"Makaylee Kuhn is going to show people what she is really made of and had just an incredible weekend." — Troy Mattson, NMU women’s basketball head coach, on Kuhn’s 56-point weekend at Wisconsin-Parkside --------------- MARQUETTE — Both Northern Michigan University basketball teams ...
For all of you Green Bay Packers fans out there, this weekend might just be considered the true beginning of the season. The 13-3 record compiled in 2019 might still be a disappointment as the Packers didn’t win the Super Bowl, or even get to that game after a loss to the 49ers in the NFC ...
EAST LANSING — The MHSAA Representative Council set dates Thursday for the various key events in five winter sports considered indoor “contact” sports. Those sports are boys and girls basketball, hockey, wrestling and competitive cheer. This Saturday was previously announced as the ...
More info: “Contact” indoor sports like basketball, hockey and wrestling can start seasons on Feb. 1; “noncontact” sports like gymnastics, swimming and bowling can start Jan. 22 or 25; skiing began in December ------------------- EAST LANSING — The start of most high school ...
MARQUETTE — A record-setting weekend earned a Northern Michigan University women’s basketball player top honors from the GLIAC this week. Makaylee Kuhn was named GLIAC North Player of the Week, the conference announced Wednesday. The sophomore guard scored a league-leading 56 points ...
"We need to worry about us before we start worrying about our opponent." — Grant Potulny, NMU head hockey coach, on the Wildcats’ recent struggles ------------------ MARQUETTE — The last four hockey games have shown plenty of troubles for Northern Michigan University. The Wildcats ...
HANCOCK — Finlandia University has decided not to field a women’s hockey team for this winter while announcing an abbreviated men’s schedule in a pair of emails sent by the university’s sports information director in the past several days. The decision about the women’s team was ...
HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech University has announced changes to its hockey schedule prompted by the postponement of WCHA games that were scheduled last weekend and this weekend. Due to coronavirus testing results that weren’t divulged in more detail by the university, the Huskies have been ...
MARQUETTE — Junior Seiler Hruska of Marquette was named to an all-state team by the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association in December. She was named to the Third Team in Division 1, the only Upper Peninsula player named in either of the top two divisions in the state, ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University has named an assistant coach for its Greco-Roman wrestling program at its National Training Site. Head coach Andy Bisek announced Monday that James “Jamie” Segorski will join the coaching staff after a successful high school career in the Upper ...
GRAYLING — It figures this one would be decided in the trenches. Grayling ran wild behind its big offensive line as the Vikings defeated Negaunee 56-26 in a meeting between two head coaches who used to block for Central Michigan University. The Miners’ Paul Jacobson and Grayling’s ...
MARQUETTE — Welcome to high school football in January. After not playing for nearly two months due to COVID-19, the North Central Jets made up for lost time here Saturday in a 50-2 rout of Marion in the Superior Dome in Marquette during an eight-player Division 2 semifinal that was among ...
MARQUETTE — Defense, defense and more defense. That was the key Saturday as Johannesburg-Lewiston inched past Iron Mountain, 7-6, in an MHSAA Division 8 regional championship game held indoors at the Superior Dome on the Northern Michigan University campus. The game ended as Iron ...
It’s a new year and a fresh start for all of us as sports fans. That doesn’t mean that we’re out of the woods, though. The COVID-19 pandemic is still raging and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. As a result, we don’t know if games or events will be canceled or postponed, ...
MARQUETTE — It was a rather up-and-down campaign a year ago for the Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team. Now after a long layoff, the Wildcats were finally able to begin their season over the weekend. Just like 2019-20, the opening two games were also up and down as NMU ...
KENOSHA, Wis. — The Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team completed a season-opening sweep at Wisconsin-Parkside in stunning fashion as they defeated the Rangers 77-76 on Sunday night. A day earlier, the Wildcats held off the Rangers by a near-identical 77-74 count. NMU ...
MARQUETTE — It’s been said before, but penalties have plagued the Northern Michigan University hockey team this season. On Saturday, the Wildcats were burned again. NMU held a two-goal lead going into the third period, but gave up the tying goal to Lake Superior State in the final three ...
MARQUETTE — Several news items have come recently from the Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team. This Wildcats team announced its updated GLIAC schedule, moving games from the fall to spring. And NMU head coach David Poggi this week announced two student-athletes have signed ...
MARQUETTE — Two things that have hurt the Northern Michigan University hockey team this year are bad starts and penalties. Both of those things continued to do so Friday night against Lake Superior State. The Lakers got their first goal less than a minute into the game and scored another ...
NEGAUNEE — After playing the waiting game for weeks, the Negaunee football team is finally hitting the field again. Almost two months after the Miners defeated Calumet on the road in the MHSAA Division 6 playoffs, they’ll head downstate to take on Grayling Saturday afternoon trying to ...