Joseph Nardi scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime and senior Atte Tolvanen broke the career-saves record to give Northern Michigan University the 5-4 victory over Alaska-Fairbanks on Friday. Then on Saturday, Northern won by a goal fpr a second straight night, 4-3. The sweep sends NMU into the second round of the WCHA tournament. Click the above headline for details on both games.
The Bay College Norse women's softball team won the first three games of its Florida trip this weekend, beating Central Lakes (Minn.), 7-2 on Saturday, and then sweeping both ends of a doubleheader from Itasca (Minn.), 10-6 and 19-4, on Sunday. Click the above headline to read details and see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
The 2018-19 Upper Peninsula high school hockey season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules for the nine U.P. varsity teams.
The Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball upset #7 Grand Valley State University 48-37 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Semifinals on Saturday to advance to the GLIAC Championship game. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos ran out of playoff magic Thursday night, falling in the boys basketball regional championship game to the Ludington Orioles, 49-32, in Gaylord. Nate Lange had three three-point baskets and 19 total points to lead the Orioles. The Eskymos did not have a player score in double figures, with Craig Kamin leading with eight points.
The Menominee Maroons got off to a fast start and cruised to a 56-45 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in a Division Two district semifinal game Wednesday night in Escanaba. They will face Gladstone on Friday. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights.
he Northern Michigan University Men's Basketball team defeated Ferris State University 89-73 on Tuesday to advance to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Semifinals for the first time since 2007. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball outscored Ferris State University 27-4 in the final 14 minutes to pick up a 65-51 victory in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference Quarterfinals. The team will now move on to the GLIAC Semifinals. Junior Jessica Schultz finished the game with 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds for the second double-double of her career. Click the above headline for all of the details.
Craig Kamin scored 18 points to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 66-59 win over the Boyne City Ramblers in the MHSAA Division Two regional semifinals Tuesday night in Petoskey. Austin Willette added 15 and Jared Nash chipped in 14 for the Eskymos, who led by as many as 17 points in the third quarter before holding off a late Rambler charge. Escanaba advances to the championship game on Thursday vs Ludington. (Brenda Crow photo)
The Bay College women's basketball team had a ten-point lead in the first half on Sunday, but lost to the United Tribes Technical College, 80-70, in the NJCAA Region 13 championship game in Bismarck, ND. Jordan Kraemer scores a school record 34 points in a losing effort for the Norse, who finish their season with a 21-8 record. Kraemer and fellow sophomore Paige Welch were named to the All-Region team.
Escanaba High School senior bowler Lindsey Juhl made it all the way to the state championship match on Saturday before settling for the runner-up spot. Juhl won three matches Saturday at Century Lanes in Waterford before dropping the title match to Omani Morales of Cedar Springs, 416-328. Click the above headline for details.
Two Upper Peninsula wrestlers finished third in their respective weight classes at the MHSAA Individual State Finals at Ford Field in Detroit. Escanaba's Hunter Larson and Iron Mountain's Parker Stroud both won their final matches on Saturday. Gladstone's Cole Hansen and Michael Brazeau also reached the podium. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University goaltender Atte Tolvanen made 58 saves Friday to lead the Wildcats to a 4-2 win over Michigan Tech in Houghton. Then on Saturday in Marquette, Tolvanen set two school records in a 3-0 Wildcat win. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos had five players score in double figures and they rolled past the Gladstone Braves, 80-62, in the Division Two boys basketball district championship game Friday night in Gladstone. The Eskymos led from start to finish. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and see post-game interviews.
The Marquette Redmen scored two goals on a major power play late in the first period and goaltender Tyler Bergwall got his eighth shutout of the year in a 5-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Thursday night at Marquette’s Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Micky LaMarch.
Senior Darby Youngstrom reached 1,000 points for her career and sophomore Amber Huebner scored a career-high 17 points for Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball but the Wildcats were unable to get victory as they fell to Michigan Tech,
Northern Michigan University Men's Basketball defeated Michigan Technological University, 74-53, Thursday to give NMU itsfirst sweep over the Huskies since the 2005-06 season. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Bay College men's basketball team had its season come to an end on Wednesday, falling to the #15 Dakota County Tech (Minn.) Blue Knights, 90-71, in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team opened the NJCAA Region 13 tournament with a dominating 78-40 win over Gogebic Community College Wednesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos fired 48 shots on goal and six different players scored in a 7-0 win over the Negaunee Miners in the MHSAA regional semifinals Tuesday night. Click the above headline for interviews, and videos taken by Micky LaMarch.
The North Central High School boys basketball team opened district tournament play on Monday with a 49-36 upset win over the Carney-Nadeau Wolves Monday night in Powers. Click the above headline to see photos, video clips, and hear post-game interviews.
The Victory Honda Vipers Peewee AA hockey team out of suburban Detroit is spending a few days in the Upper Peninsula. The team of 11-and-12 year-olds played in St. Ignace on Friday, and then played three more games Saturday and Sunday in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and video clips.
The high school hockey regular season came to an end on Saturday in Escanaba as the Eskymos hosted the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets. The Eskymos honored five seniors but lost, 5-3. Click the above headline for interviews, photos, videos taken by Micky LaMarch.
Northern Michigan University Men's Hockey swept a pair of games from the Lake Superior State University Lakers this weekend, winning on Friday, 4-2, and taking Saturday's game, 5-3. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Gladstone Braves rallied from seven points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 66-62, Friday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team picked up a 50-35 win over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Thursday in Gladstone. It was a grind-it-out performance, one that Coach Andy Cretens called a "dirty win". Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University's basketball teams lost on the road Thursday night, falling to the Grand Valley State University Lakers in GLIAC action. In the women's game, the Wildcats scored just ten points in the first half and lost, 50-37. In the men's game, Isaiah Johnson scored 28 points but NMU fell, 85-62. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos outscored the Gwinn Model Towners, 20-5, in the third quarter, and beat the Gwinn Model Towners, 71-53, Tuesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team rallied from 23 points down in the second half to force overtime, then beat the Finlandia University Lions, 95-92, Monday in Hancock. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos and video highlights.
The Bay College women's basketball team missed all 16 of its three-point attempts, and missed 10 of 23 free throws, and dropped a 57-49 decision to the Finlandia University Lions Monday in Hancock. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
