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Huskies hockey debuts new look, new roster

HOUGHTON — Saturday morning at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena was one filled with familiar sounds. Pucks hit the boards, sticks and netting, and the Pep Band performed many of their classic pieces as the Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team held an intrasquad game as part of the inaugural George ...

Kingsford runs past Houghton

HOUGHTON — The first quarter of football at home for the Houghton Gremlins this season was a tense back-and-forth between their team and the Kingsford Flivvers, but as the second quarter got underway, the Flivvers found forward momentum and never looked back. The end score was in favor of the ...

Jeffers boys, Houghton girls win in Houghton Thursday

HOUGHTON — Area cross country runners were provided with an opportunity to try something new here Thursday. The Bill Fezzey Memorial Invitational strayed from tradition, offering a match-race format, formerly known as fox and hounds. Houghton’s girls grabbed the top five places and ...

Huskies volleyball takes two of three in McKendree Invitational

LEBANON, Ill. — The Michigan Tech Huskies volleyball team dropped the first four sets they played in the McKendree Invitational this past weekend. They followed that up with six straight set victories to earn a pair of match wins to open their season. Huskies sweep McKendree in weekend ...

Gremlins volleyball grounds Jets in sweep

HOUGHTON — Looking for a strong showing in the home gym, the Houghton Gremlins volleyball team had to battle through two tough sets against the visiting Jeffers Jets before finally finding their groove in the third set. The Gremlins earned the match win, 25-20, 25-19, and 25-14. Gremlins ...

Panthers volleyball pounces on Blue Bolts, 3-1

DOLLAR BAY — While Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers volleyball coach Kaitlin Ruotsala would have preferred a better performance in the first set of her team’s matchup against the Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Blue Bolts Thursday, she wasn’t complaining about sets two, three and four. It was then that ...