Sports Look

August 28, 2026

Today High school football Merrill at Newberry, 3 p.m. (tentative) (WNBY 1450 AM) High school boys soccer Marquette Quad Tournament, at Marquette: Marquette vs. Holly, time TBD; Marquette vs. Ortonville Brandon, time TBD NMU events Volleyball: UP North Tournament, at Vandament Arena: Michigan Tech vs. Cal State East Bay, 9 a.m.; Tiffin vs. Minnesota-Duluth, 11:30 a.m.; Michigan Tech vs. Winona State, 2 p.m.; NMU vs. Tiffin, 4:30 p.m. Sunday NMU events Women’s soccer: vs. Minnesota-Duluth, at NMU Soccer Field, noon Men’s soccer: at Tiffin, at Tiffin, Ohio, 2 ...

Cougars working to build up football program

August 28, 2026

EBEN — Though the game is mostly about roughhousing and smashing into each other, the eight-player football game can be a delicate balance. Even among the small schools that play the sport rather than 11-player football, Superior Central High School is one of the lower enrollment schools, listed with 114 students among four grades on the Michigan High School Athletic Association website, www.mhsaa.com. It places the Cougars in the sport’s smaller of two divisions, Division 2, for postseason purposes. So head coach Todd Spranger is excited to have his SC boys back playing ...

Superior Central Cougars

August 28, 2026

MHSAA Division 2 (8-player) Great Lakes 8 — East Division All times EDT HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPITALS Fri., Aug. 28, 7 p.m. at Stephenson Thurs., Sept. 3, 5:30 p.m. NORTH DICKINSON Fri., Sept. 11, 7 p.m. at Mid Peninsula Sat., Sept. 19, noon RAPID RIVER Fri., Sept. 25, 7 p.m. at Pellston Sat., Oct. 3, noon COPPER ISLAND ACADEMY Fri., Oct. 9, 7 p.m. at Munising Sat., Oct. 17, noon MID PENINSULA Fri., Oct. 23, 7 p.m. at Rapid River

Midseason form already? Sentinels boys soccer plays half-dozen games in last week

August 27, 2026

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School boys soccer team might already feel like it’s in midseason form after a busy start to the season over the past week. With Labor Day still more than a week away, the Sentinels played six games in the past week with three more scheduled before ...

Robust roster greets new coach: Westwood grad Gilles heads up Patriots with 2 dozen players

August 27, 2026

ISHPEMING — New head coach Sam Gilles would seem to have laid a foundation for future success — and maybe in the present too — with the Westwood High School football program. Start with the numbers — the Patriots have just about two dozen players on both varsity and junior varsity ...

Westwood Patriots

August 27, 2026

MHSAA Division 6 West PAC — Copper Division All times EDT HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPITALS Fri., Aug. 28, 7 p.m. at Bark River-Harris Thurs., Sept. 3, 7 p.m. CALUMET Fri., Sept. 11, 7 p.m. MENOMINEE Fri., Sept. 18, 7 p.m. at Houghton Fri., Sept. 25, 7 p.m. at Gladstone Fri., Oct. 2, 7 p.m. NEGAUNEE Fri., Oct. 9, 7 p.m. at Kingsford Fri., Oct. 16, 7 p.m. GWINN Fri., Oct. 23, 7 p.m. MANISTIQUE