"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 ...
MARQUETTE — Sometimes all a hockey team needs is a break to get its act together. For the Northern Michigan University squad, that break came in the form of a five-minute, third-period power play Friday night. After getting mostly outplayed the majority of the game by St. Cloud State, ...
MARQUETTE — Last season the Northern Michigan University women’s basketball accomplished something that most people didn’t see coming. The Wildcats made a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014 and got some revenge by beating Ashland in the first round after falling ...
"We let (Gwinn) try to change the tempo on us and we just had to remember what got us this far." — Amy Nixon, head coach, Manistique volleyball -------------------- GWINN — The Model Town of Gwinn may not have gotten as much snow as other areas around Marquette County on Thursday, but ...
TRAVERSE CITY — The state tournament dream ended for Marquette on Thursday night when Traverse City Central prevailed over the Redettes in three close sets in the MHSAA Division 1 district championship match played at Traverse City Central High School. The Trojans prevailed 25-22, 26-24, ...
ISHPEMING — After winning the Mid-Peninsula Conference for the second straight season, the Manistique Emeralds received their due Tuesday at the conference’s annual coaches meeting. Manistique outside hitter Lenna Smith and Gwinn outside hitter Emily Curtice shared Player of the Year ...
KENOSHA, Wis. — The Northern Michigan University men’s soccer team’s dream of hosting a GLIAC Tournament game were dashed Thursday when league champion Wisconsin-Parkside defeated the Wildcats 3-2. Nevertheless, the fourth-year Wildcats set a record with overall and league wins at 8-10 ...
MARQUETTE — The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams from Northern Michigan University will host Wisconsin-Stevens Point at 2 p.m. today at the PEIF pool. Both men’s and women’s Wildcat teams lost at Grand Valley State and defeated Saginaw Valley State last ...
From a young age, we’re taught that when times are tough, or things are just not going our way, that it won’t last and it’ll get better soon. However, if you’re a fan of certain teams, you start to wonder if you’ve been lied to your whole life and you get mad at yourself for ...