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.
The Upper Peninsula got some national recognition this week fom the USA Today newspaper. The UP was named the publication's “Top Readers Choice in the US” for a golf getaway. Our region was listed as the best on the Top Ten list for 2026, after being ranked fifth out of ten in the 2025 poll. Click the above headline for the details, and to hear RRN's interview with Tony Mancilla at the Sweetgrass Golf Course and Sage Run.
The Big Bay deNoc High School boys basketball team picked up its first win of the season Tuesday night, beating the Hannahville Soaring Eagles, 61-35, in Hannahville. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos, video highlights.
The Big Bay deNoc Black Bears took a 22-3 halftime lead and rolled past the Hannahville Soaring Eagles, 52-10, in girls basketball action Tuesday in Hannahville. Kaitlyn Massengill led Big bay with 14 points. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Upper Peninsula's smallest high school boys and girls basketball teams gathered in Hannahville Friday for the annual Northern Lights League Tournament. Hannahville beat Grand Marais, 59-40, before losing to Ojibwe Charter, 51-37. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos. (Pictured: Hannahville's David Welling vs Grand Marais).
The Mackinac Island Lakers boys basketball team trailed for most of the game Friday before pulling out a 47-45 win over the Hannahville Soaring Eagles in a Northern Lights Conference game. The Laker girls team topped Hannahville earlier in the night, 49-29. Click the above headline to read details of both games, and to see photos and videos.
The Hannahville Soaring Eagles shot the lights out in the first half of Monday night's game against the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears. Hannahville hit eight three-point baskets and built a 12-point lead. But Big Bay took control in the second half and cruised to a 68-54 win.
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It was a defensive battle in Hannahville Monday night as the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears slipped past the host Soaring Eagles, 33-25, in a girls basketball make-up game. Click the above headline to read the story, and to see pictures and video highlights.
The Big Bay deNoc Black Bears girls volleyball team lost the first game during their match against the Hannahville Soaring Eagles Thursday night in Hannahville.
But the Big Bay deNoc girls rallied to win the next three games to win the match, 3-1.
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The Hannahville High School boys basketball team won the Northern Lights Tournament championship on Saturday, beating regular season co-champ Maplewood Baptist, 57-51, in overtime in Hannahville. Martin Thorbahn nailed four three-pointers, including the game-winner in the extra session. Alec Wandashega and Seth Williams both added a dozen points, with Williams scoring two overtime baskets. The Eagles also beat Beaver Island, 74-23, in a tournament semifinal.
The Hannahville Soaring Eagles girls basketball team won their first Northern Lights Tournament championship Saturday afternoon, topping Grand Marais, 41-33, in the title game. Hannahville also beat Maplewood Baptist, 41-31, in a semifinal match-up Saturday morning, and beat Mackinac Island Friday.
