The Bay College Norse men's basketball team advanced to the NJCAA Great Lakes “C” championship game on Friday, beating the Henry Ford College Hawks, 82-67, at the Ballenger Fieldhouse in Flint. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
Michigan Tech University announced 32 new members to its football program, with nine of them coming from the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to read about the recruits, and hear comments from Escanaba's Ben Johnson and North Central's Max Nason, as well as Tech Coach Dan Mettlach. (Photo: Escanaba's Ben Johnson on signing day).
The Menominee Maroons football team fought hard on Sunday against heavily-favored Jackson Lumen Christi in the MHSAA Division Seven state championship game, but lost, 34-30, in an entertaining, back-and-forth contest at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for the details, and to listen back to the Maroons radio broadcast.
The Michigan Tech volleyball team advanced to the semifinal round of the GLIAC Tournament for the seventh straight season after a 3-0 sweep of Northern Michigan Wednesday at the SDC Gym. The Huskies won 25-22, 25-14, and 25-15 to beat the Wildcats for the first time this season. Click the above headline for details from both schools. (MTU Photo)
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Wednesday released its All-U.P. football awards for the Eight-Man divisions. A group of 21 reporters from across the Upper Peninsula spent several hours during a meeting at Northern Michigan University to come up with this list. Click the above headline to see the award winners.
The Upper Peninsuila Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association released its All-UP high school volleyball teams on Monday. Kingsford's Maddy Kreider was named Ms. Volleyball as the U.P.'s top player, and was the D1-3 Defensive Player of the Year. Manistique's Ella Schuetter was named the D1-3 Offensive Player of the Year. Click the above headline to see the list.
The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team took care of business on the field Sunday afternoon, defeating the Wisconsin Parkside Rangers 1-0 and securing their first GLIAC Championship title. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Gladstone High School football team fell behind early and never could recover Friday night, losing to the Kingsley Stags, 51-27, in the MHSAA Division Six regional championship game. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswiters and Sportscasters Association on Thursday released its All-U.P. football players for the 11-man division. Click the above headline for details
The high school football playoffs are winding down, with teams from across the Upper Peninsula competing in several divisions losing this weekend. Only Menominee plays on. Click the above headline to see all of the schedules and scores.
The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team took care of business in the Superior Dome Monday evening, defeating the Purdue Northwest Pride 3-0 and securing home-field advantage for the remainder of the playoffs. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Gladstone Braves football team ended four years of playoff frustration by beating the Negaunee Miners, 28-14, Friday night, at the Marble Athletic Field. The Braves took down the defending state runners-up, and the team that had ended their season in each of the past three playoffs. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team clinched their first-ever GLIAC regular season championship on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Michigan Tech. Stephanie Trujillo scored the only goal of the game. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Northern Michigan University volleyball team made an outstanding comeback on Halloween, beating the Michigan Tech Huskies in dramatic fashion, 3-2, Tuesday night. Click the above headline for the details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. Also listen to RRN's Grace Harlow broadcast the fifth set, and interview Coach Mike Lozier.
The Escanaba Eskymos played hard after falling behind by two sets in Monday night's MHSAA volleyball district tournament opener, winning the third set and nearly winning the fourth, before losing to the Houghton Gremlins, 3-1, in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and comments from both teams' head coaches.
The North Central High School football team opened defense of its threepeat state championship on Saturday with a dominating 54-20 win over the previously-undefeated Posen Vikings in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos, interveiws.
The Northern Michigan University football team had an early lead, but gave up 39 straight points and lost to the Wayne State Warriors, 41-17, Saturday in Marquette. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
The Gladstone High School football team opened MHSAA Division Six playoff action Friday night with a workmanlike 28-7 win over the Boyne City Ramblers at the Marble Athletic Field. Eli Berthume rushed for three touchdowns and the Braves defense pitched a shutout until the back-ups allowed a score in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for details.
The Manistique Hogh School volleyball team wrapped up a successful regular season Thursday night, with a rather easy 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos. The scores were 25-21, 25-14, and 25-15. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and other UP scores.
Mother Nature was not kind for the Marquette High School soccer team, and Lady Luck wasn't either, as the boys faced the Fruitport Trojans in an MHSAA Division Two regional semifinal game in Gaylord late Tuesday night. Marquette lost the game, 2-0. Click the above headline for details. (MSHS Photo by Michelle Grunert)
The soccer season came to an end for the Kingsford Flivvers late Tuesday night in Gaylord, as the Flivvers couldn't hold a 2-0 lead and lost at the very end of regulation time to the Fremont Packers, 3-2, in Gaylord. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School soccer team is preparing for the biggest game in school history on Tuesday, when the Flivvers head downstate to face Fremont in the MHSAA Division Three regional semifinals. Click the above headline for details. (Coleton Mihelich photo)
The MHSAA Upper Peninsula Finals for cross country were held in Gladstone on Saturday, and there were repeat champions on the boys side as Marquette, Painesdale-Jeffers, and Dollar Bay won titles. Click the above headline for details, photos, courtesy of MHSAA.
The Marquette High School boys soccer team made history on Saturday, winning a MHSAA District Championship with a dramatic win over Petoskey on penalty kicks. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos courtesy of MSHS soccer.
The Northern Michigan football team lost to the second-ranked team in the country, Grand Valley State, 73-14, on Saturday at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details. (Photo and statistics courtesy of NMU Sports Information)
The Gladstone Braves raced to a 27-0 lead in the first half and cruised to a 30-0 victory over the Escanaba Eskymos Friday night, ending Escanaba's season and sending the Braves into the playoffs as a No. 1 seed. Click the above headline for details, photos, interviews.
The U.P. Division One Girls Tennis Awards have been announced, and the co-champion Escanaba Eskymos and Negaunee Miners cleaned up the top awards. Escanaba's Sophia Derkos led the way, winning her second straight U.P. Player of the Year award. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse Volleyball Team won a hard fought match Tuesday night in Lower Michigan against the Montcalm Community College Centurions, earning a spot in the Great Lakes Region Regional Tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Marquette High School boys varsity soccer team made the most of the new ability to take part in the MHSAA State tournament. Marquette beat Alpena, 3-0, Tuesday afternoon, at the Kaufman Sports Complex. Click the above headline for details. (Mary Sysko photo)
The Kingsford High School volleyball team moved to within one win of the outright Great Northern Conference championship with a 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night. The scores were 25-16, 25-16, and 25-15. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, interviews, and other Upper Peninsula scores.
