MELBOURNE, Fla. — Ishpeming High School graduate and Bay College freshman Karlie Patron went the distance on the pitching rubber as the Norse softball team lost 5-1 to Eastern Florida State College on Thursday afternoon. Patron allowed just two earned runs on seven hits and two walks as she ...
HANCOCK — A half-dozen area players played in an Upper Peninsula college matchup of Finlandia and Bay College on Wednesday evening. Ishpeming High School graduate and Finlandia junior Mariah Austin led all scorers with 11 points as the Lions held off Bay 71-41. Among her points, she hit a ...
MARQUETTE — Age really is nothing but a number to bowler Glenn Carlson. At the spry age of 90, the Marquette resident won a bowling tournament that was held the past two weekends for league bowlers at Superior Lanes of Marquette Township. Carlson and the other participants bowled three ...
CHAIN OF LAKES, Fla. — A pair of Ishpeming High School graduates made their marks for Bay College when the Norse were swept in a college softball doubleheader against Lincoln Trail Community College on Monday. Bay sophomore Korey Kaukola blasted her second home run of the season and her ...
HARRIS — The Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet will be held Sunday, Aug. 15, at the Island Resort & Casino in Harris. The 2020 induction was called off in May due to the coronavirus epidemic and was tentatively rescheduled for May 8. However, virus issues and various ...
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — The conference Finlandia University belongs to for a number of sports, including men’s and women’s basketball, has announced plans to proceed with spring sports competitions and championships as scheduled. Finlandia spring sports include baseball and ...
HANCOCK — Baraga High School graduate and Finlandia junior Carsyn Osterman sank a pair of free throws with three seconds left to lift the Lions to a 67-65 women’s basketball victory over Wisconsin-Superior at the Paavo Nurmi Center on Thursday evening. Two days later on Saturday, also at ...
CHAIN OF LAKES, Fla. — A pair of Ishpeming High School graduates figured prominently for Bay College in four college softball games played Saturday and Sunday in Florida. Bay sophomore Korey Kaukola cracked a two-run homer as her highlight in the first game against Lincoln Trail Community ...
IRONWOOD — Republic-Michigamme graduate and junior River Shumate scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds but it wasn’t enough for the Finlandia men’s basketball team to avert a 98-88 loss at Gogebic Community College on Saturday. The Lions (0-8) were led in scoring by senior Dylan ...
ESCANABA — Republic-Michigamme High School product River Shumate scored six points and pulled down two rebounds as Finlandia lost 78-72 at Bay College in a college men’s basketball game played Wednesday. Shumate’s points came on a pair of 3-pointers, one in each half. His second one ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The Finlandia women’s basketball team winning streak ended at 13 games Saturday despite the Lions getting 11 points and four rebounds from L’Anse High School graduate Bailey Froberg. The Lions lost 67-54 at North Central College, a team that is now 14-2. Froberg hit a ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Republic-Michigamme High School product River Shumate scored 11 points but it wasn’t enough to avert Finlandia’s 99-62 loss at North Central College on Saturday. Teammate Joe Heinonen, a graduate of Superior Central, scored two points and shared the team high with six ...
LYNWOOD, Ill. — Sophomore and Gwinn High School graduate Brooke Mannor hit a pair of clutch free throws in the final minute to help Bay College defeat South Suburban College 59-58 for its first women’s basketball win of the season on Sunday. Mannor finished with five points, three ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Two area juniors at Finlandia University contributed in the Lions’ men’s basketball team’s 112-62 loss at Coe College on Sunday. Sophomore Joe Heinonen, a Superior Central High School graduate, scored five points while pulling down three rebounds and making a ...
ESCANABA — With the help of several area players, the Finlandia women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to 13 games with a 69-50 victory at Bay de Noc Community College on Wednesday. The Lions, 2-0 this season after finishing the 2019-20 campaign with 11 straight wins, led ...
HOUGHTON — An all-Upper Peninsula WCHA hockey series not involving Northern Michigan University has been rescheduled over the next two weeks. The Lake Superior State at Michigan Tech series postponed from Jan. 22-23 will be played on the next two Tuesdays, Feb. 16 and 23, at the Huskies’ ...
NEW ULM, Minn. — Baraga junior Carsyn Osterman scored 21 points, making both of her 3-point attempts, and dished out a game-high six assists to help Finlandia University open its women’s basketball season with a 79-61 win at Martin Luther on Saturday. Osterman was good on 8 of 16 from the ...
MARQUETTE — Registration has officially opened for 12th annual Marquette Marathon races to be held late this summer. Set for Sept. 4, this Boston Marathon qualifier is under the direction of Northern Michigan University and race directors Derek Lindstrom and Kevin Thomsen. “We are ...
MARQUETTE — “Winter Wonderland,” a 1995 film about Michigan’s many winter sports by Ironwood-based filmmaker Bill Jamerson, is the next installment in the Beaumier Heritage Documentary Series. It will air at 9 p.m. Friday on WNMU-TV. It can also be streamed live on the station’s ...
From nmuwildcats.com HOUGHTON — The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team fell in a tough fight Tuesday evening at Michigan Technological University, 55-46. The first quarter saw lots of lead changes, with both teams trading baskets early as the Huskies rounded out the ...