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SIMPLY THE BEST: Gladstone's Johnson Highlights All-UP Awards

April 08, 2026

The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Wednesday releeasesd its All-U.P. girls basketball teams. A group of 18 reporters from across the entire U.P. met last week in Marquette to make the selections. Gladstone Braves senior Lillie Johnson was chosen as Miuss Basketball, along with being the Division 1-3 Player of the Year and a member of the all-class Dream Team. Ishpeming senior Janessa Eagle was named the Division Four Player of the Year. Click the above headine for all of the details.

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Michigan Tech Huskies Women's Basketball Coach Clayton Resigns

April 07, 2026

After spending eight seasons successfully leading the Michigan Tech women's basketball team, head coach Sam Clayton has resigned from her position to pursue a head coaching opportunity at another institution. A national search for a new women's basketball coach will begin immediately. Click the above headline for details. (MIchigan Tech story, photo)

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UPSSA Announces All-U.P. Boys Basketball Award Winners

April 03, 2026

The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Friday releeasesd its All-U.P. boys basketball teams. A group of 18 reporters from across the entire U.P. met earlier in the week in Marquette to make the selections. Westwood Patriots senior Ethan Marta was chosen as Mr. Basketball, along with being the Division 1-3 Player of the Year and member of the all-class Dream Team. Dollar Bay senior Liam Tourtillott was named the Division Four Player of the Year. Click the above headline to see all of the winners. (MHSAA Photo)

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Northern Michigan University Hires Ganz As Men's Basketball Head Coach

April 03, 2026

Northern Michigan Athletics has named Keil Ganz as its next head men's basketball coach, Athletic Director Rick Comley announced Friday. Ganz returns to Marquette after spending the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. This marks his third stint with the Wildcats program, as he previously served as associate head coach during the 2024-25 season and as an assistant coach in 2023-24, following an earlier stop in 2019-20. (NMU Photo, story)

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END OF AN ERA: Longtime Gogebic Basketball Coach Mackey Retiring

April 02, 2026

The longtime coach of the Gogebic Community College Samsons basketball team is retiring. Dennis Mackey announced on Thursday that he will be retiring as of May 31st, after 38 years of teaching and coaching at the Ironwood school. He won more than 500 games during 19 years of coaching the women's team, followed by 19 more years coaching the men's team. The basketball coach at GCC's Lindquist Center was named after Mackey in November, 2024. Click the above headline for details on Mackey's career, and the RRN coverage of Mackey's special 2024 night,

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Escanaba's Kamin Named MVP As Grand Valley Wins Another National Title

March 28, 2026

The Grand Valley State women's basketball team etched their name in the history books once again, winning their second straight National Championship, and the second in program history. The Lakers led wire-to-wire in a 72-49 victory over IUP in the championship game. Escanaba graduate Nicole Kamin was named the Elite Eight MVP and had 18 points, five rebounds, four assists, and three blocked shots in Saturday's championship game. (Grand Valley State photo, story)

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Michigan Tech Men's Basketball Team Falls In National Quarterfinals, 75-49

March 25, 2026

Despite holding No. 6 Gannon Golden Knights to its second-lowest scoring performance of the season—20 points below its average—the No. 16 nationally ranked Michigan Tech Huskies couldn't find consistent offense, falling 75–49 in the Elite Eight at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Wednesday to end the program's historic NCAA Tournament run. Click teh above headline for details (courtesy of MTU Athletics), and video highlights and post-game comments, courtesy of NCAA.

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ON TOP AGAIN: Hematites Clamp Down On Defense To Win State Championship

March 21, 2026

Mya Hemmer and Jenessa Eagle put on one final show in an Ishpeming uniform Saturday. The Hematites seniors were dominant in leading their team to a 48-28 victory against Portland St. Patrick in the Division 4 Girls Basketball Final at the Breslin Center, winning their second title in three years. Click the above headline for details. (Photo and story courtesy of Michigan High School Athletic Association)

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Lakosky Has Big Game As Wildcats Smack Saginaw Valley State, 23-1

March 20, 2026

The Northern Michigan University women's lacrosse team downed the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals, winning 23-1, Friday, in the Superior Dome. The Wildcats (7-2, 1-0 GLIAC) were led by Josie Lakosky, who scored eight goals and three assists for 11 points to go along with nine shots and shots on goal, five ground balls, five draw controls, and five caused turnovers. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)

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GRINDING AWAY: Ishpeming Girls Win State Semifinal Game, 37-34

March 19, 2026

The Ishpeming High School girls basketball team advanced to the MHSAA Division Four state championship game Thursday night with a gritty 37-34 win over the Morenci Bulldogs at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details. (photo, story courtesy of MHSAA)

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Ishpeming Dominates Inland Lakes; Heads Back To Breslin Center

March 18, 2026

The Ishpeming High School girls basketball team crushed Indian River Inland Lakes, 60-22, in the MHSAA Division Four state quarterfinals Wednesday night in Gaylord. C;lick the above headline for details.

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NMU Basketball Coach Majkrzak Taking D-1 Job At Northern Illinois

March 17, 2026

After seven seasons leading the Northern Michigan men's basketball program, head coach Matt Majkrzak has accepted the head coaching position at Division I Northern Illinois University. Click the above headline for NMU story, and to hear RRN's Casey Ford interview Majkrzak about his decision to leave NMU. (RRN Photo)

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Northern Michigan Basketball Season Ends With NCAA Tourney Loss

March 16, 2026

The Northern Michigan men's basketball team fell to the Walsh Cavaliers in the second round of the DII NCAA Tournament on Sunday. NMU's season ended with a program-best 28-7 record. Click the above headline for details. (Story, photo courtesy of NMU Sports Information)

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Negaunee 12U Hockey Team Cruises To State Championship

March 15, 2026

The Negaunee Iron Range 12U boys Tier II AA hockey team won a state championship on Sunday, wrapping up a perfect weekend of hockey. The boys beat Orchard Lake, 4-1, in the semifinals, and then took down the Detroit Bulldogs, 7-4, in the championship game. Negaunee outshot Detroit, 28-16, in the championship victory. The games were played at the Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City. Negaunee also won all of its pool play contests.

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Tahquamenon Youth Hockey Tier III 12U Team Wins State Championship

March 15, 2026

Tahquamenon Area Youth Hockey Association 12U boys Tier Three hockey team won a state championship last night at the Farmington Arena near Detroit. The Bandits won all three of their games in pool play, and then beat the West Shore Wolves, 9-3, in Sunday's semifinals. The championship game saw the Newberry-Munising combined team beat Detroit Honeybaked, 7-1, outshooting the downstate team, 35-7, along the way. Congratulations to Coach Nutkins and the boys.

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Tomashek Clutch Four-Point Play Sends Michigan Tech To Sweet 16

March 15, 2026

Senior guard Marcus Tomashek completed a four-point play with under three seconds to play to give the No. 15 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball team its first win over No. 22 Grand Valley State this season, advancing to the Midwest Region Championship game with a 69-67 victory at the Alumni Arena on the campus of Walsh University on Sunday evening. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech story, photo)

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WHAT A WIN! NMU Wildcats Rally In Closing Seconds To Advance

March 14, 2026

The Northern Michigan men's basketball team pulled off a March miracle by using a 10-2 run in the final 32 seconds of the game to stun the Rockhurst Hawks by a margin of 86-85 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. "I've never seen a comeback like that," said NMU Head Coach Matt Majkrzak. "We kept fighting, and you go down to the final horn, and we win." Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and post-game comments.

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Michigan Tech Basketball Beats Lake Erie; Adavance To Regional Semifinals

March 14, 2026

The No. 16 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball squad earned a game-high 34 points from Marcus Tomashek and a career-high 20 points from Jesse Napgezek off the bench in an 83-73 victory over Lake Erie to advance to the Regional Semifinal game at the Alumni Arena on the campus of Walsh University on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)

Girls Basketball

NMU Women's Basketball Season Ends In NCAA Midwest Regional

March 13, 2026

The Northern Michigan women's basketball team hung tight with the Wayne State Warriors for three quarters, but a 24-13 final frame for WSU powered them past the Wildcats 77-61 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday night. That ended Northern's season with a 25-8 record. Click the above headline for details, and to hear from Coach Casey Thousand and Sarah Newcomer. (NMU story, photo)

Boys Basketball

Dollar Bay Hangs In There; Falls To Detroit Douglass In Semifinal

March 12, 2026

The Dollar Bay High School boys basketball team battled hard Thuirsday night, but lost to Detroit Douglass, 58-47, in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinal at the Breslin Center. The Blue Bolts faurced a team that has blown out all of its recent opponents, but were down by just six points in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA story and photo)

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Maroons Start Fast; Fall To Powerhouse In State Semifinals

March 12, 2026

The Menominee Maroons made seven three-point baskets in the first half to take a nine-point halftime lead on Thursday, but the outside shooting dried up in the second half and the Maroons lost to Arts & Technology of Pontiac, 78-66, in the Division Three state semifinals in East Lansing. Click the above headline for details. (Story and photo courtesy of MHSAA)

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DREAM COME TRUE: Dollar Bay Basketball Heading To State Final Four

March 10, 2026

Liam Tourtillott scored 23 points, 14 of them down the stretch, to lead the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts to a 55-46 come-from-behind win over the Pickford Panthers Tuesday night in the MHSAA Division Four boys basketball state quarterfinal in Gladstone. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.

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Escanaba Eighth Graders Bring Home Basketball State Championship

March 09, 2026

The Escanaba Eskymos eighth grade basketball team has won a state championship. The boys went undefeated and won the Michigan Middle School Silver bracket state title over the weekend in dowinstate Brighton. There were 12 teams in the bracket. In pool play, Escanaba beat Charlotte, 44-26, and topped Owosso 48-32, In the semifinals, Esky beat Niles, 47-25, and in the championship game, Escanaba pulled out a 45-42 win over SISU out of Vassar, Michigan. Tournaments were held in 3rd through 8th grades, and Escanaba was the only Upper Peninsula team in any bracket to bring home the championshiip.

Girls Basketball

Bay Women End Season With Regional Final Loss To Undefeated Schoolcraft

March 08, 2026

The Bay College Norse women's basketball team had its most successful season in program history come to an end on Sunday with a loss in the NJCAA Region 12 championship game at the Ballenger Fieldhouse in Flint. The Norse lost to the nation's second-ranked team, the undefeated Schoolcraft College Ocelots, 82-60. The Bay ladies kept the game as close as they could for as long as they could, but Schoolcraft's deep roster proved to be too much to overcome. Click the above headline for details.

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SELECTION SUNDAY: Wildcat Basketball Teams Headed To NCAA Tourney

March 08, 2026

It was Selection Sunday late Sunday night, and the Northern Michigan University men's and women's basketball teams both heard their names called for trips to the NCAA-II tournaments. Click the above headline for details and to hear reaction from both NMU head coaches.

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Northern Michigan Swimmer Gets Major GLIAC Award

4/9/26

Standout Northern Michigan University swimmer Leo Nolles has been named a recipient of the 2025-26 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Pat Riepma Postgraduate Scholarship. The honor, which awards each recipient, one male and one female, $5,000 in aid to the graduate school of their choice, was voted on by the Faculty Athletic Representatives (FARs) of the GLIAC member institutions. Nolles is one of the most decorated student-athletes to go through the NMU swim and dive program. In his four seasons with Northern Michigan, the Maldonado, Uruguay native represented his country in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, is a 21x All-American, has earned three medals at the NCAA Championships, earned 19 GLIAC Championship medals with eight golds, and has both broken and is currently holding numerous NMU school and pool records.

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