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Pietila paces NMU women golfers at Warrior Invite

WASHINGTON, Mich. — The women’s golf team at Northern Michigan University finished ninth among 14 teams at the Warrior Invitational held in suburban Detroit on Monday and Tuesday. With half the field made up of teams from NMU’s Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, the ...

Going the distance: NMU volleyball prevails again in 5-setter vs. Tech

MARQUETTE — Five is the maximum number of sets in a college volleyball match. But for the Northern Michigan University and Michigan Tech teams, it seems to have become the minimum when they face each other. For the fourth straight time spanning all or parts of three seasons, the Wildcats ...

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Today High school girls & boys cross country Negaunee, Ishpeming, Westwood at Tracy Strom Invitational/West PAC meet #2, at Al Quaal Recreation Area, Ishpeming, 4 p.m. Newberry at Mackinaw Club Invitational, at Mackinaw City, 4 p.m. Baraga Invitational, 4 p.m. High school boys soccer Houghton at Marquette, 6 p.m. High school volleyball Escanaba at Marquette, 6:30 p.m. L’Anse at Jeffers, 6:30 p.m. Gwinn at Negaunee, 6:45 p.m. North Dickinson at Munising, 7 p.m. Newberry at St. Ignace, 7 p.m. Manistique at Bark River-Harris, 7:15 p.m. EDT Superior Central at ...

Rivals clash tonight: NMU volleyball team hosts Tech at Vandament Arena

MARQUETTE — Maybe the fans of the Northern Michigan University volleyball team will be trying to make Michigan Tech feel right at home tonight in the Wildcats’ Vandament Arena. The NMU athletic department is touting the 6 p.m. match as the White Out, encouraging fans to wear white as a ...

Ex-NMU champ Hiller, ex-Wings coach Babcock back in NHL

Mike Babcock last coached an NHL game in November 2019. His biggest accomplishments in the sport so far were guiding Canada to gold at the Olympics in 2010 and 2014 and the Detroit Red Wings to the Stanley Cup in 2008. All these years later, the Edmonton Oilers are turning to Babcock to be ...

Wildcat women’s soccer not fazed by change of field

RACINE, Wis. — Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays the couriers of the women’s soccer team at Northern Michigan University. At least the rain part was true on Sunday afternoon when the Wildcats had a quick change of field due to wet conditions and still defeated ...