Jackson Goudreau made 28 saves to keep the Manistique Emeralds hockey team in the game, but the Emeralds lost to the Capital City Capitals, 4-1, Friday in Alpena. Ajay Berger scored the only goal late in the game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
Holy Name Catholic School's adopted seminarian, Will Heller, who is also a USA Champion Weightlifter, having trained at the USOEC at Northern Michigan University, visited with HN studentS. Click the above headline for details. (Vicki LaFave photo)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association Representative Council had a short agenda at its recent meeting in East Lansing, with only one action item: delaying the implementation of a requirement that baseball teams submit their pitch count reports electronically. Click the above headline for details.
In its final non-conference game of the season, the Northern Michigan men's basketball team handled business on Saturday afternoon at Vandament Arena, defeating the NCAA-III Northland College Lumberjacks 83-37. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team lost for the first time this season on Friday, falling to Northwood, 68-50, in Midland. Click the above headline for details, video highlights, and comments from NMU Coach Casey Thousand.
The latest battle between the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves went down to the wire again Friday night. In a game where points were at a premium, the Eskymos pulled out a 38-36 win over the Braves. Click the above headline for details. photos, videos, interviews.
A record number of spectators at girls postseason events pushed Michigan High School Athletic Association attendance during the 2023-24 school year past 1.4 million fans for the second straight year, with the total of 471,651 spectators for girls competitions breaking the previous all-time best set in 2014-15.
The Michigan Tech men's basketball team, backed by a 30-point outing by junior guard Marcus Tomashek, rounded the 2024 slate with a victory over Green Bay, 72-70 in front of 5,207 fans for Education Day at the Resch Center on Wednesday afternoon.
The Escanaba High School hockey team kept its perfect all-time record against the Manisdtique Emeralds intact Tuesday night with an unusually-easy 9-1 victory at the Little Bear West Arena. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team won for the fourth time this season in Wisconsin Dells on Saturday, beating Upper Iowa University, 79-76. Click the above headline for details, see videos, and hear post-game comments from Coach Matt Majkrzak.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team lost two tough games in Ohio this weekend, 2-0 on Friday and 4-3 on Saturday, to the Bowling Green State Falcons. Northern's record fell to 1-16-1 on the season. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Nolan Bink had three goals and added three assists to help the Escanaba Eskymos hockey team beat the Negaunee Miners, 9-2, Friday night, at the Negaunee Ice Arena. Graham Johnson added four assists as the Eskymos bounced back from last weekend's empty trip to the Copper Country. Click the above headline for details.
This season, for the first time, an MHSAA Finals team championship will be awarded in high school girls wrestling. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bay College men's basketball team completed a 3-0 road trip Saturday evening with a wild 115-92 win over the McHenry College Scots in a long game that included 46 personal fouls and 67 free throw attempts.Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team salvaged the final game of its three-game road trip on Saturday with a 79-53 win over the McHenry College Scots in Illinois. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to listen to interviews.
Gerald Gittens scored all 18 of his points and added three steals in the final 8:40 of Saturday's game to help guide the NMU Wildcats past the Parkside Rangers 73-62. Northern is now 6-2 on the season. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team needed some special performances Friday as the shorthanded team tried to beat a fired-up Oakton College squad Friday night in Illinois. And they got that from Josh Williams and Will Kelley. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team lost its second straight road game Friday evening, and it was another game that came down to the wire. Much like in Wednesday night's four-point loss, the Norse were in a position to pull out a win Friday against undefeated Oakton Community College, but ultimately fell, 78-75. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team fell 3-1 to Ferris State on Friday night at the Berry Events Center. Aidyn Hutchinson scored NMU's only goal. Click the above headline for details, and to hear Coach Dave Shyiak's post-game press conferenece.
For the first time in 25 years, the Northern Michigan women's basketball team is 7-0, handling the Purdue Northwest Pride 70-48 to open up GLIAC play on Thursday in Marquette. Click the above headline for details, and to hear from NMU Coach Casey Thousand.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team took a tough loss on the road Wednesday night, falling to the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats, 82-78, in Wisconsin. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and to listen to interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team, playing without its three top guards due to illness and other issues, found a way to beat the Bryant and Stratton Bobcats, 81-66, Wednesday night. Six Norse players scored in double figures as the 19th-ranked Norse improved to 6-2 on the season. Click the above headline for details, photos, and interviews.
Lillie Johnson scored 25 points, crossing 1,000 for her Gladstone Braves career, as she helped her team post a 51-47 win over the defending state champion Ishpeming Hematites Tuesday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and post-game reaction.
Jordan Guenette scored 20 points and the Negaunee Miners used strong defense to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 64-42, Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and to listen to post-game interviews.
Cale Carter scored with 32.5 seconds left in overtime to lift the Escanaba High School hockey team to a 3-2 win over the Traverse City Central Trojans on Saturday at the Centre Ice Arena. It ended an intense up-and-down battle that saw 76 shots on goal and multiple huge saves by both goaltenders. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Northern Michigan redshirt junior Dylan Kuehl surpassed the 1,000 career-points plateau and scored a season-high 26 points as the Wildcats defeated the Concordia University Wisconsin Falcons 70-58 on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Escanaba Hgh School hockey team got a 33-save performance from Cully Hayes and three different Eskymos scored in a 3-1 win over Traverse City West Friday night as a winter storm raged through northern Michigan. Graham Johnson assisted on all three goals as the Eskymos improved to 3-1 on the season. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team was on the road for Thanksgiving, coming off a bye weekend. In the first game of the road trip, the team lost 4-1 to the Augustana Vikings. Marquette native Jakob Peterson scored his first goal. Click the above headline for details.
Michigan Tech shut out Bowling Green 3-0 Friday at the Slater Family Ice Arena. The Huskies improved to 4-0 on the road and are now 7-4 overall and 5-2 in the CCHA. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
The Escanaba High School hockey team could not follow up on last Friday's emotional win over Marquette, as the Eskymos lost to the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets, 4-2, on Thanksgiving Eve at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
