The Carney-Nadeau High School girls basketball team lost in its bid to make the state championship game with a 61-37 to Fowler in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinals on Wednesday. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The Calumet High School girls basketball team came up short in its quest for a state championship on Wednesday, losing in the MHSAA Division Three state semifinals to Kent City, 59-53, at the Breslin Center. Click the above headline for details. (MHSAA Photo)
The most successful basketball season in school history came to an end Tuesday night for the Escanaba Eskymos as the boys fell in the MHSAA Division Two state quarterfinals to the Bridgeport Bearcats, 52-41. Click the above headline for details. (Nick Kolich photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team came up one point short Sunday in the quest for the school's first-ever NJCAA Region 13 championship, falling to Rochester Community & Technical College, 66-65, in the title game. Click the above headline for details.
The 2021 high school wrestling season came to an end Saturday with the MHSAA Division Four state individual finals in Grand Rapids. The Bark River-Harris Broncos had five wrestlers reach the podium, with Iron Mountain placing three and Rudyard two. Click the above headline for all of Saturday's results. (BR-H Wrestling photo; Dennis Stachewicz)
No. 19 Northern Michigan University volleyball is adding another championship to their list of accomplishments as they earned the 2021 GLIAC regular season title with a 3-2 win over No. 21 Michigan Tech on Saturday. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team led from start to finish on Saturday to beat United Tribes Technical College (ND), 82-58, in the NJCAA region 13 semifinals. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, interviews.
The NJCAA Region 13 men's basketball tournament began Friday night with United Tribes Tech out of North Dakota topping Gogebic Community College, 86-67. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team won its first regional championship in more than a half century Thursday night by grinding out a 41-38 win over the Ludington Orioles in the regional championship game. Click the above headline for details. (Escanaba Athletics photo)
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team made history Wednesday night by beating the Ludington Orioles, 53-35, in the MHSAA Division 2 regional championship game in Houghton Lake. Click the above headline to read details. (Escanaba Athletics Photo)
The Bay College women's basketball team played three strong quarters against the undfeated Rochester Community and Technical College Yellowjackets in the NJCAA Region 13 semifinals Wednesday night. But the Norse couldn't score in the fourth quarter and lost, 64-46, at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team advanced to the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game Tuesday night after holding on to post a 59-56 win over a determined Boyne City Rambler team. Click the above headline for photos, videos, details.
The Bark River-Harris High School wrestling team lost to state power New Lothrop on Tuesday in the MHSAA Division Four state quarterfinals, 54-20 in Kalamazoo. It was the team's first-ever trip to the state finals. Click the above headline for details.
Northern Michigan University's most decorated head coach, Sten Fjeldheim, will retire after 34 years as leader of the Wildcat Nordic ski team. He also served stints as the head cross country running coach during his 35 years at NMU. Click the above headline for details.
Fjeldheim coached 102 skiing All-America award winners. He attributes some of that success to recruiting student-athletes who were a good fit for the culture he created around the program.
The Escanaba High School girls basketball team had five players score in double figures Monday night and the Eskymos advanced to the MHSAA Division Two regional championship game with a 78-68 win over Sault Ste. Marie. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team pulled out their second nailbiter victory in as many days over an Illinois school, beating the Kankakee Community College Cavaliers, 55-52, Sunday afternoon. Click the above headline for details.
The Michigan High School Athletic Association individual regional tournaments were held on Saturday across the state. The top four boys in each weight class advance to the state indivudal finals in downstate Kalamazoo. In all, 31 boys qualified for states, led by sebem from Bark River-Harris. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team rallied from ten points down in the fourth quarter to beat the Highland Community College (Ill.) Courags, 68-67, Saturday afternoon in Newport, Illinois. Click the above headline for photos, videos.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team gave up a 22-2 runn in the first half and could not dig out of the hole, falling to Highland (Illinois) Community College, 78-66, on Saturday at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details.
It took five sets but in the end, No. 21 Northern Michigan University volleyball earned their 11th consecutive win with a 3-2 victory over Davenport University in GLIAC play Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details.
The Escanaba High School boys basketball team led from start to finish on Thursday, squashing the Gladstone Braves, 77-43, in the MHSAA Division Two district semifinals at the Escanaba High School Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Bay College men's basketball team shook off a sluggish start and pulled away from the Gogebic Community College Samsons, 89-72, Wednesday night in Ironwood to clinch home court advantage for the NJCAA Region 13 Tournament. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlights, and interviews.
The Bark River-Harris Broncos got off to a slow start but eventually overwhelmed the Manistique Emeralds, 60-35, in the MHSAA Division Three district opener Tuesday night in Harris. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and hear interviews.
Nicole Kamin shattered personal and school records by scoring 45 points Monday night, while her close friend and future college teammate Megan Crow threw in a career-high 36 points, as Kamin's Escanaba Eskymos beat Crow's Gladstone Braves, 65-48, in the district semifinals Monday night. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team lost for the second straight day Sunday on its home court, falling to the Bryant & Stratton Bobcats, 77-62, at the Bay College Gym. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
The Lake Superior State University hockey team won the 2021 WCHA Tournament championship Satirday night with a 6-3 win over the Northern Michigan Wildcats. Click the above headline for details and see the press conference. (LSSU Photo)
The Marquette Redmen got two goals apiece from three different players and beat the Escanaba Eskymos, 6-1, to win the MHSAA Division Two Regional Chamopionship Saturday at Lakeview Arena. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team led for almost the entire game, taking leads by as much as 21 points, but couldn't hold on, losing in overtime to Kankakee (Ill.) Community College 71-68 in overtime on Saturday. Click the above headline for details.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team advanced to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's conference final with a 5-1 victory over No. 3 Minnesota State University - Mankato, Friday afternoon. Click the above headline for detakls. (NMU Photo)