INDIANAPOLIS — The Northern Michigan University women’s team is in 16th place and the men’s in 19th place after Thursday’s second day of the NCAA Division II Championships in swimming and diving. The meet runs through Saturday. The Wildcats’ top finish came Wednesday when junior ...
NEGAUNEE — The Negaunee Invitational Tournament is back in full swing after the Class D and women’s divisions played their games last weekend with Classes B and C starting this evening and running through Sunday. It’s the 51st annual edition of the tournament, after being discontinued ...
By Journal Sports Staff NEGAUNEE — Some familiar names are popping up on the basketball court at Lakeview Memorial Gymnasium during the second weekend of the two-weekend-long Negaunee Invitational Tournament. Three now-former Northern Michigan University men’s basketball players led ...
MARQUETTE — Sometimes in hockey, a team has a bad night where it’s pushed around, makes careless mistakes and is just beaten in all facets of the game. That describes the Northern Michigan University hockey team’s performance Friday night as the Wildcats looked off all game and were ...
By Journal Sports Staff BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Another good season for the Northern Michigan University hockey team has resulted in multiple award winners from the WCHA. Three Wildcats made the All-WCHA First Team with another earning a spot on the Second Team. Northern senior forward ...
By Journal Sports Staff SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — It’s hard to beat a team three times in a season and the Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team proved that Friday night in the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Wildcats had lost to No. 4 Ashland twice this year, including a ...
By Journal Sports Staff PITTSBURG, Kansas — Marquette Senior High School graduate Shayla Huebner led the Northern Michigan University women’s indoor track and field team at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships last weekend at Pittsburg State University. Huebner was one of two ...
By Journal Sports Staff MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team couldn’t make it two in a row over Davenport. NMU fell 20-10 Friday, a year after the Wildcats recorded their first GLIAC win in the Superior Dome against the same Panthers. Friday’s contest ...
"There are a lot of teams that have poor shooting nights against us." — Kurt Corcoran, Westwood head coach, on Charlevoix scoring just 29 points on Wednesday ------------------------- SAULT STE. MARIE — Structure and freedom. They are two words that would seem to work against each ...
KINGSFORD — The record will forever show Reide Osterman scored two points in Wednesday’s MHSAA Division 4 girls regional basketball championship game at Kingsford High School. That pair of points couldn’t have come at a better time for the freshman guard as she drained two free throws ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University hockey team had to fight its way through the first round of the WCHA playoffs last weekend, coming back on each night to eliminate Alaska-Fairbanks with a pair of one-goal victories. The No. 2-seeded Wildcats can’t afford to do that again this ...
Today's game: Westwood girls vs. Charlevoix, MHSAA Division 4 regional championship, 7 p.m., at Sault Ste. Marie; Radio: WZAM 93.3 FM & 970 AM --------------- NEGAUNEE — Junior Tessa Leece may need a grocery cart to haul off all the hardware presented to her by the Mid-Peninsula ...
ESCANABA — The final 3.2 seconds of Tuesday’s Division 4 state quarterfinal basketball game couldn’t run out fast enough for the Dollar Bay boys. After Dollar Bay sophomore Connor LeClaire sank a pair of free throws, the Pellston Hornets could only wish to get a good shot and force ...
I’ve got some good news and some bad news about the PBA tour. The bad? For the first time in 2019, there won’t be a new TV show this Sunday. But the good news is really good — instead of Sunday, you can watch the pros live next week on Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night and ...
NEGAUNEE — Thirteen area players earned honors when the Mid-Peninsula Conference recently announced it boys basketball award winners. Four area boys were listed on the First Team, four more on the Second Team, three for honorable mention, and two others who didn’t receive other ...
Up next: NMU vs. Davenport, 5 p.m. Friday, at Superior Dome (moved to earlier time) -------------- MARQUETTE — It may not look like it if you glance at its overall record, but the Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team has made a lot of progress from last season to this ...
"We figured they probably weren’t prepared for it because we haven’t run it all year." — Kurt Corcoran, Westwood head coach, on employing the run-and-jump pressure defense vs. West Iron County ---------------------------- ESCANABA — A bold coaching decision during the middle of the ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — After a huge game Friday night during the Northern Michigan University hockey team’s double-overtime win over Alaska Fairbanks in its WCHA first-round playoff series, there was little doubt that freshman forward Griffin Loughran would win some sort of award this ...
GAYLORD — The season ended Monday night for the Marquette Senior High School girls basketball team at the MHSAA Division 1 regional semifinals held in Gaylord. The Redettes fell to Midland Dow 49-38 to end their season at 20-4. The Chargers improved to 23-1 and will face Saginaw Heritage ...
KINGSFORD — Stephenson’s game plan produced results in the third quarter and floored Ewen-Trout Creek 60-41 in an MHSAA Division 4 girls basketball regional semifinal game on Monday. The Eagles (12-9) and the young Baraga Vikings (20-3) will square off at 7 p.m. EST Wednesday for the ...