The Bay College Norse celebrated the first season of athletics Tuesday night with a banquet that honored the basketball and cross country teams for their successes. Caitlyn Halvecka (left) was named the Student Athlete of the Year, while Jordan Kraemer (middle) and Dre Tuominen (right) were named Female and Male Athletes of the Year. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the event, and see a list of all of the winners.
Team Copper Country won the USA Hockey Tier II Under-18 national championship on Monday, beating the Wonderland Wizards out of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 5-1, in Green Bay. Colton Salani, Dawson McKay, Brent Loukus, Teddy Randell and Brendan Erickson all scored goals in the final. Click the above headline for more details.
The Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament's fourth day wrapped up Sunday night with the first championship trophy handed out. The Class B title went to Perronville Bloniarz Farms after a pair of wins over Lee's Greenery of Powers. Click the above headline for more on Sunday's action, pictures, videos from the Class B and Class C contests.
The University of Minnesota Duluth Men's Hockey team won its second national championship in program history Saturday night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The Bulldogs scored two first period goals and held on to beat Notre Dame, 2-1. Karson Kuhlman and Jared Thomas scored for Duluth, while Andrew Oglevie tallied for the Irish. Kuhlman also had an assist. (UMD Athletics Photo)
The Gold Medal Classic basketball tournament continued on Friday in Hermansville, with the Stephenson Strollers (pictured) taking part for the 80th straight year. The Strollers lost to Carney Juice Promotions, 80-67. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from Friday's games, and to see Saturday's tournament schedule.
The Lake Superior State University Athletics Department announced the unveiling of its brand new website, LSSULakers.com, Thursday following an extensive redesign and restructuring process spanning nearly six months. Click the above headline for details.
The Woodside Baseball Challenge in Wisconsin Dells and Mauston, Wis., set for this weekend, has been cancelled, thanks to the winter storm that rolled through the area on Tuesday. The Escanaba Eskymos, Gladstone Braves, and Bark River-Harris Broncos were scheduled to play in the event. (Pictured: Gladstone's Clay Cole scores a run in 2016)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association is proposing making changes to the "transfer rule" as well as seeding the basketball district tournaments in the future. The MHSAA is also looking at options on where to hold the basketball finals in the 2019-20 school year. Click the above headline for details on the May meeting.
The High School girls basketball All-U.P. Teams were announced Friday morning by the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. St. Ignace's Linnie Gustafson was named Miss U.P. Basketball, and she was the Class A-B-C Player of the Year. Milly Allen of Chassell was Class D Player of the Year. Click the above headline for details.
The high School boys basketball All-U.P. teams were released Saturday morning by the Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Ewen-Trout Creek's Jake Witt was named Mr. U.P. Basketball, and Class D Player of the Year. Iron Mountain's Marcus Johnson was the Class A-B-C Player of the Year. Click the above headline for more.
The Upper Peninsula's high school girls softball season got under way this weekend with the Marquette Spring Swing inside the Superior Dome. Stephenson opened with a tough 11-9 loss to Newberry in one of Friday's afternoon games. (Bryce Tharp photo)
Adam Mercier will not be back for another season as the head varsity basketball coach at North Central High School. He made the announcement in a post on his Facebook page on Thursday. Click the above headline to read more details.
Northern Michigan University and head hockey coach Grant Potulny have entered into an eight-year employment agreement, according to NMU Director of Athletics Forrest Karr. The deal extends through June of 2026. Click the above headline for details.
Classifications for Michigan High School Athletic Association postseason tournaments for the 2018-19 school year have been announced, with Bark River-Harris and Munising moving to Class C, and Negaunee and Houghton moving to Class B. Click the above headline for details, and to see the basketball division break-down.
Carney-Nadeau High School graduate Hunter Eichhorn shot a final round 71 for Marquette University at a tournament in Louisiana on Tuesday, leading the Golden Eagles to a second-place finish in the event. Click the above headline for details, from Marquette University Athletics. (Marquette University Photo)
The Northern Michigan University Lacrosse team took on Tiffin University in another Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference matchup on Sunday, but fell to the Dragons 21-6. Click the above headline to read details. (NMU Photo)
The Ferris State University men's basketball squad capped off a historic campaign with the school's first NCAA Division II National Championship with a thrilling 71-69 triumph over Northern State (S.D.) on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
Michigan Tech's Cinderella run through the playoffs finally came to an end Friday in the NCAA East Region Semifinal. The No. 18-ranked Huskies fell 4-3 in overtime to No. 2 Notre Dame at Webster Bank Arena. Click the above headline to read details. (MTU Photo)
Dollar Bay's best basketball season in nearly 40 years came to an end Thursday night with a 71-32 loss to Southfield Christian in the Class D state semifinals in East Lansing. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of the MHSAA. (MHSAA Photo)
Northern Michigan University senior forward Robbie Payne signed with the Texas Stars the team announced Thursday afternoon. The Stars compete in the American Hockey League and are the top affiliate of the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars. (NMU Photo)
The basketball season came to an end for the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Tuesday night with a 66-49 loss to Maple City Glen Lake in the Class C state quarterfinals in Petoskey. The Mountaineers rallied from an early 14-point deficit to close to within 30-27 at halftime, and had the lead for a moment in the third quarter. Foster Wonders led Iron Mountain with 20 points. Reece Hazleton had 21 for the Lakers. Iron Mountain finishes 23-2.
Devin Schmitz scored 35 points and Jaden Janke added 23 to lead the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts to a 74-68 win over the Cedarville Trojans in a Class D state quarterfinal game Tuesday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team put the wraps on the 2017-18 season with its awards banquet Monday night at the House of Ludington. Blaine Reinhart was named the Most Valuable Player. Click the above headline for awards winners and photos.
The rosters have been set for U.P. All-Star football game, which will be held this June in the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to see how the players were divided, and all of the schedule details for All-Star Week. (All-Star Football Game Photo)
The Michigan Tech University hockey team won the WCHA conference championship and an NCAA Tournament bid, beating Northern Michigan, 2-0, Saturday night in Marquette. Greyson Reitmeier scored 5:36 into the second period, then Joel L'Esperance added an empty-netter with 47 seconds left in the game. (MTU Photo)
The Carney-Nadeau High School boys basketball team rallied from 14 points down to take a late lead, but ended up losing to the Dollar Bay Blue Bolts, 65-64, in the Class D regional final Wednesday in Negaunee. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse Softball Program has their first commitment for the upcoming school year. Escanaba native Madison Griffin has signed her National Letter of Intent to play at Bay College. Click the above headline to read more details.
