EBEN — It didn’t take the North Central girls long to gain control here Friday night as they cruised to a 74-39 basketball triumph over Superior Central. The Jets led 17-8 after the first quarter and 38-13 at halftime in this Skyline Central Conference contest. Alex Neville scored a ...
ESCANABA — Negaunee sophomore Luke Mattson scored four points as the Bay College men’s basketball team lost an 82-81 heartbreaker at home to Dakota County (Minnesota) Technical College on Saturday. Mattson also had two assists as he started and played 18 minutes. Ishpeming sophomore ...
MUNISING — The Munising girls basketball team had a rough night Friday against Carney-Nadeau. The Mustangs struggled to handle the Wolves’ size and couldn’t generate much offense as they were dealt a 45-17 loss. Sandra Boulton led C-N with 16 points, while Tessa Wagner had 12. Megan ...
MENOMINEE — The Marquette boys basketball team definitely took care of business Friday night as the Redmen dominated Menominee 64-29. Ty Lotterman led Marquette with 22 points, while Kameron Karp had 12. Keagan Monroe was the Maroons’ offensive leader as he finished with 11. Marquette ...
ESCANABA — Four area players made contributions in limited playing time in an 83-58 victory by the Bay College men’s basketball team over Gogebic Community College on Wednesday. Munising sophomore Cade Contreras hit a 3-pointer on his only shot attempt to score three points in just three ...
ESCANABA — A pair of Gwinn freshman each scored seven points to help the Bay women’s basketball team score a 64-52 win over Gogebic Community College on Wednesday. Trish McGuire started and made 5 of 6 free throws, adding a game-high nine rebounds to go with two assists and a steal, while ...
HANCOCK — Despite solid contributions from a pair of area high school graduates, the Finlandia men’s basketball team fell to 0-17 with a 116-70 loss to Wisconsin-Superior on Wednesday at the Paavo Nurmi Center. Superior Central sophomore Joe Heinonen started and scored 13 points with a ...
MARQUETTE — Freshman Liam McFarren and senior Paige Whaley each had a hand in four victories as the Marquette swimming and diving teams swept Gladstone in a home meet on Wednesday afternoon. With the teams together winning 22 of 24 events, the Redmen won the boys meet 144-23 and Redettes ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University swimming and diving teams remain at home today at the PEIF pool for its annual Wildcats Intrasquad and Skins meet. Last weekend, the Wildcats lost a pair of dual meet to NCAA Division I Wisconsin-Green Bay, the women losing 174-25 and men ...
NORWAY — The 13th annual Don Hill Memorial Scholarship Basketball Tournament will be held Feb. 29 and March 1 at Norway High School. This event for adult players includes three men’s and a women’s division. The men’s Gold and Silver divisions include a two-game guarantee, a $120 ...
"Yeah, we got the victory, which is OK, but this time of year, we got to be shoring up things." — Tony Gentz, head coach, Marquette wrestling ----------------- NEGAUNEE — It’s been a pretty strong season so far for the Marquette wrestling team, but Thursday’s Marquette County Meet ...
ISHPEMING — Zachary Carlson may only be a sophomore at Westwood High School but he can certainly put a game on his back. He did just that on Friday night, notching 12 of the Patriots' 15 fourth quarter points to negate any chance at a comeback for crosstown rival Ishpeming in a 60-48 home ...
HARRIS — The last time the Gwinn girls basketball team tangled with Bark River-Harris, it was a double-overtime thriller that went the Modeltowners way. On Thursday night, Gwinn managed to pull off an even more exciting win as Marissa Delmont dropped in a layup with about two seconds left ...
This week’s Packers-49ers playoff rivalry goes back quite a ways, as I’m sure most of you with a least one or two gray hairs can attest. In fact, I found several websites showing these teams have met seven previous times in the playoffs — in 1996, ’97, ’98, ’99, 2002, ’13 and ...
Cheating is wrong. We’re told this from a very young age. From the time we’re able to walk and talk, our elders emphasize that you shouldn’t cheat. Whether it be at board games, tests at school or the sports you play. Yet for some people, those types of morals go out the window when ...
MARQUETTE — For the second straight game, an opportunity slipped away from the Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team. After being dealt a heartbreaking last-second loss at Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday, the Wildcats hoped to bounce back against Ferris State ...
IRON MOUNTAIN -- Talent and athleticism, when one team has more of those two things than the other, the one without is usually at a disadvantage from the get go. Behind a combined 49 points for Foster Wonders and Marcus Johnson, the Iron Mountain Mountaineers cruised past the Gwinn Modeltowners ...
ITHACA, N.Y. — The Northern Michigan University hockey team had a big opportunity Friday night as they faced a No. 1-ranked team for the second time this season and had a good chance to pull an upset. The first time it faced a top-ranked team, it was then-No. 1 Minnesota State in ...
WELLS — Efficiency was the name of the game for the Marquette hockey team in the first period as an avalanche of early goals proved too much for Escanba to overcome in the Redmen’s 7-1 victory on Thursday. Ansel Frost put Marquette (12-3) on the board just a dozen seconds into the ...
MUNISING — Thursday was a rough night for the Munising boys basketball team. The Mustangs struggled on both ends of the floor and were dealt a 35-20 loss by Forest Park. Josh Huotari led Munising with seven points, while the Trojans’ Tommy Showers led all scorers with nine. The second ...