The Northern Michigan hockey team has announced the hiring of Jimmy Spratt as a third assistant coach ahead of the 2023-24 season. Spratt spent the 2022-23 season with the Green Bay Gamblers of the USHL. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Bay College men's basketball coach Matt Johnson has been named the Michigan Junior College Coach of the Year by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan, after the Norse had its best season in school history this winter. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University men's hockey team has announced its 2023-2024 schedule on Thursday. Home games are set for 7:07 p.m. on Friday throughout the season with a 6:07 p.m. puck-drop on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
Bay College Athletic Director Matt Johnson has announced the hiring of Todd Ciochetto as the Head Women's Basketball Coach.
The 84th annual Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament is heading into its final few days after a full week of competition at the Frank Rodman Community Gym in Hermansville. Three champions were crowned over the weekend. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association on Friday released its 2022-23 All-U.P. boys basketball teams, and the state champion Munising Mustangs cleaned up on awards. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
The Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association Sunday night announced its Dream Team for the 2022-23 hockey season, as well as the Mr. Hockey award for the state's best player. And Houghton captain Cam Markham was given that honor. Click the above headline for details.
The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association met this week in Marquette to select the All-U.P. boys and girls basketball teams. While the boys team will be announced on April 6, the girls team has now been made public. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University nordic ski team wrapped up the season's competition at the SuperTour Finals in Craftsbury, Vermont. Lauren McCollor, Pearl Harvey, Merle Richter, and Kolibri Dobrish competed on the women's side while Cooper Lennox, Luke Fricker, and Kristoffer Karsrud took to the trails for the men. Click the above headline for details.
Carney Salo of Escanaba High School was honored as a recipient of the Michigan High School Athletic Association/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award at the 2023 MHSAA Boys Basketball Finals at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details.
The Munising High School boys basketball team captured the first state championship in school history on Saturday, beating defending state champion Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian, 39-37, at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline to read details.
Michigan Tech's hockey season came to an end Friday in the NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal. The No. 13-ranked Huskies fell 8-0 to No. 11 Penn State at the PPL Center. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech story)
The Upper Peninsula high school boys basketball season is winding down. Click the above headline for the scores for all U.P. teams.
The Munising High School boys basketball team continues to make history. THe Mustangs beat Marine City Cardinal Mooney, 55-44, in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinal game Thursday night in East Lansing. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team is reaping the awards of its historic first season in the Michigan Community College Athletic Association as the MCCAA released its post-season awards list on Wednesday. Click the above headline to read details.
The Munising High School boys basketball team is headed to the state semifinals after winning a heavyweight battle against the Painesdale-Jeffers Jets, 52-43, Tuesday night at Negaunee High School. Click the above headline for photos, videos, post-game interviews.
The Michigan High School Hockey Coaches Association is out with its All-State teams. The Marquette Redmen were well-respesented in Division Two, while the Escanaba Eskymos and Houghton Gremlins had multiple players selected. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University Wildcat hockey team played one of its best games of the season for almost 58 minutes Saturday night in the CCHA Championship Game in Mankato, Minn. But it all fell apart in the final 2:18 of regulation and first 1:08 of overtime, and NMU had its season end with a 3-2 loss. CLick the above headline for details.
The Baraga Vikings had their season come to an end one game short of the ultimate goal. The Vikings lost to Maple City Glen Lake in the MHSAA Division Four state championship game on Saturday, 60-43, to end their season at the Breslin Center for a second straight year. Click the above headline for details. (Photo courtesy of MHSAA)
The Northern Michigan University lacrosse team returned to the Superior Dome looking for a bounce-back game after dropping two straight on the road, and the 'Cats took care of business against Concordia St. Paul, winning 13-11. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team celebrated one of its most successful seasons in school history with its annual post-season banquet at the Highland Golf Club. The Eskymos won 20 games and took their first regional title in eight years. Click the above headline for details.
The Baraga High School girls basketball team advanced to the Division Four state championship game on Thursday, with a 46-44 win over Fowler in the semifinals at Michigan State University. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Munising High School boys basketball team won the school's first regional championship since 1954 Wednesday night with a suffocating defensive performance in a 60-28 win over the Mackinaw City Comets in Newberry. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association 2023 girls tournaments have wrapped up across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for all of the schedules.
The St. Ignace High School boys basketball program won its first regional championship in two decades Wednesday night, ending the Cinderella run of the Ishpeming Hematites, 62-38, at the Gladstone High School Gym. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Bay College women's basketball coach Matt Gregory has resigned. The Norse athletic department made the announcement on Wednesday night, after Gregory coached the women's team to a 26-51 record over three-plus years. Click the above headline for more details.
The Northern Michigan University Alpine competed in the USCSA National Championships at California. Due to large accumulations of snow, a majority of the events were canceled, but the team was able to compete in a rare one-run race of slalom. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team came up one step short in its quest to make the NJCAA National Tournament for the first time in school history. The 20th-ranked Norse got off to a strong start, but couldn't sustain it, and lost to Mott Community College, 88-69, Sunday evening in Flint. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Down 24 in the second half, the Northern Michigan men's basketball team rallied to tie it late, but ultimately fell to McKendree, 93-83, in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32, Sunday night in Indianapolis. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team showed up and shut out the Michigan Tech Huskies in a decisive 4-0 win to advance to the CCHA Mason Cup Finals. Beni Halasz stopped all 44 shots he faced including 10 saves on the penalty kill for his third shutout of the season to help his team defeat the Huskies on the road. Click the above headline for details.
