Michigan Tech earned an at-large bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Hockey Tournament and will open against Minnesota Duluth on Thursday (March 24) at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women’s volleyball team is off and running after signing its first seven ladies to be a part of the first Norse season this fall. Click the above headline to read more about the first seven girls who have signed, and see photos and videos.
The Baraga High School girls basketball team rallied from 13 points down in their Division Four state semifinal game against Fowler at the Breslin Center on Thursday, but lost a tough one, 51-45. Click the above headline for the details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Menominee High School boys basketball team captured its first regional championship since 2008 Wednesday night by beating Benzie Central, 60-56, in double overtime. At the same time, Escanaba and North Central lost their title games. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team shook off a poor shooting night and slipped past the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 41-29, in the MHSAA Division Two Regional Semifinal Monday night in Manistique. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Northern Michigan University's head coach Troy Mattson is set to retire in June after 17 years as leader of the Wildcat women's basketball program and nearly 40 years with NMU Athletics. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Hawks 14U bantam B hockey team won the MAHA State Championship on Sunday in Ironwood, rolling past Rochester, 11-0, in the semifinals, and then blasting Big Rapids, 10-1, in the championship game. Click the above headline for details and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team had its season come to an end Saturday night with an 8-1 loss to Mankato State in the CCHA semifinals in Minnesota. David Frye scored NMU's only goal. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Michigan Tech fell 5-2 to Bemidji State in the CCHA Mason Cup Semifinals Saturday at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena. The Huskies scored the first goal of the game before the Beavers scored five straight. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Munising High School boys basketball team rolled to a MHSAA district championship Friday night, avenging last year's upset loss to the Rapid River Rockets by winning this time, 60-25, in Munising. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team won its second straight district championship game Wednesday night, blowing past the Kingsford Flivvers, 74-50, at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team raced to a 29-3 lead and rolled past the Negaunee Miners, 57-31, in the MHSAA Division Three district semifinals Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos boys basketball team followed in the footsteps of the girls squad by posting a playoff win against a larger Great Northern Conference school Monday night. The BR-H boys beat Gladstone, 45-40, in a district tournament game three days after the girls upset Menominee. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights.
The Northern Michigan University Men's Basketball team fell in the GLIAC Championship game on Sunday to Davenport by a score of 100-67, finishing their season at 18-12. NMU did not receive an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Junior Hockey Association is home to two state champions, after the 10u Squirt team and the 12u Pee Wee team both dominated their way to championships on Sunday in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details and video highlights.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team rallied from a 3-1 deficit and then held on to beat Lake Superior State, 5-4, in the decisive third game of the best-of-three CCHA quarterfinal series. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Upper Peninsula is home to three high school wrestling state champions, as well as two state runners-up. Drew Allgeyer of Bark River-Harris, and Parker Stroud and Shawn McGuire of Iron Mountain, all won titles Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit. BR-H’s Dillon Raab and Iron Mountain’s Tyler Winch were runners-up. Click the above headline for details
The Northern Michigan University Men's Basketball team came up with a big road win in the GLIAC Semifinals Saturday, defeating Michigan Tech on their home court 78-71. Click the above headline for game details, and listen to post-game interviews. (NMU photo)
The Bark River-Harris Broncos girls basketball team used strong defense Friday night to upset the Menominee Maroons, 37-33, in the MHSAA Division Three district championship game in Bark River. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Northern Michigan University Hockey Team traveled to Sault Ste. Marie Friday to open up the CCHA Mason Cup Tournament. And they overwhelmed Lake Superior State, 5-1, to get the upper hand in the best-of-three series. Click the above headline for details.
The MHSAA individual wrestling state finals began on Friday at Ford Field in Detroit, and when the dust settled, five U.P. boys advanced to the championship round of their brackets. And two of them will face each other for the state title. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team waited through a 95-minute-long power outage, and then worked overtime to beat the Lake Superior State University Lakers, 99-94, in the GLIAC quarterfinals Wednesday night in Marquette. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Marquette Redmen scored three goals in a four minute span late in the second period to break a 2-2 tie and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-2, in the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team outscored Iron Mountain, 14-6, in the third quarter and posted a 46-37 win in the MHSAA Division Three district tournament opener. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Freshman Oskar Kangas was a one-man wrecking crew as the Iron Mountain Mountaineers dominated the Gladstone Braves, 61-41, in a boys basketball game Monday afternoon in Gladstone. Kangas scored 35 points, including 13 in a row at one point in the second quarter. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and hear interviews.
The Bay College women's basketball team trailed by just three points in the third quarter but could not get the big run and lost to Dakota County-Bottineau, 70-48, in the NJCAA Region 13 championship game Sunday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Max Bjorklund closed out the regular season with a memorable performance for all who watched, pouring in a career best 46 points to will the Wildcats to a 93-87 win on Saturday over the #25 ranked Ferris State Bulldogs. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team fell behind by double digits in the first half and could not recover, losing to the United Tribes (N.D.) Thunderbirds, 90-68, in the NJCAA Region 13 semifinals Saturday in Bismarck, N.D. Click the above headline for photos and videos, as well as from Gogebic's loss to Bottineau.