The Marquette Redettes and Escanaba Eskymos girls tennis teams played to a 4-4 tie for the second straight meeting on Tuesday, with both teams each winning two singles matches and two doubles matches. Click the above headline for details.
The first Upper Peninsula high school football poll is out from the UP Sportswriters and Sportscasters. The Gladstone Braves are ranked #1 in the 11-man poll and the North Central Jets are tops in the 8-man poll. Click the above headline for more details.
The Bay College Norse Volleyball Team (7-6) ended up taking two out of three matches on their trip to Minnesota this past weekend. After beating Anoka-Ramsey 3-2 in a thrilling five set match, the Norse swept Dakota County Technical College before falling to a very good Century College team. Click the above headline for details.
The NMU Volleyball team started the GLIAC schedule off with a sweep of Grand Valley State Saturday, and followed it up with another sweep of Davenport to start the season 9-1 and 2-0 in the GLIAC. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School soccer team picked up a couple of road wins downstate over the weekend, rallying past Gaylord, 3-2, on Sunday, after turning back Traverse City Central, 5-1, on Saturday. This followed a home win over Sault Ste. Marie last Thursday evening. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos by Mary Sysko.
The Northern Michigan University Football team played host to the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh Titans. The Wildcats came out on top, 13-10, in a close game, for their first win of the season. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
St. Thomas used a balanced attack and steady defense to soundly defeat Michigan Tech football 32-6 in non-conference play Saturday afternoon at O'Shaughnessy Stadium. The Huskies fell to 1-1 on the season. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
Cole Potier ran for 199 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 28-6 win over Menominee Friday night at Blesch Stadium. The win gave Gladstone a 3-0 record, and 2-0 in the Great Northern Conference. Click the above headline for details.
Four second-half goals from freshmen helped the Wildcats rally back from a 2-0 halftime deficit as they defeated Upper Iowa 4-2 to start GLIAC play. NMU is now 2-2-1 on the young season. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Upper Peninsula football weekend got underway with junior varsity games Thursday night, and the Gladstone Braves used a potent aerial attack to win their home opener. Click the above headline for details, photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team improved to 3-0 in Great Northern Conference play with a rather easy 3-0 win over the Gladstone Braves. The scores were 25-9, 25-20, and 25-13. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team posted another victory on Wednesday, taking down the West Iron County Wykons, 6-2, in Escanaba. The Eskymos won three of the four singles matches, as well as three of four doubles matches. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team was on the court for just the second time Tuesday night, and the Eskymos picked up their second Great Northern Conference win by beating the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-1. The scores were 25-14, 25-14, 14-25, and 25-14. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Marquette Redmen boys varsity soccer team hosted the Kingsford Flivvers at the Kaufman sports complex on Tuesday night and came away with a 2-1 win. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Island Resort Collegiate golf championship went down to the wire on Monday, and in the end, nothing was solved as the Toledo Rockets and Illinois State University Redbirds finished tied for first place and will share the trophy. Click the above headline for detais.
The 51st annual Felch Labor Day baseball tournament wrapped up on Monday at the historic Felch Field in Dickinson County, with the championship game being decided between two Wisconsin teams, ending in dramatic fashion. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse volleyball team salvaged the final match of a three-match road trip to Wisconsin on Saturday, beating the Dakota County (Minn.) Technical College Blue Knights, 3-1., at a triangular hosted by Madison College. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University men's soccer team took an early lead against fourth-ranked Indianapolis on Sunday, but the Greyhounds rallied to beat the Wildcats, 2-1, in Marquette. Click the above headline for details. (NMU photo)
The 51st annual Felch Labor Day weekend baseball tournament saw eight teams from the Upper Peninsula and Wisconsin turn out for a modified double-elimination event. The field was narrowed to four teams on Sunday. Click the above headline for details.
The first day of the Island Resort Collegiate golf championship is in the books at Sage Run. After 36 holes of golf, Toledo is in first place, followed by Illinois State, Michigan, and Kentucky. Click the above headline for details. (Toledo Athletics photo)
The Northern Michigan University volleyball team wrapped up a perfect 4-0 trip to Kentucky on Saturday with wins over William Jewell (Mo.) College and Tiffin (Ohio) University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Mid Peninsula Wolverines football team played on its home field for the first time since October of 2012, hosting the Brimley Bays Friday night. The new Mid Pen team trailed just 18-12 in the second quarter before Brimley pulled away to win, 66-18. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Rudyard High School football team rolled past the Rapid River Rockets, 63-0, Friday night in Rapid River. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Northern Michigan University volleyball team won twice in Kentucky on Friday, beating Henderson State, 3-1, and Kentucky Wesleyan, 3-0. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School football team scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to break a 20-20 tie, and beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 34-20, Thursday night in Gladstone. It was the Braves first win over the Flivvers in football since 1998. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Northern Michigan University football team opened up the 2022 campaign Thursday by hosting the McKendree University Bearcats in the first night game in the Superior Dome in over ten years. The Bearcats came out on top 31-24 in Overtime. Click the above headline for details, and to hear interviews with Deandre Caldwell and John McMullen.
Darius Willis pulled down two second half touchdown receptions and lifted Michigan Tech football to a season opening victory over Wisconsin-Platteville 23-13 Thursday night at Kearly Stadium in front of 1,933 fans. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Marquette Redettes and Escanaba Eskymos girls tennis teams had some very competitive matches on Tuesday, and the result was a dead heat. The dual meet ended in a 4-4 tie as both teams won twice in singles flights and twice in doubles. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and hear post-game interviews.
The Escanaba Polecats Mikey D’s Beer Cave baseball team won the Superiorland Baseball championship Monday night over the the top-seeded Channing Railsplitters, 6-0, in northern Dickinson County. Bark River-Harris graduate and Bay College alum Jack Bower threw a complete game. Escanaba graduate and former Norse Jake LaFave had three hits at the plate. Escanaba earned the right to play against Copper Country Twilight League champion Stanton Building Supply in the U.P. championship game, which will be played next month.
The Escanaba High School tennis team picked up another victory on Monday, beating the Gladstone Braves, 6-1. Click the above headline to see details, photos, and videos.
