HOUGHTON — This rivalry match came at the perfect time for the Northern Michigan University volleyball team. The Wildcats took on their biggest Upper Peninsula foe, Michigan Tech, at the Huskies gym on Tuesday evening and posted a four-set victory. The victory kept alive NMU’s hopes of ...
UPPER PENINSULA SCORES MHSAA district tournaments MONDAY Division 1 Hosted by Gaylord Alpena 3, at Marquette 1 Petoskey 3, at Gaylord 0 Division 2 Hosted by Escanaba at Negaunee 3, Gladstone 0 Division 3 Hosted by Jeffers Gwinn 3, at Westwood 0 West Iron County 3, at Ironwood 1 Hosted by Menominee Iron Mountain 3, Menominee 0 Hosted by Charlevoix (all matches) Harbor Springs 3, Indian River Inland Lakes 0 Division 4 Hosted by Ishpeming at Superior Central 3, Mid Peninsula 1 at Rapid River 3, Big Bay de Noc 0 Hosted by Baraga at Baraga 3, ...
MARQUETTE — In a smash-up of nationally ranked women’s wrestling teams, North Central College got the better of Northern Michigan University at the Wildcats’ opening meet of the season on Monday at Vandament Arena in Marquette. North Central, ranked No. 4 in the single-division NCAA ...
UNIVERSITY CENTER — The season ended for the women’s soccer team at Northern Michigan University with a 2-1 loss at Saginaw Valley State in the conference tournament first-round quarterfinals on Tuesday afternoon. The Wildcats, seeded sixth after the regular season in the Great Lakes ...
Today High school volleyball MHSAA district tournament, Division 2, all matches at Escanaba: championship, Negaunee-Kingsford winner vs. Houghton-Escanaba winner, 6 p.m. MHSAA district tournament, Division 3, hosted by Menominee: championship, Bark River-Harris-Manistique winner at Iron Mountain-Menominee-Norway winner, 7 p.m. EST MHSAA district tournament, Division 4, hosted by Baraga: championship, Hancock-Dollar Bay winner vs. Baraga-Lake Linden-Hubbell winner, 6 p.m. (at Baraga, Hancock or Dollar Bay — tentative) MHSAA district tournament, Division 4, all matches at ...
IRONWOOD — The area roster of top Upper Peninsula teams was sliced in half this week with the final U.P. high school volleyball polls that are conducted by the U.P. Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Two teams that have been riding along at No. 3 in their respective Divisions 1-3 and Division 4 rankings held fast there, but it was the teams just outside the top five who were receiving votes that were eliminated this time around. Negaunee slipped a half-spot from No. 3 alone to sharing that spot with Houghton this week in D 1-3. The Miners are 20-13-1 and last week ...
