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Huskies search for new punter as special teams reloads

HOUGHTON — With less than two weeks before the Michigan Tech Huskies football team hosts No. 16 Bemidji State to open the 2025 season, they are still solidifying their special teams. Sophomore kicker Avery Kucharski is back and healthy, but punter Brenden Lach graduated, leaving behind huge ...

Huskies defense has to reload on the fly

HOUGHTON — With their season-opening matchup with No. 16 Bemidji State right around the corner, the Michigan Tech Huskies football program is in the midst of a transition from being a senior-laden squad last season to one with a lot of fresh faces in new roles this season. “There's no ...

Coldwell Banker headed to Twilight championship with win over Stanton

STANTON — Coldwell Banker Craig Heinonen's player-coach Ross Kinnunen summed up his team's 7-2 Twilight League semifinal win over Houghton Building Supply-Stanton Thursday as a three-facet victory. “We had great pitching in Cody Turner. Then came strong hitting, and we played well in the ...

Reddick making the most of what hockey is giving him

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Former Michigan Tech Huskies hockey player Bryce Reddick can say one thing for sure, hockey has given him every opportunity he has had in life. This upcoming season, he will join the United States Hockey League’s Green Bay Gamblers as an assistant coach after spending a ...

Crush 12U softball takes second in Gladstone

GLADSTONE — The Copper Country Crush 12U softball team, which is sponsored by Dean Kangas State Farm, GLSV, and Gold Standard, completed at the “Battle on the Bluff” tournament in Gladstone for their final tournament of the season. They went 3-1-1 on the weekend, good for second place in ...

Huskies offense full of new faces with plenty of talent

HOUGHTON — With the start of the college football season just two weeks away, Michigan Tech Huskies coach Dan Mettlach has a challenge in front of him this season that he has not had in a few years, getting offense out of a group that does not feature a senior quarterback like Alex Fries, or ...