The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the week of Dec. 12-16

MARQUETTE — Senior Sam Taylor and sophomore Dolapo Olayinka came off the bench to lead Northern Michigan University in scoring, but the Wildcats dropped a nonconference game to NCAA Division III Ripon 80-75 on Saturday afternoon. Taylor and Olayinka each scored 15 points as Olayinka made ...

"That’s what it’s like when you play top teams. You can’t have any passengers." — Grant Potulny, NMU head hockey coach, on defeating then-No. 1 Minnesota State-Mankato on Dec. 14 ----------------- MARQUETTE — It’s the holiday season, a time when people exchange gifts with ...

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has announced details about three new varsity sports approved by the NMU Board of Trustees on Dec. 13. The men’s and women’s alpine ski teams will compete as varsity members of the U.S. Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association, while the coed ...

MARQUETTE — Freshmen Noah Parcher and Ben Wolf led the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team in scoring, but it wasn’t enough as Hillsdale defeated the Wildcats 70-52 in a nonconference game played at the Berry Events Center on Thursday evening. Parcher scored 11 points, ...

By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team plays its only nonconference games since starting its GLIAC schedule with home contests in the next several days at the Berry Events Center. The Wildcats host former league member Hillsdale at ...

Up next: NMU at Bowling Green State, at Bowling Green, Ohio, Friday and Saturday, Jan. 3-4 --------------- MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University hockey defenseman Ben Newhouse and defenseman-turned-forward Michael Van Unen earned weekly awards Monday from the WCHA after the Wildcats ...

"I don’t think there’s anybody that I’ll look back in this game and say they didn’t have their best game." — Grant Potulny, head coach, NMU hockey ----------------- MARQUETTE — It took everything the Northern Michigan University hockey team had Saturday night, but it paid off ...

The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the week of Dec. 7-11

HOUGHTON — Marcus Matelski sank a 3-point bucket at the final buzzer to break a 61-61 tie and lift the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team to a 64-61 victory at Michigan Tech in the Upper Peninsula rivals’ first meeting of the season at the Huskies’ SDC Gym on Sunday ...

ISHPEMING — Northern Michigan University skiers swept Michigan Tech to open their seasons on Saturday and Sunday in the NMU Open held at the Al Quaal Recreation Area in Ishpeming. The Wildcat men doubled up Tech 14-7 while the NMU women won a closer 12-9 decision. Both teams will be in ...

HOUGHTON — Cold shooting — and a lack of free throws — doomed the Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team in their first rivalry game of the season against Michigan Tech on Sunday. The Wildcats shot just 22 percent from the field, including 14 percent on 3-pointers, as ...

MARQUETTE — It took everything the Northern Michigan University hockey team had Saturday night, but it managed to get its biggest win of the season. After committing some costly penalties and being forced to use all three goaltenders in a loss Friday to No. 1 Minnesota State, the Wildcats ...

MARQUETTE — Friday night’s game was a frustrating one for the Northern Michigan University hockey team at the Berry Events Center. At least that’s how Wildcats head coach Grant Potulny saw it postgame. The Wildcats knew they had to play at their best if they wanted a chance to slow ...

MARQUETTE — Senior Rachel Helm of Northern Michigan University was named the GLIAC Female Swimmer of the Week on Tuesday following the Wildcat women’s victory at the Calvin College Invitational last weekend. The Newcastle upon Tyne, England, resident won two individual events at the meet, ...

MARQUETTE — Winter is obviously here in the Upper Peninsula as snow seems to be blowing through the area on a weekly, sometimes daily, basis. That might be annoying at times and it makes for poor driving conditions, but it also creates great conditions for the Northern Michigan University ...

MARQUETTE — It’s the holiday season and hockey fans all over have lists of gifts that they hope to open at the end of the month. The Northern Michigan University hockey team is also hoping for the perfect gift — a sweep this weekend at the Berry Events Center. However, unlike their ...

By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Fans can have fun and get involved in the game in a different way on Saturday night when a teddy bear toss is scheduled during Northern Michigan University’s final hockey game before Christmas. The toss will take place between the first and second ...

MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University basketball programs are heading out on the road again. However, unlike previous trips this fall — yes, winter is still officially still more than a week away — where the Wildcats have gone to Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota and even Alaska, ...

"We’re not turning it over, we’re getting good shots and then our defense and our rebounding has been holding us in there." — Troy Mattson, head coach, NMU women’s basketball --------------- MARQUETTE — For the second straight game, the Northern Michigan University women’s ...