Finlandia University Cancels Football, Fall Sports
August 01, 2020Finlandia University in Hancock has cancelled football and its other sports seasons (soccer and volleyball). Click the above headline for details.
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Hockey
CCHA To Add St. Thomas University To Conference
July 29, 2020The Central Collegiate Hockey Association Board of Directors has voted unanimously to welcome the University of St. Thomas as the league's eighth program beginning with the 2021-22 season. Click the above headline to read detals.
Football
GLIAC Switches To Conference-Only Fall Schedule
July 27, 2020The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents voted to play a conference-only schedule during the Fall 2020 sports season and will evaluate the feasibility of league competition on a sport-by-sport basis. Click the above headline for details.
Hockey
Former Wildcat Hockey Captain Signs Pro Contract
July 22, 2020Former NMU Wildcat defenseman Phil Beaulieu, has agreed to a two-way deal with the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League and the Allen Americans of the East Coast Hockey League. Click the above headline to read more details.
Boys Basketball
NJCAA Shifts Sports; Norse Basketball In January
July 13, 2020The National Junior College Athletic Association on Monday approved a plan that will shift fall sports like football to the spring, and delay the start of winter sports seasons until January. Bay College Athletic Director Matt Johnson says cross country will go as scheduled, and basketball will have great opportunities despite a January start. Click the above headline for details.
Hockey
Longtime Coach named New CCHA Commissioner
June 17, 2020The reconstituted Central Collegiate Hockey Association, which will begin play in the 2021-22 season, has named Don Lucia as Commissioner, the seven member schools announced Wednesday. Click the above headline to read details.
Soccer
NMU Names Powell As Women's Soccer Assistant
June 16, 2020Northern Michigan University Women's Soccer and Head Coach Jon Sandoval has named Darian Powell to be the team's new assistant coach. Click the above headline for details.
Hockey
Soo's Roque Named Nation's Top Hockey Player
June 04, 2020Sault Ste. Marie native Abby Roque was named the nation's top women's hockey player by USA Hockey on Wednesday. The University of Wisconsin senior had 26 goals and 58 points for the Badgers last season. Click the above headline for details. (UW Photo)
2019 Little League Season
Escanaba, Gladstone Little Leagues Cancel Season
June 02, 2020After announcing plans two weeks ago to have local baseball and softball seasons, the Escanaba and Gladstone Little Leagues both reversed course on Tuesday and decided to cancel their plans. Click the above headline to read the details.
Cross Country
Wildcats Sign Seven New Runners; Two From U.P.
May 28, 2020Northern Michigan University's cross country team has signed seven athletes to attend school and run for the Wildcats this fall, including two Upper Peninsula natives. Click the above headline to read details about NMU's new recruits.
Girls Softball
Hardwick Named Bay College Top Student Athlete
May 27, 2020The Bay College Athletic Department announced Kaitlyn Hardwick as the recipient of the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award for the 2019-2020 school year. Hardwick has been a two-sport athlete for the Norse. Click the above headline to read more.
Football
Finlandia University Joins Eleven-Team Conference
May 26, 2020Finlandia University has accepted an offer to join the Capital Athletic Conference, effective immediately. Click the above headline to read more details.
Girls Basketball
NOT DONE YET: Dalgord To Suit Up For Finlandia
May 12, 2020Brooke Dalgord will continue to play basketball in the Upper Peninsula this fall, and she’ll do it relatively close to home. Less than a week after graduating from Bay College, Dalgord on Tuesday signed to continue her education and athletic career at Finlandia University in Hancock. Click the above headline to read details.
Boys Basketball
COACH 'YO: Bay College Grad To Join NMU Staff
May 09, 2020Ishpeming High School graduate Dondre Yohe, who played the past two seasons for the Bay College Norse, will be wearing Green and Gold next winter. Or more like a suit and tie. Yohe will join the Northern Michigan University men's basketball program as a student assistant coach. Click the above headline for details.
Swimming
Wildcats Announce Team Of Year; Canale Awards
May 05, 2020Northern Michigan University on Monday revealed the rest of its 2019-20 award winners, with the Team of the Year award going to the swimming and diving team, and the Gildo Canale Senior Awards going to hockey's Phil Beaulieu, cross country runner Katelyn Smith, and swimmer Rachel Helm. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
Boys Basketball
BIG BRIT MAKES BIG MOVE: Alexander Goes D-1
May 01, 2020Bay College sophomore center Christian Alexander signed his National Letter of Intent to play NCAA Division One basketball at Gardner-Webb University, a school located in North Carolina from the Big South conference. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
NMU Announces 2019-'20 Wildcat Award Winners
April 27, 2020The Northern Michigan University Athletic Department announced the 2019-20 Wildcat Awards on Monday. The awards will be presented through social media and the official NMU Athletics website. Awards will be presented through May 4, finishing with the announcement of the Gildo Canale Outstanding Senior Award, Athletes of the Year, and Team of the Year. Click the above headline for details.
Boys Basketball
Alexander, Hardwick Named To All-Regional Team
April 17, 2020NJCAA Region 13 announced the All-Region Basketball Teams. Bay College's Christian Alexander and Kaitlyn Hardwick were recognized among the best players in the region. Click the above headline to read more and see video highlights from both players.
Boys Basketball
HEADING EAST: Mattson To Play Hoops For UVF
April 09, 2020A member of the Bay College men’s basketball team will continue to play the sport he loves. Luke Mattson said on Thursday that he has accepted an offer from the University of Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. Click the above headline to read his story.
Wrestling
Olympic Dream Postponed For NMU-NTS Wrestler
March 30, 2020NMU-National Training Site Greco-Roman wrestler Spencer Woods had qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials, scheduled for this upcoming weekend. With the competition canceled, the Summer Olympics postponed until 2021, and his dream deferred, he has returned to his home state of Alaska. Woods is on self-quarantine, living in an Arctic oven tent with a wood stove until he can join his parents in their village. (NMU Photo Sandy Slater)
Girls Basketball
Gregory Named Bay College Women's Hoops Coach
March 27, 2020Bay College Athletic Director Matt Johnson has announced that Matt Gregory has been hired as the Head Women's Basketball Coach. Gregory served as the interim coach for the end of the 2019-2020 season. Click the above headline to read more details.
Hockey
Soo Native Roque, Teammate Named All-American
March 25, 2020Sault Ste. Marie High School graduate and University of Wisconsin hockey player Abby Roque has been named an All-American, along with Badgers teammate Daryl Watts. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of UW Athletics.
Baseball
FAR FROM HOME: Norse Players Cope With Virus
March 18, 2020Two members of the Bay College Norse baseball team are thousands of miles away from home during the coronavirus pandemic. Click the above headline to learn more about David Ibn Ezra and Nicolas Goebert, and their plans for dealing with the crisis.
Girls Softball
KICK IN THE GUT: Bay Seasons Officially Canceled
March 16, 2020The Bay College Norse baseball and softball seasons officially came to an end on Monday with the NJCAA announcement that the spring sports seasons have been canceled due to the coronavirus. The organization had temporarily suspended the seasons on Friday. Click the above headline to hear interviews.
Baseball
TERRIFIC TANNER: Halvorson Tosses Two-Hitter
March 13, 2020Tanner Halvorson threw a nine-inning two-hitter on Friday as the Bay College Norse blanked the Northwestern Minnesota Eagles, 3-0, in Fort Pierce, Fla. Halvorson's performance follows the no-hitter that he threw earlier in the week, and he struck out 16 batters for the seccond time. Click the above headline for details.
Girls Softball
FINISHING STRONG: Norse Women Top Skipjacks
March 13, 2020The Bay College Norse softball team finished the Florida trip on Friday by beating the Chesapeake Skip Jacks, 9-1, at Chain Of Lakes Park in Titusville, Fla. The Norse got a complete-game pitching performance from Eden Oswald as she scattered three base hits and struck out ten batters. Click the above headline to see photos taken by Brad Landis.
Girls Softball
Finlandia University Cancels Spring Sports Seasons
March 12, 2020Finlandia University has decided to cancel the remainder of its spring sports seasons. The decision was made due to the quickly-evolving COVID-19 situation. Click the above headline to read details.
Girls Softball
WIN STREAK 'SNAPPED': Bay Ladies Lose Twice
March 12, 2020The Bay College Norse softball team held a late lead in both of their games against Spoon River (Illinois) College Snappers on Thursday, but dropped both ends of the doubleheader, 8-6 in nine innings, and 6-5, in Titusville, Fla. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
Baseball
VanDenHeuvel, Adams Help Bay Stop Nyack, 17-5
March 11, 2020Dane VanDenHeuvel had a double and a triple at the plate, and Scotty Adams pitched six strong innings, as the Bay College Norse snapped a five-game losing streak Wednesday with a 17-5 win over Nyack (N.Y.) College. That followed a 16-6 loss to the College of Lake County (Ill.), 16-6, in which Ben Snyder
Girls Softball
Norse Softball Sweeps Pair From St. Clair County
March 11, 2020The Bay Softball Team got their record above .500 with a pair of wins over St. Clair County Community College by final scores of 10-7 and 12-3.Lexi Chaillier hit a home run in both games to continue her strong batting. Click the above headline for details.
