The Wildcats beat Alaska Anchorage 9-1 on Friday, two goals from AJ Vanderbeck, Kristof Papp, and Vincent de Mey. Mikey Colella, David Keefer, and Alex Frye also scored. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Negaunee High School football team dominated the Westwood Patriots, 44-0, Thursday night, in a game played in Marquette due to heavy snow in the western part of the county. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos outlasted the Ishpeming Hematites, 28-20, in high school football action Thursday night. Ethan Ives connected with Ben Shiverski on two touchdown passes, and the defense made two key stops as the Broncos finished 7-2 on the season. Click the above headline for details, interviews.
The Escanaba High School junior varsity football team scored two second half touchdowns to rally past the Gladstone Braves, 22-19, in the season finale Thursday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its weekly poll Tuesday morning, and it shows no change from the past week's ballot, with Negaunee and North Central holding down top spots entering the regular season's final weekend. Gladstone and Munising are second in the respective polls. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team rallied from two goals down to tie the game Sunday night but lost at the end to 14th ranked Notre Dame, 5-4, in South Bend, Ind. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The battle for the Miner's Cup saw Michigan Tech claim their 12th straight win over Northern Michigan on Saturday, defeating the Wildcats 21-7, at Sherman Field. Click the above headline for details, and interviews with Charlie Gerhard and D.J. Hutcherson. (NMU photo)
The Bay College Norse Volleyball Team (10-14, 3-6) had to fight from behind on multiple occasions to pull off a thrilling five-set victory over the Delta College Pioneers on Saturday. Click the above headline for details courtesy of Bay College Sports Information.
The soccer UP finals were held in Marquette, and the Marquette Redmen took home their 15th consecutive title after beating Iron Mountain 9–1 in the semifinals and Kingsford in the championship game 4–0. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Gladstone High School football team pulled out a 22-14 road win over the Gaylord Blue Devils Friday night, as Nate Young scored the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter and Vinny Howes made two clutch defensive plays down the stretch. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team was unable to overcome a couple of early power-play goals from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a 3-1 defeat on Friday. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Marquette High School cross country teams captured Great Northern Conference championships on Thursday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils and Escanaba Eskymos hooked up in an intense, marathon volleyball match Wednesday night in Escanaba. The Eskymos won the first two sets on Senior Night, but the Blue Devils rallied to take the next three sets to win, 3-2. Click the above headline for pictures and videos, and interviews with both coaches.
The Marquette Redmen and Houghton Gremlins played to a 1-1 draw in high school soccer Wednesday night in a tune-up for Saturday's U.P. Finals. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse got back to their winning-ways on Tuesday evening, sweeping the North Central Michigan Timberwolves in straight sets by scores of 25-12, 25-21, and 25-19. The win snaps a six-game losing streak. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association is out with its weekly football poll Tuesday morning. Click the above headline to read the rankings.
Six Upper Peninsula teams played a full day of high school volleyball Saturday in Escanaba at the Elks Invitational. Sault Ste. Marie topped Escanaba in the championship match after rallying past Stephenson in the semifinals. Click the above headline to read details, see pictures and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team made its long trip to Upstate New York a successful one by beating the Colgate University Raiders, 4-1, on Saturday, and 3-2 on Friday. Click the above headline to read details courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
Trailing by six points deep in the fourth quarter on homecoming, senior Will Ark constructed a 10-play, 65-yard drive and pushed his way past the goal line as Michigan Tech collected a 35-34 victory over Wayne State on a blustery Saturday afternoon at Kearly Stadium. Click the above headline to read details. (Michigan Tech University photo)
The Northern Michigan University football team lost in overtime on Saturday to Davenport, 27-24, at the Superior Dome. It's their second OT loss of the season. Click the above headline for details, and to hear player spotlight interviews. (NMU Photo)
The Negaunee Miners football team had a dominating run game and suffocating pass rush Friday night, in posting a 24-6 win over the Gladstone Braves in a battle of the two top-ranked teams in the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brad Landis.
With 15 seconds left in a 2-2 game, AJ Vanderbeck found the puck and fired a wrist shot over the shoulder of Colgate's goalkeeper for a stunning 3-2 NMU win. It was his second of the night and his second straight game with multiple goals. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School soccer team is closing in on another Upper Peninsula championship, and the Redman captain, Max Dawson, is closing in on a milestone of his own: 100 career goals. Click the above headline to read more about him. (Mary Sysko photo)
The high school Division One All-UP girls tennis teams were announced on Wednesday, and the Escanaba Eskymos brought home top honors as well as the Upper Peninsula's only members on the statewide D-1 All-State team. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen boys soccer team traveled to Sault Ste. Marie on Wednesday and beat the Blue Devils, 5-1, in the next-to-last game of the season. Click the above headline for details.
After a strong start to the season, the Bay College Norse Volleyball Team have hit a rough patch. After being swept in straight sets by Milwaukee Tech on Monday night the Norse have lost four in a row and eight of their last nine. Click the above headline for details.
The weekly Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association football poll was released Tuesday morning, and there's a new top-ranked eleven-man team: the Negaunee Miners. The North Central Jets are still tops in Eight-man. Click the above headline for details.
AJ Vanderbeck scored twice including the OT game-winner and Joey Larson scored the first of his career to push NMU to a 4-3 win over Bowling Green State on Sunday. Click the above headline for details from both weekend games. (NMU stories and photo)
The Wildcats and the Rangers took to the pitch for a Sunday afternoon matchup with impactful GLIAC implications on the line. The Rangers managed to get on the board in the first half and anchored down their defense to shutout Northern for a 1-0 win. Click the above headline for details. Story and photo courtesy of NMU Sports Information
The Marquette Redmen boys varsity soccer team traveled to Houghton on Saturday, and took home a victory by a 7-2 score. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
