The Gladstone High School football team opened its season Thursday night with a 30-6 win over the Gwinn Model Towners at Gwinn's McCormick Field. Junior Wyatt Forvilly led the Braves with 255 yards rushing, including a 42-yard touchdown run. Click the above headline for details, and io see photos and videos, and to hear post-game interviews.
On Thursday night under the lights at Scheels Field at Minnesota's Nemzek Stadium, the Northern Michigan football team dropped its season opener 41-19 against the Minnesota State-Moorhead Dragons. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information, and to hear RRN's Casey Ford interview lineman Daniel Babcock and the post-game interview with Coach Matt Janus.
The Michigan Tech football team edged Bemidji State 31-29 in the season-openerin Minnesota on Thursday evening. It's the second season in a row the Huskies defeated the Beavers to begin the new campaign—both times scoring 31 points. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Escanaba High School girls tennis team had a busy day on Tuesday in Marquette County, playing two matches back-to-back. The Eskymos played to a 4-4 draw with the Marquette Sentinels, and lost a tough match to the Westwood Patriots, 5-3. Click the above headline for details, scores from the matches.
The Manistique High School volleyball team lost the first two sets of its match with the Munising Mustangs Tuesday night before the Emeralds rallied to win, 3-2, taking the fifth and deciding set, 17-15. Click the above headline to see all of Tuesday's scores.
The Bay College Norse athletes are back on the Escanaba campus as the new school year is about to get going. This has been Student-Athlete Orientation Week, with the Norse athletes meeting with college officials on their classes, financial aid, campus jobs, and other issues. On Thursday, the 100 or so athletes had sessions on public relations, led by Sports Information Director Mike Pankow. Click the above headline for details.
High school volleyball season is here in the Upper Peninsula. The Escanaba Eskymos welcomed the West Iron County Wykons to town Wednesday afternoon. West Iron won the first two sets before Escanaba won the third set. The Wykons held on to win the fourth set to take the match, 3-1. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews with both coaches.
The high school girls tennis season is under way across the Upper Peninsula. On Monday, after a week of practice, the Escanaba Eskymos beat the Gladstone Braves, 5-3, at Pfotenhauer Park in Gladstone. The Eskymos took all four doubles flights, while the Braves won three of the four singles flights. Click the above head;ine for details.
The Escanaba Eskymos football program is looking to make major renovations to the “Igloo” locker room facility at the Escanaba Athletic Field. A $600,000 fundraising campaign has been launched. Click the above headline for more details and how you van support the project.
-The 2026/2027 school year is rapidly approaching; fall sports are checking in, students are getting back on campus, and the NMU men's soccer team opened the athletic calendar with a pre-season exhibition match against Division I UW-Green Bay. Head coach Alex Fatovic and the Wildcats welcomed the Phoenix to Marquette just four days into the pre-season schedule, drawing 1-1 to Green Bay. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves are back on the football field as practices are under way across the Upper Peninsula. And the Braves have a new look now, with a new head coach, new offensive scheme, and guys playing at new positions. Click the above headline to hear from the new-look Braves.
Escanaba HIgh School senior offensive lineman Zahn Anderson is hoping to lead his Eskymos to another great season on the football field before he heads to Michigan Tech University for his college football career. Click the above headline for more from him and his coach.
The Upper Peninsula high school football season is offically under way. Practices were allowed to begin on Monday, and several Upper Peninsula schools took advantage by holding special practices at exactly midnight. One of them was Escanaba, where the Midnight Madness practice has become a tradition. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
The Junior Little League baseball team from Illinois that defeated the Negaunee All-Stars (age 13-14) at the Central Regional Tournament last weekend in Midland has been declared ineligible, and has been booted out of the Junior League World Series. That as the World Series is set to start in just hours. Late Thursday night, Little League disqualified the Illinois team, and awarded the Central Region's World Series spot to the runner-up from Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. Click the above headline for details.
The UP Sports Hall of Fame 23-member council recently held their annual meeting and is announcing the 2027 class of ten new inductees into the Hall of Fame. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Island Resort & Casino will officially open its highly anticipated Cedar Course (Kishki) for limited preview play beginning this Friday. The nine-hole layout marks the resort's third golf course, joining the award-winning Sweetgrass and Sage Run courses while giving golfers an exclusive opportunity to experience one of the country's newest Golden Age-inspired designs before its full opening in 2027. Click the above headline to read more and hear an interview with GM Tony Mancilla.
Each year, the MHSAA provides information to its member schools to help them prepare for hot-weather practice and game conditions during the late summer and early fall. Practices for all Fall 2026 sports – cross country, field hockey, football, Lower Peninsula girls golf, boys soccer, Lower Peninsula girls swimming & diving, Lower Peninsula boys and Upper Peninsula girls tennis, and girls volleyball – may begin Monday, Aug. 10. Click the above headline for details.
The long pl;ayoff run ended for the Negaunee Junior Boys Little League (age 13-14) All-Star baseball team on Sunday with a 13-0 loss to the Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, All-Stars at Plymouth Park in downstate Midland. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and video clips.
It took an extra two weeks, but the Menominee Red Wave has won the Michigan Veterans Baseball 17-and-under state championship. The Red Wave bull-rushed their way to the championship with a dominating weekend at Gladstone's Don Olsen Field. Menominee smacked Sagola-Felch Post 168, 12-1, to earn the trophy. Click the above headline for details.
Not much went right for the Negaunee Junior Little League All-Star baseball team on Saturday as they lost to the Illinois State Champions from Elmhurst-River Forest, 11-0, in the Central Regional Tournament winner's bracket final. Click the above headline for details, and videos taken by Cooper Dost.
The Negaunee Junior Little League All-Stars (age 13-14) used strong defense and added just enough offense to pull out another nailbiter at the Central Regional tournament in Midland on Friday afternoon. Negaunee rallied from a 2-0 deficit midway through the game to battle for a 5-4 win over the Tri-Cities Little League out of Kearney, Nebraska. The future Miners are now just two wins away from a trip to the Junior Baseball World Series. Click the above headline for details, photos, interviews, video clips.
The Negaunee Junior Little League All-Star (age 13-14) baseball team scored seven runs in the first inning and then had to hang on at the end, beating the Indiana State Champions from Wabash Little League, 8-6, at Plymouth Park. Click the above headline for details, interviews, photos, and video highlights.
The Radio Results Network, in partnership with Bay College Athletics, is proud to announce that it has received two prestigious awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters for its coverage of Bay College Athletics. The collaboration earned Best Sports Feature or Series for The Bay College Sports Minute and Best Mini Documentary or Series for the collection of Bay College Sports Minute features highlighting student-athletes, coaches, and the growth of Bay College Athletics. Click the above headline to read details, and to hear some of this season's Sports Minutes.
The Kingsford American Legion Baseball team completed another big comeback on Sunday to win the Class A state tournament championship. The Greens, after being dumped into the loser's bracket by an illegal team in the first game of the tournament, battled back to win four games in the loser's bracket, including Sunday's 11-1 championship win over Breckenridge Post 295. Click the above heasdline for details, video highlights, audio interviews.
The Kingsford Greens American Legion Baseball team won three gmes in the loser's bracket this weekend in far southern Lower Michigan, and will now play for a state championship on Sunday. The Greens beat Breckenridge Post 295 n Saturday, 8-5, after beating Stevensville-Lakeshore (10-3) and Hudson (8-2) on Friday. The Greens bounced back after political drama that saw a team kicked out of the tournament Friday night. Click the above headline for details, videos, and interviews.
High School Foorball. Gladstone Braves vs Negaunee Miners. From the Negaunee HIgh School football field. On WCHT-FM/AM (NewsTalk 93.5/600) and on-line at https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cirruspremier/WCHT
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High School Football. Marinette Marines vs Soutrhern Door Eagles. From Marinette, Wisconsin. Game starts at 7:00 CT/8:00 ET. On WLST-FM (95.1 Cat Country) and on-line at https://streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/cirruscontent/WLST
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College Football. Northern Michigan University Wildcats vs Tiffin (Ohio) University Dragons. WILDCAT HOME OPENER. From the Superior Dome. KIck-off is 6:00 ET/5:00 CT. Coverage begins at 5:30 ET/4:30 CT. On WUPT-FM (100.3 The Point Marquette), WCHT-FM/AM (93.5/600 Escanaba), WMIQ-AM (1450 Iron Mountain), and on-line at https://streamdb7web.securenetsystems.net/cirrusencore/WUPT
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NASCAR Racing Cup Southern 500 Chase Race at Darlington, South Carolina. Coverage begins at 3:00 CT/4:00 ET. Race begins at 4:00 CT/5:00 ET. On WHYB-FM (Classic Hits 103.7 Menominee/Marinette) and on-line at https://streamdb5web.securenetsystems.net/cirruscontent/WHYB
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College Football. University of Wisconsin Badgers vs University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish, From Lambeau Field in Green Bay. Kick-off is 6:30 CT/7:30 ET. Coverage begins at 5:30 CT/6:30 ET. On WMAM-AM/FM (570/104.5 Menominee/Marinette).
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