EBEN — The Carney-Nadeau girls basketball team ran its winning streak to 14 games here Monday in a 78-26 Skyline Central Conference victory over Superior Central. Emma Rutter led the Cougars with 15 points. No other information was available. The Wolves (16-3, 14-3 SC) host fourth-ranked ...
"We really emphasized the little things that everyone could contribute from ... starters to the bench." — Amber Huebner, junior guard, NMU women’s basketball ------------------ MARQUETTE — For the ninth straight season, Northern Michigan University will be in the GLIAC Tournament in ...
MARQUETTE — If this really was her last chance, Marquette gymnast Haddie Ketzenberger made the most of it. Ketzenberger not only won the all-around, but recorded the top score on all four apparatuses during the Last Chance high school meet held at Marquette Senior High School on ...
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SAULT STE. MARIE — To say the last couple of weeks have been rough for the Northern Michigan University hockey team may be putting it mildly. Heading into Saturday night’s game against Lake Superior State, the Wildcats had lost five in a row and been outscored 24-5 in that stretch. ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University can boast a 2-1 record for the first time in their young lacrosse program’s history after sweeping Illinois schools Lewis and Quincy at home over the weekend. After a 17-11 season-opening loss to McKendree, also an Illinois institution, the ...
HARBOR SPRINGS — The Marquette Senior High School ski teams will put some pretty amazing streaks on the line today at the MHSAA Division 1 state finals at Nub’s Nob near Harbor Springs. The Redettes are looking for their fifth straight girls state championship, while the Redmen have an ...
MARQUETTE — During the off-season, Northern Michigan University redshirt sophomore Dolapo Olayinka worked on his jump shot, and on Saturday he showed that practice pays off. Heading into the game against Davenport, the postseason chances for the Wildcats were slim as they needed a victory ...
ISHPEMING — Northern Michigan University put together two stellar days of skiing to capture team titles at the NCAA Central Regional Championships held at the Al Quaal Recreation Area in Ishpeming on Saturday and Sunday. NMU captured three titles — the overall victory and both men’s and ...
MARQUETTE — Ten wrestlers from seven area schools will be making a third visit to the MHSAA individual wrestling tournament after their good finishes in regionals held Saturday. Those 10, including two regional champions from Ishpeming, will make the long but certainly worthwhile trip to ...
NEGAUNEE — Friday night started off well for the Westwood girls basketball team, but it ended up in a bad result. Early in the Patriots’ game at Negaunee, senior Tessa Leece picked up her 1,000th career point, becoming just the fifth Westwood girl to achieve that. Teammate Madi Koski did ...
The start of spring training in the past week should be marked as a fun occasion. Major League Baseball teams descend on Florida and Arizona looking to start fresh with potential new players, while fans get to appreciate the fact that the warm comfort of spring is on the horizon and we might ...
SAULT STE. MARIE — Things haven’t been going well the last couple of weeks for the Northern Michigan University hockey team. Home ice in the first round of the WCHA playoffs appeared to be a sure thing at the start of the month, but heading into this weekend, that idea was more of a ...
CALUMET — Gwinn pulled out their snow shovels to dig out of a big snowbank, but much like the city they were in, it proved too much as Calumet posted a 57-45 high school boys basketball victory on Friday night. The Modeltowners fell into a deficit that reached 27 points during the first ...
"I talked to them at halftime and said that (Negaunee) is going to go on a run and what you do to respond is going to dictate whether or not we win this game." — Brad Nelson, head coach, Marquette boys basketball ------------------- MARQUETTE — Negaunee and Marquette treated high school ...
GLADSTONE — There was a feeling of joy, happiness and relief in the Gladstone Braves gym Thursday night. Stuck in the midst of a six-game losing streak and down three key players, the Gladstone girls basketball team put together probably its best performance of the season in a convincing ...
MARQUETTE — Special teams helped Marquette gain a lead against Houghton on Thursday night, but it was at even strength that the Redmen cashed in their game insurance in a 3-1 high school hockey victory over the Gremlins. Dylan Baldwin netted the regular season’s final goal with 6:34 left ...
ESCANABA — Nicole Kamin scored 31 points as the Escanaba girls basketball team ran past Ishpeming for a 72-50 nonconference home victory on Thursday. Esky (11-6) started on an 8-0 run until Ishpeming finally got on the board with a 3-point play by Emma Poirier just under two minutes ...
MARQUETTE — It’s not easy to knock off a ranked basketball team for a second time in one season, which is what the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team was trying to do on Thursday night. After upsetting then-No. 11 Grand Valley State on the road in January, the Wildcats ...
UNIVERSITY CENTER — The Northern Michigan University women continue to lead and the men remained in third place after the second day of the GLIAC Championships swimming and diving meets held at Saginaw Valley State on Thursday. The Wildcat women have 456 1/2 points while the men have 304 ...