"Confidence.... When you feel good about yourself, you’re playing looser and things are happening and going your way and you’re getting the breaks." — Doug Garrow, Marquette head coach, on the key to the Redmen unbeaten streak ------------------- MARQUETTE — Dec. 11 was the last ...
GWINN — The Westwood boys put up their most points of the season, dropping Gwinn 71-48 in a high school basketball game played at the Modeltowners’ gym on Wednesday. Big offensive nights were turned in by Patriots’ junior foward Taylor Dellangelo with 19 points, senior guard Nathan ...
ISHPEMING — It had to wait an extra day due to wintry weather, but the major bout between two Upper Peninsula top-five teams in Division 1-3 girls basketball took place on Wednesday night. With just three losses between the two schools, the game between No. 4 Marquette and No. 2 Westwood ...
MARQUETTE — At this point in the college hockey season, it’s all about taking advantage of the opportunities. The Northern Michigan University hockey team had a chance to do that last weekend with the two teams it’s fighting for position in the WCHA standings both idle — Bowling Green ...
Up next: State downhill ski finals, Monday, Feb. 25, at Schuss Mountain in Bellaire, about 25 miles northeast of Traverse City ---------------- THOMPSONVILLE — Marquette nearly pulled off a sweep of the MHSAA Division 1 regional downhill skiing regionals held Monday at Crystal Mountain in ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Ben Basten of Marquette won the men’s race at the Frosty 5K & Merry Mile held on Feb. 2 by the Dickinson-Iron Coummunity Services Agency. Run at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Basten ran the 5-kilometer course in 19 minutes, 23 seconds, just eight seconds ahead of Lucas ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University basketball teams are in a good position in the GLIAC race, but after this weekend, things could be looking even better for the Wildcats after they begin a season-ending five-game road trip on Thursday. The NMU men (14-8, 9-6 GLIAC) will try to ...
CALUMET — L’Anse Purple Hornets boys basketball coach Kyle Koski was still shaking his head in frustration and disbelief 10 minutes after the game. His team had just lost an ugly one to the Calumet Copper Kings 71-50. “I’m still trying to figure it out,” he said. “Maybe it was ...
"We went nearly all last week without practice because of the weather." — Eyre Becker, head coach, Negaunee High School gymnastics --------------------- MARQUETTE — As the high school gymnastics regular season nears its end, Negaunee and Marquette squared off in a two-team dual ahead of ...
More inside: Munising boys run past Big Bay de Noc. Page 6B ---------------------- ISHPEMING — Monday night’s game between the Ishpeming and L’Anse girls basketball teams was all about pressure, and in the end, the Hematites handled it a little bit better as they outlasted the Purple ...
ISHPEMING — Sam Gilles is having quite a year for the Westwood High School wrestling team. He dominated with three pins at the MHSAA Division 4 individual district tournament in Munising on Saturday, three days after blowing past a Mustangs’ opponent to help his Patriots advance in the ...
MUNISING — Senior Logan Waldron sank four 3-pointers while scoring a game-high 22 points in Munising’s 85-47 boys basketball victory over Big Bay de Noc on Monday night. The Mustangs (11-3), who moved into a tie for third in Upper Peninsula Division 4 rankings today, raced out to leads of ...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Symetra Tour in women’s professional golf announced its 2019 schedule, which includes the ninth annual Island Resort Championship to be held at the Sweetgrass Golf Club in Harris from June 21-23. That event is the second event in the four-stop Potawatomi Cup held ...
MUNISING — Several other area wrestlers reached championship matches at the MHSAA Division 4 individual wrestling regional at Munising on Saturday. Top-four finishers advance to a regional at Charlevoix on Saturday. Ishpeming’s Jaegar Wilson won the 119-pound division with a narrow ...
UPSSA Basketball Polls ---------------------------- BOYS Divisions 1-3 W-L Pts Pvs 1. Iron Mountain (6) 15-0 30 1 2. Marquette 13-3 24 2 3. Gladstone 9-6 15 3 4. Negaunee 10-6 12 4 5. Calumet 12-2 5 — Others ...
HOUGHTON — It is a Tuesday morning on the second floor of the Student Development Center and Rae Drake is watching television. His TV is not set to “Good Morning America” or the “Today Show.” It is, instead, the Grand Valley State University vs. Davenport basketball game. He is ...
ALLENDALE — The Northern Michigan University track and field team competed at the Grand Valley State University Big Meet over the weekend and finished eighth overall, ahead of eight Division I programs including Western Michigan and Marquette. The Wildcats also had three NCAA provisionals ...
CHELSEA — Special teams were exactly that as the Marquette Senior High School hockey team extended its unbeaten streak to 15 games with an 8-1 victory over Birmingham Unified on Saturday. The Redmen scored just two goals at even strength, but converted on four of nine power plays to go with ...
CHICAGO — Dominik Kahun has turned into a dangerous scoring option for the Chicago Blackhawks. Playing with Dylan Strome and Alex DeBrincat sure helps. Kahun had two goals and an assist, Cam Ward made 43 saves and the Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Sunday for their seventh ...
By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team celebrated Senior Day and wrapped up its regular season at home with a 54-43 victory over Northwood at the Berry Events Center on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats finished with a ...