MARQUETTE — Head coach Grant Potulny entered his fourth season on the Northern Michigan University hockey bench back in November, saying then that it was time to hang a banner in the rafters at the Berry Events Center. The Wildcats came agonizingly close to accomplishing that task as they ...
ALBA (AP) — A boys basketball team in the northern Lower Peninsula has won its first state playoff game — since 1955. Alba defeated Central Lake, 43-39, in a district game Tuesday night. “Due to COVID, we didn’t pour anything on anybody,” coach Nathan Bootz said Wednesday when ...
ISHPEMING — Thirteen players from Marquette County earned honors when the West PAC announced its boys basketball all-conference teams on Monday afternoon. They include four players each from Westwood and Negaunee, three from Gwinn and two from Ishpeming. The special honors headed south, ...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The men’s swimming and diving team from Northern Michigan University had a historic day at the NCAA Division II Swim and Dive Championships on Saturday as a pair of swimmers broke records and the team had its best finish ever at the national meet. The men’s team, ...
MUNISING — The Munising High School girls basketball team raced to an 18-1 lead after one quarter and never looked back for a 49-25 victory over Big Bay de Noc in the opening game of the MHSAA Division 4 district tournament hosted by the Mustangs. The Black Bears did stay within 26-12 at ...
MARQUETTE — Marquette Senior High School will host championship games in MHSAA district basketball tournaments this weekend for both girls and boys if they advance that far. That’s according to MSHS athletic director Alex Tiseo, who also confirmed times in a Monday email. The Redmen and ...