HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech Huskies volleyball senior outside hitter Rachel Zurek has been named the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday. “She leads by example, for sure,” said Huskies coach Cindy Pindral, when asked about Zurek. “I feel like we've got ...
HOUGHTON — After weeks of preparation, and a dress rehearsal intersquad game, the No. 19 Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team gets to hit the ice for real this weekend in their season-opening series against the No. 14 Minnesota Golden Gophers at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Last season, ...
GENEVA — FIFA lawyers claimed UEFA is harassing Gianni Infantino, in a court filing urging a Florida judge to deny the European soccer body's request for evidence discovery about a World Cup private investor plan that has rocked the sport. The 21-page filing to the court in the Southern District of Florida late Monday, and seen by The Associated Press, said UEFA was wrong to suggest the FIFA president sought to profit personally from the project that provoked a furor in July and was dropped within days. UEFA later asked for authorization of discovery with three courts — including ...
BESSEMER — The Dollar Bay-Tamarack City Blue Bolts volleyball team hit the road and swept the Bessemer Speedgirls Monday, 25-21, 25-7, and 25-8. Sylvie Kentala had eight assists to help drive offense. Laila Bell, Lillian Pelland-Rippey, and Hannah Keranen all ended up with four kills each. At the service line, Kiya Kemppainen had a season-high nine aces, and she added 10 digs.
LAS VEGAS — A'ja Wilson played like someone who has multiple MVP awards, and the Las Vegas Aces looked like a team that has won three of the past four WNBA championships. Wilson had 38 points, 16 rebounds and four blocked shots Sunday, and the Aces rolled to a 102-85 Game 1 victory over the Indiana Fever in the first round of the WNBA playoffs. "She understands the stakes fully," Aces coach Becky Hammon said. "She was a clinic tonight." Wilson was named the Associated Press WNBA Player of the Year earlier in the day for an unprecedented third year in a row, and the third-seeded ...
LAKE LINDEN — There were opportunities in this game for the North Central Jets in their 44-27 loss to the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes at home Saturday at Ron Warner Field. But, that was all they ended up being, opportunities. The first opportunity came when they had the Lakes pinned near ...
