the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs led from start to finish in posting a 50-37 win. The Wildcats trailed by as many as 26 points in the fourth quarter before outscoring the Bulldogs' reserve players, 15-2, to finish the game. Click the above headline for details.
The 2022 Upper Peninsula high school football playoffs have come to an end. Click the above headline for all of the scores.
Sawyer LaMarch scored the game-winning goal in the third period, and his cousin, Brayden Martineau, had the other two goals as the Escanaba Eskymos erased a 2-0 deficit to edge the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-2, Tuesday nigt in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and player/coach radio interveiws.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its Eight Man All-U.P. teams. The voting was done last week by a panel of 16 reporters from around the U.P. at a meeting in Marquette, before the North Central Jets won the state championship.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team took to the Berry Events Center hardwood for the first time on the 2022-23 season, besting the Finlandia Lions 76-49 on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details, and hear interviews. (NMU Photo)
The No.18 ranked Northern Michigan women's wrestling team competed at Albion College on Sunday, seeing three individual victories and finishing in third place of 13 competing teams. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The North Central Jets completed a remarkable "three-peat" on Saturday with yet another dominating performance in the MHSAA Division Two Eight Man state championsip game, racing to a 35-0 lead and rolling over the Mendon Hornets, 66-26, at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details, and to listen to the radio replay of the game.
The Negaunee High School football team pulled out a gutsy 13-12 victory over Reed City in the MHSAA Division Six state semifinals Saturday afternoon in Gaylord. The Miners advance to the state championship game at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College women's basketball team split a weekend series for the third time this season, this time in far northern Minnesota. The Norse lost Friday night to Rainy River (Minn.), 60-59, but bounced back on Saturday to beat Itasca (Minn.), 57-36. Click the above headline to see details, photos, videos, and to hear interviews.
AJ Vanderbeck scored his 49th and 50th career goals, including the overtime game-winner, as the Northern Michigan University Wildcats stunned 8th-ranked Minnesota State, 3-2, Saturday night in Mankato. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters announced their All-U.P. football teams Friday evening. A panel of 20 people met for seven hours at Northern Michigan University on Wednesday to come up with this list. Click the above headline to see the winners.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team picked up two high-scoring wins Thursday and Friday nights in Marquette. Max Bjorklund scored 30 points in a 97-81 win over Minnesota-Crookston, then added 34 points in a 90-86 win over Concordia-St. Paul. Bryan Parzych scored a combined 49 points in the wins. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball team traveled to Crookston Minnesota for a clash against the Golden Eagles. After a slow start, NMU dominated the second-half and got 20 points apiece from Makaylee Kuhn and Mackenzie Holzwart for a 74-64 win to improve to 3-0 on the season. Click the above headline for details, interviews.
Matching up with the host and No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region of the NCAA Tournament, the NMU volleyball team fought hard but fell in three sets, ending their season at 23-9. Click the above healine for details. (NMU Photo)
Bay College sophomore Alaina Trudeau has been named the MCCAA Northern Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of November 7-13. The Gladstone native scored 36 points in two games last weekend. Click the above headline for details.
Kyle Nystrom has resigned as Northern Michigan University's head football coach, effective immediately, according to NMU Athletic Director Rick Comley. Comley said the team was notified early Monday afternoon of the decision. Click the above headline for details.
The North Central High School football team faced its first challenge of the season on Saturday, but pulled away from the Marion Eagles, 36-12. THe win moves the Jets into the state championship game next Saturday at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details, and to listen to a replay of the game and post-game comments. (Photo Michelle Gorzinski)
The Upper Peninsula high school volleyball post-season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team picked up two more wins this weekend, beating Mesabi Range (Minn.), 73-55, and holding off Madison (Wis.) College, 73-69 on Saturday. The results give the Norse a 4-0 record. Click the above headline for details.
The best season in 15 years came to an end for the Gladstone High School football team on Saturday as the Negaunee Miners posted an 18-12 win in the MHSAA Division Six Regional Championship Game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
