The Gladstone High School girls swimming team won the MHSAA Upper Peninsula championship on Saturday in Marquette. The Braves 200 medley relay team of Claire Tembreull, Sydney Herioux, Abby Rouleau, and Taylor MacFarlane won the U.P. title. The 200 freestyle relay team of Herioux, Liz Stephenson, Kirsten Williams, and MacFarlane were also champions. (Amy Rouleau photo)
The MHSAA individual wrestling regional tournaments were held across the state on Saturday. Escanaba's Hunter Larson (pictured) won his second straight regional championship, and a total of six Delta County wrestlers qualified for the state finals at Detroit's Ford Field. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Bay College men's basketball team held off the University of Wisconsin-Superior Junior Yellow Jackets, 75-63, to win their 20th game of the season. Kobi Barnes had 25 points and Dre Tuominen added 22. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team clinched a winning season Friday night by posting a 71-63 victory over the University of Wisconsin-Superior JV squad. Jordan Kraemer had 30 points to lead the way. Click the above headline for videos, photos.
The Gladstone Braves rallied from 15 points down in the fourth quarter, closing to within one point, but the top-ranked Iron Mountain Mountaineers held on to post a 73-66 win. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Bay College men's basketball team led from start to finish and posted a 69-63 win over the Lawrence University Junior Vikings Wednesday night in Appleton. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos, video highlights.
The Escanaba High School hockey team played hard, but lost in overtime to the Kingsford Flivvers, 3-2, Tuesday night at Mountain View Arena. Click the above headline to read details, listen to interviews, and see photos and video highlights.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association held its wrestling team regionals in Marquette, Iron Mountain, and Ishpeming on Wednesday. And the home cooking was not in favor of the Upper Peninsula's teams. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team rallied from 16 points down in the second half to beat the Lake Superior State University Junior Lakers, 92-81, Monday night in Sault Ste. Marie. The Lakers had three players from their varsity team included on the JV roster. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team won its eighth straight home game Saturday, 4-1, over the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. NMU also beat the Nanooks, 2-1, in overtime, on Friday. Click the above headline for details on both, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
Kobi Barnes scored 34 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Tyler Willette returned from a tailbone injury to lead the Bay College Norse to a 92-86 over Wisconsin-Fox Valley Saturday in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The MHSAA individual wrestling districts were held on Saturday, and Delta County boys did well as the Escanaba Eskymos' Scout Wunder and Hunter Larson won championships in Division Two, and Gladstone's Jared Demeuse and Brody Sanville pulled upsets in Division Three. Click the above headline for details. (Jackie Demeuse photo)
Bay College’s new baseball program has signed its first player. Bryce Tharp, a pitcher who graduated from Stephenson High School last May, signed a National Letter of Intent on Friday to play for Bay when the college starts its first campaign in the Spring of 2019. Click the above headline to read more about Tharp, and the program's launch.
The Bay College Norse basketball teams both lost at home Friday night to Silver Lake College. The women fell behind early and lost, 63-48, while the men suffered a tough 80-78 setback. Click the above headline to read details of both games.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team stayed in a three-way battle with Escanaba and Marquette for the Great Northern Conference championship Thursday with a 75-68 win over the Kingsford Flivvers. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
Two Escanaba High School football players signed their letters of intent on Wednesday to play college football next year. Seated left is Hayden Haslow signing his letter of intent to play football at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. At right is Scout Wunder signing his letter of intent to play football at Michigan Tech. Standing left to right is EHS Head Football Coach Dave Howes, Greg Haslow, Margie Haslow, Polly Wunder, Tim Wunder, EHS Athletic Director Nick Nolde.
The Bay College men’s basketball team got revenge for the second straight game Wednesday as the Norse beat UW-Marinette, 83-76, at the Marinette Fieldhouse. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, and video highlights.
The Bay College women’s basketball team got quite a battle from the UW-Marinette Buccaneers Wednesday night, but the Norse finished strong to pick up the road victory, 62-47. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
Wednesday was National Signing Day for high school football players to sign National Letters of Intent with colleges and universities. Northern Michigan University signed 25 players. Click the above headline to see the new NMU football class.
The Iron Mountain High School boys basketball team rolled to a 74-48 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night. It was a match-up that featured the Upper Peninsula two top-ranked teams. Click the above headline for photos, videos, post-game interviews.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the Mid Peninsula Conference championship over the weekend. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Escanaba Eskymos won the Marquette Cheerleading Competition on Saturday. Click the above headline for details, and to see video highlights.
Northern Michigan University's hockey team saw its seven-game win streak come to an end Sunday afternoon, falling to the University of Alabama-Huntsville, 4-2. It is the Wildcats first loss since December 30. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bay Collge Norse men's basketball team got a little payback on Saturday as they beat the Finlandia Lions, 96-76, in the Copper Country. The win was the complete opposite of an earlier meeting between the two teams that Finlandia won in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
Ryan Arndt scored 32 points to lead the Bark River-Harris Broncos to a 85-45 win over the North Dickinson Nordics Friday night in Harris. He had seven triples in the game and became the fourth Bronco in school history to cross the 1,000-point mark in his career. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School basketball team improved to 12-1 on the season Friday, beating the Kingsford Flivvers, 79-64, in Escanaba. The game was tight, however, until the Eskymos pulled away in the fourth quarter. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Kingsford High School hockey team scored a pair of early goals and rolled to a 9-1 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Thursday night in Wells. Click the above headline to read details and to see videos taken by Sandi Young, and photos taken by Anne Truitt.
Kobi Barnes scored 22 points, pulled down 13 rebounds, and blocked six shots, as the Bay College Norse beat the UW-Manitowoc Blue Devils, 87-66, Wednesday night in Manitowoc. Tyler Willette added 18 points. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College women's basketball team beat the UW-Manitowoc Blue Devils for the second time in ten days Wednesday, 54-36, in Manitowoc. The Norse got 24 points and 17 rebounds from Jordan Kraemer. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School hockey team scored four goals in the third period and beat the Negaunee Miners, 5-1, Tuesday night in Wells. Five different Eskymos scored goals. Click the above headline to see photos, videos taken by Sandi Young, and hear interviews.
