NMU wrestlers split at final conference duals

January 28, 2026

ALLENDALE — The women’s wrestling team at Northern Michigan University split a pair of decisions at the final Great Lakes Valley Conference duals meet of the season held Saturday at Grand Valley State University. The national No. 18 Wildcats defeated Quincy 26-21 before falling to the host Lakers 35-11. NMU finished the conference season with a 3-2 record for a third-place finish, trailing only McKendree at 5-0 and GVSU at 5-1. In contested matches, Northern had a 9-4 record with sophomores Sophia Bassino and Abbie Miles and junior Alissa Caltagirone each going 2-0. The ...

7-time winners on indoor track: Walker, Harper lead Wildcats at Whitewater invite

January 27, 2026

WHITEWATER, Wis. — The women’s track and field team at Northern Michigan University won seven events, including multiple ones by a pair of athletes, at the Karl Schlender Invitational hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on Saturday. Team scores weren’t kept, but the ...

NMU women’s Weisbrod earns GLIAC weekly hoops award

January 27, 2026

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s Jacy Weisbrod has been named the conference Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Wildcats to a pair of home victories last week over foes from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The 5-foot-10 senior guard from La ...

Ex-Wildcat skier Ketterson on US Olympic team

January 27, 2026

MARQUETTE — A former men’s nordic skier at Northern Michigan University has been named to the United States’ Olympic cross country ski team. Zak Ketterson of Minneapolis, a 2021 NMU graduate, skied for the Wildcats from 2016-21. He was one of the best collegiate skiers in the nation ...

Sports Look

January 27, 2026

Today High school alpine skiing Marquette at Ironwood, time TBA High school girls & boys swimming & diving Negaunee at Manistique, 5 p.m. Marquette at Kingsford, 5 p.m. EST High school girls basketball L’Anse at Watersmeet, 5:30 p.m. EST Gladstone at Negaunee, 7:15 p.m. Marquette at Bark River-Harris, 7:30 p.m. EST Escanaba at Manistique, time TBA High school wrestling Marquette, Newberry at Munising triangular, 6 p.m. High school hockey Escanaba at Negaunee, 6:30 p.m. High school boys basketball Marquette at Westwood, 7:15 p.m. Manistique at Gwinn, ...

NMU swimmers, divers host LSSU, Skins Day

January 27, 2026

MARQUETTE — The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams at Northern Michigan University hosted Lake Superior State for a dual meet and won easily against the second-year Lakers’ teams. The NMU men won 118-45 and the Northern women were victorious 115-8. The Wildcat Skins meet was ...