The Bay College Norse women's volleyball team finally played on their home court Saturday, and the home cooking came through as the Norse swept past Bryant and Stratton College (25-22, 25-23, 25-18) and Blackhawk Technical College (25-6, 25-14, 25-19). Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan football team was defeated by the St. Thomas Tommies 56-14 on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats trailed 15-7 after one, but a three-touchdown second quarter from the Tommies had them ahead 35-7 at the break. NMU scored the lone touchdown in the third, but St. Thomas closed the door with three more in the final quarter. Click the above headline for details and video highlights. (NMU photo)
The Bay College Norse baseball team was on the home field Saturday for a doubleheader against the Milwaukee Area Technical College Stormers at the Wells Sports Complex. It was the first “fall ball” games for the new-look Norse, which has a large group of new players from across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline for details.
The No. 20-ranked Michigan Tech football team fell 34-20 at No. 24 Emporia State on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies led 20-17 at halftime but were outscored by 17 in the second half. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
The University of Michigan men's golf team finished what it started on Monday, easily capturing the championship of the Island Resort Collegiate at the Sage Run Golf Course. Michigan won the team title by a whopping 25 strokes, and had the indvidual champion as well as the runner-up. Click the above headline for more details.
The University of Michigan men's golf team scorched the Sage Run golf course on Sunday with a dominating 36 holes of golf at the Island Resort Championship. Michigan shot a 29-under par, and had four of the top ten golfers on the leaderboard. Michigan will take a 19-stroke lead over defending champion West Virginia into Monday's final round. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Photography)
The Northern Michigan football team hosted the Tiffin Dragons from Ohip in its home opener on Saturday night in the Superior Dome, falling 35-7. Click the above headline for details and to hear RRN's Casey Ford's post-game interview with Coacg Matt Janus. (NMU Photo)
The Michigan Tech football team improved to 2-0 after a 48-27 victory over Midwestern State of Texas on Saturday at Kearly Stadium. It was the sixth straight home-opening victory for the Huskies, who forced five turnovers in the game. Click the above headine for details, courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics. (MTU Photo)
It was another quick start for the Wildcats, and two early goals propelled the Green and Gold to a 3-2 decision over the No. 9 team in the Midwest Region, the Lake Erie Storm. The Wildcats (2-1-0, 0-0-0 GLIAC) earned its second win of the season and first win at home thanks to another hot start, and then the 'Cats hung on. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information, and see RRN's Casey Ford highlights and hear from Coach Alex Fatovic. (NMU Photo)
On Thursday night under the lights at Scheels Field at Minnesota's Nemzek Stadium, the Northern Michigan football team dropped its season opener 41-19 against the Minnesota State-Moorhead Dragons. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information, and to hear RRN's Casey Ford interview lineman Daniel Babcock and the post-game interview with Coach Matt Janus.
The Michigan Tech football team edged Bemidji State 31-29 in the season-openerin Minnesota on Thursday evening. It's the second season in a row the Huskies defeated the Beavers to begin the new campaign—both times scoring 31 points. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Bay College Norse athletes are back on the Escanaba campus as the new school year is about to get going. This has been Student-Athlete Orientation Week, with the Norse athletes meeting with college officials on their classes, financial aid, campus jobs, and other issues. On Thursday, the 100 or so athletes had sessions on public relations, led by Sports Information Director Mike Pankow. Click the above headline for details.
-The 2026/2027 school year is rapidly approaching; fall sports are checking in, students are getting back on campus, and the NMU men's soccer team opened the athletic calendar with a pre-season exhibition match against Division I UW-Green Bay. Head coach Alex Fatovic and the Wildcats welcomed the Phoenix to Marquette just four days into the pre-season schedule, drawing 1-1 to Green Bay. Click the above headline for details.
The Radio Results Network, in partnership with Bay College Athletics, is proud to announce that it has received two prestigious awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters for its coverage of Bay College Athletics. The collaboration earned Best Sports Feature or Series for The Bay College Sports Minute and Best Mini Documentary or Series for the collection of Bay College Sports Minute features highlighting student-athletes, coaches, and the growth of Bay College Athletics. Click the above headline to read details, and to hear some of this season's Sports Minutes.
Bay College men's basketball head coach Matt Johnson announced his resignation on Wednesday, leaving the program that he started nine years ago. Johnson will continue to work as Bay's athletic director. Johnson's assistant for the past four years, Gladstone native Mike Cretens, was immediately named the new Norse head coach. Click the above headline to read more details.
Northern Michigan University hockey team has announced its 2026-27 season schedule. The 'Cats kick off the 50th anniversary season at home, hosting Miami University (Ohio) for opening weekend on Friday, October 2, and Saturday, October 3. Click the above headline for the details.
The Michigan Community College Athletic Association announced the post season award for Softball on Tuesday afternoon. And Norse Tim McIntyre was voted by his fellow coaches as the Coach of the Year in the Northern Conference, despite the fact that Bay did not win any games this season (0-33). Several Norse players were also honored. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's softball season officially ended on Sunday with 18-5 and 19-6 losses to the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks, which capped off a grueling six games in three days to finish up the MCCAA North Conference schedule. Bay finished with an 0-33 record. Click the above headline to read more about the team. (Brad Landis photo)
Every positive moment is special when you've suffered through a college baseball season the way the Bay College Norse have in 2026. But on Saturday, the Norse baseball team got to be happy for at least one night. The Norse beat their biggest rivals, the Mid Michigan College Lakers, 4-3, with a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning. Click the above headline for details.
Eric Gruber has been named the 10th head coach of the Michigan Tech women's basketball program, Vice President for Athletics & Recreation Suzanne Sanregret announced Monday. Gruber comes to Tech from NCAA Division I Southern Illinois Edwardsville, where he was an assistant women's basketball coach for the past three seasons. He was an assistant coach at GLIAC rival Parkside during the 2022-23 season. Cl;ick the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse baseball team picked up its second win of the season on Thursday, beating the Delta College Pioneers from Saginaw, 15-8, in the second game of a doubleheader. The Norse lost the first game, 8-5, in extra innings, after almost overcoming making ten errors on defense. Click the above headline for details, videos, and post-game interviews.
After spending eight seasons successfully leading the Michigan Tech women's basketball team, head coach Sam Clayton has resigned from her position to pursue a head coaching opportunity at another institution. A national search for a new women's basketball coach will begin immediately. Click the above headline for details. (MIchigan Tech story, photo)
Northern Michigan Athletics has named Keil Ganz as its next head men's basketball coach, Athletic Director Rick Comley announced Friday. Ganz returns to Marquette after spending the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. This marks his third stint with the Wildcats program, as he previously served as associate head coach during the 2024-25 season and as an assistant coach in 2023-24, following an earlier stop in 2019-20. (NMU Photo, story)
The longtime coach of the Gogebic Community College Samsons basketball team is retiring. Dennis Mackey announced on Thursday that he will be retiring as of May 31st, after 38 years of teaching and coaching at the Ironwood school. He won more than 500 games during 19 years of coaching the women's team, followed by 19 more years coaching the men's team. The basketball coach at GCC's Lindquist Center was named after Mackey in November, 2024. Click the above headline for details on Mackey's career, and the RRN coverage of Mackey's special 2024 night,
The Grand Valley State women's basketball team etched their name in the history books once again, winning their second straight National Championship, and the second in program history. The Lakers led wire-to-wire in a 72-49 victory over IUP in the championship game. Escanaba graduate Nicole Kamin was named the Elite Eight MVP and had 18 points, five rebounds, four assists, and three blocked shots in Saturday's championship game. (Grand Valley State photo, story)
Despite holding No. 6 Gannon Golden Knights to its second-lowest scoring performance of the season—20 points below its average—the No. 16 nationally ranked Michigan Tech Huskies couldn't find consistent offense, falling 75–49 in the Elite Eight at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Wednesday to end the program's historic NCAA Tournament run. Click teh above headline for details (courtesy of MTU Athletics), and video highlights and post-game comments, courtesy of NCAA.
The Northern Michigan University women's lacrosse team downed the Saginaw Valley State Cardinals, winning 23-1, Friday, in the Superior Dome. The Wildcats (7-2, 1-0 GLIAC) were led by Josie Lakosky, who scored eight goals and three assists for 11 points to go along with nine shots and shots on goal, five ground balls, five draw controls, and five caused turnovers. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
After seven seasons leading the Northern Michigan men's basketball program, head coach Matt Majkrzak has accepted the head coaching position at Division I Northern Illinois University. Click the above headline for NMU story, and to hear RRN's Casey Ford interview Majkrzak about his decision to leave NMU. (RRN Photo)
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team fell to the Walsh Cavaliers in the second round of the DII NCAA Tournament on Sunday. NMU's season ended with a program-best 28-7 record. Click the above headline for details. (Story, photo courtesy of NMU Sports Information)
Senior guard Marcus Tomashek completed a four-point play with under three seconds to play to give the No. 15 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball team its first win over No. 22 Grand Valley State this season, advancing to the Midwest Region Championship game with a 69-67 victory at the Alumni Arena on the campus of Walsh University on Sunday evening. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech story, photo)
