The Northern Michigan women's wrestling team has joined the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Beginning in the 2025-26 academic year, women's wrestling will be the 27th sponsored sport of that conference, which will have seven teams. NMU's GLIAC rivals Grand Valley State and Davenport will also join this conference, which includes four schools from Illinois and Missouri.
Northern Michigan University on Monday announced that it has hired Adam Wilson as the new women's wrestling head coach. He comes to NMU from Albion College in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline, with a story courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
Ten Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers finished in the top eight of their weight classes this weekend to reach the podium at the MHSAA Individual state finals at Ford Field. Two of them finished third in their weight classes. Click the above headline for details. (Photo: Breitung Township Schools photo of Max Sundquist)
Ten high school wrestlers from the Upper Peninsula ha a shot at finishing on the podium at Ford Field on Saturday as the MHSAA state individual finals wrap up. They all won two of their three matches on Friday to stay alive for wrestling's final day. Click above headline for details.
The MHSAA individual Wrestling regional tournaments were held this weekend, and 24 Upper Peninsula boys and four U.P. girls have qualified to compete in the state finals at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline for the list. (Photo: North Central's Cooper Raab)
This season, for the first time, an MHSAA Finals team championship will be awarded in high school girls wrestling. Click the above headline to read details.
Former United States Olympic Education Center (USOEC) wrestler Helen Maroulis captured her third Olympic medal on Friday night in the City of Light, winning the bronze medal match by a 4-0 margin over Hannah Taylor of Canada. Click the above headline for details.
Payton Jacobson of the Northern Michigan Greco-Roman Wrestling program secured a thrilling best-of-3 victory in the 87kg weight class final to earn his spot on the Team USA Olympic roster. Click the above headline to see all of the details. (NMU Photo)
Fifteen Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers reached the podium and earned medals Saturday at the MHSAA Individual State Finals at Detroit's Ford Field. Three wrestlers finished as state runners-up, with another finishing third and two finishing fourth. Click the above headline to see how all 36 U.P. wrestlers did. (Pictured: Gladstone's Drew Hansen).
Three Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers will compete for state championships Saturday night at Ford Field in Detroit, after winning all of their matches at the MHSAA Individual State Championships on Friday. Click the above headline for details. (Pictured: Gladstone's Drew Hansen will wrestle for a state title, and Escanaba's Cade Krueger is alive in the consolation brcakets)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association individual regional wrestling tournaments were held on Saturday, and 32 Upper Peninsula boys have qualified for the state finals at Ford Field. Seven of them won regional champions. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan wrestling team hosted Alma College for duals in the Superior Dome on Tuesday night. The 'Cats emerged victorious 33-13 after winning the four contested matches and two of three exhibitions. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves met for the second time in five days on the wrestling mat, and the result was the same Monday night in Gladstone. The Braves beat the Eskymos by an even larger score than last time, 63-12. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team fell behind early on the scoreboard but used their depth to beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 51-30, Wednesday night in Escanaba. The Eskymos led, 24-0, after the first four matches, but then the Braves took control from there. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Munising Mustang wrestling team competed in the Bridge Brawl in Sault Ste. Marie on Friday, going 5-0 in the tournament. All of the Mustangs points throughout the day-long event either came on pins, or on opponet forfeits. Click the above headline for details, photos.
Two Dickinson County wrestlers won MHSAA individual state wrestling championships on Saturday at Ford Field in Detroit, while four other U.P. boys had to settle for runners-up. Click the above headline to read details. (Thanks to Vicki Snyder for photos)
Six Upper Peninsula high school wrestlers will go for state championships on Saturday at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's individual championships at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
The Upper Peninsula will be well-represented this weekend at Detroit's Ford Field as the Michigan High School Athletic Association holds its Individual Wrestling state finals And in the recently-created girls division, there will be seven young ladies from the UP hoping to earn a spot on the podium in 14 weight classes. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone and Iron Mountain High School wrestling teams had their seasons come to an end on Friday in the MHSAA state quarterfinals at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. Iron Mountain lost to defending state champion Hudson, 61-18, in Division Four. And in Division Three, Gladstone lost to Whitehall, 48-24. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team is ready to go on Friday in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division Three state finals, being held at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. Click the above headline to hear how the Braves are preparing. (Chiste Terrien photos)
The Iron Mountain High School wrestling team will face a powerhouse in the Division Four state quarterfinals on Friday at Kalamazoo's Wings Stadium. The Mountaineers will battle the defending state champion Hudson Tigers in the first quarterfinal of the day at 11 a.m. CT/noon ET. Click the above headline for more.
The Upper Peninsula will be well-represented next month at the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Individual state finals at Ford Field in Detroit. The results from the individual regional tournaments on Saturday around northern Michigan ended with 28 UP Wrestlers qualifying. Click the above headline for details, photos.
The Gladstone Braves are the MHSAA Division Three regional wrestling champions after an unusual ending in Wednesday's championship match. Click the above headline for details.
Two Escanaba High School wrestlers and three from Marquette kept their state finals dreams alive by advancing out of the MHSAA Division Two individual district tournament on Saturday in Gaylord. Click the above headline for details.
Fifteen high school wrestling teams from across the Upper Peninsula and northern lower peninsula met in Manistique on Saturday for the Michigan High School Athletic Association's Division Four Individual District Tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos wrestling team hosted a quad meet Monday night inside the “other” half of the program's co-op: North Central High School. The match was moved from the original site, Menominee, which has not had any classes or sporting events in its school all year long due to mold damage. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team turned in a strong third place showing out of 40 teams at the Northern Michigan Championships in Gaylord on Saturday. The Braves were among nine Upper Peninsula teams that joined 31 downstate teams at the all-day event. CLick the above headline for details, and photos taken by Christe Terrien.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday in Marquette, with three boys winning U.P. Championships and four others finishing as runners-up. Iron Mountain was second on the team scoreboard, winning five individual titles. Click the above headline for all of the results, and to see photos.
The three Delta County high school wrestling teams got together for a triangular Thursday night in Bark River. The Gladstone Braves easily won the event, beating Escanaba, 70-12, and topping Bark River-Harris, 60-18. The Broncos beat the Eskymos in the other match, 42-37. Click the above headline to see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team took the long nine-hour trip downstate on Friday, and came home with a second place trophy from the 16-team invitational hosted by Montague High School. Click the above headline for details and see photos tajen by Christe Terrien.
