Melanie Green won the Island Resort Championship Epson Tour ladies golf tournament at the Sweetgrass Golf Course in Harris, coming back from two strokes down to win. She shot a 7-under par 65 on Sunday, including an eagle on the 14th hole. Click the above headline for details.
Ater a four-and-a-half-hour delay on Saturday morning, the second round of the Island Resort Championship finally kicked off. Half of the field was able to finish their round before it was suspended due to darkness at 9:15 p.m. local time. Click the above headline for details.
It was a good day to be a University of Southern California alum. Two, Amari Avery and Christine Wang, found themselves with a share of the lead Friday at the Island Resort Championship after 18 holes. Click the above headline for details. (Epson Tour photo)
The MHSAA Division One UP Finals were held Wednesday, and the Escanaba Eskymos cruised to the to the girls championship at the Sweetgrass Golf Course. The Eskymos beat second place Marquette by 17 strokes, 382-399. Eskymo junior Kamrie Scott won her second straight UP championship by shooting an 8-over par 80. Menominee’s Lexi Marineau was runner up after shooting a 90. Escanaba’s Dani Hughes finished third with a 93. It’s the third UP championship in four years for Escanaba.
The Marquette Sentinels edged the Escanaba Eskymos to win the MHSAA Division One boys UP championship on Wednesday at the Sage Run Golf Course. The Sentinels won by eleven strokes (311-322), to repeat as UP Champions. Junior Boden Moore shot a two-under 70 to win medalist honors. Westwood senior Tanner Annala was runner-up, finishing three strokes back with a 73, and Iron Mountain’s Cooper Pigeon was third with a 77. The Eskymos’ top golfer was sophomore Carson Artley, who was seventh after shooting a 79. (MHSAA photo)
The Bay College Norse volleyball team opened its season with four matches over the weekend at a tournament in Rockford, Illinois. The Norse won one match and lost the other three.
The Northern Michigan volleyball team beat the Parkside Rangers in the GLIAC Quarterfinals on Wednesday night in Vandament Arena, 3-1, (25-16, 25-15, 25-20, 25-15) to advance to this weekend's Semifinals. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The MHSAA regional tournaments are wrapping up across the Upper Peninsula. Click the above headline to see the schedules and scores.
The Northern Michigan University volleyball team took victory from the jaws of defeat after a coach's challenge overturned what would have been a match point for the Michigan Tech Huskies. Instead, NMU pulled out a thrilling 3-2 victory. Click the above headline for details.
Delta College (Saginaw) 3, Bay College 0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-21). Final home match of the season for the Norse. Menominee's Piper Monroe led Bay with ten kills. On defense, Norse libero Jade Jasenovsky led the way with 33 digs. The Norse travel to Ironwood to face Gogebic Community College Saturday afternoon, and then play their final three MCCAA matches on the road next week in Lower Michigan.
The Escanaba High School football team rallied from eleven points down in the final quarter to beat the Kingsford Flivvers, 21-18, Thursday night, at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Brody Ison’s “jump-pass” to Alex Stolboerger for a touchdown put the Eskymos in the lead with three minutes left, and Keagan Braun's interception with 27 seconds left sealed the win.
The Michigan Tech football squad earned its first top-25 win in nearly six years after a convincing 37-17 win over the No. 16 nationally-ranked Bemidji State Beavers at Kearly Stadium on Thursday evening. The first ranked win since Sept. 7, 2019, was made possible by the Black & Gold shutting out the Beavers in the second half while rattling off 21 points of their own to overcome a first-half deficit (16-14).
The Northern Michigan football team jumped out to a 21-0 lead and carried a 27-15 advantage into halftime, but Minnesota State University Moorhead rallied with a 29-10 second half to defeat the Wildcats in shootout fashion, 44-37, in the first game of the 2025 season. The game would hold true to each team's strength, as Northern dominated the ground game, rushing 59 times to MSUM's 14. NMU rushed for 291 yards while totaling 384 yards of offense. QB Austin Ridl ran for a career-best 106 yards while Noah Dobert (97) and Jahi Wood (85) weren't far behind.
Northern Michigan University football head coach Shane Richardson has announced an open tryout for the 2025 NMU football team. The tryout will take place on Wednesday, August 27th at 6 p.m. at the Superior Dome. To participate in the tryout, students must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours for the fall semester at NMU and maintain good academic standing.
As high school sports practices begin, and some of the first contests are played in some sports, the Michigan High School Athletic Association is again ramping up awareness of necessary hot-weather precautions as schools and families prepare for activity. Practices for all Fall 2025 sports – cross country, football, boys soccer, girls tennis, and volleyball began on Monday. The first soccer, tennis, volleyball, and cross cluntry contests are this weekend.
The Superiorland men’s league championship game was held in the rain Monday night in Escanaba, and the host Mikey D’s Beer Cave team won the championship in six innings, 11-1, over the Channing Railroaders.
One of the top high school baseball pitchers in the state of Michigan has decided on where to attend college. Escanaba senior Lenny Peacock has committed to attend school and pitch at Western Michigan University.
The Kingsford Greens captured the American Legion Baseball Class A state championship on Sunday, beating Stevensville-Lakeshore on their own field, 8-4, in a winner-take-all contest. The Greens had lost to that team in a testy game earlier in the tournament, but picked up a 5-2 win on Saturday to force this Sunday baseball. This group of ten kids from Kingsford and Norway combined to form this team, after both high school squads had successful seasons. And now, they share a state championship trophy together.
The baseball season came to a premature end for the Post 44 Blues on Saturday as they lost to the Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) Black Sox, 7-2, in the Michigan Veterans Baseball state tournament in Gaylord. The Blues opened the tournament with two wins, but were battered by Gaylord Friday night and then got off to a slow start Saturday that spelled the end of a successful summer of baseball for the organization.
The Escanaba Cubs first appearance in the American Legion Class AA state tournament in more than a decade came to an end on Friday with a 5-2 loss to Adrian Post 285 at Northwood University in Midland. The Cubs finished the tournament with a 1-2 record, and closed a successful summer season with a 17-9-2 record.
The Marquette High School boys soccer team opened the 2025 season with five matches against strong downstate competition this weekend, and ended up winning three matches, losing one, and another ending in a scoreless draw. One of the wins was against Fruitport, the team that eliminated Marquette in the regionals in each of the past two years.
In a game that featured blustery wind, driving rain, and chilly temperatures, the Wildcats season came to an end in a 4-1 loss to Drury in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Click the above headline for deatils. (Drury University photo)
The NMU women's soccer team completed a feat never done before in program history, becoming back-to-back GLIAC postseason champions with a 3-0 win over Saginaw Valley State Sunday in Marquette. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The NMU women's soccer team hosted the Michigan Tech Huskies in the opening round of the GLIAC postseason tournament, turning in a 5-0 win at home to secure home-field advantage for the remainder of the conference postseason. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
In a thrilling back and forth matchup, the top two women's soccer teams in the GLIAC, Northern Michigan and Grand Valley State, played to a 1-1 draw on Friday, thanks to a late equalizer from Maria Storm. The tie keeps NMU one point ahead of Grand Valley State with one match to go in the regular season. Click the above headline for details. (NMU photo)
High School Football. Kingsford Flivvers vs Houghton Gremlins. From the Houghton High School. Kickoff is 7:00 ET/6:00 CT. Coverage begins at 6:45 ET/5:45 CT. On WZNL-FM (94.3 The Breeze), and on-line at https://streamdb8web.securenetsystems.net/cirruscontent/WZNL
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College Football. Northern Michigan University Wildcats vs Northwood University Timberwolves. From the Midland, Michigan. Kick-off ot 12:00 ET. Listen on WUPT-FM (1003 The Point), WCHT-FM/AM (93.5/600), and on-line at www.radioresultsnetwork.com.
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NFL Football. Detroit Lions vs Green Bay Packers. From Lambeau Field in Green Bay. Kick-off is 4:25 ET. Coverage begins at 3:25 ET. On WCMM-FM (102.5 Escanaba), WJPD-FM (92.3 Marquette), and WIMK-FM (93.1 Iron Mountain)
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NFL Foorball. Green Bay Packers vs Detroit Lions. From Lambeau Field in Green Bay. Kick-off in 4:00 ET/3:00 CT. Coverage begins at 2:00 ET/1:00 CT. On WGLQ-FM (97.1) Escanaba/Iron Mountain/Manistqiue) and WUPZ-FM (94.9 Marquette/Munising)
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