Bay College Names Rahoi As Softball Head Coach
January 06, 2022Bay College has picked Ross Rahoi to be the new head coach of the Norse softball program. He had been an assistant coach with the team last year. Click the above headline to read more.
Latest Sports News
All the sports stories you need to know from the Northern Michigan area
Hockey
Hughes Resigns After Eight Years As Eskymo Coach
August 31, 2021The Escanaba High School hockey program is looking for a new head coach. Matt Hughes announced his resignation Monday night after eight years as the head coach, and 13 years of coaching all together. Click the above headline to hear interviews.
Baseball
HELP WANTED: MHSAA Looking For New Refs
June 29, 2021The Michigan High School Athletic Association is accepting registrations online or by mail for game officials for the 2021-22 school year. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
FIRE UP CHIPS: Hanson Commits To Play At CMU
June 28, 2021Escanaba high school pitcher Jared Hanson on Monday committed to attend school and play baseball at Central Michigan University. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
Northern Michigan University Unveils 2021 Awards
June 24, 2021The Northern Michigan University Athletic Department presents the 2020-21 Wildcat Awards. For the second straight year, the awards will be presented exclusively through the NMU Athletics website and social media accounts. Click the above headline for details.
Hockey
NMU Athletes Earn GLIAC All-Academic Honors
June 24, 2021Northern Michigan University has a total of 173 student-athletes that were named to the 2020-21 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference All-Academic and All-Academic Excellence teams. Click the above headine to see the 173 kids who made the list.
Hockey
BACK TO NORMAL: NMU Hockey Tickets On Sale
June 21, 2021The Northern Michigan University Athletic Department and Wildcat hockey are planning to welcome back fans to the Berry Events Center for the 2021-22 season. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Softball
U.P. POWER! Rudyard Girls Rally For Win At MSU
June 18, 2021The Rudyard High School softball team rallied from a 7-1 deficit to beat Holton in a dramatic state semifinal game Friday at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of the Michigan High School Athletic Association. (MHSAA Photo)
Girls Volleyball
Bay College To Add Norse Volleyball In Fall, 2022
June 17, 2021Bay College Administration and Athletic Director Matt Johnson announced that the Board of Trustees has approved the addition of Volleyball as the seventh sport to the Norse Athletics Program. Click the above headline for details.
Skiing
Northern Michigan U. Hires New Nordic Ski Coach
June 16, 2021Northern Michigan University has selected Andy Keller as head Nordic ski coach. Keller served as associate head coach during the 2020-21 season and was the Wildcats' Assistant Coach for three years prior. Click the above headline to read details.
Racing
U.P.'s Aho Slips Past Zdroik For Eagle River Victory
June 15, 2021After swapping the lead and trading paint with Jason Zdroik for several laps, former track champion Jesse Aho snuck past Zdroik for the lead on the final lap and went on to win the B Mod feature at Eagle River Speedway Tuesday night. Click the above headline for details.
Golf
Metraux Wins Island Resort Symetra Tour Golf Title
June 13, 2021Morgane Metraux of Lausanne, Switzerland is the winner of the LPGA Symetra Tour Island Resort Championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
END OF THE LINE: Escanaba Boys Fall In Regional
June 12, 2021The Escanaba High School baseball team had one bad inning on defense, and stranded eleven baserunners on offense, and lost to the Muskegon Oakridge Eagles, 5-2, in the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game on Saturday at Alma College. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and videos taken by Johnny Schlenvogt.
Girls Softball
UP HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL SCORES/SCHEDULES
June 12, 2021The 2021 high school girls softball playoffs are winding down across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the scores/schedules.
Baseball
U.P. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SCORES/SCHEDULES
June 12, 2021The 2021 high school baseball playoffs have wrapped up for Upper Peninsula teams. Click the above headline to see scores.
Golf
Chung, Leblanc Share 1st Round Lead At Sweetgrass
June 11, 2021Canadian Maude-Aimee LeBlanc and American Karen Chung are tied for the lead after the first round of the Symetra Tour Island Resort Championship golf tournament at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. Both shot a seven-under-par on the opening 18 holes of the tournament. Kristin Coleman is one stroke back in third place at minus six. Four other golfers are tied for fourth at 5 under par. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
NOT DONE YET: Eskymos Hold Off Petoskey, 3-2
June 09, 2021The Escanaba High School baseball team pulled out another dramatic win on Wednesday, beating the Petoskey Northmen, 3-2, in the MHSAA Division Two regional semifinal at Petoskey's Turcott Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Baseball
Big Inning Helps Norway Knights Drop Ironwood
June 09, 2021The Norway Knights scored five runs in the third inning to break a 1-1 tie and they cruised to a 9-4 win over the Ironwood Red Devils Wednesday in a MHSAA Division Four regional semifinal game in Bark River. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
Eskymo Baseball Team Wins First District Since '16
June 05, 2021The Escanaba High School baseball team hoisted its first district championship trophy since 2016 on Saturday after a posting a dramatic 5-4 win over Cheboygan in the semifinals, and then topping Marquette, 9-5, in the championship game. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
Baseball
'THIS ONE MEANS A LOT' Braves Win 7th District
June 04, 2021The Gladstone Braves won their seventh straight baseball district championship on Friday, beating the Newberry Indians, 18-1, and then holding off the Superior Central Cougars, 6-3, under windy and hot conditions in Eben Junction. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Tennis
THE WAIT IS OVER: Eskymos Win UP Tennis Title
June 02, 2021The Escanaba Eskymos won their first MHSAA Division One boys tennis championship in 14 years on Wednesday. They waited out two very long rain delays to end Negaunee's multi-year reign. Click the above headline to read more details.
Football
Escanaba Eskymos Hold Football Lineman Camp
June 02, 2021The Escanaba Eskymos football team’s lineman camp wrapped up on Wednesday. It was put on by Michigan Tech University assistant coach Jace Daniels, and former Central Michigan/Finlandia Coach Travis Wilzius. They are both former Eskymos. The Escanaba HIgh School coaching staff also helped to instruct at the two-day camp.
Baseball
Redmen Get Playoff Win; Will Host Semifinals Sat.
June 01, 2021The Marquette Redmen scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday night and beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 4-2, in Quinnesec. It was a double win for the Redmen as the MHSAA has moved the rest of the district tournament from Quinnesec to Marquette this Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
Escanaba Closes Regular Season With 5-1 Victory
June 01, 2021The Escanaba Eskymos and Norway Knights played a tune-up game on Tuesday to close the regular season. The Eskymos got two-run base hits from Riley Lamb and Nick Kolich, and three pitchers combined to throw a three-hitter as Escanaba beat Norway, 5-1, at Marion Park. Click the above headline for details, photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
Wrestling
NMU Greco-Roman Wrestlers Make World Team
May 28, 2021Northern Michigan University National Training Site Greco-Roman wrestlers Benji Peak, Alston Nutter and David Stepanian topped the podium at the U23 Nationals yesterday in Lincoln, Nebraska. All three earned a spot on USA Wrestling's U23 World Team and will compete in Belgrade, Serbia this November. Click the above headline for details.
Track & Field
RUNNIN' WITH THE 'CATS: Larson Signs Letter
May 28, 2021Gladstone High School senior Ahna Larson signed her National Letter of Intent Friday to attend school at Northern Michigan University. She will join the Wildcat Track & Field team this fall. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
Norway Wins Error-Filled Game Over Gladstone 8-7
May 27, 2021The Norway Knights and Gladstone Braves combined to make 13 errors in a back-and-forth baseball game Thursday night at Marion Park. The final error of the night cost the Braves as the Knights picked up a 8-7 win in eight innings. Click the above headline for details.
Baseball
MARATHON VICTORY: Cougars Top Broncos in 11
May 26, 2021The Superior Central Cougars scored seven runs in the top of the eleventh inning to beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 10-3, on Wednesday. It is believed to be the longest game in both schools' history, and it lasted three hours and 29 minutes. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
Baseball
ONE LAST TIME: Braves Win On Senior Night, 7-4
May 24, 2021The Gladstone High Schoool baseball team played its final home game Monday night, honoring its seven seniors and then hanging on for a 7-4 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos under the lights. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Baseball
BASEBALL IS BACK: Timber Rattlers Playing Again
May 23, 2021After more than 600 days with no baseball at Fox Cities Stadium near Appleton, the Boys of Summer are back on the field as the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers minor league team has begun the 2021 season. Click the above headline to hear from CEO Rob Zerjav, and see photos and videos from this weekend's Rattler games against the West Michigan Whitecaps.
