HOUGHTON — The Wing Ding trophy for boys basketball will remain in the Houghton Gremlins' trophy case at least for another year. Thursday, the Gremlins defeated their cross-canal rival, the Hancock Bulldogs, 70-24, at home. It was a game in which Houghton coach Jared Lawson was able to get ...

HOUGHTON — The Houghton High School gym was packed Thursday night as the annual Wing Ding game took shape on the hardwood between the Houghton Gremlins girls and the Hancock Bulldogs. The hometown crowd was not disappointed, as the Gremlins came back from as many as 12 points down to win the ...

CHASSELL — The Chassell Panthers boys basketball team scored 24 points in the second quarter, largely thanks to 14 points from Brayden Larson, to create separation from the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes en route to a 69-42 victory Thursday at the Ed Helakoski Gym. Larson led all scorers with 27 ...

HOUGHTON — The Houghton Gremlins swim teams were back in the pool Thursday, and both had strong showings as they both defeated Ishpeming-Negaunee at home. The boys won, 118-60, while the girls earned a 127-57 victory. On the boys’ side, the Gremlins had several individual winners to go ...

HOUGHTON — For about 37 minutes Tuesday, the Jeffers Jets could not figure out how to do what they do so well, score goals, against the Kingsford Flivvers at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. They had a 2-0 lead, and had thrown 20 shots at Flivvers goaltender Nate Scullon. Then they brought ...

HOUGHTON — Sweeping teams in the CCHA is no easy task, and for the past two weekends, the No. 20 Michigan Tech Huskies hockey team has failed to do so since sweeping then-No. 17 Minnesota State at home. Last weekend, the Huskies dropped the first game to No. 15 St. Thomas, 4-2, but bounced ...