ISHPEMING — Ishpeming High School will play Beal City in a Division 8 regional championship football game at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Pleasant Community Field, located about 10 miles from the Aggies’ home. Beal City is 10-1 and has 68.000 playoff points, giving it the right to host this ...
BIG RAPIDS — Westwood High School graduate Katie Etelamaki, a senior cross country runner at Ferris State University, has been selected to compete at the NCAA Division II national championship meet. This will be her second consecutive year at the nationals after she earned All-American ...
HANCOCK — The area’s two representatives on the Finlandia men’s basketball team both scored in double figures but it wasn’t enough to avert a 90-74 loss to visiting Lakeland on Tuesday night at the Paavo Nurmi Center. Sophomore Joe Heinonen of Superior Central registered a ...
Up next: Alaska-Fairbanks at NMU, 7 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday; Radio: WUPT The Point 100.3 FM ------------------- MARQUETTE — The No. 18 Northern Michigan University hockey team, with the eighth-best scoring offense in NCAA Division II, had two of its forwards recognized by the ...
MIDLAND — The Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team matched its second-highest scoring output of the season, but it wasn’t enough in the GLIAC Tournament opening-round quarterfinals that featured plenty of snow and cold on Monday afternoon. Playing at its home field in Midland, ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University used the friendly waters of the PEIF pool to defeat Wisconsin-Stevens Point by decisive margins Saturday in both men’s and women’s meets. The NMU teams are off until Thursday, Dec. 5, when they travel to Grand Rapids for the three-day Calvin ...
MARQUETTE — Senior Day is typically a time for celebration, but Ferris State spoiled the Northern Michigan University volleyball team’s special occasion Saturday at Vandament Arena as the Bulldogs defeated the Wildcats 3-1. A day earlier, however, NMU insured its participation in the ...
MARQUETTE — Cardinals don’t normally fly very high, or for very long, in real life. But the Northern Michigan University football team made it look like they could Saturday as the Saginaw Valley State offense torched the Wildcats defense for six first-half touchdowns, four on long plays ...
"We ran it against them in the first game and we were successful again." — George Niemi, Ishpeming football head coach, on playing a no-huddle offense vs. Lake Linden-Hubbell ----------------- ISHPEMING — Had you looked at Ishpeming’s record through the first five weeks of the season, ...
ALLENDALE — Northern Michigan University did something Sunday that no other GLIAC women’s soccer team did all season, but it wasn’t enough from being eliminated in the opening-round quarterfinals of the conference tournament. The Wildcats put a goal in on No. 1 seed Grand Valley State, ...
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Senior Katelyn Smith earned all-region cross country honors as the Northern Michigan University women finished 11th among 32 teams at the NCAA Midwest Regional on Saturday. Hosted by Southern Indiana University, the Wildcats scored 286 points, finishing ahead of seven ...
LEBANON, Ill. — The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team began the Matt Majkrzak era with a split of two games at the GLIAC-Great Lakes Valley Conference Challenge at McKendree University in Illinois. The Wildcats defeated Lewis 76-63 before falling to host McKendree ...
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. — Republic-Michigamme graduate River Shumate and Superior Central grad Joe Heinonen shared scoring honors for Finlandia University with nine points each as the Lions fell to 0-2 this season with a 112-49 loss at Wisconsin-Platteville in a college men’s basketball game ...
MARQUETTE — It’s been said before, but if there’s one word to describe the Northern Michigan University hockey team this year, it’s resilient. After rallying for three goals in the third period to force a tie with St. Cloud State on Friday, the No. 16-ranked Wildcats did it again ...
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team split a pair of games at the GLIAC-Great Lakes Valley Conference Challenge over the weekend. The Wildcats thumped William Jewell 60-33 on Saturday before falling to host Lewis 65-41 on Sunday. Next up are games ...
HANCOCK — Sophomore Carsyn Osterman of Baraga scored 10 points for the Finlandia University women’s basketball team as the Lions lost at Dubuque, Iowa, 84-71 in their season opener on Saturday. Osterman, who made a 3-pointer, also grabbed four rebounds and made a steal in just 14 minutes ...
LA CROSSE, Wis. — Kelsea Ackerman led Bay College with 14 points as the Norse women’s basketball team lost at Western Technical College 74-45 on Saturday. Ackerman, a Bay sophomore from Munising, made 3 of 5 on 3-pointers to go with four steals, a rebound and an assist in 20 minutes of ...
ESCANABA — Bay College has announced changes to its men’s and women’s basketball schedules since the season started last weekend. The Norse added a home game with the Lake Superior State JV team on Sunday, the women’s game at 1 p.m. and men’s at 3 p.m. Bay will make the return ...
MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Sports Hall of Fame executive council has an opening for a member from Marquette County. The council meets annually to select 10 inductees into its hall of fame. It also hosts the annual All-Star Classic basketball games in June and awards scholarships to ...
MARQUETTE — It's been said before, but if there's one word to describe the Northern Michigan University hockey team this year, it's resilient. After rallying for three goals in the third period to force a tie with St. Cloud State Friday, the No. 16-ranked Wildcats did it again Saturday, and ...