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Roundup: Copper Kings, Panthers boys drop games Monday

Miners 50, Copper Kings 34 CALUMET — Andrew Junttila and Peter Torola both finished in double figures, but it was not enough to overcome a slow start as the Calumet Copper Kings boys basketball team came up short Monday at home against the Negaunee Miners, 50-34. Junttila and Torola both ...

Northern Michigan names Matt Janus head football coach

MARQUETTE — Monday, Matt Janus was been named the 24th head football coach in Northern Michigan University history, as announced by Northern Michigan Director of Athletics Rick Comley. Janus comes to Marquette after six seasons as the head coach at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, ...

CCSC skiers reach the podium last Tuesday at Mont Ripley

RIPLEY — The Copper Country Snowsports Club, presented by UPWard Coffee & Orthodontics of Houghton, capped off 2025 with four third-place podium finishes at Mont Ripley Friday at a United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSS) national sanctioned race series event. Despite the fact ...

Copper Kings hockey earns sweep of downstate rivals

CALUMET — The Calumet Copper Kings hockey team needed a comeback Friday, and it was successful. Saturday, they took the lead twice en route to a win as they defeated a pair of downstate opponents in Forest Hills Central Friday and Brighton Saturday at the Calumet Colosseum. With the wins, ...

College Athlete of the Week

Michigan Tech defenseman Jack Anderson had a huge weekend for the Huskies during the Desert Hockey Classic in Tempe, Arizona. Friday, in an 8-2 loss, Anderson had one assist. Saturday, he scored a hat trick as the Huskies defeated Alaska-Anchorage, 5-0. The St. Louis, Missouri, native now has a ...

Copper Kings bowlers have split day Saturday

The Calumet Copper Kings bowling teams had a split day Saturday as the girls defeated Escanaba by forfeit, the boys team lost to the Eskymos 35-5, and the Copper Kings’ X Team defeated Gladstone’s X Team, 32-8. Senior Linkin Carlin paced the Copper Kings boys with a pair of 216 games on ...