Northern Michigan University football player Anthony Herbert was found dead in his dorm room Tuesday morning. Click the above headline to read statements from the university's president, athletic director, and head football coach.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team turned defense into offense to build a big early lead, and the Eskymos rolled to a 61-41 win over the Menominee Maroons Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see details, photos, and videos.
Four different players scored goals as the Escanaba Eskymos beat the University of Detroit Jesuit Cubs, 5-1, Sunday afternoon in Wells. The win came 24 hours after a disappointing loss to Bay City Central. Click the above headline for more details. (Sandi Young photo)
Northern Michigan University and Lake Superior State University played to a 1-1 tie for a second straight night on Saturday. Click the above headline to read details. (NMU Photo)
The Marquette High School hockey team scored four times in the second period on Saturday to beat Big Rapids, 5-1, in the second game of the North/South Hockey Showcase in Traverse City. The Redmen beat Grandville Friday by the same score. Click the above headline to read details, and see videos and photos.
Garth Wickham scored two more goals on Saturday, but the Escanaba Eskymos lost to Bay City Central, 3-2, at the North/South Hockey Showcase in Traverse City. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos, videos taken by Micky LaMarch.
The Escanaba High School hockey team got two goals each from Garth Wickham and Blaine Reinhart and rolled to a 6-1 win over Portage Central Friday night at the North/South Showcase in Traverse City. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Micky LaMarch. Pictured: Wickham (19) scores; puck is in the net.
Brad Spindler scored 20 points and Reece Csstor added 19 as the Gladstone Braves smacked the Kingsford Flivvers, 85-47, Thursday in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read details, see photos taken by Eric Thompson, and videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team stayed undefeated on Thursday, posting a 66-12 dual meet victory over the Escanaba Eskymos in Escanaba. The Braves improved to 15-0 in dual meets. Click the above headline for details, and photos taken by Sheila Olsen.
A Gladstone High School graduate is trying to win a big payday as part of a national contest run by the Champion auto parts company. Christian Groleau is entered in the same "Search for a Champion" contest that Gladstone teenager Jordan Ives won in 2014. Click the above headline to read more about Groleau, and how you can help.
Heavy snow...mixed at times with ice...continued to fall Tuesday afternoon across the southern U.P. Schools were closed throughout the region Tuesday morning, and many schools have since decided to cancel evening extracurricular activities due to bad road conditions. Click the above headline to see the list. (Pictured: Downtown Escanaba)
The Menominee Maroons battled back from a 12-point deficit to force overtime, but the Escanaba Eskymos played tough defense and made huge free throws in OT to post a 72-65 win Monday night. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team won the championship of the Northern Michigan Super Duals on Saturday in Kalkaska. Click the above headline to read details.
The Escanaba High School is celebrating 50 years of wrestling this season, and the Eskymos hosted their marquee event on Saturday: the 44th annual Elks Invitational. Click the above headline to see results, photos, and videos. Pictured: Bark River-Harris's Tyler Labadie and Grayling's Tyler Withers battled in the 215-pound semifinal. Labadie won.
The North Central High School boys basketball team raised another state championship banner to the wall inside the NCA Gym Saturday night, and then continued its march toward another title with a 77-29 victory over North Dickinson. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights from the celebration and the game.
Dominck Shine scored a hat trick Saturday night to lead the Northern Michigan University hockey team to a 6-4 win over Lake Superior State at the Berry Events Center. This followed a 3-2 loss in Friday's game. Click the above headline to read about both games.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves played another tightly-collected girls basketball game Friday night, before the Eskymos emerged with a 57-51 win in Gladstone. Click the above headline for details, and to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Gladstone High School basketball team used an up-tempo offense to score the game's first 15 points, and the Braves never let up on the gas, rolling to a 98-38 win over Mid Peninsula Thursday night in Perkins. Click the above headline to hear interviews, read game details, and to see photos and video highlights taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba Eskymos and Marquette Redmen will play at two big hockey tournaments later this month, while Kingsford will play in one. The schedules have been released for the events in Traverse City and Chelsea. Click the above headline to see the details.
Leigha Woelffer scored 25 points and Taylor Hunter added 20, leading the Gladstone Braves to a 66-60 road victory over the Stephenson Eagles Tuesday night in Stephenson. Autumn Rasner had 28 points for the Eagles. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see videos taken by Nate Bellville and photos taken by Scott Balenger.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team scored 17 straight points in the first quarter and rolled to a 77-27 win over the Manistique Emeralds Monday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and videos.
It won't be football season for more than eight months at Northern Michigan University, but the new coach of the Wildcats, Kyle Nystrom, is ready to get started after being hired two weeks ago. Click the above headline to hear our extended interview with Nystrom.
The Gladstone High School wrestling team dominated the U.P. Super Dual Championships Friday afternoon in Munising. Seven Gladstone boys went undefeated on the day in this 14-team event. Click the above headline to read details. (Gladstone Wrestling Photo)
Michigan Tech fell 1-0 in overtime to No. 16 Western Michigan in the 52nd Great Lakes Invitational Championship at Joe Louis Arena on Friday. It was a rematch of the 2013 GLI Title Game that also went to the Broncos. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Marquette High School hockey team defeated Sault Ste. Marie, 3-1, Friday afternoon at Lakeview Arena. Aydin Frost, Ryan Morrissey, and Tanner Phillips scored Marquette's goals. Dylan Sibilsky made 22 saves in net for Marquette (5-4-1). (Randy Ritari photo)
The Mid Peninsula Wolverines ramped up the defense Thursday night and topped the Rapid River Rockets, 53-47, at the Mid Pen Gym. Click the above headline to read game details, listen to interviews, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
Michigan Tech advanced to the Great Lakes Invitational Championship Game for the fourth time in the last five years with a 2-0 shutout of Michigan on Thursday. The Huskies will play Western Michigan at 7 p.m. Friday in the last GLI Championship at Joe Louis Arena. Click the above headline to read more details. (MIchigan Tech Photo)
The Northern Michigan University hockey team was downed by Merrimack, 4-2, Thursday afternoon at the Florida College Hockey Classic. Gerard Hanson and Dominik Shine scored for NMU. Click the above headline to read the game details. (NMU Photo)
The Escanaba High School hockey team rallied from three goals down Wednesday night to beat Kettle-Morraine/Mukwonago/Oconomowoc, 6-4, to win the Puck Jam Holiday Classic in suburban Milwaukee. Click the above headline for details. (Sandi Young photo)
The Northern Michigan University hockey team lost to Cornell, 5-2, Wednesday afternoon in its opening game of the Florida College Hockey Classic. Five different skaters netted goals to send the Big Red. Click the above headline to read details. (NMU Photo)
