EAST LANSING — Iron Mountain’s bid for the MHSAA Division 3 state championship came up short Saturday afternoon as Flint Beecher cruised to a 75-47 win at the Breslin Center at Michigan State University. While the Mountaineers were back in the state finals for the second time in the past ...
MARQUETTE — “Smothering” had to be the description of the Northern Michigan University defense as the Wildcats women’s soccer team didn’t allow a single shot by Northwood in a 1-0 victory at the Superior Dome on Saturday evening. The Wildcats improved to 4-2-1 after posting their ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team established several program records with a home sweep of Ashland at the Superior Dome over the weekend. With a 19-5 win Friday and 25-13 victory on Sunday, the Wildcats won four straight games for the first time in the ...
HILLSDALE — Freshman Selena Johnson winning the triple jump was the top highlight for the women’s track and field team of Northern Michigan University at the Hillsdale Invitational held Saturday at Hillsdale College. Johnson won the triple jump by leaping 11.83 meters (38 feet, 9 3/4 ...
HERMANSVILLE — Two players each from Munising and Superior Central earned honors when the Skyline Central Conference announced girls basketball honors that were voted on by coaches recently at the Wildwood Restaurant in Hermansville. One of those players, junior Jenna Matson of Munising, ...
UNIVERSITY CENTER — Freshman tournament MVP Jacqueline Smith led Northern Michigan University to the GLIAC Volleyball Tournament championship on Sunday afternoon, beating Upper Peninsula rival Michigan Tech in three straight sets to put an emphatic stamp on who was the best team in this ...
EAST LANSING — Iron Mountain made it back to the MHSAA Division 3 boys basketball state championship game by defeating Schoolcraft 54-50 in overtime Thursday at the Breslin Center on the Michigan State University campus. The Mountaineers, who improved to 19-0 with the win, were facing Flint ...
GRAND RAPIDS — Rudyard’s deepest basketball tournament run since 1963 ended in the MHSAA Division 4 semifinals on Thursday. The Wyoming Tri-unity Christian Defenders downed the Bulldogs 61-43 at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. Junior guard Brady Titus scored 28 points and senior ...
MARQUETTE — Sometimes in soccer, teams just have to keep grinding away in a match before they get rewarded. The Northern Michigan University men’s squad did that throughout its match against Northwood on Sunday afternoon and finally, with 14:11 remaining, Emanuele Ancione got the Wildcats ...
Up next: Northwood at NMU, 3 p.m. Sunday, Superior Dome ----------------- MARQUETTE — On Friday afternoon, the Northern Michigan University women’s soccer team was left with some mixed results. On one hand, the Wildcats held off the potent Ferris State offense and kept the undefeated ...
GRAND RAPIDS — From the modestly sized gyms of the Upper Peninsula to the near-11,000 capacity Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, the remarkable run by the Carney-Nadeau girls basketball team came to an end Wednesday morning as Fowler beat the Wolves 61-37 in an MHSAA Division 4 state ...
BAY CITY — Northern Michigan University took away two of the top volleyball awards in the GLIAC on Thursday, the day before the conference tournament was ready to open at Saginaw Valley State University. Jacqueline Smith was named 2021 GLIAC Freshman of the Year after her impressive ...
EAST LANSING — Despite a game high 22 points from senior guard Elli Djerf, the Calumet girls basketball team came up short in a 59-53 loss to Kent City in an MHSAA Division 3 state semifinal Wednesday at the Breslin Center on the campus of Michigan State University. In a battle of ...
MARQUETTE — It’s not easy to shut out an opponent and it’s even harder to shut out two of them. However, that’s what the Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team has done recently. The Wildcats (3-2) fought through the wind to shut down Purdue Northwest on March 28, then ...
NMU football schedule 2021 ------------------------ All games Saturdays, times TBA except as noted * GLIAC game, HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPITALS ------------------------ Sept. 4 at McKendree Sept. 11 WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH Sept. 18 DAVENPORT* Sept. 25 at Northwood (1 p.m.)* Oct. ...
SAULT STE. MARIE — Rudyard has been on a postseason roll, firing on all cylinders since the tournament tipped off. The Bulldogs’ roll will continue into the state semifinals for the first time since 1963. Rudyard cruised past Carney-Nadeau 76-48 in an MHSAA Division 4 boys basketball ...
LAKE CITY — Iron Mountain’s boys basketball team — back in the MHSAA Division 3 quarterfinals for the second time in three years — got 38 points from senior Foster Wonders to eke past McBain 53-50 Tuesday night at Lake City High School. McBain started out like gangbusters, working its ...
CORUNNA — A season 61 years in the making for the Escanaba boys basketball team came to an end Tuesday night at the hands of a talented Bridgeport squad with a 52-41 loss in an MHSAA Division 2 quarterfinal played in Corunna. The appearance in the state quarterfinals was the first for the ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s soccer team is back home where it plans to stay for awhile. The Wildcats split a pair of games last week against GLIAC powerhouses, getting a nice win over Saginaw Valley State on the road Thursday before falling at Ashland on Saturday. ...
"Any other program that wants to ... should call themselves conference champions as well. But we’re hanging a banner and it’s going to say that we won this year." — Mike Lozier, NMU head volleyball coach, on the GLIAC’s complicated system of determining its ...