The Bay College Norse men's basketball team stayed undefeated in games away from Escanaba, leading for almost the entire game on Saturday in beating the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks, 71-45, in Muskegon. Click the above headline for details, interviews, photos, videos.
The latest match-up between the Menominee Maroons and Marinette Marines boys basketball teams Saturday night went the same way most recent M&M games have gone: into the Menominee win column. The Maroons won their tenth straight game, beating the Marines for the second time this season, 92-67. Tanner Theurkauf led the Maroons with 23 points, all but one of them in the second half. Kaden Ducane had 20 points ane eight rebounds for the Marines. Menominee improved to 10-1 on the season while Marinette fell to 4-11.
Dylan Kuehl dominated with a 31-point, 11-rebound double-double to will the Northern Michigan Wildcats to a 77-74 comeback victory on the road at Lake Superior State on Thursday night. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Marinette High School boys basketball team came up short Thursday night against the Freedom Irish, falling, 80-44, in Marinette. Connor Eastman led the Marines again with 13 points. Donovan Davis had a double-double of 14 points and ten rebounds for Freedom. Marinette fell to 4-10 on the season.
The No. 8 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball squad led by as much as 21 points, but needed a full 40 minutes to hold off Saginaw Valley State with an 80-78 decision at the James E. O'Neill Arena on Thursday evening. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team played strong defense Wednesday night, but struggled on offense, before pulling away late in the game to beat the North Central Michigan College Timberwolves, 64-40, in Petoskey. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team suffered another loss on the home court Saturday, falling to the Montcalm Community College Centurions, 71-54, in the MCCAA North Conference opener. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos, and to hear interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team got off to a hot start Wednesday night, racing to a 15-point lead against the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats. But the visitors from suburban Milwaukee took over from there, beating the Norse, 82-64, in Escanaba. It was the final non-conference game of the season for Bay, which enters conference play with an 11-3 record. Click the above headline for details, videos, photos, and to hear interviews.
The Marquette High School boys basketball team took a while to get going Tuesday night, but gradually pulled away to an 84-44 Great Northern Conference victory at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team pulled out another nailbiter on Saturday, beating the Macomb County Community College Monarchs, 73-70, at the St. Clair County Community College Skippers New Year's Classic in Port Huron. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan Wildcats continued their surge on Saturday afternoon, earning their 12th consecutive victory with a 72-60 win over Grand Valley State to improve to 13-1 overall and 4-0 in GLIAC play. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The No. 5 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball squad saw four starters reach double-figure scoring in a 77-68 victory over Davenport at the SDC Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. This after the Huskies lost to Grand Valley State on Friday, 79-75. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (MTU Photo)
The Marinette Marines boys beat Sevastopol, 63-50, Friday night. Connor Eastman had 29 points for Marinette and Kaden Ducane added 14 points and nine rebounds. The Marines improved to 3-6 on the season, breaking a six-game losing streak. The Pioneers fell to 6-3 on the season. Marinette is back in action Monday night at Southern Door. (Eric Bergstrom photo)
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team didn't miss a beat coming out of the holiday break, drilling a program-best 21 three-pointers in a 101-65 rout of Davenport on Friday afternoon at Vandament Arena. Northern connected on 21 of its 37 attempts from beyond the arc, shooting 56.8% from deep. Click the above headline for more details. (NMU photo)
The Bay College Norse basketball team had to grind its way to a victory Friday night in a tough place to play, but were able to pull out a 66-57 win over the St. Clair Community College Skippers at the Skippers New Year's Classic in Port Huron. The result gave the Norse a 10-2 record. Click the above headline for details, and to hear player and coach interviews.
The No. 5 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball team was on the wrong side of a physical GLIAC affair, falling 79-75 to Grand Valley State at the SDC Gymnasium on Friday afternoon. Michigan Tech saw a new career-high 19 points from senior Josh Terrian, who connected on 5-9 from 3-point land to lead four players in double-figure scoring. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team got off to a slow start Tuesday night at the Border Battle in Menominee, but the Braves clamped down on defense in the second half to beat the Marinette Marines, 41-28. In Tuesday's second game, Menominee crushed the Green Bay West Wildcats, 90-52, as Tanner Theuerkauf scored 29 points. Click the above headline for details and interviews.
Basketball is a game of runs. That is a coach's cliché, but sometimes, it's true. And on Saturday in Minnesota, the Bay College Norse and Dakota County Technical College Blue Knights proved that in a wild back-and-forth game. The old Region XIII rivals exchanged punch after punch before the game was decided in the final seconds, with the Norse leaving Minnesota with a 70-69 victory. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team won all three games in sunny Puerto Rico this weekend, using its entire roster, and improving to a best-in-school-history 11-1 season record. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Michigan Tech University Huskies men's basketball team won both of its games this weekend at the Florida Tech Christmas Classic, preserving its Number Nine national ranking heading into the holiday break. Tech is now 11-1 on the season to go along with that national Top Ten ranking. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. Photos courtesy of Florida Southern University.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team used a huge second quarter to open up a 20-point halftime lead, and the Braves never looked back, beating the Escanaba Eskymos, 67-48, in a rivalry battle at the Escanaba High School Gym. It was a dream-come-true night for Braves junior Lonnie Davey, as he drained ten triples and scored a career-high 36 points. Click the above headline for details. (GHS file photo)
Michigan High School Athletic Association’s seventh Multi-Sport Participation Survey, conducted last spring for the 2024-25 school year, showed small but continuing growth of multi-sport participation among athletes at member high schools. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team settled for a split at their weekend tournament, beating Glen Oaks Community College, 94-75, before losing to 16th-ranked Milwaukee Area Technical & Community College, 91-78. The result left the young Norse team with an 8-2 record, heading into next Saturday's game in Minnesota against Dakota County. Click the above headline for photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team outscored the Marian Sabres 61-21 in the second half to pull away with a commanding 109-52 victory on Sunday afternoon. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information, and listen to RRN's Casey Ford interview Coach Matt Majkrzak. (NMU photo)
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team outscored the Concordia Wisconsin Falcons 55-10 in the first half en route to an 87-35 victory on Thursday night at Vandament Arena. Click the above headline for details, and to hear post-game comments. (NMU Photo)
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team won its home opener Monday night, turning back the Norway Knights, 50-36, in a defensive battle. It was the first varsity win for new head coach Jake Berlinksi, who became the third EHS head coach in three seasons for three seasons. Click the above headline to read details, to see photos and videos, and to hear post-game comments.