The Gladstone High School boys cross country team won the Mid Peninsula Conference championship on Monday, edging Negaunee by one point, 36-37. Drew Hughes won his eleventh straight race, crossing the finish line in 17 minutes, 40 seconds. That was a full 81 seconds ahead of Negaunee's James Dank. The Miners easily won the girls' race over second place Gladstone, with the top three finishers, led by medalist Lola Korpi (21:04).
The Manistique Emeralds had an easy match Monday night in Gladstone, beating the Braves, 3-0. The scores were 25-8, 25-4, 25-12. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Notre Dame Fightin Irish jumped to an early 3-0 lead and held off the Northern Michigan University Wildcats, 5-2, Saturday night at the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline to read details from both teams, and listen to Wildcat post-game comments. (NMU photo)
The Gladstone High School football team bolstered its playoff position on Saturday by shutting out the Gaylord Blue Devils, 14-0, at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline for interviews, and photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Michigan Tech Huskies scored a touchdown with 18 seconds left in the game to break a 14-14 tie to beat Northern Michigan, 21-14, Saturday at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details from both schools, and to hear RRN interviews with NMU's Casey Wolf and Drake Davis. (Michigan Tech University Athletics photo)
The Marquette High School boys soccer team closed one of its best seasons ever on Saturday with an Upper Peninsula championship. The boys whipped Iron Mountain, 8-0, in the Division One title game, while the Escanaba Bayside Soccer Club won the D-2 title with a shootout win over the Marquette JV. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Soccer photo)
The Alpena Wildcats handed the Escanaba Eskymos their seventh straight loss Friday night with a 26-20 overtime victory in a back-and-forth contest in Escanaba. Alpena won the JV game with two fourth quarter touchdowns 38-25. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights from both games.
The Norway Knights scored 64 points in the first half and cruised to a 76-18 football win over the Rapid River Rockets Thursday night in Rapid River. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and video highlights, and hear interviews.
Bay College has hired its first-ever volleyball head coach. Dan Porath, who had been coaching at UW-Marinette, will lead the Norse when they begin their first-ever volleyball season in 2022. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team won two games and lost two games this weekend against the Delta College Pioneers from Saginaw. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Northern Michigan University football team tried to rally in the final seconds on Saturday, but lost to the Davenport Panthers, 18-13, on DU Homecoming downstate. Click the above headline for details, and to hear player spotlight interviews with Drake Davis and Will Borchert. (Davenport story, photo)
The Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils defeated the Houghton Gremlins, 2-0, on Saturday, to win the championship of the eight-team Escanaba Elks Invitational. The scores were 26-24, 25-15. Click the above headline to see all scores, and photos and videos.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team opened the season Friday night with a 4-1 win over St. Thomas University, the newest Division One school out of Minnesota. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Negaunee Miners and Gladstone Braves played a back-and-forth battle on the gridiron Friday night, with the Miners getting the final seven points in a 31-30 victory at Miners Stadium. The win clinched a state playoff spot for the Miners. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Iron Mountain Mountaineers cruised to an easy win over the Gladstone Braves Thursday in Gladstone's Volley For a Cure "pink" volleyball match. The scores were 25-12, 25-10, 25-13, keeping the Braves winless on the season. Click the above headline for details.
The Negaunee High School junior varsity football team scored four first half touchdowns and cruised past the Gladstone Braves, 26-8, Thursday night at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos.
The Marquette boys varsity soccer team traveled to Sault Ste Marie Wednesday night for the regular season finale vs the Blue Devils. Marquette came home with a 5-1 win to finish its season with a 19-2 record. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos lost the first games of their best-of-five volleyball match with the Bark River-Harris Broncos Tuesday night, but roared back to win three straight games to take a 3-2 victory before a large, loud crowd in Harris. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and hear post-game interviews.
Gladstone cross country runner Drew Hughes won his ninth straight race, while the Marquette boys and girls teams continued their dominance on Tuesday at the Farmhouse Invitational in Delta County. The race also saw new Holy Name Catholic school participate for the first time. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, interviews.
It was a Happy Homecoming in Marquette on Saturday as the Northern Michigan University football team came back from a 19-0 deficit to stun the Wayne State University Warriors, 26-19, at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read all of the details, and listen to interviews with Jay Young and John McMullen.
The Gladstone Braves football team improved to 3-1 in road games Friday night with a 34-0 win over the Elk Rapids Elks in Lower Michigan. The Braves defense forced eight sacks, four-and-a-half of them by Hunter Potier, and they intercepted three passes. Click the above headline for details. pictures, videos, and interviews.
The Escanaba High School junior varsity football team won its first game of the season Thursday night, using strong defense and three second half touchdowns to beat an understaffed Menominee Maroons team, 18-0. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Westwood Patriots won the MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula girls tennis championship on Wednesday. They finished with 20 points. Negaunee was second with 15 and Escanaba third with 12. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Westwood Patriots and Gladstone Braves went back and forth all night long before the Patriots picked up a road victory over the Braves, 3-2. The scores were 20-25, 25-15, 24-26, 25-15, and 15-8. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Negaunee Miners girls tennis team finished its regular season with a perfect 15-0 record in dual meets Monday by sweeping Escanaba, 8-0. The Eskymos bounced back to beat Iron Mountain, 6-2. in the second match of the day. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen boys soccer team traveled down to Alpena for an eight team tournament on Saturday. The Redmen won their first two games over Tawas and Traverse City Christian, before falling to West Branch Ogemaw Heights, 3-1. Click the above headline for details.
Northwood football earns their first win of the season thanks to a big second half, defeating Northern Michigan 37-20 Saturday. The Timberwolves outscored the Wildcats 34-7 in the second half. Click the above headline for details, photo courtesy of Northwood U. Also click to hear RRN player spotlight interviews with Jake Dudeck and Trevor Hiller.
The Lake Superior State volleyball team earned a 3-2 victory in front of a spirited home crowd in a GLIAC match against the Northern Michigan Wildcats on Saturday. The scores were 25-15, 15-25, 25-19, 24-26, and 15-12. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette Redmen improved to 3-0 in the Great Northern Conference Friday night with a 43-12 win over the Gladstone Braves on Braves Homecoming. Senior quarterback Austin Ridl was efficient, completing 13 of 21 passes for 178 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions. Click the above headline for detals.
The Escanaba Eskymos won the Great Northern Conference championship yesterday in Marquette. The Eskymos made the finals in seven of the eight flights. West Iron County was a distant second in the team score. Click the above headline to read details.
