BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Northern Michigan University hockey team’s season may have ended sooner than it had hoped, but some of its players still had impressive seasons. On Monday, four Wildcats were acknowledged for their performances by earning spots on the All-WCHA teams. Forward ...
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MARQUETTE — Two associations that Northern Michigan University is a member of for its varsity sports teams have called off athletic competition for what is in practical effect the remainder of the school year. Both took this action because of concerns over COVID-19, or coronavirus, and are ...
MARQUETTE — Three Northern Michigan University basketball seniors earned a total of four honors when the GLIAC announced its men’s and women’s awards over the weekend. Women’s player Jessica Schultz was named to the league’s First Team and Defensive Team, while for the men, Myles ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — It may not seem like a big deal now, but Northern Michigan University sophomore forward Griffin Loughran has been suspended for the Wildcats’ next NCAA Division I game. Which will be at the beginning of next season. The WCHA handed down the suspension on Monday for ...
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. — The Northern Michigan University golf teams kicked off their spring season with a trip to Florida for the three-day Saddlebrook Spring Kickoff that ended Saturday. The men’s team finished as runner-up with 957 in their four-school meet, while the NMU women were ...
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MARQUETTE — Week 2 of high school basketball districts moves to the boys’ side this week, with high school girls basketball, hockey and gymnastics adding their own spice with just a few elite teams left. And Northern Michigan University will have a number of athletes traveling to NCAA ...
MARQUETTE — Hockey is a game of chances and for a team to be successful, it needs to take advantage of every one that it gets. On Saturday night, the Michigan Tech squad did exactly that as Logan Pietila got a pass from Justin Misiak and scored 4:41 into the third overtime to defeat ...
ALLENDALE — Northwood put together a 10-0 spurt in the game’s final minute and a half to pull away from Northern Michigan University for a 64-53 victory in the GLIAC men’s basketball tournament semifinals on Saturday afternoon. Playing at Grand Valley State, the Wildcats were easily the ...
MARQUETTE — Sophomore Jessica Daniels scored five goals over two games but it wasn’t enough to avert a pair of losses as the Northern Michigan University lacrosse team traveled to Colorado last week. The University of Colorado-Colorado Springs posted a 9-8 double-overtime victory over the ...
MARQUETTE — There were many storylines going into Friday night’s WCHA first-round playoff matchup between Northern Michigan University and Michigan Tech, but one seemed to loom above the others. That one was NMU’s struggles at home this year against the rival Huskies, and by the end of ...
MARQUETTE — A few weeks ago, Northern Michigan University head hockey coach Grant Potulny insisted that his team would be playing at home during the first round of the WCHA tournament. It took until last Saturday night, the last game of the regular season, for the Wildcats to prove him ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Seven Northern Michigan University hockey players are among 92 that were named winners of the WCHA Scholar-Athlete Award last week. Three Wildcats are second-time winners of the award — juniors Joseph Nardi, Caleb Schroer and Adam Roeder. Nardi and Schroer are ...
BIG RAPIDS — Three weeks ago, the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team came agonizingly close to upsetting No. 11 Ferris State as the Wildcats missed a game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer in regulation. This time around and with the season on the line, NMU got the job done as ...
KENOSHA, Wis. — Last season, the Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team used a deep run in the GLIAC Tournament to catapult itself into the NCAA Division II tournament. On Tuesday, the Wildcats tried to restart that path again, but were stopped in their tracks at ...
"If you want to win on the road you have to bring your team defense." — Grant Potulny, head coach, NMU hockey ------------------- HOUGHTON — Darien Craighead’s goal scored with just 1:03 left lifted Northern Michigan University to a 3-2 victory at Michigan Tech on the Huskies’ ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University will send 19 of its men’s and women’s swimmers and divers to the NCAA Division II National Championship meet next week. The meet is set for Geneva, Ohio, from March 10-14 and athletes qualified through times and points established at meets during ...
ALLENDALE — The Northern Michigan University women scored in 11 events to post 51 points and a fourth-place finish at the GLIAC Championships indoor track and field meet held at Grand Valley State on Saturday and Sunday. Senior Paige Du Bois had the Wildcats’ highest finish as runner-up ...
MARQUETTE — It’s time to brush off your tournament hats and favorite beverage holder to contain your coffee or hot chocolate as high school basketball tournament season begins tonight. Unlike many years, a majority of area teams actually do get started tonight — 10 of the 12 girls ...