Redmen Soccer Shuts Down Kingsford Again, 5-0
September 17, 2020The Marquette High School soccer team cruised to a 5-0 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Thursday night, their third straight win in the series. Click the above headline for details.
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Girls Tennis
Escanaba Tennis Sweeps Singles; Tops Kingsford
September 17, 2020The Escanaba High School girls tennis team won all four singles flights and beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 5-3, Thursday afternoon in Kingsford. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
SUNDAY SPECIAL: Team 906, Channing Get Wins
September 06, 2020The Felch Labor Day baseball tournament continued on Sunday with a great game between the Marquette Minutemen and the Team 906/Jacobson Logging squad. Team 906 won, 2-1, after Channing eliminated Escanaba earlier in the day, 6-1. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
Baseball
U.P. Hardball Classic Gets Going In Iron Mountain
September 05, 2020The 50th annual U.P. Hardball Classic baseball tournament got underway on Saturday in Iron Mountain with a talented group of Wisconsin teams joining the Delta County Bay College and host Iron Mountain team. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
HOLIDAY KICKOFF: Escanaba Rallies Past Felch
September 04, 2020The Escanaba "Mikey D's Beer Cave" baseball team scored four runs in the fifth inning to rally past the host Felch Rangers, 5-4, as the Labor Day weekend tournament began Friday night. Click the above headline to read details and see photos, videos.
Hockey
NMU Sports Hall Of Fame Announces '20 Inductees
August 31, 2020The Northern Michigan University Athletics Department has announced the newest inductees to the NMU Sports Hall of Fame. There will be mo ceremony due to the coronavirus. Click the above headline to see who's being inducted.
Girls Softball
Eskymo Softball Team Plays Final Game Together
August 16, 2020The Escanaba High School softball team played together one final time on Saturday, taking part in a game against a team of Eskymo alumni at Lemmerand Park. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos from the game.
Girls Softball
ONE LAST TIME: '20 Softball Seniors Bid Farewell
August 14, 2020The Class of 2020 had all of their senior memories taken from them by the coronavirus, including their entire softball seasons. But 28 girls from across the Upper Peninsula got to take the field in a pair of All-Star type games Friday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details and to see game photos.
Baseball
ANOTHER TIGHT ONE: IMKN Boys Fall In Qtrs.
August 09, 2020The Iron Mountain-Kingsford-Norway Under-19 baseball team lost another one-run game on Sunday in the Wisconsin Dells, falling to the HTP Raptors from Apple Valley, Minn., 3-2, in the quarterfinals. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Baseball
IMKN U-19 Baseball Drops Two In Wisconsin Dells
August 08, 2020The Iron Mountain-Kingsford-Norway Under-19 baseball team is competing this weekend at the "Back To School Bash" in the Wisconsin Dells. The boys dropped two games on Saturday, falling to the Midwest Prospects from Rockford, Ill., 6-5, and the HTP Raptors of Apple Valley, Minn., 8-3. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
Football
NCAA Division Two Fall Championships Cancelled
August 05, 2020There will be no postseason championships for fall sports in NCAA Division Two, which Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech Universities compete in. Wednesday's announcement does not cancel regular season games. Click the above headline for more.
Baseball
Gladstone Indians Celebrate Successful '20 Season
August 05, 2020The Gladstone Indians Under-19 baseball team celebrated a season that almost wasn't with a team banquet Tuesday night at the Gladstone Sports Park. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Nate Belleville, and hear from Manager Justin Jurek.
Baseball
Gladstone's Weinert Transfers To Aquinas College
August 04, 2020Gladstone High School graduate and former Bay College Norse baseball player Lucas Weinert has found a new home. He'll attend school and play ball at Aquinas College in downstate Grand Rapids. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
Escanaba 12-Under Bears Finish Second In Tourney
August 01, 2020The Escanaba Bears Under-12 baseball team cruised through its tournament play in Black Creek, Wis., on Saturday, but fell in the championship game to DePere, 3-0. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
Football
Finlandia University Cancels Football, Fall Sports
August 01, 2020Finlandia University in Hancock has cancelled football and its other sports seasons (soccer and volleyball). Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
Escanaba 12-Under Bears Win Final Home Games
July 30, 2020The Escanaba Bears 12-and-under baseball team swept a doubleheader over the West Ishpeming Ballers on Thursday as the boys played their final home games of the summer at Dickson Field. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
Football
MHSAA Delays Football, Volleyball Competitions
July 29, 2020The Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association Wednesday approved the next steps in returning sports for this fall. Cross Country, golf, and girls tennis can proceed. Volleyball practice can begin on time, but competition is delayed. Football practice can start Aug. 10 with conditioning only, but practice with pads can't start until Aug. 17 and games are delayed. Click the above headline to read more details.
Hockey
CCHA To Add St. Thomas University To Conference
July 29, 2020The Central Collegiate Hockey Association Board of Directors has voted unanimously to welcome the University of St. Thomas as the league's eighth program beginning with the 2021-22 season. Click the above headline to read detals.
Football
GLIAC Switches To Conference-Only Fall Schedule
July 27, 2020The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents voted to play a conference-only schedule during the Fall 2020 sports season and will evaluate the feasibility of league competition on a sport-by-sport basis. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
WILD FINISH: Menominee Caps Season With Title
July 25, 2020The Menominee Red Wave Under-19 baseball team won a pair of wild one-run games to win the Upper Peninsula championship on a sultry afternoon Saturday in Iron Mountain. Menominee beat the host team, 9-8, in nine innings, then after Gladstone rallied past Marquette, 4-3, the Red Wave held off a late Gladstone rally to win the title, 7-6. Click the above headline for details, photos, video clips, and interviews.
Baseball
Indians Advance To Semifinals; Escanaba Bows Out
July 24, 2020It wasn't easy, but the Gladstone Indians Under-19 baseball team won a pair of games on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Upper Peninsula Finals in Iron Mountain. The Indians beat the Escanaba Cubs, 10-1, breaking a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning. Then Gladstone rallied past the Copper Country Flames, 9-6. The Cubs were eliminated with a 5-2 loss to Iron Mountain. Click the above headline to see photos videos.
Baseball
Escanaba Cubs Outlast Copper Country Flames, 7-5
July 23, 2020The Escanaba Cubs Under-19 baseball team scored two runs in the fifth inning to break a 5-5 tie and beat the Copper Country Flames, 7-5, in the opening round of the Upper Peninsula Finals Thursday in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
SURVIVAL MODE: Indians Sneak Past Iron Mt. 2-1
July 23, 2020The Gladstone Indians Under-19 baseball team scored a run in the seventh inning and then held on after a bizarre bottom half to beat Iron Mountain-Kingsford-Norway, 2-1, Thursday, at the Upper Peninsula Finals opener in Iron Mountain. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, interviews, and video highloghts.
Hockey
Former Wildcat Hockey Captain Signs Pro Contract
July 22, 2020Former NMU Wildcat defenseman Phil Beaulieu, has agreed to a two-way deal with the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League and the Allen Americans of the East Coast Hockey League. Click the above headline to read more details.
Baseball
RUNNING THE TABLE; Junior Cubs Win UP Title
July 18, 2020The Escanaba Junior Cubs Under-17 baseball team won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday with two more dominating wins. The J-Cubs beat Gladstone, 13-3, in the semifinals, then topped Iron Mountain, 11-1, in the title game. Escanaba won all five games by the mercy rule. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Baseball
Petoskey Royals AA Cruise Past Escanaba Cubs, 6-2
July 17, 2020The Petoskey Royals Under-19 baseball team scored four runs in the first inning and cruised past the Escanaba Cubs, 6-2, in the Cubs' final regular season home game Friday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
Baseball
SPLIT DECISION: Bucs, Red Wave Both Take One
July 16, 2020The Bark River Bucs rallied from six runs down to beat the Menominee Red Wave, 8-6, in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday in Bark River. The Red Wave held on to win the nightcap, 10-6. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights.
Baseball
Marquette Blues Hold Off Gladstone Indians, 6-4
July 15, 2020The Marquette Blues Under-19 baseball team scored three runs in the first inning and held off the Gladstone Indians, 6-4, Wednesday night in Marquette. It was a rematch of last summer's U.P. championship game. Click the above headline for details.
Racing
45th Annual Bark River Off-Road Races Cancelled
July 14, 2020Officials from Bark River International Raceway, the Bark River Lions Club and Championship Off Road, regret to announce that the 45th Annual Island Resort and Casino Off-Road Rumble in the U.P scheduled for August 14-16, has been canceled
Boys Basketball
NJCAA Shifts Sports; Norse Basketball In January
July 13, 2020The National Junior College Athletic Association on Monday approved a plan that will shift fall sports like football to the spring, and delay the start of winter sports seasons until January. Bay College Athletic Director Matt Johnson says cross country will go as scheduled, and basketball will have great opportunities despite a January start. Click the above headline for details.