Northern Michigan University announced Tuesday that David Poggi will serve as the interim head women's soccer coach. Poggi is currently the men's soccer coach, and will run the women's team while Matt Granstrand takes a leave of absence. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association will conduct its 39th annual Update Meeting series in the coming weeks, giving school superintendents, principals, and athletic directors a chance to brainstorm and get information from the Association. One of the meetings will be held at Northern Michigan University next month. Click the above headline for more details.
The Northern Michigan University men's soccer team earned its first victory in program history Sunday afternoon, beating Walsh (Ohio), 5-2. Ben Hoffman had two goals and two assists to lead the Wildcats. Click the above headline to read the game's details. (NMU photo)
The North Central Jets scored 44 points in the first quarter and rolled to a 79-0 win over the Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers in eight-man football Saturday afternoon in Powers. Click the above headline to read the game details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Gwinn Model Towners scored three touchdowns in the second half...including two just 16 seconds apart...and beat the Bark River-Harris Broncos, 28-14, Saturday afternoon in Harris. Click the above headline to read game details, and to see photos and video highlights.
Escanaba graduate David Falish caught four passes, including the one that clinched the game in the fourth quarter, helping Michigan Tech post a 17-10 football win at Ohio Dominican Saturday in Ohio. Click the above headline to read the game story, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (MTU photo)
The Gladstone Braves hung in there for a while, but the Menominee Maroons got their offense rolling and posted a 35-6 win Friday night in Menominee. It was the final football game between the two teams, as the Braves leave the Great Northern Conference next season to join the Mid Peninsula Conference. Click the above headline for details, photos, and video highlights.
For the third time in two weeks, the Gladstone Braves won the first two sets of a volleyball match only to lose the next three...and the match. This time, the Braves lost to the Escanaba Eskymos, 3-2, Thursday night in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see Thursday's scores.
The Superior Dome at Northern Michigan University is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. It remains the largest wooden dome in the world, standing 14 stories tall and spanning five acres wide. Click the above headline to read more about the dome. (NMU Photo)
The Escanaba High School volleyball team lost its first two games against the Negaunee Miners Tuesday night, but then won the next three to post a 3-2 victory at the Lakeview Gym. Click the above headline to see all of Tuesday night's Upper Peninsula volleyball scores.
The Gladstone High School girls tennis team picked up a 7-1 victory over the Iron Mountain Mountaineers Tuesday afternoon at Pfotenhauer Park. Click the above headline to read all of the singles/doubles scores, and to see photos taken by Eric Thompson.
The City of Marquette will begin signing people up for the chance to win tickets for the National Hockey League's exhibition game between the Buffalo Sabres and the Carolina Hurricanes. The game will be held next month at Lakeview Arena, after the arena was named Kraft Hockeyville USA. Click the above headline for details. (WJMN-Local Three News Photo)
The Northern Michigan women's golf team captured its first team title on its home course Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats posted a two-round 490 (178-312), 25 strokes better than second-place Davenport. Click the above headline to read more details. (NMU Photo)
The Michigan Tech soccer team rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit at Bemidji State on Sunday, scoring two unanswered goals in the final 45 minutes to secure a 2-1 victory. The win by the Huskies was their third straight. Click the above headline to read details. (MTU Photo)
The Houghton Gremlins beat the Hancock Bulldogs, 2-0, to win the championship of The Rock girls volleyball tournament on Saturday in Gladstone. The two teams had tied during pool play, and along with Kingsford, had the best records of the event. Click the above headline to see all of the scores from the nine-team event, as well as photos and video highlights.
The Northern Michigan University football team went to overtime for the second straight week, but this time, the result was a downer for the Wildcats. Northern lost to Angelo State (Texas), 47-41, at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read details. (NMU story, photo)
The Michigan Tech University football team built a 21-10 lead on Saturday...with Escanaba native David Falish scoring on a long touchdown reception...but the Huskies couldn't hold on, losing to Ferris State, 30-28, at Sherman Field. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of Michigan Tech University Athletics. (MTU photo)
Neal Violetta scored three touchdowns and Shane Ring added two scores and the Negaunee Miners beat the Gladstone Braves, 44-21, Friday night at Miners Stadium. Click the above headline to read game details, listen to replays, and see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The Escanaba High School girls volleyball team rebounded from Tuesday night's loss to Kingsford with a 3-0 win over the Stephenson Eagles Thursday night in Stephenson. Click the above headline to read details, and to see all of Thursday's U.P. volleyball scores.
The Gladstone High School girls tennis team swept the Gwinn Model Towners for the second time this season on Thursday, 8-0, in Gladstone. Click the above headline to see the scores.
The Escanaba Cross Country Invitational was held on Thursday at the Beauchamp Farm in Flat Rock, the site of next month's U.P. Finals. Sault Ste. Marie and Munising won the girls meets, while Stephenson and Houghton won for the boys. Click the above headline to see the results.
The Kingsford Flivvers took an early lead and went on to post a 3-1 win over the Escanaba Eskymos in a Great Northern Conference volleyball match Tuesday night. The scores were 25-23, 25-15, 19-25, 25-17. Click the above headline to see photos and videos from the match.
The Northern Michigan University football team rallied to beat the Lake Erie Storm, 38-35, Saturday afternoon in Ohio. Jake Mayon had a six-yard touchdown run in overtime to seal the victory. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Michigan Tech football team kicked off the 2016 season on Saturday with a 33-7 victory against Walsh (Ohio) University at Sherman Field on a perfect day for football. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (Michigan Tech University photo)
The Bark River-Harris Broncos got five touchdown passes from Jace Briggs...three of them to Iver Stenberg...and rolled to a 52-24 win over the Gogebic Miners Friday night in Harris. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and videos taken by Nate Bellville.
The North Central Jets outscored the Forest Park Trojans 30-0 in the third quarter and rolled to a 60-42 win Friday night in Crystal Falls. Jason Whitens had four touchdown passes and Tyler Bentley had two long TD runs. Click the above headline for details. (WJMN Local Three photo)
The Bay College Norse will begin playing men's and women's basketball in the fall of 2017. With 13 months before that first game, planning is under way to upgrade the Bay College Gym at the YMCA. Click the above headline to read details. (Pictured: the current 1968 YMCA gym).
The Escanaba Eskymos scored two defensive touchdowns and Scout Wunder scored two on the ground and the Eskymos rolled past Petoskey, 39-0, Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details, photos and videos. (Pictured: Tyler Willette was pumped after his catch)
The Gladstone High School junior Varsity football team beat Benzie Central, 40-30, Thursday afternoon at the Marble Athletic Field. The varsity game between the two schools was cancelled because the Huskies don't have enough players. Click the above headline for game details, and to see photos from the JV game taken by Brenda Crow.
The Escanaba High School volleyball team lost a Great Northern Conference match against the Menominee Maroons, 3-2, Thursday in Menominee. Then in the evening, the Gladstone Braves also lost in Menominee County, 3-2, to Stephenson. Click the above headline for details.
