Gladstone High School senior Adam Bruce wrapped up an outstanding season on the cross country trails Saturday by capturing the MHSAA Division One championship at Pictured Rocks Golf Course in Munising. The Braves took third as a team. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Northern Michigan University football team broke a five-game losing streak on Saturday, topping the Lawrence Tech Blue Devils, 65-7, at the Superior Dome. The Wildcats scored 30 points in the first quarter and played plenty of subs as they cruised past the first-year NAIA school from suburban Detroit. Click the above headline to read details, listen to radio replays, and see photos, videos taken by Nate Bellville.
Brody Sanville scored four touchdowns to lead the Gladstone High School football team to a 42-22 win over the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes under cold, wet conditions Saturday in the Copper Country. Sanville crossed the 1,000 yard mark in rushing for his senior season, the first Braves player to do that since 2008. Gladstone finished its season 4-5, including three losses by a touchdown or less. (Brenda Crow photo)
The Northern Michigan, Michigan Tech, Bay College, and Finlandia University cross country runners gathered Friday at the NMU Golf Course for the U.P. Collegiate Championships. Tech won both team scores, with the Huskies winning the women's meet by four points over NMU. Click the above headline to see results, photos, videos.
The Ishpeming High School football team scored 46 points in the first quarter and rolled to a 54-13 win over the Bark River-Harris Broncos Thursday night in Harris. The Hematites finished their regular season with a perfect 9-0 record. The Broncos finished the season at 2-7. Click the above headline to see photos, video clips.
The Bay College Norse basketball teams have been practicing for the past couple of weeks, and now they're ready to get on the court against another team. The Norse will host Sault (Ont.) College in a pair of exhibition games on Saturday. Click the above headline to see photos from Picture Day, and listen to player interviews.
The Marquette Redettes held off a late Gladstone Braves rally to post a key Great Northern Conference volleyball win Tuesday night, 3-1, in Gladstone. At the same time, Kingsford blanked Escanaba, 3-0, in Kingsford. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights, and hear post-game comments.
The Bark River-Harris High School volleyball team needed just 45 minutes to turn back the North Central Jets, 3-0, Monday night in Harris. The scores were 25-7, 25-10, and 25-10. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
The Northern Michigan University soccer teams played their final regular season home matches on Sunday, with the Wildcat men taking a 2-0 lead and settling for a 2-2 tie with Ashland University. The Wildcat women lost a tough 1-0 decision to Purdue Northwest. Click the above headline to read stories courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
Bay College's Cross Country Teams faced wet and muddy conditions for a second week in a row, this time in an event hosted by UW-Oshkosh. Both teams would post a team score for the first time since they hosted back on September 22. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team earned a split of a weekend series with the Michigan State Spartans Saturday night, winning, 4-3, at Munn Arena. This followed a 4-2 loss on Friday night. Click the above headline to read details of both games.
The Northern Michigan University football team fell into an early 17-0 hole and couldn't dig out, losing, 30-10, Saturday at Saginaw Valley State. SVSU quarterback Ryan Conklin threw three touchdown passes to receiver Chad Gailliard to help the Cardinals improve to 6-1. Click the above headline for details, and see photos, videos, listen to interviews.
The Michigan Tech football team broke through for a 23-20 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over Wayne State Saturday afternoon at Sherman Field. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics.
The Gladstone High School football team lost another close game Friday night, falling to the Marquette Redmen, 21-14, in Marquette. The Redmen led, 14-0, before the Braves tied the game on a 62-yard Jared Crow-to-Vince Hughes touchdown pass and a 25-yard touchdown run by Brody Sanville. Marquette, however, got four interceptions on defense and scored the winning touchdown on a six-yard run by Brady Wright with 1:49 left.
Brady Eichmeier threw three touchdown passes and also ran in three scores as the North central Jets celebrated Homecoming with a 69-0 win over the Carney-Nadeau Wolves Thusrday in Powers. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
Marquette High School won both the boys and girls Great Northern Conference cross country championships on Thursday in Flat Rock. The Gladstone Braves were runners up in the boys race while the Menominee Maroons were second in the girls race. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video clips.
The high school girls tennis season saw the Negaunee Miners and Marquette Redettes battle for the U.P. Division One championship this fall. And they are at the front of the All-U.P. teams announced this week, led by Player of the Year Elysa Olivier of Marquette. Click the above headline to see all of the award winners.
The Escanaba Eskymos dropped the first set of Monday night's volleyball match against the Norway Knights, but roared back to win the next three sets and take the match, 3-1. The scores were 19-25, 25-10, 25-19, 25-20. Seven Eskymo seniors were honored before the match. Click the above headline to see photos and videos highlights.
The Bay College Norse Cross Country Teams participated in the Gene Davis Invitational hosted by Lawrence University Saturday. North Central graduate Connor Robinson and Gladstone grad Zoie Berg were the top runners. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University football team lost another close battle on Saturday, falling to Northwood University, 27-24, at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline for details, interviews, radio replays, and photos, videos taken by Nate Belleville.
The Michigan Tech football team outscored Ferris State in the second half, but couldn't overcome the 28-point first half deficit in a 42-24 loss to the third ranked Bulldoags at Fifth Third Ballpark. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics.
Craig Kamin tossed a pair of touchdown passes to Jared Nash, and Isaac Cooper scored a fourth quarter touchdown to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 28-15 win over the Gladstone Braves Friday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone Braves boys cross country team had the top three fastest times at the Barnyard Invitational Thursday in Flat Rock. But the Marquette Redmen had even more depth and won the meet, 45-61. Marquette also won the girls meet, 42-62, over second place Menominee. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Westwood Patriots slipped past the West Iron County Wykons, 20-19, to win the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division Two championship on Thursday. The Patriots won five of the eight flights, including three of the four singles championships. The Wykons won the other three flights. Iron Mountain was a distant third. Click the above headline for results.
The Negaunee Miners repeated as MHSAA Division One Upper Peninsula tennis champions on Thursday, edging Marquette, 15-13, at Kingsford High School. Menominee took third with nine points, followed by Kingsford (8), Gladstone (6), and Escanaba (5). The Miners won two flights and were runners-up in four others. Gladstone won the #1 doubles title, with Taylor Trudeau and Sydney Herioux winning a three-set thriller in the final.
The Manistique High School volleyball team posted a 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in a tough battle Thursday night that saw the Emeralds rally to win two of the three sets. The scores were 26-24, 26-24, 27-25. Manistique trailed, 23-20, in the first set, and 20-15 in the third set but came from behind. Click the above headline to see video clips.
No. 22 Northern Michigan University Men's Soccer fell, 2-1, to Northwood University, Wednesday afternoon at the NMU Soccer Field. The loss snapped a program record eight match unbeaten streak that spanned the entire month of September. Click the above headline to read game details, and see photos and video clips.
The Gladstone Braves picked up a Great Northern Conference victory Monday night, beating the Menominee Maroons, 3-0 (25-16, 25-18, and 25-22). Gladstone scored 11 of the final 15 points of the match. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Michigan Tech University women's soccer team recorded a 1-0 win over the Northern Michigan Wildcats Sunday afternoon in Marquette. The Huskies scored a second half goal to pull out the victory. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics.
The Northern Michigan University Wildcats had a 24-9 lead with eight minutes left, but it slipped away as the Davenport Panthers pulled out a win in overtime, 31-30, in Caledonia. Click the above headline for photos, video highlights, and interviews.
