The Gladstone High School wrestling team won all five of its matches on Saturday to bring home the championship of the Kalkaska Invitational in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline to read details. (Gladstone Grapplers photo)
The Bay College Norse went on an 11-0 run early in the second half to pull away from the Silver Lake Lakers, 80-68, Friday night in Manitowoc. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Bay College women's basketball team fell behind, 14-0, and could not recover, losing to the Silver Lake Lakers, 70-56, Friday night in Manitowoc. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, and listen to radio interviews.
The Carney-Nadeau High School boys basketball team used strong defense instead of the usual three-point basket to beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 56-47, Thursday night in Carney. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
Bay College has hired Mike Pankow as the first men’s baseball coach in program history. Pankow was most recently the Head Baseball Coach and Sports Information Director at the University of Maine-Presque Isle. Click the above headline for details.
Freshmen Collin Arnt and Brodey Bevins got pins in the night's final matches to lead the Escanaba High School wrestling team to a 41-34 dual meet win over the Marinette Marines Tuesday night. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team fell to an athletic and quick Milwaukee Tech Stormer squad, 88-76, Saturday afternoon in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos and video highlights, and listen to interviews.
Jordan Kraemer scored 31 points and added 19 rebounds on Saturday, but it wasn't enough as the Bay College Norse women's basketball team lost to Milwaukee Tech, 63-54, in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see photos, and watch video clips.
Joseph Nardi scored with 36 seconds left in regulation time to break a tie and lead the Northern Michigan University hockey team to a 4-3 win over Minnesota State in Mankato. Click the above headline for more details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team fought off a pesky Alpena Community College team for the third time Friday night, posting a 71-61 win at the YMCA Gym. The Norse won after center Dontae Ellis suffered an apparent knee injury. Milwaukee Tech won the other game. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights.
Jordan Belleville and Jordan Kraemer each scored 20 points as the Bay College women's basketball team beat Alpena Community College, 69-37, Friday night in Escanaba. Gogebic Community College topped Milwaukee Tech, 76-69, in the other women's contest. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos, video highlights.
The Gladstone High School boys basketball team bounced back from two home losses Thursday by beating the Menominee Maroons, 64-31, at the Gladstone High School Gym. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos boys basketball team scored 57 points in the first half and rolled to an 85-44 win over the Big Bay deNoc Black Bears Friday night in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos girls basketball team jumped to a big early lead and never looked back Thursday, posting a 69-31 win over the Norway Knights in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team trailed for most of the first half but rallied in the second half to beat the Gwinn Model Towners, 69-55, Wednesday night in Escanaba. Mykenzie Monkevich scored 19 points and Lexi Chaillier added 16 for the Eskymos. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Marquette High School boys basketball team played its first four games of the season in the Lower Peninsula, losing three of them. The Redmen returned to the U.P. on Tuesday, and rolled to a 76-53 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos, video highlights.
The Gladstone High School basketball team got a career-high 44 points from junior Reece Castor, but it wasn't enough to save the Braves from suffering their second straight home loss. Gladstone fell to Iron Mountain, 71-66, Tuesday night as sophomore Marcus Johnson scored 35 points. The Braves got eight points from Brad Spindler and nine from Rudy Peterson. Gladstone hosts Menominee next Thursday. (Brenda Crow photo)
Bay College has hired 2004 Escanaba High School graduate Heidi Charon to be the head coach for the new Norse women's softball team that will begin play in the spring of 2019. Click the above headline to read more. (Bay College photo)
The Northern Michigan University Wildcat basketball teams split with U.P. rival Michigan Tech on Sunday, with the men winning, 77-65, and the women losing, 59-56, at the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline to read details of both games. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College men's basketball team completed a sweep for the Gogebic Winter Classic in Ironwood on Saturday, but it wasn't easy. The Norse fell behind Silver Lake College by 15 points before storming back to post a 78-59 victory. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to radio interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team raced to a 23-point lead and held on Saturday to beat Silver Lake College (Wis.), 56-49, at the Gogebic Winter Classic in Ironwood. It was the fourth game the girls have played on that court, compared to just three games in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba Eskymos outscored the Gladstone Braves, 25-8, in the fourth quarter, and pulled away for a 75-57 rivalry victory Friday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Bay College women's basketball team led for most of the game on Friday, beating Western Tech (Wis.) College, 63-40, at the Gogebic Winter Classic in Ironwood. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Bay College men's basketball team outscored Western Tech (Wis.) 35-10 over the final eight minutes and posted a 95-74 victory Friday night in Ironwood. Click the above headline to read details, listen to interviews, and see photos, videos.
The North Central Jets outscored the Carney-Nadeau Wolves, 19-2, in the third quarter and cruised to a 71-49 victory in boys basketball action Thursday night in Powers. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos and video highlights.
The Gladstone High School girls basketball team allowed just 14 points in the first half and topped the Kingsford Flivvers, 52-43, Tuesday in Gladstone. Taylor Hunter led the Braves with 13 points. Click the above headline for details and Brenda Crow's photos.
Ryan Robinette scored 31 points to lead the Escanaba Eskymos to a 71-45 win over the Houghton Gremlins Tuesday night in Escanaba. Jared Nash added 14 points as the Eskymos took a 16-6 lead after one quarter, and 36-21 at halftime. Robinette sank five three-point baskets for the Eskymos. Houghton was led by Brad Sirard's 21 points. George Butvilas added 18. The Eskymos travel to Gladstone on Friday.
The Rapid River High School boys basketball team won its third straight game Monday night, beating the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 47-33, in Harris. The Rockets got 16 points from Logan Hardwick. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Bay College men's basketball team rolled to a 102-64 win over the University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac Falcons Saturday afternoon in Escanaba. Every player on the roster scored at least two points after the Norse raced to a 17-0 lead and never looked back. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights, and hear interviews.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team played to a 4-4 tie with Bemidji State Saturday night, and won in a shootout, after also winning in a shootout Friday night. Click the above headline to see details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. (NMU Photo)
