The Escanaba Eskymos and Marquette Sentinels baseball teams combined for 30 runs and 30 base hits on Wednesday, as a swarm of gnats hung over Al Ness Field. Escanaba won the game, 20-10, in six innings. Click the above headline for details, and to hear Ashton Rymkos interview.
The track at Munising High School collapsed Monday night after heavy weekend thunderstorms weakened the structure. The track is now off-limits to the public, and this Friday's popular "under the lights" meet has been cancelled. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University on Monday announced that it has hired Adam Wilson as the new women's wrestling head coach. He comes to NMU from Albion College in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline, with a story courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Northern Michigan University lacrosse team fell to Grand Valley State 15-9 in the GLIAC Championship match on Sunday. It's the third straight year that NMU lost to Grand Valley in the conference final. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse baseball team split a doubleheader with the Mid Michigan College Lakers on Saturday, putting them in a must-win situation in Sunday's season-closing doubleheader. Click the above headline for details and post-game comments. (Cohen Thompson photo)
The Bay College Norse baseball team lost both games of their doubleheader to 13th ranked Lansing Community College, 6-2 and 10-3, Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see post-game comments from three Norse players.
Perhaps the biggest football event ever held in Green Bay was held Thursday at Lambeau Field as the National Football League put on its annual Players Draft. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell estimated that 125,000 people jammed into the Lambeau area, a number that is more than the entire normal population of Green Bay. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Athletic Department is proud to present the 2024-25 Wildcat Awards. The award show took place on Thursday night at Vandament Arena. Click the above headline to see who won which awards.
Northern Michigan strength & conditioning coaches Jenna Bruttomesso and Alex Morse have announced a series of youth and middle school performance camps taking place this summer. Click the above headline to learn more about the camps, and to register.
A quartet of former racers will be the 2025 inductees into the Norway Speedway Hall of Fame. Those inductees include Ryan Windell, Steve DeBakker, Ron Jenshak Sr. and Mike Reichenberger. Click the above headline for details.
High school game officials with 20 or more years of service will be honored at the Officials Awards & Alumni Banquet on April 26. A total of 706 officials will be praised for reaching their milestones, 47 of them from the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for details.
The Western Michigan University Broncos are on top of the hockey world after completimg an improbable run to the national championship Saturday night. Western beat Boston University, 6-2, to win the first title in school history. Click the above headine for details.
The Bay College Norse Baseball team put together another strong conference weekend, taking three of four games from the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks vaulting themselves into second place in the MCCAA Northern Conference standings. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University women's track and field team thoroughly impressed at this weekend's Titan Invitational in Oshkosh, Wis., collecting eight first place finishes. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Sports Information photo, story)
The Bay College Norse baseball team found itself in tight games all weekend long, but managed to sweep the four-game set from the Delta College Pioneers in Lower Michigan. Bay won both games Sunday, 10-8 and 9-4, after winning twice on Saturday, 6-1 and 3-2. Click the above headline for details. (Bay College Sports Information)
The Northern Michigan women's lacrosse team had a dominant performance against the College of Saint Benedict Bennies, with a high-scoring second quarter paving the way to a 15-4 victory on Sunday. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its list of the region’s top high school boys basketball teams, coaches, and players. A group of 18 reporters from every corner of the U.P. met at Northern Michigan University on Monday to come up with the awards list. The list was released Friday night. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its list of the region’s top high school girls basketball teams, coaches, and players. The Gladstone Braves, who won their first regional championship in more than a decade in Division Two, swept the major awards. Click the above headline for details, and the entire list.
For the second time in program history, the GVSU women's basketball team are National Champions. The Lakers took down California State-Dominguez Hills 70-58 in the championship game to win the title. Escanaba's Nicole Kamin and Gladstone's Megan Crow are part of the Laker team and are now champions. Click the above headline for details. (GVSU Phoo)
Josie Lakosky scored six goals and added an assist as the Northern Michigan Uniiversity women's lacrosse team beat the Davenport Panthers, 9-6, Friday afternoon at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
It was the end of the line for the Lake Superior State University men’s basketball team on Tuesday, as the Lakers lost to Dallas Baptist, 98-85, in the NCAA Elite Eight in Evansville, Indiana. Click the above headline for deails. (Dallas Baptist Photo)
The Ewen-Trout Creek High School girls basketball team was the last Upper Peninsula team standing on Saturday, after four other U.P. teams made it to the Breslin Center and lost in the semifinals. The Panthers lost to Fowler in the state championship game, 53-29, Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Calumet Copper Kings had their magical girs basletball season come to an and Thursday night aftter a 43-38 loss to Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest in a Division 3 state Semifinal on Thursday at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA photo)
The best season in Gladstone High School girls basketball history for more than a decade came to an end Tuesday night as the Braves fell to the Frankemmuth Eagles, 56-36, in the state quarterfinals in Cheboygan. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team saw their season come to an end on Saturday afternoon, falling to the Michigan Tech Huskies 87-72 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Click the above
The Northern Michigan University women's lacrosse team had a dominant performance over Saginaw Valley State, earning a 20-1 win thanks to a dominant first half on Sunday afternoon in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Ewen-Trout Creek High School girls basketball team advanced to the state championship game Thursday night with a gritty 34-24 win over Concord in the semifinals at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Lake Superior State men's basketball team is dancing its way to the Elite Eight after grinding out a 75-62 over the Missouri-St. Louis Tritons in the Midwest Regional Final Tuesday night in Illinois. Click the above headline for details. (LSSU photo)
The basketball season came to an end Saturday night for the Northern Michigan University women's basketball team as the Wildcats lost to the Ashland Eagles, 68-45, in the second round of the NCAA Midwest Regional. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The season came to an end for the Kingsford High School boys basketball team Friday night, as the Flivvers lost to Romulus Summit Academy, 52-40, at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo, story(
