By RYAN STIEG Journal Sports Writer MARQUETTE — Over the past few seasons, the Northern Michigan University football team had built a reputation for blowing leads or coming up short with the game on the line. But on Saturday, that status may have come to an end at the school’s ...
Over the last few weeks, whenever I see certain types of sports stories online, these are the typical comments I tend to find attached to them. “Get that chick off the air.” “I don’t need to hear this.” “It’s like my girlfriend is watching with me.” “My ears are ...
By ADAM NIEMI Iron Mountain Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — It has been a long time coming for the Westwood football team, but they finally toppled the Mountaineers. The Patriots (4-1, 1-1 Mid-Peninsula Conference) ended their long losing streak to Iron Mountain with a 34-0 victory Friday ...
By Journal Sports Staff PETOSKEY — There were a lot of reasons for Marquette Senior High School to lose its football game at Petoskey on Friday night. But none stopped the Redmen from instead pulling out a 27-26 victory against the Northmen in a nonconference game. MSHS had struggled at ...
MARQUETTE — An inaugural game will be held Saturday afternoon in Houghton County to try to decide the best adult baseball team in the Upper Peninsula. The Superior National Bank Stanton Wildcats of the Copper Country-based Twilight League will host the Marquette County Mavericks of the ...
"I thought my girls played hard, but it took them a while to get going." — Katt Beerling, head coach, Ishpeming volleyball ---------------------- ISHPEMING — Ishpeming fought back in the third and fourth sets but the Norway attack was too powerful as the Knights won a nonconference ...
By Golf Association of Michigan LANSING — Golf coaches Dan Ellis of East Lansing and Jimmy Dewling of Bloomfield Hills worked their strengths to perfection in winning the fourth Golf Association of Michigan Four-Ball Championship at the Country Club of Lansing on Wednesday. The former ...
KINGSFORD — Despite rain and lightning delaying and then suspending the Mid-Peninsula Conference tournament, Negaunee won enough points to secure the championship on Wednesday. An approximately three-hour delay because of rain and lightning in the morning came after the tournament had ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University Department of Athletics will induct Mandee Dafoe, Pauline Hope (Schuette), Abigail Larson, Jay McQuillan, Rick Popp and the 1979-80 hockey team into the NMU Sports Hall of Fame this evening. The inductees will be honored during homecoming ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University volleyball team remains on the road this weekend after pulling off a four-set victory at Upper Peninsula rival Michigan Tech on Tuesday. The Wildcats improved to 9-2 overall and 3-0 in GLIAC matches after their 26-24, 25-21, 27-29, 25-14 win in ...
BNEGAUNEE — The Gwinn High School varsity volleyball team had to pull off a comeback to keep its dual meet record perfect with a five-set victory at Negaunee on Thursday night. The Modeltowners prevailed 25-21, 22-25, 18-25, 25-19, 15-7 to improve to 6-0 overall and 5-0 in the Mid-Peninsula ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minnesota — The WCHA is making several paid packages available for watching games via WCHA.tv, the league’s official online streaming platform. In partnership with Stretch Internet, WCHA.tv provides high-definition broadcasts when available on several platforms, including new ...
By RYAN STIEG Journal Sports Writer ISHPEMING — During every football season, it seems like most teams will have a loss that got away. For Ishpeming, that game happened Friday night against Gladstone as the Hematites basically beat themselves. Ishpeming held the undefeated Braves ...
By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer GWINN — Robbie Williams had three rushing touchdowns and rushed for 140 yards to lead Negaunee to a 34-6 Mid-Peninsula Conference road victory at Gwinn on Friday night. Both teams now stand at 2-3 overall after the game played at McCormick ...
BANAT — The Dale Fountain Memorial Course for cross country runners had lain dormant for nearly three years after fire destroyed a nearby home in 2014. That changed on a sunny and hot Thursday as the Stephenson Eagles took the first step toward reviving the Dale Fountain Invitational meet, ...
MARQUETTE — The first couple of weeks haven’t been easy for the Northern Michigan University football team. Northern has been blown out in both games and the same defensive issues that plagued the Wildcats last season seem to have carried over to this year. In the opener against Angelo ...
ESCANABA — Singles players carried the day for Marquette Senior High School as the Redettes won the Great Northern Conference girls tennis meet held at Escanaba on Wednesday. “The girls played well and I'm really proud of them,” Marquette coach Derek Sandstrom said of his team’s ...
KINGSFORD — Though Mother Nature tried to get in the way, Marquette found enough time to hand the Kingsford High School boys soccer team its first loss of the season in Kingsford on Wednesday. Trevor Salmon’s pair of second-half goals carried the Redmen to a 3-1 victory at Commemorative ...
EBEN — A group of area runners was introduced to a new cross country course at the Superior Central Invitational held Wednesday. Munising fared best on this sunny, warm and windy day, taking both girls and boys team titles. The Mustang girls placed five among the top nine and scored 26 ...
MARQUETTE — The women’s soccer team at Northern Michigan University hopes to build a winning streak as it hits the road for its first GLIAC matches of the season over the next three days. The Wildcats, who won for the first time on Sunday, travel to Hammond, Indiana, to play ...