A fun night for the U.P. All-Star football players Wednesday was the Skills Challenge. Events included the Fastest Man (40 yard dash), the Strongest Man, Quarterback Challenge, Receiver Challenge, Punting and Field Goal Kicking. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Football on Tuesday announced the hiring of Dylan Chmura as the new Offensive Coordinator. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University Football has announced its 2022 schedule. Out of the ten games this season, five of them will be on the Superior Dome's turf. Click the above headline to see the schedule, including the Homecoming game announcement.
Gladstone High School senior John Hansen has signed to play football with Concordia University, an NCAA Division Three school in Chicago. Hansen will play as a wide receiver there, after being limited to the defensive side of the ball for much of his senior season with the Braves. Click the above headline to read more.
On National Signing Day 2022, the Northern Michigan University football team inked 23 individuals to National Letters of Intent. The Freshman class will consist of nine offensive players, 11 defensive players, and two special teams players. Click the above headline for details.
Three members of the state champion North Central Jets have been named to the Associated Press All-State football team. Quarterback Luke Gorzinski was named the Player of the Year for the entire state. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Michigan High School Football Coaches Association released its All-State football lists on Wednesday. Click the above headline to see which Yoopers made the list.
The North Central Jets rolled to another MHSAA Eight Man state football championship on Saturday, beating the Colon Magi, 63-0, at the Superior Dome. It was the second straight state championship for NCA and it was the 13th straight mercy-rule victory in an undefeated season. Click the above headline for details, interviews.
The North Central High School football team held its final practice on its home field in Powers Wednesday night as the Jets get ready to face the Colon Magi in the state championship game on Saturday. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and hear interviews.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association announced its All-U.P. football awards Monday night, and the North Central Jets swept all of the major awards, including Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year. Click the above headline to see all of the award winnes.
The 2021 high school volleyball post-season has come to an end. Click the above headline to see the scores.
The North Central Jets football team fell behind for the first time this season on Saturday, but scored 66 unanswered points to roll past Marion in the state semifinals, 73-8, in Powers. Click the above headline for details and hear post-game interviews.
The high school football playoffs move into Week Three with four U.P. teams still alive. Click the above headline to see the results and regular season scoreboard for all Upper Peninsula teams.
The Northern Michigan University football team wrapped up its season on Saturday with a 34-26 win over Northwood at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read details, and to listen to player interviews with Coleman Fields and Cullen Heimburger.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters announced their All-U.P. football teams Friday evening. A panel of 21 people met for nearly seven hours at the Marquette Holiday Inn Wednesday to come up with this list. Click the above headline for details.
Wednesday was collegiate Signing Day for several sports, including baseball and softball. Three Escanaba High School graduating seniors signed on the bottom line: Jared Hanson, Hunter Lancour and Carsyn Segorski. Click the above headline to hear from them.
Two Bay College cross country runners will compete in the NJCAA National Championships in Virginia this weekend. Click the above headline to read more about Zach Rose and Lindsay Cox.
The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team eliminated Michigan Tech, 2-1, in the GLIAC quarterfinals on Tuesday in Houghton. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team headed inside the Superior Dome for a Senior day match Sunday against the Michigan Tech Huskies and came away with a 2-0 win to close the regular season. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University football team had the lead in the second half but couldn't hang on on Saturday, losing to Saginaw Valley State, 33-21. Click the above headline for details, and hear player spotlight interviews with Tavion McCarthy, Tyquan Cox, Daniel Riser, and Kyle Sahr. (Saginaw Valley State photo)
While COVID-19 surely played a part in reduced participation in sports at Michigan High School Athletic Association schools during the 2020-21 school year, a total of 244,012 participants continued to take part in athletics across the 28 sports for which the MHSAA sponsors postseason tournaments. Click the above headline for details.
The defending state champion North Central Jets rolled to a playoff victory on Saturday, beating the Pellston Hornets, 64-14, in Powers. Wyatt Raab rushed for three touchdowns and had a pick-six interception score. Click the above headline for details.
The Negaunee Miners raced to 28-0 and 35-6 leads before holding off a furious fourth quarter rally to beat the Gladstone Braves, 42-28, Friday night, in the MHSAA Division Six playoffs. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and hear interviews.
The Escanaba Eskymos rallied from eight points down to force a fifth game, and the held off the Manistique Emeralds in the decisive fifth game to pull out another wild 3-2 match before a pair of raucous student sections Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and hear post-game interviews.
The man who allegedly sexually abused a National Hockey League player is from Houghton, and also allegedly assaulted a Houghton High School hockey player while he was an assistant coach with the Gremlins. Click the above headline for details. (TSN Photo)
The Marquette High School volleyball team clinched the outright Great Northern Conference championship Tuesday night with a 3-1 win over the Escanaba Eskymos. The scores were 25-18, 25-11, 20-25, 25-13. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Marquette Redmen won the Division One boys Upper Peninsula cross country championship on its home course Saturday, as Carson Vanderschaaf (pictured) won the medalist honors. Painesdale-Jeffers in Division Two, and Dollar Bay won in Division Three. Click the above headline to read details courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association.
The Northern Michigan University football team put up quite a battle Saturday against the eighth ranked team in the country, Grand Valley State. The Lakers left Marquette with a hard-fought 28-24 win. Click the above headline for details from both schools' athletic departments, and hear RRN interviews with Eddy Pierson and Stanton Johnson.
Bay College Head Softball Coach Heidi Charon has resigned her position with the program. Charon was the first softball coach in school history. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School football team lost by one point for the third time this season Friday night, falling to the Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils, 15-14, at the Marble Athletic Field. Cole Hawker kicked three field goals, including the game-winner with 31.1 seconds left, and the Braves threw two interceptions in the red zone to stop scoring drives. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
