The Michigan High School Athletic Association representative Council decided on Thursday to move forward with volleyball, soccer, and swimming in the Upper Peninsula. Football remains cancelled until next spring. Up to . Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School softball team played together one final time on Saturday, taking part in a game against a team of Eskymo alumni at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos from the game.
The Class of 2020 had all of their senior memories taken from them by the coronavirus, including their entire softball seasons. But 28 girls from across the Upper Peninsula got to take the field in a pair of All-Star type games Friday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details and to see game photos.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association decided to cancel the fall football season on Friday, moving it to the spring instead. For now, the U.P. volleyball season can continue. Click the above headline to read details.
The Northern Michigan University football team reacted Wednesday to the announcement that their season was being cancelled, with hopes that they might be able to salvage a season next spring. Click the above headline to read more, listen to interviews.
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference decided on Wednesday to cancel all fall sports, including football and volleyball, for the rest of 2020, with the hopes of playing those sports in the spring. This effects Northern Michigan, Michigan Tech, and Lake Superior State Universities. Click the above headline for details.
The U.P. Football All-Star Game announced Tuesday that sixteen U.P. high school football teams will receive donations from the game this year. The game was cancelled by the pandemic, but sponsor support was shared with schools. Twelve schools got $1,000 each and four schools were given equipment. Click the above headline for details.
The Iron Mountain-Kingsford-Norway Under-19 baseball team lost another one-run game on Sunday in the Wisconsin Dells, falling to the HTP Raptors from Apple Valley, Minn., 3-2, in the quarterfinals. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Iron Mountain-Kingsford-Norway Under-19 baseball team is competing this weekend at the "Back To School Bash" in the Wisconsin Dells. The boys dropped two games on Saturday, falling to the Midwest Prospects from Rockford, Ill., 6-5, and the HTP Raptors of Apple Valley, Minn., 8-3. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
There will be no postseason championships for fall sports in NCAA Division Two, which Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech Universities compete in. Wednesday's announcement does not cancel regular season games. Click the above headline for more.
The Gladstone Indians Under-19 baseball team celebrated a season that almost wasn't with a team banquet Tuesday night at the Gladstone Sports Park. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Nate Belleville, and hear from Manager Justin Jurek.
Gladstone High School graduate and former Bay College Norse baseball player Lucas Weinert has found a new home. He'll attend school and play ball at Aquinas College in downstate Grand Rapids. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Bears Under-12 baseball team cruised through its tournament play in Black Creek, Wis., on Saturday, but fell in the championship game to DePere, 3-0. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
Finlandia University in Hancock has cancelled football and its other sports seasons (soccer and volleyball). Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Bears 12-and-under baseball team swept a doubleheader over the West Ishpeming Ballers on Thursday as the boys played their final home games of the summer at Dickson Field. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association Wednesday approved the next steps in returning sports for this fall. Cross Country, golf, and girls tennis can proceed. Volleyball practice can begin on time, but competition is delayed. Football practice can start Aug. 10 with conditioning only, but practice with pads can't start until Aug. 17 and games are delayed. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association Board of Directors has voted unanimously to welcome the University of St. Thomas as the league's eighth program beginning with the 2021-22 season. Click the above headline to read detals.
The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents voted to play a conference-only schedule during the Fall 2020 sports season and will evaluate the feasibility of league competition on a sport-by-sport basis. Click the above headline for details.
The Menominee Red Wave Under-19 baseball team won a pair of wild one-run games to win the Upper Peninsula championship on a sultry afternoon Saturday in Iron Mountain. Menominee beat the host team, 9-8, in nine innings, then after Gladstone rallied past Marquette, 4-3, the Red Wave held off a late Gladstone rally to win the title, 7-6. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips, and interviews.
It wasn't easy, but the Gladstone Indians Under-19 baseball team won a pair of games on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Upper Peninsula Finals in Iron Mountain. The Indians beat the Escanaba Cubs, 10-1, breaking a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning. Then Gladstone rallied past the Copper Country Flames, 9-6. The Cubs were eliminated with a 5-2 loss to Iron Mountain. Click the above headline to see photos videos.
The Escanaba Cubs Under-19 baseball team scored two runs in the fifth inning to break a 5-5 tie and beat the Copper Country Flames, 7-5, in the opening round of the Upper Peninsula Finals Thursday in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Indians Under-19 baseball team scored a run in the seventh inning and then held on after a bizarre bottom half to beat Iron Mountain-Kingsford-Norway, 2-1, Thursday, at the Upper Peninsula Finals opener in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, interviews, and video highloghts.
Former NMU Wildcat defenseman Phil Beaulieu, has agreed to a two-way deal with the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League and the Allen Americans of the East Coast Hockey League. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team waited four months to hold their annual post-season banquet Tuesday night. It wasn't the usual gathering, but the boys were still recognized with a social-distanced event. Click the above headline for setails.
The Escanaba Junior Cubs Under-17 baseball team won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday with two more dominating wins. The J-Cubs beat Gladstone, 13-3, in the semifinals, then topped Iron Mountain, 11-1, in the title game. Escanaba won all five games by the mercy rule. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Petoskey Royals Under-19 baseball team scored four runs in the first inning and cruised past the Escanaba Cubs, 6-2, in the Cubs' final regular season home game Friday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
The Bark River Bucs rallied from six runs down to beat the Menominee Red Wave, 8-6, in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday in Bark River. The Red Wave held on to win the nightcap, 10-6. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights.
The Marquette Blues Under-19 baseball team scored three runs in the first inning and held off the Gladstone Indians, 6-4, Wednesday night in Marquette. It was a rematch of last summer's U.P. championship game. Click the above headline for details.
Officials from Bark River International Raceway, the Bark River Lions Club and Championship Off Road, regret to announce that the 45th Annual Island Resort and Casino Off-Road Rumble in the U.P scheduled for August 14-16, has been canceled
The National Junior College Athletic Association on Monday approved a plan that will shift fall sports like football to the spring, and delay the start of winter sports seasons until January. Bay College Athletic Director Matt Johnson says cross country will go as scheduled, and basketball will have great opportunities despite a January start. Click the above headline for details.
