It was a milestone day in Hancock on Saturday as the Finlandia University football team played its first-ever game. The Lions lost to Alma College, 43-0, but the more than 1,000 people who attended the first-ever NCAA-III game in the Upper Peninsula had a great time. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of Finlandia University.
The Northern Michigan University football team fell to Northwood, 20-7, in the season opener at Hantz Stadium in Midland Saturday afternoon. Click the above headline to read game details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information. Photo from Northwood University.
The Michigan Tech University football team built an early lead, and then hung on to beat Wayne State, 20-15, in the season-opener Thursday night at Sherman Field. Click the above headline to read all of the details, courtesy of MTU Athletics. (MTU photo)
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team will face Michigan State and Michigan in exhibition play to open the 2015-16 campaign, head coach Bill Sall announced Wednesday afternoon. Click the above headline to read the details.
The start of the college football season is right around the corner, and the coaches within the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference are out with their predictions for the 2015 season. Michigan Tech is picked to finish fourth in the GLIAC North Division, while Northern Michigan is picked to finish last. Click the above headline for more details.
It is baseball and softball season across the Upper Peninsula, but at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie, it is also hockey season. The LSSU hockey program has been holding camps for kids in various age groups throughout the week. The first camp wraps up Sunday, and then another one starts Monday.
This weekend marks the culmination of spring practice for the Northern Michigan University football program. Practice will end with the annual spring football game which will be held at the Superior Dome on Saturday at 2 p.m. and will pit the NMU offense against the Wildcat defense. Click the above headline for details.
Michigan Tech will play its 2015 spring intrasquad football game at 1 p.m. this Saturday at Sherman Field. The Huskies have 97 players on the roster who have been going through spring drills in preparation for the 2015 season. The spring season culminates in Saturday's game, where the team will split into two squads: Black and White. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Athletics.
The Northern Michigan University men's golf team wrapped up action at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional IV at Purgatory Golf Course Monday. The Wildcats finished in 16th place out of 31 teams with a combined two day score of 603 strokes including shooting a team 307 on the second day. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Athletics.
The Wisconsin Badgers held a nine-point lead midway through the second half of their national championship basketball game against the Duke Blue Devils Monday night. But Duke took control of the game down the stretch to win its fifth national championship, 68-63, in Indianapolis. Click the above headline to see the details, courtesy of UW Sports Information.
Northern Michigan University announced Friday that Walt Kyle will return to coach the Wildcat hockey team for the next two seasons. Kyle has been at the helm of the NMU program for the past 13 years. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Michigan Tech's Mel Pearson has been named the 2014-15 College Hockey News Coach of the Year. In his fourth season at his alma mater, Pearson led the Huskies to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 34 years, with a 29-10-2 overall record. Click the above headline to read more details, courtesy of MTU Communications.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team had its dream season come to an end Friday in the first round of the NCAA West Regional. The fifth-ranked Huskies were stunned by St. Cloud State, 3-2, in overtime, in Fargo, N.D. Click the above headline to read details.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team will open NCAA Tournament play on Friday at the West Regional in Fargo, N.D. The Huskies will face St. Cloud State in a regional semifinal game. Click the above headline to read a preview, courtesy of Michigan Tech.
Minnesota State scored three power play goals in the third period to beat the Michigan Tech Huskies, 5-2, in the WCHA Championship game Saturday night in St. Paul, Minn. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of Michigan Tech University.
Blake Pietila and Tyler Heinonen each scored two goals and the Michigan Tech Huskies fired 51 shots on goal in a 5-1 win over Northern Michigan Friday night in Houghton. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of MIchigan Tech University.
The Northern Michigan University hockey team lost to Lake Superior State, 3-0, Saturday night at the Berry Events Center. But the Wildcats still won the Cappo Cup by winning the season series from the Lakers, including a 5-0 NMU win in Friday night's game. Click the above headline to read the story, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Michigan Tech University women's basketball team led from wire-to-wire Thursday, beating the Northern Michigan Wildcats, 63-50, in Marquette. Tech swept the season series and improved to 24-2 on the campaign. Click the above headline to read the game details, courtesy of Michigan Tech and Northern Michigan Sports Information.
Northern Michigan University on Wednesday announced its 2015 football schedule. The Wildcats will open the season on September 5th against Northwood at the Superior Dome. Click the above headline to read the story, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team clinched home ice for the upcoming WCHA playoffs by beating Bemidji State, 2-1, Saturday night in Houghton. Coupled with Friday's 3-1 win, Tech captured the Winter Carnival championship. Defenseman Riley Sweeney was named MVP. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of MTU Communications.
The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team upset the nation's 17th-ranked team, the Ferris State Bulldogs, 73-71, Saturday in Big Rapids. Chavis Mattison and Marcus Hall both scored 20 points as NMU Coach Bill Sall got a win against his former team. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
Morgan Anderson scored 16 points and Brenna Heise added 12 as the Michigan Tech University women's basketball team turned back Northern Michigan, 56-49, Monday night in Houghton. Click the above headline to see the details.
The Michigan Tech University hockey team rallied from two goals down in the third period Friday night to post a 4-3 win over the Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks. And then on Saturday, the Huskies rallied for a 3-2 win over the Nanooks. Click the above headline to read the game details, courtesy of MTU Communications. (MTU photo)
Northern Michigan University defenseman Mitch Jones scored at 2:47 of overtime to give the Wildcats a 5-4 win over their U.P. rival Michigan Tech Huskies Saturday night in Houghton. The match-up was the second straight overtime for the teams, after a tie on Friday. Click the above headline to read stories courtesy of NMU and MTU Sports.
Northern Michigan University's women's basketball team nearly pulled off a big upset Thursday night in Illinois. The Wildcats had the lead in the second half against the nation's second-ranked team, Lewis University, but the Flyers pulled out a 68-58 win. Click the above headline to read details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
Northern Michigan University women's basketball coach Troy Mattson has been suspended for four games after making a negative comment about a Wayne State University player on Monday. Click the above headline to read details.
The Northern Michigan University basketball teams were on the short end of their GLIAC matches Monday against Wayne State. The men's team lost, 67-43, and the women fell, 69-57. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
Michigan Tech's women's basketball team earned an Ohio sweep with an 82-65 victory at Walsh on Saturday. The Huskies carved up the Cavaliers zone defense with eleven 3-pointers including, five from Kelli Guy and four more from Morgan Anderson. Tech also beat Malone (65-58) on Friday in Canton, Ohio. The Lady Huskies are now 5-0. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of Michigan Tech Sports Information.
The Northern Michigan University Wildcat hockey team couldn't get much going Saturday night against Bowling Green State at the Berry Events Center. The Falcons shut out the Wildcats, 5-0, after the teams played to a 5-5 tie on Friday. Click the above headline to read the details from both games, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
Three players scored in double figures to help the Northern Michigan University men's basketball team post a 56-53 win over Minnesota-Duluth Tuesday night at the Berry Events Center. Click the above headline to read the details, courtesy of NMU Athletics.
