NMU Names Powell As Women's Soccer Assistant
June 16, 2020Northern Michigan University Women's Soccer and Head Coach Jon Sandoval has named Darian Powell to be the team's new assistant coach. Click the above headline for details.
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Baseball
Marquette Blues Open Season With Win In Hancock
June 16, 2020The Marquette Blues kicked off its Upper Peninsula U-19 Baseball season with a come-from-behind 10-6 win over the Copper Country Flames Tuesday night in Hancock. The Blues rallied from a 6-3 deficit by scoring seven runs over the final two innings to get the win. The second game was called by darkness. Click the above headline to read details.
Baseball
Menominee Pitchers Shut Down Copper Country
June 13, 2020The Menominee Red Wave swept a doubleheader from the Copper Country Flames on Saturday, 4-0 and 6-1, at Spies Field. It was the first games for both teams as the new Upper Peninsula U19 Baseball League. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Volleyball
Summer Volleyball League Returns To Marquette
June 12, 2020Marquette Mountain is bringing back the summer volleyball league. Registration is under way. The 2020 season officially begins the week of June 15 and ends the week of August 17. Click the above headline to read details.
Baseball
BASEBALL IS BACK: U.P. League Plays First Game
June 10, 2020The Upper Peninsula u19 Baseball League held its first game Wednesday night as the Iron Mountain Golds played the Bark River Bucs. The Golds scored nine runs in the fourth inning to pull away to a 12-4 win. Click the above headline to read details.
Football
MHSAA Gives Update As Sports Workouts Resume
June 09, 2020High school sports are closer to resuming as the coronavirus fears ease and Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer removes some of the restrictions that had been in place. Click the avove headline to read about the summer workout guidelines.
Hockey
Soo's Roque Named Nation's Top Hockey Player
June 04, 2020Sault Ste. Marie native Abby Roque was named the nation's top women's hockey player by USA Hockey on Wednesday. The University of Wisconsin senior had 26 goals and 58 points for the Badgers last season. Click the above headline for details. (UW Photo)
2019 Little League Season
Escanaba, Gladstone Little Leagues Cancel Season
June 02, 2020After announcing plans two weeks ago to have local baseball and softball seasons, the Escanaba and Gladstone Little Leagues both reversed course on Tuesday and decided to cancel their plans. Click the above headline to read the details.
2019 Little League Season
Dickinson County Little Leagues Cancel '20 Season
May 30, 2020The Norway, Kingsford, and Iron Mountain Little Leagues announced in Saturday Facebook posts that they will not be having baseball or softball seasons this summer. Click the above headline to read details.
Girls Basketball
Reichel Appointed To Governor's Fitness Council
May 29, 2020Governor Gretchen Whitmer Friday announced appointments to the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports. One of them is Ryan Reichel of Negaunee, the girls basketball coach at Ishpeming High School. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Softball
EXCELLENT ESKYMO: Salo Picked As State's Best
May 28, 2020Escanaba High School senior Gabi Salo has been named the Gatorade Michigan Softball Player of the Year for the 2019-20 school year. Click the above headline to read more, and to see comments from Salo and her coach/father Gary Salo.
Cross Country
Wildcats Sign Seven New Runners; Two From U.P.
May 28, 2020Northern Michigan University's cross country team has signed seven athletes to attend school and run for the Wildcats this fall, including two Upper Peninsula natives. Click the above headline to read details about NMU's new recruits.
Girls Softball
Hardwick Named Bay College Top Student Athlete
May 27, 2020The Bay College Athletic Department announced Kaitlyn Hardwick as the recipient of the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award for the 2019-2020 school year. Hardwick has been a two-sport athlete for the Norse. Click the above headline to read more.
Baseball
U.P. Baseball League Plans To Open Season June 19
May 26, 2020Plans were announced Tuesday night to form an Upper Peninsula baseball team for teenagers, in place of the American Legion baseball programs that have been cancelled for the summer statewide. The U19 Upper Peninsula Baseball League plans to play an entirely Upper Peninsula schedule. Click the above headline to read details.
Football
Finlandia University Joins Eleven-Team Conference
May 26, 2020Finlandia University has accepted an offer to join the Capital Athletic Conference, effective immediately. Click the above headline to read more details.
2019 Little League Season
PLAY BALL: Delta County Little Leaguers Prepare
May 19, 2020Escanaba and Gladstone Little Leaguers will be back on the field in six weeks as the coronavirus crisis appears to have eased in the region. Both are taking registrations now and plan to start play on July 6. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
RIVALS NO MORE: Two Yoopers Going To Olivet
May 18, 2020Two Upper Peninsula natives have committed to continue their education and play basketball at Olivet College. Dre Tuominen of Negaunee and Ryan Robinette of Escanaba announced together on Monday. Click the above headline to read more.
Football
U.P. All-Star Football Game Rescheduled For Aug. 1
May 13, 2020Organizers of the Upper Peninsula high school football All-Star game have postponed, not canceled, this summer's event. It was scheduled for late June. It is now scheduled for August 1 in Marquette. Click the above headline to read details.
Girls Basketball
NOT DONE YET: Dalgord To Suit Up For Finlandia
May 12, 2020Brooke Dalgord will continue to play basketball in the Upper Peninsula this fall, and she’ll do it relatively close to home. Less than a week after graduating from Bay College, Dalgord on Tuesday signed to continue her education and athletic career at Finlandia University in Hancock. Click the above headline to read details.
Boys Basketball
COACH 'YO: Bay College Grad To Join NMU Staff
May 09, 2020Ishpeming High School graduate Dondre Yohe, who played the past two seasons for the Bay College Norse, will be wearing Green and Gold next winter. Or more like a suit and tie. Yohe will join the Northern Michigan University men's basketball program as a student assistant coach. Click the above headline for details.
Hockey
MHSAA Announces Changes For 2020-'21 Seasons
May 08, 2020The Michigan High School Athletic Association says it will seed the hockey regionals this winter, and will change the basketball system where the top seed of a district to make sure that if there is a bye, the top seed gets it. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
NCA JETS FLASHBACK: Relive '16 Championship
May 06, 2020The North Central High School boys basketball team won three straight state championships in 2015, 2016, and 2017, posting a national record winning streak along the way. This weekend, relive the 2016 title win over Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes by listening to Jerry Root's broadcast. Thursday and Saturday at 4:00 CT on Eagle 107.3, Friday at 4:00 CT on Maverick 106.3, and Sunday at 2:00 CT on NewsTalk 600 AM.
2019 Little League Season
Michigan Little League State Tournaments Canceled
May 06, 2020There will be no Little League Baseball or Softball state tournaments held this summer in Michigan. The state’s 16 district administrators have voted to cancel state tournaments, but some local play could continue. Click the above headline to read more.
Hockey
TITLETOWN-BOUND: Stannard Drafted In USHL
May 05, 2020Escanaba native Brayden Stannard took another step toward his hockey dreams on Tuesday when he was drafted in the second round of the United States Hockey League's Green Bay Gamblers. Click the above headline to read more and hear his interview.
Swimming
Wildcats Announce Team Of Year; Canale Awards
May 05, 2020Northern Michigan University on Monday revealed the rest of its 2019-20 award winners, with the Team of the Year award going to the swimming and diving team, and the Gildo Canale Senior Awards going to hockey's Phil Beaulieu, cross country runner Katelyn Smith, and swimmer Rachel Helm. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
Boys Basketball
BIG BRIT MAKES BIG MOVE: Alexander Goes D-1
May 01, 2020Bay College sophomore center Christian Alexander signed his National Letter of Intent to play NCAA Division One basketball at Gardner-Webb University, a school located in North Carolina from the Big South conference. Click the above headline for details.
2019 Little League Season
Little League Cancels 2020 World Series, Regionals
April 30, 2020There will be no Little League Baseball or Softball World Series this summer, nor will there be regional tournaments held. That announcement came on Thursday in Williamsport. Little League can still hold district, sectional, and state tournaments if health conditions allow depending on the state. Click the above headline to read the details.
Golf
Island Resort Symetra Tour Golf Event Postponed
April 30, 2020The Island Resort Championship at Sweetgrass scheduled for June 19-21, 2020 has been postponed. The LPGA has delayed its season opening events until July 2020, which includes all Symetra Tour events. Click the above headline to read details.
Girls Softball
Radio Results Network To Re-Air Eskymo Title Win
April 28, 2020The Radio Results Network will help to fill some of that sports void this weekend with the re-broadcast of last June's high school softball state championship game between the Escanaba Eskymos and Stevensville-Lakeshore. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
NMU Announces 2019-'20 Wildcat Award Winners
April 27, 2020The Northern Michigan University Athletic Department announced the 2019-20 Wildcat Awards on Monday. The awards will be presented through social media and the official NMU Athletics website. Awards will be presented through May 4, finishing with the announcement of the Gildo Canale Outstanding Senior Award, Athletes of the Year, and Team of the Year. Click the above headline for details.
