The Menominee High School football team turned the ball over seven times and lost to Grand Rapids West Catholic, 43-7, in the MHSAA Division Five state championship game Saturday afternoon at Ford Field in Detroit. Click the above headline for details and stats.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team beat Wisconsin-Parkside, 81-69, on Saturday at the Puma Thanksgiving Basketball Classic in Indiana. This follows Friday's loss to the host 60-44 St. Joseph's Punas team. Click the above headline to read details on both games, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The 2016 Upper Peninsula high school football season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see all of the regular season and playoff scores.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team lost to Nebraska-Omaha, 2-0, Saturday night at the Berry Events Center. This follows a 2-2 tie between the two teams on Friday. Click the above headline to see details on both games, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team has been gone from home a long time. The Huskies left the Upper Peninsula on Wednesday, November 16th, bound for Alaska. On this Thanksgiving holiday, the team is still there, and will be there for a few more days. Click the above headline to read details.
The Lake Superior State University men's basketball team made the long trip to Missouri on Wednesday, and nearly upset the third-ranked team in the country in Division II. But Northwest Missouri St. survived, 91-86. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School hockey team lost its third straight home game on Tuesday, falling to the Kingsford Flivvers, 5-3, at the Hannahville Ice & Turf. Click the above headline for details, listen to interviews, and see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young.
The Northern Michigan men's basketball team held off Minnesota Duluth, 71-65, Tuesday night at the Berry Events Center. With 24 seconds left on the clock, Will Carius broke a 65-65 tie with a basket and foul shot. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Northern Michigan women's basketball team downed Minnesota Duluth, 69-55, Tuesday night at the Berry Events Center. Northern Michigan shot 52.3 percent from the floor, 36.4 from beyond the three-point arc and 76.0 from the charity stripe. Click the above headline to read more details.
The North Central High School football team rolled up 569 yards of total offense and Jason Whitens rushed for six touchdowns in his final game, leading the Jets to a 58-22 win over Deckerville in the MHSAA Eight-Man State Championship Game in Greenville. Click the above headline for all of the game details. (Bill Krachinski photo of Jets' seniors)
The Escanaba High School hockey team ended up with a winless weekend after dropping its second straight game to the Alpena Wildcats, 2-1, Saturday afternoon in Wells. Click the above headline to read details, hear interviews, and to see photos taken by Sandi Young.
Colby Plowman scored 58 seconds into overtime to lift the Alpena Wildcats to a 3-2 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in the hockey season-opener for both teams. Escanaba had a 2-0 lead late in the second period before Alpena rallied. Click the above headline read game details, and to see photos and videos taken by Sandi Young.
A new press box has been built on the James Cannon Baseball Field at the Gladstone Sports Park. The project was funded by a grant from the Community Foundation of Delta County. Click the above headline to read more about the project. (Rich Gagnon photo)
The Upper Peninsula high school girls volleyball season has come to an end. Click the above headline to see all of the playoff scores from the districts all the way through.
Bay College has hired Rae Drake, Jr. as its head women’s basketball coach and Jim Murtha as its head cross country coach. A press conference was held on Wednesday in Escanaba to announce the hirings. Click the above headline to read more. (Bay College photo)
Defensive Coordinator Steve Olson has been selected as the next Head Football Coach at Michigan Tech University, following Head Coach Tom Kearly's retirement on Monday. Click the above headline for more details about the hiring. (Michigan Tech U. Photo)
Northern Michigan University head volleyball coach Dominic Yoder resigned Tuesday afternoon. He had been the Wildcat volleyball coach for the past decade. Click the above headline to read more.
Escanaba Eskymos left handed pitcher, Taylor Rathe, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play Division One softball at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University has fired its head football coach, two days after the Wildcats finished its season with a 56-7 loss to Tiffin (Ohio). The Wildcats finished 3-8 in the 2016 season. Click the above headline to read a press release from NMU Sports Information.
Michigan Tech Head Football Coach Tom Kearly announced his retirement on Monday. Kearly just wrapped up his 11th season as the Huskies Head Coach, recording an overall record of 70-44 during that span. Click the above headline to read more about Kearly, from MTU Athletics. (Michigan Tech University photo)
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team came oh, so close to knocking off two NCAA Tournament teams in one weekend. But the Wildcats will have to settle for a 1-1 weekend after Lewis University rallied for a 87-83 win on Sunday in Romeoville, Illinois. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team opened the regular season with a pair of victories this weekend at the GLVC/GLIAC Challenge. Northern beat Truman State on Saturday and topped Quincy on Sunday. Click the above headline to read details on both, from NMU Sports Information.
The Michigan Tech men's basketball team closed the opening weekend of the 2016-17 season on Sunday with a 73-66 loss to UW-Parkside in the GLIAC/GLVC Challenge hosted by Lewis University. Click the above headline to read the story by MTU Athletics, and to see our RRN photos and videos.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball opened the season Saturday night with a stunning 97-75 victory over Wisconsin-Parkside at the GLIAC/GLVC Challenge in Illinois. Five players scored in double figures to lead the 'Cats to the upset win. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos from the game.
The most successful football season for the Escanaba Eskymos in more than three decades came to an end on Saturday, with a 34-0 loss to Grand Rapids Catholic Central in the Division Four Regional Final in Grand Rapids. Click the above headline to read details. (Photo: Eskymo seniors pose after the game, Patti LeMire).
The North Central High School football team will have the chance to defend last year's state championship. The Jets rolled past the Pickford Panthers, 62-22, in the Eight-Man state semifinal game Friday night in Powers. Click the above headline to read game details.
Three Gladstone High School athletes signed National Letters of Intent on Friday to play at the collegiate level in their respective sports. Bryce Douglas (left) signed with the University of Detroit-Mercy for golf, Katie Stephenson signed with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for swimming, and Matt LeClaire (right) signed with Northern Michigan University, also for swimming. (Andy Jacques photo)
Northern Michigan University women's basketball head coach Troy Mattson announced the signing of Amber Huebner of Marquette and Lexi Smith from Wisconsin to National Letters of Intent on Thursday. Click the above headline to read details. (NMU photo)
The Rudyard Bulldogs and Calumet Copper Kings picked up Class C regional tournament victories Tuesday night in Gladstone. Rudyard outlasted Iron Mountain, 3-2, while Calumet rushed past Munising, 3-0. Click the above headline to see photos and videos.
Two Escanaba High School softball players have committed to play college softball after they graduate next spring. Tuesday was National Signing Day for college softball, and Katie Ross and Emily Bruntjens signed on the dotted line. Click the above headline for details.
