MARQUETTE — Two area student-athletes are among five from the Upper Peninsula to be named finalists for Scholar-Athlete Awards as named Tuesday by the Michigan High School Athletic Association. Seniors Ericka Asmus of Marquette and Madelyn Koski of Westwood are among the 120 finalists ...
MARQUETTE — Saturday’s games against Lake Superior State were important ones for the Northern Michigan University basketball teams. For the men, they were coming off a good defensive performance two days earlier, holding now-No. 13 Ferris State to its lowest point total of the season, but ...
MARQUETTE — Conditions are looking about as warm as organizers can feel comfortable with for the 22nd annual running of the Noquemanon Ski Marathon to be held in and around Ishpeming, Negaunee and Marquette this weekend. Cold means snow and snow means a course all skiers and organizers can ...
MARQUETTE — The schedule for this fall has been released for the Northern Michigan University football team and includes six of 11 games to be played in the Superior Dome. Among the home games is the annual contest against Michigan Tech for the Miners Cup on Oct. 24. The season begins on ...
EWEN — The Republic-Michigamme boys basketball team was in a tight battle early with Ewen-Trout Creek Tuesday, but a rough second quarter caused the Hawks to fall behind and they were handed a 70-53 loss. Eli Luokkala led R-M with 16 points, while Derek Koski had 11. Eric Abramson was ...
DULUTH, Minn. — L’Anse junior Bailey Froberg waited until the time was right, or more accurately, ripe to make her only 3-pointer of the night in the Finlandia women’s basketball team’s 57-55 victory at St. Scholastica on Wednesday night. Froberg, who finished with eight points and ...
DULUTH, Minn. — Superior Central graduate Joe Heinonen scored 12 points, just one of two double-figures scorers for Finlandia, as the Lions men’s basketball team again came up short in a 96-69 loss at the College of St. Scholastica on Wednesday night. Heinonen, a sophomore for Finlandia ...
"We haven’t played that game yet and I’ll tell you on March 14 if we’ve played that game. If we win the state title, I’ll be happy." — Doug Garrow, Marquette head hockey coach, on whether the Redmen have achieved perfection ----------------- MARQUETTE — When the Marquette and ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University hockey team is off to a solid start in the second half of the season. And the national media is continuing to give the Wildcats some respect in the polls. After a tie and a loss at No. 1 Cornell (13-1-3, 8-1-1 ECAC) over the weekend, NMU ...
NEGAUNEE — Going into Tuesday’s contest against Gwinn, the Negaunee girls basketball team’s strategy was to work the ball inside the paint. Although it took about a quarter for the Miners to find the best way to do it, they eventually did it with precision. Leading by just two points ...
MARQUETTE — It took a little while for the Marquette boys basketball team to get rolling, but once it started, the Redmen didn’t look back as they defeated Ishpeming 80-46. Kameron Karp led a balanced Marquette attack with 13 points, while Gavin Argall had 14 for the Hematites. Leading ...
GLADSTONE — Missed opportunities, missed free throws and some late clutch plays by Marquette robbed the Gladstone girls of an upset against the Upper Peninsula’s fourth-ranked Redettes Tuesday night. As has been the case for most of the season, the Braves played well on defense and had ...
MUNISING — Manistique outlasted Munising 54-53 in overtime after playing a close girls basketball game throughout on Tuesday night. Megan Matson led the Mustangs with 24 points, while Crystal Murdock had 12. Emilee McDaniel was Manistique’s offensive leader with 18 points and Brooke ...
"It’s a good neighborhood rivalry." — Milton Braga, head coach, Westwood boys and girls swimming and diving -------------------- ISHPEMING — The Upper Peninsula Finals are less than a month away and right now, swimming and diving programs around the peninsula are trying their best ...
HANCOCK — The Negaunee boys came to town on Monday and did what they do best — win basketball games. The Miners defeated Hancock handily in a 70-31 win. It was their ninth win in a so-far perfect season. Negaunee quickly jumped out to a 8-0 lead as it dominated inside, including ...
EBEN — The Superior Central boys survived major foul trouble at home Monday night as they hung on for a 47-43 basketball triumph over Republic-Michigamme. The Cougars led 25-15 at halftime and 28-27 after the third quarter of this nonconference contest. “We were real patient on ...
UPSSA Basketball Polls Teams, (first place votes if any), record, poll points and previous week's ranking: ------------------------ BOYS Divisions 1-3 W-L Pts Pvs 1. Iron Mountain (7) 7-0 35 1 2. Negaunee 8-0 28 2 3. Marquette 6-2 19 3 4. Escanaba ...
ISHPEMING — The MHSAA Division 3 district tournament is still about six weeks away, but the Westwood girls basketball team is starting to show what its truly capable of. The Patriots scored more than 60 points for the second straight game Monday as they defeated Iron Mountain 63-33. Madi ...
MARQUETTE — Strong defense is what the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team is known for, and on Saturday the Wildcats accomplished something they hadn’t done in almost two decades. NMU slowed Lake Superior State in a 65-40 blowout victory. That’s the first time the ...
GLADSTONE — If there were any concerns about an absent Megan Crow, the Gladstone girls basketball team quickly dismissed them with a 25-point opening quarter that allowed them to cruise past Manistique 53-29 at home Friday night. The Braves went on a 9-0 run in the first few minutes of this ...