The Michigan High School Athletic Association decided on Thursday afternoon to postpone all winter sports tournaments, immediately, and until further notice. Click the above headline to read details from the MHSAA director.
The Upper Peninsula high school hockey post-season was postponed due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see the schedules and scores for all of the U.P. varsity teams.
The 2019-20 high school boys basketball playoffs were postponed due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see the schedules for U.P. teams.
The 2020 Upper Peninsula high school girls basketball post-season was postponed due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules.
Finlandia University has decided to cancel the remainder of its spring sports seasons. The decision was made due to the quickly-evolving COVID-19 situation. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bay College Norse softball team held a late lead in both of their games against Spoon River (Illinois) College Snappers on Thursday, but dropped both ends of the doubleheader, 8-6 in nine innings, and 6-5, in Titusville, Fla. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Michigan Amateur Hockey Association announced tonight it has cancelled all its remaining State Championships, including the Under-18 AA, 16A, and 18-AA state tournaments scheduled to be run at Marquette’s Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline to read details.
Dane VanDenHeuvel had a double and a triple at the plate, and Scotty Adams pitched six strong innings, as the Bay College Norse snapped a five-game losing streak Wednesday with a 17-5 win over Nyack (N.Y.) College. That followed a 16-6 loss to the College of Lake County (Ill.), 16-6, in which Ben Snyder
The Bay Softball Team got their record above .500 with a pair of wins over St. Clair County Community College by final scores of 10-7 and 12-3.Lexi Chaillier hit a home run in both games to continue her strong batting. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team got a great pitching performance from Kyler Moir on Tuesday, but the lack of clutch hitting and shoddy sixth inning defense caused the Norse to lose to Miami ASA College, 7-1, in West Palm Beach. The Norse then dropped the nightcap, 16-0. Click the above headline for details, photos taken by Brad Landis.
Former Wildcat hockey head coach Rick Comley was named the 2020 recipient of the Hobey Baker Legend of College Hockey award as announced by the Hobey Baker Memorial Award Foundation. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College softball team rebounded from the tough weekend losses by winning three games on Monday, beating Itasca (Minn.), 12-3; St. Cloud (Minn.), 7-4; and Macomb Community College (Mich.), 16-7. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Baseball Team saw its first game slip away late as they lost to Hagerstown Community College by a final of 16-6. They were then overmatched by Miami University-Hamilton, 25-2. Click the above headline for photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
Tanner Halvorson threw a complete-game no-hitter, striking out 16 batters as the Bay College baseball team beat Alice Lloyd (Ky.) College, 9-0, Sunday at Vero Beach, Fla. The no-hitter was the first in the two-year history of Norse baseball, as Halverson walked three batters and threw 105 pitches. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba U.P. Ophthamology Squirt B hockey team won the 10u state championship on Sunday ub downtown Trenton. Escanaba beat Gladwin, 7-4, in the state semifinal game, and then won the championship over Kalamazoo, 6-2, Nick Martinson had nine of Escanaba's 13 goals in Sunday's two games.
The Bay College Norse softball team lost a pair of tight games on Sunday in Flordia, falling to Macomb County (Mich.) Community College, 6-5, and to the Community College of Rhode Island, 9-7. Both games went to the wire. Click the above headline to read details on both games, and to see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team battled the Michigan Tech Huskies for more than 104 minute of playing time Saturday night, but fell to the Huskies, 4-3, in triple overtime, at the Berry Events Center. The loss eliminated the Wildcats from the WCHA tournament, and ended the team's 2019-2020 season. Click the above headline for details.
Gladstone High School wrestlers Cole Hansen and Michael Brazeau finished strong on Saturday at the MHSAA Individual Wrestling state finals at Detroit's Ford Field. They both ran the table in their respective weight classes to finish third overall. Click the above headline to read more details. (Gladstone Braves Athletics photo)
The Bay College Norse Baseball Team (1-1) opened their season by rebounding from a 16-7 loss to the University of Northwestern (MN) to get their first win of the year against Washington College by a final score of 15-7. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse softball team opened the 2020 Florida trip with a pair of losses on Saturday, falling to Sinclair (Ohio) Community College, 3-1 and 10-1, at Chain of Lakes Park in Titusville. Click the above headline for photos taken by Brad Landis.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team made a big run in the third quarter Friday night and held off the Gladstone Braves down the stretch to win the Division Two district championship, 52-48. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The Marquette High School hockey team scored the first five goals of the game and held off a late Escanaba Eskymos charge to win the MHSAA Division Two regional championship, 5-3, at the Wells Sports Complex. Click the above headline to listen to radio interviews for both teams, and to see photos and video highlights taken by Micky LaMarch.
Megan Crow scored 27 points to lead the Gladstone Braves to a 61-46 win over the Kingsford Flivvers in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals Wednesday night, continuing an improbable playoff run that now sees the girls in the district final. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The Michigan Tech men's basketball team defeated Saginaw Valley State 75-56 Tuesday at the SDC Gym in a GLIAC Tournament Quarterfinal game. The Huskies were led in scoring by Owen White with 22 points. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
he 2019-20 season came to a close for the Northern Michigan University women's basketball team as the fifth-seeded Wildcats fell to fourth-seeded Parkside in the GLIAC Quarterfinals, 80-67, Tuesday night, in Kenosha. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team saw the 2019-20 season come to a close Tuesday night, falling at Grand Valley State 65-34 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Quarterfinals. Click the above headline to read details.
Andie Balenger's three-point shot as time expired gave the Gladstone High School girls basketball team a massive upset in the first round of the MHSAA playoffs Monday night as the Braves stunned the undfeeated Menominee Maroons, 46-45, in Menominee. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and see photos taken by Brenda Crow.
The Escanaba High School boys bowling team qualified for the MHSAA Division Two State Finals this weekend after finishing second at the regional tournament in Gaylord. Escanaba finished with 3,719 pins. Cadillac took first with 3,873. Iron Mountain also qualified by taking third with 3,678 pins. The state finals start next Friday in Waterford.
The Bay College Norse baseball team hosted its annual clinic for area students Saturday afternoon. There were two three-hour long sessions: one for third through eighth graders, and another for high school kids. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team scored a late goal Saturday night and beat the Michigan Tech Huskies, 3-2, in Houghton. Tech won Friday's game in Marquette, 8-4. The split gives NMU the third seed in the WCHA Playoffs, and Tech will be coming to Marquette next weekend. Click the above headline for details on both games.
