The Escanaba High School football team advanced to the third round of the state playoffs for the first time since 1981 on Saturday, beating the Alma Panthers, 31-13, in Lower Michigan. Click the above headline to read details. (Curtis Aiken photo)
The Michigan Tech University football team won a thrilling, 51-45, decision over the Northern Michigan Saturday afternoon at the Superior Dome. That keeps the Miners Cup in Houghton for another year. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Athletics Photo)
The North Central Jets and Forest Park Trojans battled hard for 48 minutes of football Friday night before the Jets emerged with a 60-50 victory in the Eight Man regional final in Powers. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos.
Mathias Israelsson made 34 saves and Dominik Shine netted two goals to propel the Northern Michigan hockey team to a 5-3 victory over Wisconsin Friday night at the Kohl Center in Madison. Click the above headline to read more details. (NMU Photo)
The Rapid River High School girls volleyball team won its first Class D district championship in a dozen years Thursday, 3-1, over Mid Peninsula in Garden Corners. Click the above headline for details, and all of the U.P. scores. (Photo by Michelle Rubick)
The new Bay College men's basketball program took advantage of Signing Day by inking its forst two recruits to National Letters of Intent on Tuesday. Manistique guard Darien Nichols and Gladstone forward Joe Gibbs both committed to play for the Norse. Click the above headline for details, pictures, and videos.
The Gladstone Braves had the Menominee Maroons on the ropes Tuesday night, but the Maroons rallied to win the two sets and post a 3-2 win in a Class B District Semifinal match in Gladstone. Click the above headline to read match details, and see photos, videos.
The Michigan Tech University volleyball team made quick work of the Northern Michigan Wildcats on Tuesday evening with a 3-0 sweep at the SDC Gym. The Huskies improved to 13-13 while NMU fell to 13-14. Click the above headline for details from MTU Athletics
The Escanaba Eskymos scored three early touchdowns and never looked back Saturday, beating the Whitehall Vikings, 48-27, in an MHSAA playoff game at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Click the above headline to read game details, see photos, and video highlights.
The Michigan Tech University football team pulled off a 24-21 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference upset victory over the nation's ninth-ranked team, Ashland (Ohio), Saturday at Sherman Field. Click the above headline to read more details. (MTU photo)
The Northern Michigan football team was downed by Hillsdale, 41-38, Saturday afternoon at the Superior Dome. It was NMU's fourth straight loss. Click the above headline to read the details.
The North Central Jets scored on every first half possession and rolled to a 64-0 win over the Rapid River Rockets in the first round of the MHSAA playoffs Friday night in Powers. Click the above headline for details, interviews, and to see videos taken by Mike Dagenais.
The Michigan Tech hockey team shutout Northern Michigan 2-0 in front of a standing room only John MacInnes Student Ice Arena crowd on Friday. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics.
The Escanaba Eskymos lost the first set of their match Thursday night against the Stephenson Eagles, but roared back to post a 3-1 win at the Escanaba High School Gym. The result wrapped up the regular season. Click the above headline for video highlights and all of the U.P. scores.
Former Calumet High School hockey star Ben Johnson has been sentenced to three years in a Canadian prison for a sexual assault conviction. Johnson heard his sentence in an Ontario courtroom on Tuesday. Click the above headline for details. (Pictured: Johnson as a Spitfire)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association's Upper Peninsula Cross-Country Finals were held on a crisp Saturday afternoon at the Beauchamp Farm in Delta County. It was a double championship for Ishpeming in Division Two, while teams from both ends of the U.P. won other championships. Click the above headline to see all of the results. Thanks to Superior Timing!
The Northern Michigan University hockey team got a win and a tie this weekend in Big Rapids, topping Ferris State, 6-4, on Friday night, and skating to a 2-2 tie on Saturday night. Click the above headline for details of both games, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Northern Michigan football team scored three touchdowns in the second half but could not overcome an early deficit and fell to Ohio Dominican, 38-28, Saturday afternoon at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read the game details.
The Calumet Copper Kings got three touchdowns from Rory Anderson and beat the Gladstone Braves, 24-6, Friday night, at the Marble Athletic Field. Click the above headline to read game details, listen to interviews, and see photos and video highlights taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba Eskymos scored 42 points in the second half and pulled out a wild 49-42 win over the Kingsford Flivvers Friday night at the Escanaba Athletic Field. Logan Carroll's 28-yard touchdown run with 52 seconds left in the game won it. Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves are rejoining the Great Northern Conference...for basketball only. The Braves will also play in the Mid Peninsula Conference, starting in the 2017-2018 school year. The Braves will play their normal schedule this season. Click the above headline to read details.
Finlandia University has promoted Curtis Wittenberg to the position of Director of Athletics, effective immediately. He had been serving as Associate Director of Athletics and Compliance for the university located in Hancock. Click the above headline to read details of his hiring.
The Upper Peninsula high school football season comes to a close this weekend with some teams jockeying for playoff position, and others simply saying goodbye to their senior class. Click the above headline to read more.
The Marquette High School girls volleyball team picked up a Great Northern Conference win over the Gladstone Braves, 3-0, Tuesday night in Gladstone. The scores were 25-19, 25-19, and 25-18. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights, and other U.P. volleyball scores.
The Northern Michigan men's soccer team edged Walsh, 2-1, Sunday afternoon at Milazzo Field. Nick Metcalfe broke the draw with his second goal of the weekend in the 36th minute of the match, firing a shot past Jon-Paul Della Pia. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
he Northern Michigan women's soccer team shut out Lake Erie, 2-0, Sunday afternoon at Jack Britt Memorial Field in Ohio. Click the above headline to read the details. (NMU Sports Photo)
The Michigan Tech football team held a 17-0 lead until early in the fourth quarter in Ohio on Saturday, but then the Tiffin Dragons scored 24 unanswered points in the final nine minutes to come out on top 24-17. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of MTU Athletics.
Jake Mayon rushed for two touchdowns in the final five minutes of regulation, but the Northern Michigan football team could not overcome an early deficit and fell to No. 24 Ferris State, 45-23, Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline to read details. (Ferris State Sports Photo)
The Gladstone Braves scored the first touchdown and the last touchdown of their game in Kingsford Friday night, but the Flivvers scored six times in between to beat the Braves, 43-14, and clinch a state playoff spot. Click the above headline to read game details, listen to player interviews, and to see photos and video highlights taken by Nate Bellville.
The Rapid River Rockets hung with the North Central Jets for a while Thursday night, but the defending state champions had too much firepower and eventually rolled to a 76-18 win in Powers. Click the above headline to read game details, and see photos and video highlights from the game.
