The Northern Michigan University women's soccer team concluded its five-game road stretch on Sunday, defeating U.P. rivals Michigan Tech, 4-0, in Houghton. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The No. 20-ranked Michigan Tech football team opened its GLIAC schedule with a dominant 57-28 victory at previously unbeaten Roosevelt on Saturday in suburban Chicago. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
To ensure player safety regarding the condition of the ice surface at the John MacInnes Student Ice Arena, tonight's Michigan Tech hockey game against Minnesota has been postponed. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Michigan Tech University.
For the fourth straight match, the Northern Michigan Wildcats and Michigan Tech Huskies found themselves in a five-set nail-biter. And for the fourth straight time, the Green and Gold came out on top, knocking off the Huskies 25-18, 22-25, 25-21, 22-25, and 15-10 on Tuesday night in a packed Vandament Arena. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The No. 25-ranked Michigan Tech football team defeated Upper Iowa 33-32 in overtime on Homecoming Saturday at Kearly Stadium. The Huskies blocked an extra point in the extra session, and Avery Kucharski kicked in the walkoff winner after Alex Bueno scored from one-yard out on fourth down. Click the above headline for details. (Story, photo courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics)
The No. 20-ranked Michigan Tech football team fell 34-20 at No. 24 Emporia State on Saturday afternoon. The Huskies led 20-17 at halftime but were outscored by 17 in the second half. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
The Michigan Tech football team improved to 2-0 after a 48-27 victory over Midwestern State of Texas on Saturday at Kearly Stadium. It was the sixth straight home-opening victory for the Huskies, who forced five turnovers in the game. Click the above headine for details, courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics. (MTU Photo)
The Michigan Tech football team edged Bemidji State 31-29 in the season-openerin Minnesota on Thursday evening. It's the second season in a row the Huskies defeated the Beavers to begin the new campaign—both times scoring 31 points. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The UP Sports Hall of Fame 23-member council recently held their annual meeting and is announcing the 2027 class of ten new inductees into the Hall of Fame. Click the above headline to see the list.
It was a full day of softball on Saturday as the Escanaba Eskymos hosted the third annual Candy Swetkis SISU Strikefest at Lemmerand Park. The championship game came down to the Escanaba Eskymos and Gladstone Braves. And that one was a classic, with Lauren Pare outdueling Landry Bray to lead the Braves to a 1-0 win over the Eskymos. Click the above headline to see all of the details, tournament scoreboard, and photos.
Eric Gruber has been named the 10th head coach of the Michigan Tech women's basketball program, Vice President for Athletics & Recreation Suzanne Sanregret announced Monday. Gruber comes to Tech from NCAA Division I Southern Illinois Edwardsville, where he was an assistant women's basketball coach for the past three seasons. He was an assistant coach at GLIAC rival Parkside during the 2022-23 season. Cl;ick the above headline for details.
After spending eight seasons successfully leading the Michigan Tech women's basketball team, head coach Sam Clayton has resigned from her position to pursue a head coaching opportunity at another institution. A national search for a new women's basketball coach will begin immediately. Click the above headline for details. (MIchigan Tech story, photo)
Despite holding No. 6 Gannon Golden Knights to its second-lowest scoring performance of the season—20 points below its average—the No. 16 nationally ranked Michigan Tech Huskies couldn't find consistent offense, falling 75–49 in the Elite Eight at UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse on Wednesday to end the program's historic NCAA Tournament run. Click teh above headline for details (courtesy of MTU Athletics), and video highlights and post-game comments, courtesy of NCAA.
Senior guard Marcus Tomashek completed a four-point play with under three seconds to play to give the No. 15 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball team its first win over No. 22 Grand Valley State this season, advancing to the Midwest Region Championship game with a 69-67 victory at the Alumni Arena on the campus of Walsh University on Sunday evening. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech story, photo)
The No. 16 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball squad earned a game-high 34 points from Marcus Tomashek and a career-high 20 points from Jesse Napgezek off the bench in an 83-73 victory over Lake Erie to advance to the Regional Semifinal game at the Alumni Arena on the campus of Walsh University on Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
The Houghton High School hockey team won its first state championship since 1982 on Saturday, beating Orchard Lake St. Mary's, 5-2, at the USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Michigan High School Athletic Association.
The No. 20-ranked Michigan Tech hockey team opened the postseason with a 5-3 victory over Bowling Green in the CCHA Quarterfinals. The Huskies improved to 22-12-3 overall and will try to wrap up the best-of-three series on Saturday night. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
The Houghton Gremlins and Marquette Sentinels battled to a 0-0 tie after two periods of play in a MHSAA Division Three state quarterfinal game Saturday night at the Northern Michigan University Berry Events Center. But the Gremlins finally broke through in the third period, and earned a 4-0 victory over the Sentinels. The win sends Houghton to the state semifinals in downstate Plymouth. Click the above headline for details.
In front of a sold-out crowd, the No. 22 Northern Michigan Wildcats knocked off their UP rival and No. 12 Michigan Tech 70-64 in a thrilling, high-intensity battle. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
In a big GLIAC college basketball contest among U.P. rivals, NMU Wildcat fans packed the Vandament Arena to see their Northern Michigan Wildcats face rival Michigan Tech Thursday night. The Wildcats came out on top after a four-quarter battle, 68-57. Click the above headline for details (NMU photo)
The Michigan High School Athletic Association high school hockey regional tournaments get started this week. All ten Upper Peninsula teams are in Division Three, broken down into two regioanals. Click the above headline for the schedules.
No. 20 Michigan Tech swept No. 16 Augustana after a 4-3 victory on Winter Carnival Saturday night. The Huskies won the MacInnes Trophy in the total goal series and picked up their 20th win of the season. Jack Anderson was named Winter Carnival MVP as he scored the game-winning goal 10:33 into the third period for his second goal of the weekend. Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech photo)
After suffering back-to-back losses for the first time this season last weekend, the No. 17 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball saw 54 combined points from Marcus Tomashek (36) and Josh Terrian (18) as the team shot 54.4 percent from the field in a convincing 96-76 win over Lake Superior State at the SDC Gymnasium on Thursday evening. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
Sophomore guard Kendall Standfest had a career day of 25 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists to propel the Michigan Tech women's basketball to an 89-76 victory and a series sweep over Lake Superior State at the SDC Gymnasium on Thursday evening. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
Escanaba native Nicole Kamin scored 20 points and dished out four assists as the defending national champion Grand Valley State Lakers beat the Michigan Tech Huskies, 76-62, Saturday, in Allendale. GVSU improved to 20-0 on the season while Tech fell to 12-8. Click the above headline to see details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (Grand Valley State photo)
After trailing by 22 points early in the second half, the No. 6 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball team orchestrated a 17-0 run to take a one-point lead with 43 seconds to play, but ultimately lost to unranked Davenport, 72-69, in the Grand Rapids suburb of Caledonia on Thursday evening. Cl;ick the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team dropped a road contest to Davenport, 63-51, for a series split at the Davenport Student Center on Thursday. Kendall Standfest led the team with 15 points and six rebounds as Alyssa Wypych also reached double-figure scoring with 13 points. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Athletics photo)
The Northern Michigan University hockey team upset the Michigan Tech Huskies, 3-2. Saturday night in Houghton, one night after Tech beat the 'Cats in Marquette, 8-2. The Wildcats broke long losing streaks both in this regular season and against Michigan Tech with Saturday's win. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information and Michigan Tech Athletcs. (NMU Photo)
The No. 8 nationally-ranked Michigan Tech men's basketball squad led by as much as 21 points, but needed a full 40 minutes to hold off Saginaw Valley State with an 80-78 decision at the James E. O'Neill Arena on Thursday evening. Click the above headline for details. (MTU Photo)
The Michigan Tech women's basketball team bounced back from last weekend with a 59-40 decision over Saginaw Valley State at the James E. O'Neill Arena on Thursday afternoon. The Huskies' defense was stifling, holding Saginaw Valley State to under 30% from the field and 13.6 from 3-point land (3-22). Click the above headline for details. (Michigan Tech story, photo)
