The Northern Michigan University volleyball team hosted the Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers in the opening round of the GLIAC Tournament on Wednesday night, falling 3-1 to end the season with a 15-14 record. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The 2025 Michigan Tech volleyball season came to an end with a 3-0 loss at Wayne State in the quarterfinal round of the GLIAC Tournament on Wednesday. The Warriors advanced 25-21, 26-24, and 25-19. Tech finished with a 12-16 record. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Wednesday released its All U.P. Eight-Man football award winners. Norway High School senior quarterback Owen Baij was named to the Dream Team, was picked as Offensive Player of the Year, and was named Mr. Football as the U.P.'s top overall player. Click the above headline to see the entire list of winners.
The Escanaba High School hockey team opened the season with an easy 7-0 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Tuesday night at the Wells Sports Compex. The Eskymos outshot the Flivvers, 40-19, and all three lines scored goals in the victory. Senior goaltender Cully Hayes stopped all 19 shots he faced to earn the shutout. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, radio replays, and interviews.
D2Football.com has announced the National Players of the Week, with Northern Michigan running back Noah Dobert receiving offensive honors. It is the first time a Wildcat has been recognized by D2Football.com on the national level. Click the headline for details, and an interview with Dobert.
The Northern Michigan University men's soccer team keeps making history. The boys followed up two GLIAC tournament victories with an improbable conference championship win on Sunday, 1-0, over first-place Saginaw Valley State, on the Cardinals' home field. It was the first-ever championship for the Wildcats, who finished in last place in 2024 and got off to a slow start in matches this season. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University football team closed its season on a positive note Saturday, beaying the Wayne State Warriors, 45-11, at the Superior Dome. Noah Dobert shattered a school record by rushing for 406 yards in the victory. Click the above headline to read details and to hear post-game comments from NMU Coach Billy Lindquist.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos football team pulled off a miracle victory Friday night to win the school's first regional championship in more than two decades, beating Maple City Glen Lake, 22-21, in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details.
-The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association has released its 2025 All-UP football teams. A group of 19 reporters from every corner of the UP voted on the best-of-the-best during a meeting at Northern Michigan University. Menominee standout quarterback Tanner Theuerkauf led the way in the voting by being an unanimous pick for Dream Team quarterback, Offensive Player of the Year, and as Mr. Football for the regioin's best overall player. Click the above headline for more.
The Bay College Norse basketball team led for much of the game in a battle of unbeaten teams Friday night in Escanaba, but the offense went cold in the second half and the 22nd ranked Oakland Community College Owls left Escanaba with a 75-68 victory. Click the above headline to read details and for photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College women's basketball team completed a perfect four-game homestand Friday night with another dominating performance, this time a 127-63 win over the Oakland Community College Owls. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The NMU men's soccer team made history on the Robbert C. Braddock Field, defeating the #2 seeded Roosevelt Lakers 2-1 in overtime to advance to the GLIAC Championships. With the win, the #3 seeded Wildcats (8-4-6, 6-4-2 GLIAC) not only advance to the GLIAC Championship for the first time in program history, but match the program record for most wins in a season at eight. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Gladstone High School senior Lillie Johnson officially signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, achieving the goal of playing at an NCAA Division One school. Johnson signed on the dotted line at an event held at the Gladstone High School library, attended by her family and friends, and by her Braves basketball teammates. Click the above headline for details.
Escanaba High School senior Lenny Peacock officially signed his National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Western Michigan University, fulfilling a dream to play at an NCAA Division One school. Peacock signed on the dotted line at a celebration attended by his family, Eskymo teammates, and his ISA summer league pitching coach who drove up from Wisconsin. Click the above headline for details.
The MCCAA and Region 12 released the 2025 postseason volleyball awards. Bay College had three student-athletes make the Northern Conference Second Team and one on the Northern Conference Honorable Mention Team. Click the above headline for details, and to hear RRN's interview with Norse Coach Dan Porath.
The Bay College Norse Women's Basketball Team rolled to a big victory Wednesday night, taking down the Gogebic Community College Samsons by a final score of 112-74. Bay never trailed in the game and took a double-digit lead just four minutes into the game and never looked back. Click the above headline for details.
Four Upper Peninsula high school volleyball teams won regional semifinal matches on Tuesday to stay alive in the MHSAA tournaments: Forest Park, Ishpeming, Newberry, and Painesdale-Jeffers. Click the above headline for details.
In the snow and harsh Upper Peninsula weather, the Northern Michigan University men's soccer team did it, advancing to the GLIAC Semifinals after a dramatic 6-5 win in the penalty kick session after ending regulation and the overtime frame in a 2-2 draw. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team shocked the 12th-ranked team in the country on Saturday, beating the Rock Valley (Ill.) Golden Eagles, 67-65, at the Bay College Gym. The Golden Eagles struggled at the free throw line down the stretch, and the Norse took advantage with a clutch basket in the closing seconds by Makenna Hendrickson, off a pinpoint pass from Nina Bower onto the baseline. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan women's basketball team clinched a three-game weekend sweep in the team's opening weekend of play at the CCA Tip-Off Classic. The 'Cats aced this perfect weekend by defeating Edinboro (65-50), giving the team a 3-0 early-season record. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The first game for the Northern Michigan football team under interim head coach Billy Lindquist was one for the ages, as the Wildcats outlasted Davenport in a four-overtime classic, 47-45. The marathon affair tied the longest game in program history, matching a 34-28 four-overtime defeat against Tiffin in 2008. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
A great season came to an end for the Escanaba High School football team on Saturday as the Eskymos lost to the Big Rapids Cardinals, 48-18, in the MHSAA Division Four district championship game at the Escanaba Athletic Field. The Eskymos trailed just 20-12 early in the third quarter before the Cardinals blew the game open with 28 straight points. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos raced to a 24-0 lead and held off the Iron Mountain Mountaineers, 41-20, to send the Broncos into the regional final next week below the Bridge. Gionni McDonough scored on two long touchdown runs, including a 91-yarder, and the Bronco defense intercepted three passes in the first half. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and, interviews, and video highlights.
The Michigan Tech Huskies defeated the Northern Michigan Wildcats in hockey twice this weekend, 4-1 on Friday and 4-2 on Saturday. The result drops the NMU record to 0-12 on the season. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU and MTU Athletics. (Michigan Tech photo)
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team opened the 2025-26 season with a pair of wins at a tournament in Erie, Pennslvania. The Wildcats stunned fifth-ranked Gannon University, 60-58, Saturday night, after topping California University (Pa), 66-57, on Friday. The 'Cats will play a third game Sunday afternoon against Edinboro (Pa.) Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photos)
The Michigan Tech football team outscored No. 23 nationally-ranked Grand Valley State 8-3 in the fourth quarter, but was unable to get over the hump, dropping a GLIAC decision 18-15 in front of a crowd of 11,394 at Lubbers Stadium on the Lakers' Homecoming. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics. (MTU Photo)
Northern Michigan University football coach Shane Richardson has resigned. This comes with two games left in the season, and after Richardson was placed on administrative leave earlier this week. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Kingsford High School volleyball team won a district championship Thursday night, but it sure wasn't easy. After a big escape from a deep hole in the semifinals on Wednesday, the Flivvers had to battle the Negaunee Miners into four sets before posting a 3-1 win at the Kingsford High School Gym. Click the above headline for details.
The Manistique High School volleyball team Division Three district championship Thursday night, but the Emeralds did it the hard way. The girls beat the Gwinn Model Towners, 3 sets to 2, in a nailbiter that took some two hours to play. Click the above headline for more details.
The Norway High School volleyball team won a district championship Thursday night, beating the North Dickinson Nordics in a four-set match. The Nordics won the first set, 25-21, before the Knights took the next three. Click the above headline for details.
