The 120 finalists for the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Scholar-Athlete Awards for the 2021-22 school year, presented by Farm Bureau Insurance, have been announced. Seven of them are from the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School girls basketball team held the Gladstone Braves to two points in the third quarter and rallied for a 40-35 Great Northern Conference win Tuesday night. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The North Central Jets tuned up for this Friday's big game in Menominee by racing to a 27-10 lead and beating the Rapid River Rockets, 70-44, Monday night in Powers. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos, video highlights.
A.J. Miley scored 18 points and Trevor Lippens added 16 as the Bark River-Harris Broncos beat the Forest Park Trojans, 57-54, in double overtime Monday night in Bark River. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
Makaylee Kuhn scored 26 points but it wasn't enough as the Northern Michigan University women's basketball team lost to Purdue Northwest, 56-53, Monday afternoon. Click the above headline for details, listen to interviews with Taya Stevenson and Anna Rhude, and hear post-game comments from NMU Coach Troy Mattson.
The Bay College men's basketball team nearly stunned the NJCAA Basketball world on Saturday, leading the top-ranked team in the country before falling in the end, 74-60, to the South Suburban (Ill.) Bulldogs. The Norse led for much of the game, and trailed by just three points with 3:00 left. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College women’s basketball team snapped a six-game losing streak on Saturday with a 67-50 win over the South Suburban (Ill.) Bulldogs at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
John Kerr had 21 points and 17 rebounds as the Northern Michigan Wildcats men's basketball team beat Wayne State, 88-78, Saturday in Detroit. Click the above headline for details, and to hear Tre Harvey's player spotlight interview. (Wayne State Athletics photo)
The Northern Michigan University Wildcat hockey team recorded three second period goals en route to taking down the #1 Mavericks 4-2 on Friday. The Wildcats beat a top-ranked team in the country for the second time this season, after sweeping two games from then #1 Minnesota-Duluth last month. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Norway High School boys basketball team jumped to a 16-1 lead and rolled past the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 61=22, Friday night in Bark River. All eleven Knights players scored in the win. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won a pair of matches from their Delta County rivals Thursday night, turning back Bark River-Harris, 51-26, and Escanaba, 46-36. The Broncos topped Escanaba in the other triangular match, 50-27. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and player/coach interviews.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team made 17 three-pointers Thursday night, but their winning shot was long at the final buzzer and the 'Cats lost to Saginaw Valley State, 87-85, downstate. Click the above headline for details, and to hear our interview with Justin Brookens. (Saginaw Valley State photo)
The Bay College Norse Basketball Team snapped a five-game losing streak with a hard-fought win at Gogebic Community College in Region 13 action. The Norse held on for a 57-52 victory on the road Wednesday. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Spanish foreign exchange student Lluis Alloza scored 22 points to lead the Stephenson Eagles to a 52-32 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Monday night in Harris. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Iron Mountain Mountaineers had five individual champions and edged the Escanaba Eskymos to win the annual Elks Wrestling Invitational on Saturday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips.
The Bay College women’s basketball team lost to a nationally-ranked team for the fourth time this season, falling to the 12th ranked Bryant & Stratton Bobcats, 83-26, at the Bay College Gym on Saturday. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team picked up its second GLIAC win of the weekend, turning back Wisconsin-Parkside, 72-53, Saturday, in Marquette. Click the above headline for post-game comments, and Carson Smith's player spotlight interview.
The Northern Michigan University Wildcat hockey program opened 2022 in dazzling fashion with a 4-2 victory over visiting Colgate University. Marquette native Jakob Peterson, who signed with NMU at the semester break, made his first career start for the Wildcats in Friday night's win. Click the above headline to hear his interview.
-The Bay College men’s basketball team dropped its fourth straight game Friday night, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. The Norse lineup, depleted by injuries, illness, and other issues, battled hard for 40 minutes, and then into overtime, before losing to the Madison College Wolves, 82-76. Click the above headline for deails.
The Escanaba High School hockey team shook off a slow start and rolled past the Manistique Emeralds, 6-1, in the first-ever meeting between the two programs Friday night at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan Men's Basketball team grabbed their first GLIAC win on the season, taking down Purdue Northwest 90-59 on Thursday. Click the above headline for details.
Bay College has picked Ross Rahoi to be the new head coach of the Norse softball program. He had been an assistant coach with the team last year. Click the above headline to read more.
The Bay College Norse Men's Basketball Team opened up their second semester of play on the road against a Region 13 rival on Wednesday night. The Blue Knights of Dakota County Technical College easily cruised to a 106-74 win. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women’s basketball team was cold as ice Monday night, both literally and figuratively, falling to the Western Technical College Cavaliers, 51-38. Click the above headline for details, photos, interviews.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team kicked off the 2022 portion of their schedule Sunday with a 109-42 win over Finlandia at the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline for details, and to hear Justin Kuehl's player spotlight interview
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team pulled away from Finlandia University, 70-42, Sunday afternoon in Marquette. Click the above headline to hear Vivianne Jende's player spotlight interview, and hear post-game comments from Coach Troy Mattson.
The Escanaba High School hockey team wrapped up a three-games-in-three-days trip Thursday night with a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets at Michigan Tech University. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, an listen to interviews.
Michigan Tech fell 3-2 in overtime at Michigan State Thursday in a Great Lakes Invitational Showcase game at Munn Ice Arena. The Huskies are now 10-8-1 overall and are off until January 14-15 at Lake Superior State. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
Alpena goaltender Aidan Schultz stopped 36 shots in regulation time, and then turned away all four shots in the extra time shootout, leading the Wildcats to a 3-2 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Wednesday afternoon at the Northern Lights Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
No. 18 Michigan Tech and No. 3 Michigan skated to a scoreless tie Wednesday in a Great Lakes Invitational Showcase game at Yost Ice Arena. There were four breakaways in the game as goaltender Blake Pietila stopped 30 shots for the Huskies and Erik Portillo had 27 saves for the Wolverines. Click the above headline for details.(MTU Photo)