CHICAGO — Dominik Kahun has turned into a dangerous scoring option for the Chicago Blackhawks. Playing with Dylan Strome and Alex DeBrincat sure helps. Kahun had two goals and an assist, Cam Ward made 43 saves and the Blackhawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on Sunday for their seventh ...
By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team celebrated Senior Day and wrapped up its regular season at home with a 54-43 victory over Northwood at the Berry Events Center on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats finished with a ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team picked up a home GLIAC victory Saturday afternoon, topping Northwood 72-60. Seniors Naba Echols and Isaiah Johnson combined to score 43 points — Echols getting 25, Johnson 18 — helping improve ...
By Journal Sports Staff HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Tony Bretzman scored the go-ahead goal and Jarrett Lee put in what proved to be the game-winner less than three minutes later as the Northern Michigan University hockey team upended Alabama-Huntsville 6-3 on Saturday afternoon. The win salvaged a ...
By JUSTIN ST. OURS Escanaba Daily Press HARRIS — The Munising boys basketball team outran the Bark River-Harris Broncos here Saturday 64-50 in a Skyline Central Conference game. The Mustangs trailed 15-12 after one quarter, but were able to regroup and find a rhythm in the second ...
By ADAM NIEMI Iron Mountain Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — Iron Mountain settled into its prolific offense early and cruised to a 76-37 win over Gwinn to clinch the Mid-Peninsula Conference on Friday. The Mountaineers at not only undefeated at 15-0, but ranked at the No. 1 team in the Upper ...
My generation is spoiled. That’s a common sentiment among older generations in this country and almost all of it is unjustified. I know the thing to do as you get older is to hate the generations that come after you, but the Millennials seem to be despised more than all others. Even ...
By Journal Sports Staff CHELSEA — When is a loss not a loss? Maybe when it keeps an undefeated streak going. The Marquette Senior High School hockey team had their 12-game winning streak snapped Friday night with a 4-3 loss to Plymouth Salem to open its schedule at the Michigan Public ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Avery Ledy did a little shopping downtown in Marquette’s 57-30 girls basketball victory over visiting Kingsford on Friday night. “Downtown” as in making 6 of 8 on 3-point shots as she led all scorers with 22 points. She added five rebounds and ...
MARQUETTE — When it gets down to crunch time late in the second half, teams need their star players to step up at the free throw line and knock down their shots. Naba Echols and Isaiah Johnson did that for the Northern Michigan University men's basketball team Thursday night. After Saginaw ...
MARQUETTE — In the school’s weekly press conference Tuesday, Northern Michigan University women's basketball coach Troy Mattson said his team wasn't "stepping up" when it needed to, but on Thursday, that's exactly what the Wildcats did. Up by 10 at the half, NMU held Saginaw Valley State ...
MARQUETTE — Normally, a hockey game played in early February isn’t that big a deal since there’s still quite a few games left to play in the season. A case can be made, though, for the Northern Michigan University squad that Saturday night’s game against Bowling Green State was the ...
By Journal Sports Staff HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Northern Michigan University ice hockey team missed out on critical WCHA points Friday night, skating to a 2-2 tie with Alabama-Huntsville. The Chargers picked up the extra league point on a Cam Knight goal in the second overtime ...
By RYAN SPITZA Journal Sports Writer NEGAUNEE — Thirty points from beyond the arc accounted for more than half of the Negaunee boys varsity basketball team’s points on Friday night. Junior guard Drew Lindberg nailing five of the Miners’ 10 triples to help his team top Ishpeming for ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — Probably the smallest player on the floor, senior guard Liam Darr showed up huge for the Marquette Senior High School boys basketball team on Friday night. Playing the first game of a boys-girls varsity doubleheader at the Barb Crill Gymnasium against ...
HOUGHTON — Every year, the Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan University football teams engage in a tight battle to land Upper Peninsula recruits. Just like recent annual gridiron wars, the Huskies edged out the Wildcats. Tech notched nine U.P. players to NMU’s six and also added two ...
ISHPEMING — Negaunee’s Jason Waterman caught fire late in the third quarter while he and Jakson Sager made nearly every free throw they tried in the fourth as the Miners upended Westwood 44-32 in a high school boys basketball game played Wednesday evening. Held scoreless in the first ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University basketball teams are looking for different things right now. The Wildcat men (12-8, 7-6 GLIAC) seek consistency. After notching three straight wins at home, the Wildcats lost in overtime at Wisconsin-Parkside before bouncing back with a victory ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University football team has come up short the last nine times in its battles on the gridiron with rival Michigan Tech. It may have also lost the recruiting battle Wednesday as the Wildcats got six Upper Peninsula players to sign letters of intent compared ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette Senior High School will host a special varsity basketball doubleheader against Kingsford starting late Friday afternoon. The Redettes girls team was already scheduled to host the Flivvers at 7:15 p.m., but following the postponement of Monday’s boys game against the ...