Northern Michigan University's most decorated head coach, Sten Fjeldheim, will retire after 34 years as leader of the Wildcat Nordic ski team. He also served stints as the head cross country running coach during his 35 years at NMU. Click the above headline for details.
Fjeldheim coached 102 skiing All-America award winners. He attributes some of that success to recruiting student-athletes who were a good fit for the culture he created around the program.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team had five players score in double figures Monday night and the Eskymos advanced to the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game with a 78-68 win over Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team pulled out their second nailbiter victory in as many days over an Illinois school, beating the Kankakee Community College Cavaliers, 55-52, Sunday afternoon. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association individual regional tournaments were held on Saturday across the state. The top four boys in each weight class advance to the state indivudal finals in downstate Kalamazoo. In all, 31 boys qualified for states, led by sebem from Bark River-Harris. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team rallied from ten points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Highland Community College (Ill.) Courags, 68-67, Saturday afternoon in Newport, Illinois. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team gave up a 22-2 runn in the first half and could not dig out of the hole, falling to Highland (Illinois) Community College, 78-66, on Saturday at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details.
It took five sets but in the end, No. 21 Northern Michigan University volleyball earned their 11th consecutive win with a 3-2 victory over Davenport University in GLIAC play Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team led from start to finish on Thursday, squashing the Gladstone Braves, 77-43, in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Bay College men's basketball team shook off a sluggish start and pulled away from the Gogebic Community College Samsons, 89-72, Wednesday night in Ironwood to clinch home court advantage for the NJCAA Region 13 Tournament. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and interviews.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos got off to a slow start but eventually overwhelmed the Manistique Emeralds, 60-35, in the MHSAA Division Three district opener Tuesday night in Harris. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and hear interviews.
Nicole Kamin shattered personal and school records by scoring 45 points Monday night, while her close friend and future college teammate Megan Crow threw in a career-high 36 points, as Kamin's Escanaba Eskymos beat Crow's Gladstone Braves, 65-48, in the district semifinals Monday night. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team lost for the second straight day Sunday on its home court, falling to the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats, 77-62, at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Lake Superior State University hockey team won the 2021 WCHA Tournament championship Satirday night with a 6-3 win over the Northern Michigan Wildcats. Click the above headline for details and see the press conference. (LSSU Photo)
The Marquette Redmen got two goals apiece from three different players and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-1, to win the MHSAA Division Two Regional Chamopionship Saturday at Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team led for almost the entire game, taking leads by as much as 21 points, but couldn't hold on, losing in overtime to Kankakee (Ill.) Community College 71-68 in overtime on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team advanced to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's conference final with a 5-1 victory over No. 3 Minnesota State University - Mankato, Friday afternoon. Click the above headline for detakls. (NMU Photo)
Sawyer LaMarch had two goals and assisted on another Thursday as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 5-1, in the MHSAA Division Two regional semifinals in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Escanaba High School wrestling team did not need the Luck of the Irish on St. Patrick's Day Wednesday as the Eskymos rolled past Marquette, 64-11, to win a Division Two district title. Click the above headline for details, photos, interviews, videos.
The Munising High School boys basketball team built an 18-point lead in the fourth quarter and held off the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 60-51, Tuesday night in Harris. It was the first loss of the year for BR-H. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Michigan Tech men's basketball's season came to a heartbreaking end Tuesday night with a 65-62 loss to Truman State in the NCAA Division II Midwest Region Championship at Ford Center. The Huskies overcame a 10-point halftime deficit but fell just short in the final seconds. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team was not caught looking past the Negaunee Miners Monday night, leading from wire to wire and posting a 56-35 non-conference win. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey program advanced to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association Semifinals with a dominating 5-1 victory over No. 13 Bowling Green State University, Sunday evening. Click the above headline for details.
Matt Wagner beat the buzzer with a long three-pointer from the left corner to force overtime, and then scored eight points in the extra session to lead the Bay College Norse to an 88-84 win over the Bobcat Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
Not much went right for the Bay College women' basketball team on Saturday as the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats led from wire to wire in posting an 83-52 victory at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team scored four goals in the second period and pulled away from the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 6-2, Friday night in the Soo. It was Escanaba's fifth straight win. Click the above headline for details.
Gladstone High School senior Megan Crow scored 26 points and broke the 1,000 point mark for her career Thursday night as the Gladstone Braves beat the Manistique Emeralds, 59-36, in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details. (Gladstone Athletics photo)
The Escanaba High School hockey team fell behind by two goals in the first period, but scored four times in the second period and then held off the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets at the end, 6-5, Wednesday night. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team pulled away down the stretch Tuesday night to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 58-52, in a battle of the Upper Peninsula's top two teams in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bark River-Harris High School wrestling team won three more matches Monday night, highlighted by senior Tyler Racicot's 100th career match victory. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
